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Speed is what John Novitsky is all about. In his professional career he proudly earned a reputation among computer engineers as a "micro-processor nerd." As an athlete, his passion for speed has led him to the championship podium at the 2008 and 2009 US National Cycling Championships. A competitive cyclist since 2003, his efforts have led him to consecutive US National Championships in the individual time trials for men aged 50-54. John recently won the US National Senior Games (US Senior Olympics ) 10km time trial, and 2nd by 1 second in the 5km time trial. He is now off to Austria to race for a world championship next week. View Story>>>

Robert Shelton refers to himself as the "eccentric person" among his faculty colleagues in Michigan State University's Lyman Briggs College. About half of LBC's faculty teach the sciences while the other half teach what's known as HPS - history, philosophy and sociology. "However," Shelton said, "I am neither an H, a P nor an S." Shelton has undergraduate degrees in chemistry and english, and his Ph.D. is in english. He teaches, among other things, an introduction to HPS. "Essentially we're teaching students how to ask questions about what it means to understand a problem historically, sociologically and philosophically," he said. Among Shelton's many areas of interest are late-19th and early-20th century British literature; the philosophy, sociology, and history of science; the American Renaissance; and science fiction and literary utopias.