Office of the Academic Vice President and Provost

330 Lincoln Hall
CPO 2204
Phone: 859-985-3486
Fax: 859-985-3637

Office Hours:
M–F, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
M–F, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Contact:

Dr. Carolyn R. Newton

Academic Vice President and Provost

Lincoln, Room 330
CPO 2204

Office Hours: TBA

Phone: 859-985-3488
Fax: 859-985-3637

E-Mail:

At Berea College since 2005

Degrees
  • B.S., Colorado State University, 1973
  • Ph.D., State University of New York, 1979
Honors and Awards
  • President's Scholarship 1969-1973, Colorado State University
  • Henry M. Woodburn Fellowship 1974-1978, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • Burroughs-Wellcome Fellow, 1992, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
  • Florence J. Lucasse Lectureship for Excellence in Teaching, 1994-95, Kalamazoo College
  • ACE Fellow, Class of 2001-2002
  • ACE Council of Fellows Executive Committee, 2003-2006
  • William Crockett Staff Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Kalamazoo College Community, Presented by the Student Commission (2004)
  • Member of ACE Inaugural Class of 2005-2006 Institute for New Chief Academic Officers
Special Interests
  • Academic: Immunology, Cell Biology, Cell Physiology, and the Biology of Disease.
  • Research: serum mannose-binding proteins as primitive immune molecules, receptor-mediated endocytosis, and membrane biochemistry.
  • Administrative: strategic planning, faculty and staff development, support of academic affairs, and diversifying faculty and staff.
 
Papers and Publications
  • 18. D. Papahadjopoulos, W.J. Vail, C. Newton, S. Nir, K. Jacobson, G. Poste, and R. Lazo. (1977) Studies on membrane fusion III. The role of calcium-induced phase changes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 465: 579-598.
  • Carolyn Newton, Walter Pangborn, Shlomo Nir, and Demetrios Papahadjopoulos. (1978) Specificity of Ca2+ and Mg2+ binding to phosphatidylserine vesicles and resultant phase changes of bilayer membrane structure. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 506: 281-287.
  • Shlomo Nir, Carolyn Newton, and Demetrios Papahadjopoulos. (1978) Binding of cations to phosphatidylserine vesicles. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics 5: 116-133.
  • D. Papahadjopoulos, A. Portis, W. Pangborn, and C. Newton. (1978) Fusion of artificial membranes with special emphasis on the role of calcium-induced lipid phase transitions, pp. 413-430. In Transport of macromolecules in cellular systems (S.C. Silverstein, ed.) Berlin: Dahlem Konferezen.
  • Robert Kurland, Carolyn Newton, Shlomo Nir, and Demetrios Papahadjopoulos. (1978) Specificity of Na+ binding to phosphatidylserine vesicles from a sodium-23 NMR relaxation rate study. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 551: 137-147.
  • A. Portis, C. Newton, W. Pangborn, and D. Papahadjopoulos. (1979)Studies on the mechanism of membrane fusion: Evidence for an intermembrane Ca2-phospholipid complex, synergism with Mg2+, and inhibition by spectrin. Biochemistry 18: 780-790.
  • Nejat Duzgunes, Shlomo Nir, Jan Wilschut, Joe Bentz, Carolyn Newton, Archie Portis, and Demetrios Papahadjopoulos. (1981) Calcium- and magnesium- induced fusion of mixed phosphatidylserine/ phosphatidylcholine vesicles. Effect of ion binding. Journal of Membrane Biology 59 115-125.
  • S.J. Rehfeld, N. Duzgunes, C. Newton, D. Papahadjopoulos, and D.J. Eatough. (1981) The exothermic reaction of calcium with unilamellar phosphatidylserine vesicles: Titration microcalorimetry. FEBS Letters 123: 249-251.
  • N. Duzgunes, C. Newton, K. Fisher, J. Fedor, and D. Papahadjopoulos. (1988) Monolayer coupling in phosphatidylserine bilayers: Distinct phase transitions induced by magnesium interacting with one or both monolayers. Biochemica et Biophysica Acta 944: 391-398.
  • Raub, Thomas J. and Newton, Carolyn R. (1990) Membrane recycling, adsorptive and receptor-mediated endocytosis by primary bovine cerebral microvessel endothelial cell monolayers in vitro. In Pharmaceutical Applications of Cell and Tissue Culture (eds. G. Wilson, S.S. Davis, and L. Illum). New York, London: Plenum Press.
  • Raub, Thomas J. and Newton, Carolyn R. (1991) Recycling kinetics and transcytosis of transferring in primary cultures of bovine brain microvessel endothelial cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology 149: 141-151.
  • Newton, Carolyn R. and Brown, Jessica S. (1993)Detection of mannose-binding proteins in the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Bull. Mount Desert Island Biol. Lab. 32: 115-117.
  • Newton, Carolyn R., L'Italien, Larry, and Raczniak, Greg. (1994) Characterization of a mannose binding lectin in the serum of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Bull. Mount Desert Island Biol. Lab. 33: 12-14.
  • Newton, Carolyn R., Hatfield, Lorelei, and Jude, Craig. (1995) Sugar selectivity and opsonization potential of a Ca2+-independent serum lectin isolated from the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Bull. Mount Desert Island Biol. Lab. 34: 89-91.
  • Newton, Carolyn R., Tilghman, Judi A., and Towle, David W. (1996) Direct sequencing of PCR-amplified Na+/H+ antiporter cDNA from the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Bull. Mount Desert Island Biol. Lab. 35: 19-21.
  • Newton, Carolyn R., Boos, Markus D., and Saint-Cyr, Paul. (1998)Effect of urea on sugar specificity and calcium independence of a glycoprotein-binding lectin in the serum of the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias). Bull. Mount Desert Island Biol. Lab. 37: 108-110.
  • Newton, Carolyn R., Stibitz, Thomas A. (1999) A lection in the serum of the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) binds and precipitates neoglycoproteins. Bull. Mount Desert Island Biol. Lab. 38: 49-50.
  • Moore, D. Blaine, Dueweke, Anne, Newton, Carolyn R., and Stevens-Truss, Regina. (2005) Mentoring Students in Professional-Quality Science Communication. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly. 25: 118-121.