By Melissa Porter, Staff WriterSpring Plant Swap 2013 This past October, you may have seen several members of the Green Team standing in front of Building 549 giving out free plants or offering to take extra plants off your hands—this was the first Green Team Fall Plant Swap. “The plant swap was a very positive experience for everyone who participated, even those we recruited as they walked by. I thoroughly enjoyed organizing it. I think the idea of nurturing brings out the best in everyone,” said team member Dolores Winterstein, a guest researcher in the Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation. So when you are cleaning out your garden this spring, consider bringing your extra plants...

By Ken Michaels, Staff Writer Jim Stull, winner of the ninth annual Protective Services Chili Cookoff in January of last year, proved that he’s no one-trick pony; he brought a brand new recipe to the 2013 event and won again! And he did it decisively. His Black Bean ‘n Pumpkin Chili garnered 107 points; the second place winner netted less than half that with 52. “For me, a good chili is just not hot and spicy. It has to have a distinctive flavor that makes you want to come back for more.” The chili recipe he entered is indeed his own. It arose from a telephone conversation with his 89-year-old grandmother in Portland, Maine, who suggested he try a pumpkin chili. His mother-in-law...