KATHLEEN ARNINK presented research at the 32nd Annual New York Wine Industry Workshop on April 4. Her presentation was entitled, "Interactions Between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Oenococcus oeni."

BRUCE BENNETT had three poems published in Tar River Poetry and a poem in The Edge City Review. He also read his poems in Ithaca at a reading of FootHills authors sponsored by the Ithaca Community Poets on March 22. 

"The Chemistry of Cooley's Anemia," a Case Study written by CHRISTOPHER BAILEY and Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir from St. Cloud State University, was peer reviewed and published by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science at the University of Buffalo. This particular Case Study was developed for the course in bioinorganic chemistry taught by Professor Bailey last semester. To read the case and its teaching notes, go to: ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm

Professor Bailey organized Wells' participation in, and attended, the 17th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, held March 13-15 at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Student presenters (and their respective faculty sponsors) included: Brooke Andersen (Spencer Hildahl), Sociology; Tracy Flynn (Catherine Burroughs), English; Megan McCarthy (Spencer Hildahl), Sociology; Meghan McCune (Ernest Olson), Anthropology; Sarah Steinkamp (Laura McClusky), Sociology/Anthropology; Yuko Takagi (Christina Wahl), Biological and Chemical Sciences; Tara Venezio (Candace Collmer and Thomas Vawter), Biological and Chemical Sciences.

AVA CILIBERTI wasnominated and accepted for inclusion in the Marquis Who's Who of American Women, 2003 edition.

BEATRICE FARNSWORTH chaired the history section at the Middle Atlantic Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies annual meeting held at Hunter College in New York City on March 22, 2003.

On March 13-15, JEANNE GODDARD accompanied a group of students to the Northeast Regional American College Dance Festival conference at SUNY Buffalo. Professor Goddard taught master classes in modern dance technique and Laban Movement Analysis, took two master classes with distinguished instructor Bill Evans, and attended performances and adjudication sessions.

VICTORIA MUÑOZ traveled to La Habana, Cuba, to participate in the 16th World Congress of Sexology held from March 10 through 14. The congress was held under the auspices of the World Health Organization and the Pan-American Health Organization and organized by the Cuban National Center for Sexual Education. Professor Muñoz presented her research on transgender identity and sexual orientation in a symposium on Gender Identity Disorders. Research studies on transsexualism by endocrinologists, psychiatrists, counselors, plastic surgeons, educators, and others from Spain, Puerto Rico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Italy, Cuba, and other countries were also presented thus providing an opportunity to compare findings internationally.

VICTOR PENNIMAN performed with discontinuo, an award-winning electric Baroque ensemble, on April 4 in Phipps Auditorium. discontinuo, is the result of collaboration among three early music performers who began experimenting with the possibilities of playing 17th and 18th century music on 20th century electric instruments. 

DAVID REIS was invited to Claremont, California, to participate in the conference "Luke and Mimesis: Imitations of Classical Literature in Luke-Acts."  He presented a paper entitled "The Areopagus as Echo Chamber: Mimesis and Intertextuality in Acts 17."  This paper has also been accepted for publication in The Journal of Higher Criticism.

CHRISTINA WAHL attended the national convention of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) held in Philadelphia from March 26-31. She is a member of the Society for College Teachers within the Association. Professor Wahl obtained valuable insights into the goals and pedagogical approaches used by high school teachers in preparing students for college courses in the sciences. She participated in a luncheon for the Society of College Teachers, where she had an interesting discussion with John Penick, President-Elect of NSTA and chair of the Science Education Department at North Carolina State University. 
 

Earlier Announcements of Faculty Accomplishments

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