BRUCE BENNETT delivered the welcoming remarks to open “Writing by Degrees: National Graduate Creative Writing Conference,” at the State University of New York at Binghamton, November 2-4. He presented a reading/discussion of his villanelles and sonnets at the conference on November 3. On November 11, he participated in a reading to celebrate the publication of the book, Voices in the Gallery: Writers on Art, at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester. His poem, “Perspectives: A Triptych,” on three paintings in the Gallery’s permanent collection, appears in the book. His new book, Hey, Diddle Diddle: Fables of Love and Sex, was published this month by FootHills Press.
JEANNE GODDARD performed in two site-specific events in October. On October 14 she took part in the City of Rochester's outdoor event, “Artwalk: Dances on the Avenue,” performing Lesley Tillotson's choreography. On October 21 Jeanne performed in Galleria, choreographed by Saga Ambegaokar, a multi-installation event at the Johnson Art Museum, Cornell University. Professor Goddard also choreographed and produced the Wells College Fall Dance Concert, “Our Dances/Our Stories,” in collaboration with Professor Susan Forbes, Designer/Tech Director Joe DeForest, and the students from the Page-to-Stage class.
TUKUMBI LUMUMBA-KASONGO has accepted the invitation by the Brill Academic Publishers in Leiden (Netherlands) to be the Editor of African and Asian Studies publications, which include a journal, books, and monographs.
LESLIE MILLER-BERNAL was the discussant for a session at the History of Education Society meetings at Yale University on October 19. The title of the session was “Single Gender versus Coeducational Higher Education: Is Separate Ever Really Equal?” On September 27 and 28, Professor Miller-Bernal and Dr. Mark Hayward of Penn State University, conducted an outside review of Oberlin College’s Sociology Department. On October 12 and 13, she and three Wells students attended the New York State Sociological Association meetings at Canisius College in Buffalo. The students presented some of the findings from the spring Research Methods class’s survey on the racial climate at Wells College. Professor Miller-Bernal has an article forthcoming in a book edited by Amanda Datnow and Lea Hubbard, Doing Gender in Policy and Practice: Perspectives on Single-Sex and Coeducational Schooling, to be published by RoutledgeFalmer Press. The title of her chapter is, “Conservative Intent, Liberating Outcomes: The History of Coordinate Colleges for Women.”
LAURA PURDY’s book review of From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice, by Allen Buchanan, Dan Brock, Normal Daniels, and Daniel Wikler, was published in Isis (vol. 92(2):429-30. She gave a presentation on a panel entitled "Eight is More Than Enough" at the American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities on October 26.
CRAWFORD THOBURN’s arrangement of Gregor Aichinger’s motet, “Ave Regina Coelorur” for unaccompanied treble voices has been accepted for publication by Mark Foster Music. They have also accepted his original composition, “A Psalm of Praise” for mixed voices with organ accompaniment. This work was commissioned and received its first performance by the choir of Trinity Episcopal Church, Watertown, New York. Professor Thoburn’s arrangement for accompanied mixed voices of the Finnish melody “Nyland” set to the text, “In Heavenly Love Abiding,” and published by Carl Fischer, Inc., was favorably reviewed in the November issue of “The Choral Journal,” the official publication of the American Choral Director’s Association. Two of his published works for unaccompanied mixed voices, an original setting of “A Lovely Rose” and an arrangement of the French carol, “Whence Comes This Lovely Fragrance,” are included in a new commercial Christmas CD by the professional chamber choir “Madrigalia” from Rochester, New York, conducted by Roger Wilhelm. The title of the CD is “Christmas with Harp and Voice,” and it will be available at Borders and other book and record shops in the Central New York area.
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