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Books
John Rakovan (professor of mineralogy and geochemistry), Gloria Staebler and Donald Dallaire (eds.): Apatite - The Great Pretender. Mineral Monographs. Lithographie, LLC. Denver, 2013.
Andrew Hebard (assistant professor of English): The Poetics of Sovereignty in American Literature, 1885-1910. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Grants
Lei Kerr, chemical and paper engineering, $43,500 from the Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute for "Development of Artificial Nose for the Study of Engineered Nano-material
Ellen Yezierski, chemistry and biochemistry, and Ann MacKenzie, teacher education, $245,320 continued support from the National Science Foundation, of which $185,855 is awarded for "Collaborative Research: Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development."
The remaining $59,465 is designated for “Evaluation of Further Development and Testing of the Target Inquiry Model for Middle and High School Science Teacher Professional Development.”
Presentations
Thomas Dutton, architecture and interior design, was invited to present a keynote talk at the Association of Architectural Educators Conference at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England, April 3-5.
Fauzia E. Ahmed has been appointed as a visiting scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Ahmed is an assistant professor of sociology & gerontology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Miami University. She will present lectures and seminars during 2012-2013 at Harvard. Ahmed joined Miami in 2008.
Ahmed received this invitation after she presented her most recent grant proposal submission to the National Science Foundation (NSF), “Changing Low-Income Men: Masculinity Studies and Capability Theory,” at a Harvard conference in 2012.
Publications
Ann Rypstra, zoology, and Christopher Buddle, former zoology postdoctoral fellow: "Spider Silk Reduces Insect Herbivory." Biology Letters, March 2013.
Kentaro Inoue, zoology doctoral student, Brian Lang, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, and David Berg, zoology: "Development and characterization of 20 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Texas hornshell, Popenaias popeii (Bivalvia: Unionidae), through next-generation sequencing." Genetics Resources, March 2013.
Recognitions
Andrea Ridilla, music, has been invited to perform at the Monteverdi Oboe Festival (http://www.
Andrea Ridilla and Ricardo Averbach, music, were invited artists-in-residence with the Pacific Symphony in Vladivostok, Russia from March 22- April 7. The trip was initiated and sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok. Ridilla was both soloist and Principal Oboe in 2 subscription concerts and Averbach conducted the Orchestra.
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