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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
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.”
Qihou Zhou, electrical and computer engineering, $47,989 from the National Science Foundation for "Correlative Study of Metal Atoms and Ion Concentrations."
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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