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2:27 p.m., Oct. 25, 2007--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

Publications

Francis Poole, head, Library Instructional Media Department, “Tangier Calling: Bowles, Burroughs and the Beats in Morocco,” in Moroccan Cultural Studies Journal, no. 3, Moroccan Cultural Studies Centre, Sidi Ben Abdallah University, Faculty of Letter and Human Sciences Dhar al Mahraz, pages 106-116, Fez Morocco.

Presentations

Suzanne Burton, assistant professor of music, “Project MUSIC: A Collaboration for Music Teacher Education,” and, with Gene Greher of University of Massachusetts-Lowell, “Research Meets Reality: An Analysis of Two Diverse School-University Partnerships,” at second symposium of the Society of Music Teacher Education, Sept. 14-15, University of North Carolina-Greensboro; and “The Effect and Impact of the Service-Learning Project MUSIC,” at International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Oct. 8.

Ralph Begleiter, Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Rosenberg Professor of Communication, “Climate Change and Developing Nations,” a seminar presented at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings, Oct. 19, Washington, D.C.; and “News Media's Role in the conduct of Foreign Policy,” at U.S. Army War College, Oct. 22, Carlisle, Pa.

Honors

Ron Martin, professor of geological science, was elected president of the North American Micropaleontological Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology. The section, which has more than 300 members, promotes all aspects of micropaleontology through application, research and education.

John Boyer, E.I. du Pont Professor of Biochemistry/Biophysics Emeritus, received the Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) at its annual meeting July 7-11 in Chicago. Boyer also received the Fellow of ASPB Award in recognition of distinguished and long-term contributions to plant biology and service to the society at the same meeting.

Service

Lee Anderson, professor of marine policy, was appointed by Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to become member of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council for three years. The council is responsible for management of fisheries in federal waters found predominantly off the mid-Atlantic coast.