Vol. 20, No. 17 |
June 14, 2001 |
Books Ellen F. Monk and Joseph Brady, both accounting, with Bret Wagner, business administration, Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning. Publications Stacie Beck, economics, "Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity in Commodity Spot Prices," in Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol. 16, pages 115-132. Farley Grubb, economics, "Social Science Versus Social Rhetoric: Methodology and the Pacific Labor Trade to Queensland, Australia," in Historical Methods, vol. 34, no. 1, pages 5-36. Benjamin D. Steiner, sociology and criminal justice, "The Consciousness of Crime and Punishment: Reflections on Identity Politics and Lawmaking in the War on Drugs," in Studies in Law, Politics and Society, vol. 23, pages 187-214. Jack R Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering, "Sandwich Structures," in Applied Mechanics Reviews, vol. 54, no. 3, pages 201-214. Gibbons Ruark, English, two poems, "James Wright: Two Moments in Memory," in The Cortland Review [www. Cortlandreview.com]. Limin Kung Jr., plant and animal sciences, et al, "Effects of Various Compounds on in vitro Ruminal Fermentation and Production of Sulfide," in Animal Feed Science Technology, vol. 84, pages 69-81; Kung et al, "Microbial Populations, Fermentation End Products and Aerobic Stability of Corn Silage Treated with Ammonia or a Propionic Acid-based Preservative," in Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 83, pages 1479-1486; Kung with N.K. Ranjit, "Effect of Lactobacillus buchneri on the Fermentation and Aerobic Stability of Corn Silage Stored for Various Lengths of Time," in Journal of Animal Science, vol. 83, pages 526-535; and Kung et al, "The Effect of Treating Forages with Fibrolytic Enzymes on its Nutritive Value and Lactation Performance of Dairy Cows," in Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 83, pages 115-122. Presentations Carolee Polek, nursing, "A Survey of Sun Protection Practices in Pennsylvania State Licensed Day Care Centers," at Eta Beta chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International research conference, March 30, Widener University School of Nursing, and "Sun Protection Practices in Pennsylvania Day Care Centers," at 11th annual research conference sponsored by DNA Division on Research and Beta Xi and Omicron Gamma chapters of Sigma Theta Tau, March 2. Clinton E. White, accounting, "XBRL and XML-related Technologies: A Workshop for Accounting Educators," at European Conference on Accounting Information Systems, April 21, Athens, Greece. Arno Loessner, Institute for Public Administration, spoke to the United Nations General Assembly on the perspective of local governments on implementation of provisions of the U.N. World Conference on Human Settlements held in Istanbul in 1996, April 19, New York City. Loessner is representative to the United Nations for the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA) and director of the IULA office of research and training. Phyllis Keys, finance, with Joanne Li of Loyola College, Maryland, "Are Professional Directors Better?" at Eastern Finance Association meetings, April 25-28, Charleston, S.C. Limin Kung Jr., animal and food sciences, "Management Guidelines for Storage and Use of Silage," at TriState Dairy Nutrition Conference, April 17-18, Fort Wayne, Ind.; "Maximizing Silage Quality and Minimizing Losses," at Alltech 17th annual feed industry symposium, April 9-11, Lexington, Ky.; "Forage and Silage Quality," at Western Kansas winter dairy meetings, Scott City, Kan., March 8, and Garden City, Kan., March 7; "Preliminary Thoughts on High Cutting Corn Silage" and "Lactobacillus buchneri, A New Microorganism To Improve the Aerobic Stability of Silages," at Delmarva Dairy Days, Feb. 14, Hartly, Del.; "Forage Practices in North America," at Keystone Agri Marketing Ltd. silage production meeting, Feb. 8, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, and Feb. 9, Leduc, Alberta, Canada; "Silage Harvest Management– From Field to the Pit" and "The Use of Silage Additives to Aid in Fermentation," at United Farmers of Alberta silage production meeting, Feb. 7, Brooks, Alberta, Canada, and Feb. 6, Butte, Alberta, Canada; "Direct-fed Microbials for Dairy Cattle" and "Enzymes for Lactating Dairy Cows: New Theories and Applications," at 12th annual Ruminant Nutrition Symposium, Jan. 10, Gainesville, Fla.; and "Developments in Rumen Fermentation–Commercial Applications," at Nottingham Feed Conference, Jan. 4, Loughborough, England. David Kaplan, education, "Multilevel Covariance Structure Modeling," an invited presentation, at Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University, May 17-19, Richmond. George Watson, physics and astronomy, with Barbara Duch, Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center, "Problem-Based Learning Online Clearinghouse: Introductory Physics Curriculum" and Duch, an invited workshop, "Science Education Reform: Force and Motion from Elementary School Through College," at Chesapeake Section, American Association of Physics Teachers spring meeting; Watson and Duch, "Science for Everyone: A Problem-Based Learning Approach," at first International Organization of Science and Technology Education meting, May, Paralimni, Cyprus; and Watson, seminar, "Problem-Based Learning for Science Education: Why? How?" at University of Cyprus. John Stevenson, library, "Depository Library Council: Examining Issues in the Online Era," at meeting of documents and map librarians of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education meeting, April 26, Millersville, Pa. Valerie Hans, sociology and criminal justice, "The Civil Jury and Corporate Responsibility," at American Society of Trial Consultants meeting, June 1, Williamsburg, Va. Elizabeth Higginbotham, sociology and criminal justice, "A Diverse Faculty: The Difference in the Classroom and on the Campus," at American Association for Affirmative Action and the Delaware Work Force Diversity Group meeting, May 4, Wilmington. Awards Richard Davison, English, received the Outstanding Teaching Award; Julian Yates, English, received the Outstanding Advisement Award; Richard Zipser, foreign languages and literatures, received the Outstanding Service Award; and Paul Amer, chemistry and biochemistry, and Murray Johnston, chemistry and biochemistry, each received the Outstanding Research Award; from the College of Arts and Science at a reception held April 20 during Arts and Science Week. Burnaby Munson, chemistry and biochemistry, received the Alpha Lambda Delta Excellence-in-Teaching Award. Service Valerie Hans, sociology and criminal justice, appointed chairperson of the program committee, 2002 Law and Society Association. Anniversaries 40 years Audrey E. Peirson, library, June 12, 1961 35 years Lonnie Lee Hearn, Information Technologies/ University Media Services, June 8, 1966 30 years Robert B. Carroll, plant and soil sciences, July 1, 1971 Jeffrey J. Quirico, Office of the Provost, June 1, 1971 25 years Grant J. Lenox, Residential Conference Facilities/shops, June 1, 1976 20 years Ruthanne Brookens, Residential Conference Facilities/shops, June 22, 1981 Joel N. Ivory, Public Safety, June 1, 1981 15 years Kirsten J. Brown, Student Housing/housing assignments, June 2, 1986 Thomas R. Crampton, Facilities Management/grounds services, June 2, 1986 Jeffry J. Fuhrmann, plant and soil sciences, June 1, 1986 Karen Ann Helsel, Faculty Senate, June 2, 1986 Linda A. Kelly, intercollegiate athletics, June 30, 1986 Joseph A. Williams, Facilities Management/plumbing services, June 30, 1986 10 years Diane M. Jackson, Student Health Service, June 3, 1991 Karen R. Reif, psychology, June 3, 1991 5 years Joseph Di Gregorio, hotel, restaurant and institutional management, June 1, 1996 Winifred E. Erbe, library, June 17, 1996 Deborah L. Kilby, arts and science, June 27, 1996 Tina Y. Martin, intercollegiate athletics, June 12, 1996 Eva M. Masso, vice provost for academic programs office, June 6, 1996 Julia M. Mercier, Applied Science and Engineering Center, June 1, 1996 Dionne R. Pyle, Residential Conference Facilities/shops, June 12, 1996 Jeanine N. Radice, intercollegiate athletics, June 16, 1996 Kathleen M. Totten, human resources/systems administration, June 6, 1996 Burriss G. Wilson, Purchasing, June 3, 1996 Grants Mark A. Barteau, Robert L. Pigford Professor of Chemical Engineering, $100,000 from U.S. Department of Energy for "Chemistry of Oxygenates on Transition Metal Surfaces: Activation of C-H, C-C and C-O Bonds." Siu-Tat Chui, Bartol Research Institute, $97,245 from U.S. Office of Naval Research for "High Performance High Temperature Magnets." John W. Ewart, marine studies, $5,000 from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for "East Coast Live." Dennis W. Prather, electrical and computer engineering, $62,637 from U.S. Office of Naval Research for "Design of Millimeterwave Imaging Optics Using Diffractive Structures" and $92,000 from U.S. Army Research Laboratory for "Nanoscale Replication of Subwave Length." Stanley I. Sandler, Henry Belin duPont Chair of Chemical Engineering, $135,000 from U.S. Department of Energy for "New Generation of Group Contribution and Equation of State Models." |
