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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 29, May 1
                                   
                           Faculty and staff

Publications
     Jesus Cruz, history, "De Cortejadas a Angeles del
Hogar. Algunas Reflexiones Sobre la Posicion de la Mujer en
la Elites de Madris, 1750-1850," in Historia Silenciada de
la Mujer. La Mujer Espanola Desde la Epoca Medieval Hasta la
Contemporanea, Alain Saint-Saens, editor, Madrid, Editorial
Complutense, 1996.
     Richard Agnello, economics, with R. Pierce, "Financial
Returns, Price Determinants and Genre Effects in American
Art Investment," in Journal of Cultural Economics, vol. 20,
no. 4, pages 1-25.
     Joachim Piprek, materials science, with D.I. Babic of
Hewlett Packard Labs and John Bowers of University of
California at Santa Barbara, "Simulation and Analysis of
1.55-micron Double-Fused Vertical Cavity Lasers," in Journal
of Applied Physics, vol. 81, pages 3382-3390.
     
Presentations
     Herbert E. Allen, civil and environmental engineering,
with Bo Shi, Delaware '96PhD, of Kimberly-Clark Corp., Marco
Grassi of Universidade Federal do Maranhao and graduate
student Huizhang Ma, "Modeling of Copper Partitioning in
Surface Waters," and Allen with graduate student Yujun Yin
and Donald Sparks, Distinguished Professor of Soil Science,
"A Comparison of Desorption Kinetics of Hg(II) from Soil
Using Batch and Stirred-Flow Methods," at American Chemical
Society meeting, April 13-17, San Francisco.
     Members of the University's Writing Center made several
presentations: Gilda Teixido Kelsey and Dee Baer, "Issues
and Insights: A Discussion for Faculty and Tutors Involved
in Creating, Interpreting and Responding to Writing
Assignments," at Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association
annual conference, April 11, Bloomsburg, Pa., and Steve
Fonash, graduate student, "Do We Empower or Disempower
Student Writers?" at Interstate Developmental Educators
Association eighth annual spring conference, April 18,
Wilmington.
     Karl Steiner, composite materials, "Experiences and
Issues with RTM and Related Composite Manufacturing
Techniques," at Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical
Technology, April 10, Pfinztal, Germany, and "Experiences,
Processing, Control and Performance of Composite Parts Made
with RTM and VARTM Techniques," at University of
Kaiserslautern, April 11.
     David Pong, history, "Hong Kong: Deadline July 1,
1997," for Hong Kong Series at Illinois Wesleyan University,
March 13, Normal, Ill., and "China and Hong Kong," at World
Affairs Council of Wilmington, April 17, Tower Hill School.
     Gary Ebert, mathematical sciences, an invited lecture,
"Caps, Codes and Partitions," at eighth Auburn Combinatorics
Conference, March 27-29, Auburn University.
     Three members of the football coaching staff conducted
spring clinic lectures on the UD Wing T offense and its
philosophies recently: Harold "Tubby" Raymond, University of
Michigan, April 11, Ann Arbor, and Louisiana State
University, April 18, Baton Rouge; Ted Kempski, University
of Alabama, April 11, Tuscaloosa; and Gregg Perry, Wake
Forest University, April 11, Winston-Salem.
     Ivo Dominguez, foreign languages and literatures,
"Funcion y Contenido de la Novelitas Interpoladas en el
Guzman de Alfarache," at Northeast Modern Language
Association's 28th annual convention, April 5, Philadelphia.
     Xiao-Hai Yan marine studies, two invited lectures, with
P. Clemente-Colon, "The MSSM Method Applied to Oil Spill
Feature Tracking Observed in SAR Imagery," and, with
research associate Q. Zheng and graduate students D. Kurz,
W. Liu and W. Tung, "Atmospheric Convergence Zones in the
Tropical Pacific Observed with ERS-1 Scatterometer," at
fourth international conference on remote sensing for marine
and coastal environments, March 17-19, Orlando.
     Douglas Tuttle, urban affairs and public policy,
international video conference panelist, "How Safe Are Our
Students? Crime and Violence on Campus," presented by
National Association of College Auxiliary Services, April
16, Baton Rouge.
     Barbara Morris, English Language Institute, with Lisa
Grimsley, "Community Service for the ESL Student," "Video
Production in the ESL Class" and "Tips for Student Video
Production," at TESOL International Conference and
Convention, March 10-15, Orlando.
     Victoria Orner, chemistry and biochemistry, "The
Medical School March: Advising Minorities Successfully," at
National Academic Advising Association Mid-Atlantic
conference, May 1-2, Pittsburgh.
     Stacie Beck, economics, "Capital Market Integration and
Convergence in Bank Lending Rates," at Eastern Finance
Association annual meeting, April 17-19, Panama City.
     Richard Agnello, economics, "Substitute Site Measures
in a Varying Parameter Travel Cost Model," at Transport
Laboratory, March 20, "Effects of Information Costs on
Seller Prices: The Case of Model Trains," March 26, and
"Financial Returns, Price Determinants and Genre Effects in
American Art Investment," March 27, University Lumiere,
Lyon, France.
     Peter G. Roe, anthropology, "Style in Ceramics:
Archaeology as the Ethnography of Dead Informants," at
anthropology department graduate colloquium, April 21,
Temple University.
     
Service
     David Kaplan, educational studies, has been named to
the editorial board of the journal Educational and
Psychological Measurement.
     Ed Okonowicz, public relations, was a reader to young
children April 17 at the Cecil County (Md.) Public Library
during National Library Week, one of several events
celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Cecil County
Library.
     
Happy anniversary

20 Years
     Cynthia L. Haley, recreation and intramural programs,
May 2, 1977

10 Years
     Amelia K. McDaniels, Facilities Management, building
services, May 4, 1987
     Lisa Porrini, Accounts Receivable, May 4, 1987
     Barbara B. Sloyer, continuing education, program and
student services, May 6, 1987