Vol. 18, No. 28	April 22, 1999

Books

Ray Miller, English, with James McCloy, Phantom of the Pines, Middle Atlantic Press, Moorestown, N.J.

Publications

Saul D. Hoffman, economics, with Robert D. Plotnick, "The Effect of Neighborhood Characteristics on Young Adult Outcomes: Alternative Estimates," in Social Science Quarterly, vol. 80, no. 1, pages 1-18.

Presentations

Kenneth Koford, economics, "Monitoring in Organizations When Agents Vary in Ethical Standards" and "Trust and Reciprocity in Bulgaria: A Replication of Berg, Dickhaut and McCabe (1995)," at Eastern Economic Association annual meeting, March 13-15, Boston.

Joyce Hill Stoner, art conservation, "Conservation Education and Training: History and Commentary," at New York University Institute of Fine Arts, March 15.

Sheldon D. Pollack, accounting, "The Federal Income Tax System," News 12, Connecticut, April 12.

Kenneth J. Campbell, political science and international relations, "The Weinberger-Powell Doctrine and the Suppression of Genocide," at the Human Rights Initiative, Kennedy School of Government, March 24, Harvard University.

Bryant Tolles, museum studies, history and art history, "The Grant Resort Hotels of the White Mountains: Architecture, History and the Preservation Record," at Preservation Delaware Inc. and the Delaware branch, English Speaking Union, March 23, Greenville, Del.

Hai Wang, mechanical engineering, "Molecular Dynamics Study of Radical Diffusion Coefficients," with Alexander Laskin, "On Initiation Reaction of Acetylene Oxidation in Shock Tubes: A Kinetic Modeling and Quantum Mechanical Study," with Y. Saso, Y. Ogawa and N. Saito of Japanese Fire and Disaster Research Institute, "Binary CF3Br- and CHF3-Inert Flame Suppressants and Influence of Flame Temperature on Inhibition Effectiveness of CF3Br and CHF3," with J. Leylegian and C.F. Law, "Soot Formation in Counterflow Diffusion Flames Containing Chloromethane," with S.G. Davis and Law, "The Pyrolysis and Oxidation of Propene in Flow Reactor" and "A Theoretical Study of the Chemically Activated Reactions on the C3H5 Potential Energy Surface," at joint meeting of United States Sections of The Combustion Institute, March 14-17, Washington, D.C.

David G. Butler, housing, "Association of College and University Housing Officers' Residence Hall Benchmarking Tools," at American College Personnel Association annual meeting, March 21-23, Atlanta; and "Resident Halls Benchmarking Project," at National Association of Student Personnel Administrators meeting, March 27-30, New Orleans.

L. Kung Jr., animal and food sciences, "Improving the Quality of Corn Silage for Dairy Cows," at Delmarva Dairy Days, Feb. 10, Hartly, Del.; "Feeding the High-Producing Dairy Cow: Chemical and Heat Treatment of Full-Fat Soybeans and Soybean Meal," Feb. 24, in Thessaloniki, Greece, and Feb. 26, in Limassol, Cyprus; "Hey, Turn On Those Lights! Effects of Photoperiod on Dairy Cows" and "Managing Your Calves," at Ritter Feeds annual dairy meeting, March 3, Mifflinburg, Pa.; "Silage Innoculants: Their Benefits and Uses," at California Alltech Biotechnology in the Feed Industry symposiums, March 10 in Fresno and March 11 in Pomona; "High Sulfate Induced Polioencephalomalacia (PEM) in Cattle: Burping Can Be Dangerous If You Are a Ruminant," at Merck seminar series, Department of Biology, Washington College, April 6, Chestertown, Md.

David Colton, mathematical sciences, for Joint Policy Board for Mathematics at the House of Representatives Appropriation Subcommittee on Defense, March 29, Washington, D.C.

David P.M. Northmore, psychology, "Through the Tectum Darkly," at First International Conference on Sensing the Aquatic Environment, March 24, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia.

Chandra L. Reedy, museum studies, "Current Conservation Research at the University of Delaware," at National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, March 30, Natchitoches, La.

Faye Duffy, admissions, "How To Get Everyone on Your Page," at National Orientation Directors Association regional conference, April 10, Valley Forge, Pa.

Several faculty members, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, made presentations at the American Physical Society centennial meeting, March 20-26, Atlanta: Norbert Mulders with Masoud Mohazzab, Melora Larson and Al Nash, "Nonlinear Second Sound Wave Propagation in 3He-4He Mixtures"; Henry R. Glyde with J.R. Beamish and Mulders, "Dynamic Structure Factor of Liquid 4He in Aerogel 0," with M.R. Gibbs of University of Exeter, W.G. Stirling of University of Liverpool and M.A. Adams of Rutherford Apleton Laboratory, "Excitation Energies of Superfluid 4He at Wavevectors Beyond the Roton," and with Johnathan L. DuBois, "Bose-Einstein Condensation and Single Particle Orbitals in Trapped Hard Sphere Bosons"; George C. Hadjipanayis with postdoctoral fellow Zhongmin Chen, Michelle Corte-Real and Yong Zhang, "Nanostructured Sm-Co Powders by Mechanical Milling," with Jinfang Liu and W. Tang, "Magnets for High Temperature Application," with postdoctoral fellow Naoki Hayashi and Maria Daniil, "Nanocrystaline and Nanocomposte R-Fe Carbies," with Joseph Christodoulides and Nicholas Shevchenko, "Preparation of Pure Dysprosium Nanoparticles" and with Christodoulides and Zhang, "Granular CoPt and FePt Films for High Density Recording; and John Q. Xiao with Yun-Fei and Min Lim, "Spin Valves with Artificial Antiferromagnetic Subsystem" and with Ronghai Yu and S. Basu, "Magnetic Properties of FeCo-Based Bulk Magnetic Alloys." George H. Watson and William B. Daniels also attended.

David E. Hollowell, executive vice president, with William Graves, "Supporting Instructional Technology: What Does It Take?" at Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers conference, March 25, Philadelphia.

Raelene E. Maser, medical technology, with Joel Golden of Christiana Care Center for Pain Management and Aaron Vinik of the Diabetes Research Institute, Eastern Virginia Medical School, "Case Studies in Diabetic Neuropathy: Panel Discussion," at third annual Diabetes in Delaware meeting, April 13, Newark.

Stacie Beck, economics, "The Option Value of Liquidity," at Midwest Macroeconomics Conference, April 9-11, University of Pittsburgh.

Jewel Walker, theatre, "Master Movement Teachers in Theatre Training," at Association for Theatre in Higher Education conference, August, San Antonio.

Several members of the English Language Institute made presentations at the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Convention and Exposition in New York City in March: Ruth Jackson, "Avenues to Advanced Level Writing Success," postconvention institute, March 13; Jo Gielow, "Independent Study Centers for Multi-level Classes," March 13; and Leslie Criston with Susan Barone of Vanderbilt University, "Virtual Travel Through Newsletters," March 11.

George C. Hadjipanayis, physics and astronomy, "Concepts and Experimental Methods in Micromagnetism," at MRS spring meeting, April 5-9, San Francisco.

Bruce Lambrecht, media services, "The HTML You Need to Know and Why You Need to Know It" and Madeline E. Lambrecht, health and nursing sciences, "Serfing® Unchartered Waters: Death Education on the Web," at 1999 Stop Surfing, Start Teaching conference, Feb. 21-24, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Service

Stuart J. Sharkey, Office for School Services, was appointed chairperson of the 1999 DuPont Riverfest, which raises monies for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware. The event will be held Sept. 25.

Anniversaries

25 years

Margie A. Lowe, Residential and Conference Facilities, April 29, 1974

15 years

Robert A. Myers, Facilities Management, heating and cooling, April 23, 1984

10 years

Laura M. Casalavera, business and economics, April 24, 1989

Roberta M. Miller, admissions, April 24,1989

Gordon Robert Nicol, chemistry and biochemistry, April 25, 1989

Eileen M. Pecoraro, Student Health Services, April 24, 1989.

During the month of March, the Employee Wellness Center celebrated National Nutrition Month with Nutrition on the Net, an internet quiz to highlight credible nutrition sites on the web. A total of 41 employees participated in this year's activity.

Liz Dunkle, Publications, won a 12-month subscription to Cooking Light magazine, and Tara Kee, continuing education, won a $20 gift certificate to Saigon Vietnam Restaurant.

A mong those attending the April 7 annual service awards luncheon honoring service to the University were (standing, from left) Joann Marra, nursing; President David P. Roselle; Nelcenia Downer, residence life; Laurie Wolinski, Cooperative Extension; (seated, from left) Barbara Phillips, Dining Services; Stephanie Shields, health and exercise sciences; and Michel Weaver, Facilities Management, grounds.

Those recognized at the luncheon included 110 employees with five years of service; 224 employees with 10 years of service, and 89 employees with 15 years of service. The total for all 423 employees equaled 4,125 years of service to the University.