2:03 p.m., July 2, 2009----For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

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Presentations
Ashley John Pigford, assistant professor of art, and William Deering, assistant professor of art, presented an illustrated talk on June 30 at the St Bride Library in London concerning the value of the letterpress in contemporary design education. Specifically, they discussed the University's Raven Press as a place of experimentation and education.

A. Scott Andres, senior scientist with the Delaware Geological Survey, presented "Rapid Infiltration Basin Systems -- Research Introduction" to the Delaware Clean Water Advisory Council on June 24 in Dover, Del.

Francis Karani, senior laboratory technician, and Sue Seta, laboratory animal health technician, both in the Office of Laboratory Animal Medicine, attended the 2009 Tribranch Symposium for the American Association of Laboratory Animals Science, June 9-10, in Atlantic City, N.J. The UD office presented two posters, “A Simplified Method of Treating Mouse Dermatitis” and “How Safe Is Your Facility?” The former, presented by Seta, won first place in the institutional category.

Publications
Theodore E. D. Braun, professor emeritus of foreign languages and literatures, “A New Genre: l'Opéra moral / Moral Opera in 18th Century France,” in E. Joe Johnson and Byron R. Wells, eds., An American Voltaire: Studies in Memory of J. Patrick Lee (Newcastle-ypon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009), pp. 20-35

Anthony Middlebrooks, assistant professor in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, is co-editor with Scott J. Allen of John Carroll University of a special issue of the Journal of Leadership Education that highlights current issues and challenges in the field of leadership education.

Awards
Nancy Signorielli, professor of communication, received the Eastern Communication Association (ECA) 2009 Centennial Scholar Media Communication Award at the 2009 ECA Convention.