1:58 p.m., Nov. 19, 2010----For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Honors

T.W. Fraser Russell, the Allan P. Colburn Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, received the Warren K. Lewis Award for chemical engineering education at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) annual meeting Nov. 7.

Best known as a teacher and scholar, Russell served in many important leadership roles over his 45-year career at the University of Delaware, including vice provost for research, dean of the College of Engineering, chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and director of the Institute of Energy Conversion.

To commemorate his distinguished career, the Department of Chemical Engineering created the T.W. Fraser Russell Undergraduate Enrichment Endowment in 2009 to support undergraduate research and internship experiences for students.

AIChE is the world's leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with over 40,000 members from over 90 countries. The Warren K. Lewis Award, given since 1963, is sponsored by ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company.

Presentations

Anne M. Boylan, professor of history, gave a talk, “Not the First State: Delaware in the Struggle for Women Suffrage,” Delaware Historical Society, Sept. 15, and also, "Women's History on the Radio: Creating a Usable Past, 1935-1953," Hagley Research Seminar Series, Hagley Museum and Library, Oct. 7.

Matthew S. Weinert, associate professor of political science and international relations, presented a paper, "Making Human: Rethinking the Premise of World Society and Cosmopolitanism," at the International Studies Association, Northeast conference, Nov. 5.

Philip Goldstein, professor of English, Associate in Arts Program-Wilmington, gave talks on “Modernism and/or Black Nationalism in William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison” at the Faulkner and Morrison Conference, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Oct. 29, and on “Morality and Parody in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey” at the Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, Nov. 5.

Susan Strasser, Richards Professor of American History, gave a workshop paper, "Herbal Medicine and Herbal Commerce in a Developing Consumer Culture," on Oct. 4, to the University of Pennsylvania Department of History and Sociology of Science, and, somewhat revised, on Oct. 13, to the Princeton Program in the History of Science and Program in Women and Gender Studies.

Debra Hess Norris, Henry Francis du Pont Chair in Fine Arts, chairperson of the Department of Art Conservation and associate dean for graduate education, presented the following talks recently:

She co-presented with Nora Kennedy and Zeina Arida at the 2010 Istanbul Congress of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 21. The title of the talk was “Preservation of the Photographic Heritage of the Eastern Mediterranean.” She presented “The Preservation of Nineteenth-Century Photographic Print Materials" at the Hermitage State Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 27.

Norris presented “The Long and Winding Road: A Revision to the American Institute for Conservation Code of Ethics,” Conservation Ethics for Rational Decision-Making: Dialogue Between the East and the West, sponsored by the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 2.

Also, she presented, “Recent Advances and Current Challenges in the Education and Training of Conservation Professionals,” International Council of Museums Triennial, session for the Committee on Conservation, Shanghai, China, Nov. 8.

Publications

Anne M. Boylan, professor of history, "Claiming Visibility: Women in Public/Public Women in the United States, 1865-1910," in Becoming Visible: Women's Presence in Late Nineteenth-Century America, ed. Janet Floyd, et al., Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, 2010.

Sheldon D. Pollack, professor of law, has published "Revenge of the 80th Congress," in Tax Notes, Nov. 15, 819. The article discusses the current debate over the expiring Bush-era tax cuts in the context of the "long war" over marginal tax rates that commenced between Democrats and Republicans with the opening of the 80th Congress in January, 1947.

Research awards

Lisa Ann Gurski, doctoral student in the Department of Biological Sciences, was recently awarded a Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Proposal Award for her project, "Hyaluronic Acid-Based Hydrogel Systems in Prostate Studies.”

Conferences

The Department of Communication was represented at the National Communication Association's 96th annual convention, San Francisco, Nov. 14-17. Attending were faculty Elizabeth Perse, Juliet Dee, Tracey Holden and Nancy Signorielli, master's graduate Jen Tyrawski and graduate students Brittany Richter, Rhiannon Kallis, AshtonGerding, Christopher Geyer, Tanya Kang and Michelle Hector.