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Stephanie Cox Attends Symposium and Presents a Paper

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:57:58 -0500

Stephanie Cox, visiting assistant professor of French, recently attended the 20th Quebec Studies Symposium organized by SUNY-Plattsburgh on "Montreal Identities: Literature, Ethnicity and Culture" in Montreal, Quebec from April 4-6, 2008. She was invited to participate with other Quebec specialists from the US and Canada. Later that month, Professor Cox presented a paper entitled "Manifesting Marginality in the Visual Space of the Graphic Novel in Satrapi's Persepolis" at the recent Women In French conference in Dallas, Texas.

Carol Rutz Presents Faculty Workshops

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:55:51 -0500

Carol Rutz, director of the writing program, gave invited talks and faculty workshops on writing assessment during the month of March at Bard, Bates, and Whitman Colleges.

Carleton Football Team Recognized for Volunteer Efforts

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:53:27 -0500

The Carleton College Football team received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for their volunteer work this past fall in Rushford, MN for clean-up following major flooding in the area. Congressman John Kline presented the team, represented by coach Kurt Ramler and student James Colbenson (who is from Rushford) with an award on April 21st.

Joe Chihade and Students go to Chemistry Meeting

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:49:11 -0500

Joe Chihade, associate professor of chemistry, accompanied five students: David Anderson, Karen Borchert, Nakita Natala, Lucas Riley, and Yirong Zhu to the annual meeting of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in San Diego to present a poster describing their work on unusual mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. The same weekend, two other students, Julie Brown and Maraia Ener, presented their research in the Chihade lab at the American Chemical Society's national meeting in New Orleans.

Eleanor Zelliot's Article to Appear in Encyclopedia

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:39:13 -0500

Eleanor Zelliot, Laird Bell Professor of History, Emerita, whose article "Dalit Literature" begun ten years ago, will appear in Cambridge University's volume on "Language in South Asia". Also, her article on "Understanding Dr. Ambedkar" will appear in the Religion Compass, an internet encyclopedia.

Nancy Wilkie a Speaker in Panel of Cultural Property

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:25:58 -0500

Nancy Wilkie, William H. Laird Professor of Classics, Anthropology, and the Liberal Arts, was recently a speaker in a panel discussion on "The Who, What, Why and How of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC)" sponsored by The International Foundation for Art Research, New York.

Mary Moore Easter a Featured Speaker

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:22:32 -0500

Mary Moore Easter, Rae Schupack Nathan Professor of Dance and the Performing Arts, was the featured speaker/performer on Undine Smith Moore Sunday at the First United Methodist Church, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Her talk was titled, "The Composer's Daughter: Legacy." In addition, Professor Easter was the Black History Month speaker/performer for the Veteran's Administration at Fort Snelling in February, where she was honored with a Certificate of Appreciation.

Deborah Gross Presents a Seminar and Keynote Address

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:18:08 -0500

Deborah Gross, associate professor of chemistry, presented a seminar in the School of Earth and the Environment at the University of Leeds, UK and a keynote address for the 2nd European Online Aerosol Mass Spectrometry Workshop, also held at the University of Leeds, in April.

Chérif Keïta's Film Aired on Malian TV

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:47:34 -0500

Chérif Keïta, professor of French, recently had his film "Oberlin-Inanda: The Life and Times of John Dube" [the French version] aired on ORTM, Mali's national TV, followed by an interview with the director, and reactions from His Excellency Ambassador Terrence McCulley, who served previously as the U.S. Consul General in Durban, South Africa, and from Professor Salif Berthé, Dean of the School and Letters, Arts and Humanities at the University of Bamako. Also, on April 22, Professor Keïta has been invited to screen and discuss his film and his ongoing South Africa research as part of the University of Chicago African Studies Workshop Series.

Jerry Mohrig Receives the 2008 Brasted Award for Excellence in College Teaching

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:45:19 -0500

Jerry Mohrig, Herman and Gertrude Mosier Stark Professor of the Natural Sciences, Emeritus, has received the 2008 Brasted Award for Excellence in College Teaching from the Minnesota Section of the American Chemical Society. The award will be presented at Carleton on May 20, when he will give a lecture on Achieving More Effective Learning in Undergraduate Laboratories. Jerry and eight Carleton alums, who carried out undergraduate research in his laboratory, have recently published an article in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, titled Stereochemistry of 1,2-Elimination Reactions at the E2-E1cB Interface − tert-Butyl 3-Tosyloxybutanoate and its Thioester.

Marion Cass Presents Invited Talk to the American Chemical Society

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:43:18 -0500

Marion Cass, Charles “Jim” and Marjorie Kade Professor of the Sciences, presented an invited talk on April 7th at the 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans. Her talk, “A Computational Study on the Ligand Imposed Preferences for the Bailar vs. the Ray-Dutt Twists in GaL3 complexes” was coauthored with her research colleague, Professor Henry Rzepa of Imperial College, London.

Jenny Wahl Publishes a Chapter in "Milestone Documents in American History: Exploring the Primary Sources that Shaped America"

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:40:55 -0500

Jenny Wahl, professor of economics, recently published the chapter "Andrew Jackson's Veto Message Regarding the Second Bank of the United States" in Milestone Documents in American History: Exploring the Primary Sources that Shaped America (Salem Press for the Schlager Group).