Carol Rutz, director of the College writing program and lecturer in English, Clara Hardy, associate professor of classical languages and director of women’s and gender studies, and Bill Condon, the Bush Visiting Professor of Rhetoric, published an article on Carleton’s Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) program and portfolio assessment titled, “WAC for the Long Haul: A Tale of Hope,” in the WAC Journal, Spring 2002. Rutz also presented a paper and participated in a round table discussion at the annual conference of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Maurice Clark, visiting assistant professor of physics, has had a paper titled “Asteroid Lightcurve Photometry from Goodsell Observatory” accepted for publication in the journal Minor Planet Bulletin. The paper deals with photometric observations Clark made during his summer research.

The Paul G. Allen Foundation for Medical Research has given a $1 million grant to support the University of Washington's Medical Scientist Training Program and Kyle Garton '94 was selected as one of the first Allen Scholars. Students in the MST program complete an 8-year combined M.D./Ph.D. degree program. MST scholars are selected for their history of academic excellence and their potential as future physician scientists. Dr. Mary-Claire King '67, a professor at University of Washington School of Medicine, first approached the foundation with the suggestion it support the MST program. King majored in mathematics and Garton in biochemistry at Carleton.