Professor of Religion Emeritus ARTHUR BELLINZONI'S article "The Gospel of Luke in the Apostolic Fathers," originally presented in 2004 at a conference at Lincoln College, Oxford University, has been published by Oxford University Press in Trajectories Through the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers, one of two volumes in their centennial publication The New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers.

BRUCE BENNETT had a second poem published in the on-line journal, Enskyment, and five poems published in the on-line, Innisfree Poetry Journal. Professor Bennett and English major Caitlin Rice read as the featured poets at the PoetryZone Program in the Saratoga Springs Public Library on February 12. He also conducted a poetry workshop for the members of the PoetryZone group.

CATHERINE BURROUGHS has been invited to participate in a conference called "The Performing Society: Britain in the Nineteenth Century" in California in March. Papers will be included in a volume to be published by Palgrave Macmillan, part of a series of five edited volumes on "Redefining British Theatre History." Each volume contains essays by leading scholars in the field, and each volume is being inaugurated at a special-invitation conference at The Huntington Library. The volume in which Professor Burroughs’ essay will appear is co-edited by Peter Holland and Tracy Davis. Also in March, she will attend a conference in Bourdeaux, France, called "La Satire litteraire depuis la revolution" sponsored by La Centre de Recherche sur les Modernites de l'universite Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux III. Her essay, "'If the informing spirit be mine': Frances Anne Kemble and Theory in Rehearsal," has been accepted for a special issue on Romantic Drama to be published by Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research.

CANDACE COLLMER was one of the authors on a poster presented at the Twelfth International Congress on Plant-Microbe Interactions, held December 14-19, 2005, in Merida, Mexico. The poster was entitled "The PPI Website: Information hub for sequence analysis, genome viewing, Hop effector nomenclature, and ongoing annotation of the genome sequences for three pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae," by Magdalen Lindeberg, Candace Collmer, and Alan Collmer.

BEATRICE FARNSWORTH attended an Executive Board meeting of the Middle Atlantic Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies held at Fordham University on January 28, 2006.

DEBORAH GAGNON presented "Conceal to Reveal: The Mask as a Reflection of Identity" in January at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was awarded the annual Doug Bernstein Award by the Institute Faculty for the work's 'originality and creativity' as a pedagogical device for teaching about diversity and identity development. Professor Gagnon, together with colleagues Holly Sweet (MIT), Melissa Terlecki (Cabrini College), and Rebecca Stoddart (St. Mary's College), have had their symposium "Tapping the Creative: Using Self-Expressive Methods in Teaching Psychology" accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in New Orleans, Louisiana. The symposium will focus on how the presenters have used creative self-expressive techniques (photography, drawing, drama, etc.) to teach about psychology and diversity.

In February SIOUXSIE GRADY presented "Dream House," a talk about her recent performance installation work, at Goddard College as a part of her graduate studies. She also recently participated in a Playback Theatre workshop with members of Playback Theatre NYC, furthering her research in this innovative art form that combines improvisational theatre, music and movement to transform the stories of the audience into the art of theatre.

PILAR GREENWOOD’s play for children, El árbol de sombrerera (The Hat Tree) has been published in the professional journal, Cuadernos de ALDEEU, Vol. XXI, November 2005, pp. 100-105.

SPENCER HILDAHL’s review of the book, War and The Media: Reportage and Propaganda, 1900-2003, edited by Mark Connelly and David Welch. I.B. Tauris, 2005, appeared in the January 2006 issue of the library journal, CHOICE.

R. JOSEPH HOFFMANN’s book, Just War and Jihad: Violence in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, was published this month by Prometheus Books. He edited and included an introduction to the new edition of Maurice Goguel's book, Jesus the Nazarene, Myth or History, which was published this month by Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York. Professor Hoffmann taught an intensive course during January, "The New History of Jesus" at CFI-Amherst and University at Buffalo Honors College. The course was video-recorded for distribution to schools and colleges, which was made possible by a grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Religion and Theology.

TUKUMBI LUMUMBA-KASONGO’s book, Who and What Govern in the World of the States?: A Comparative Study of Constitutions, Citizenry, Power, and Ideology in Contemporary Politics, was published by Lanham: Maryland: University Press of America, November 2005. His article, "Congo-Brazzaville: Multipartyism or Illiberal Democracy?," was published in NEWS From the Nordic Africa Institute, No.3 (October 2005): 12:15. Professor Lumumba-Kasongo attended the CODESRIA 11th General Assembly held on December 6-10, 2005, in Maputo, Mozambique (Southern Africa). The topic of his presentation was "A Reflection on Welfare State within the Context of Liberal Globalization in Africa: Is the Concept Still Relevant in the Search for Social Progress Policy Alternative in Africa?" He was also the Keynote Speaker and a participant in the program on "Shaping New Africa" in the Netherlands. His talk was entitled: "Liberal Democracy in Africa and Its Critics." He was invited to participate in this program by the Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NCDO), SAHAN Consultancy (NiZA), and the Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN). The program was held in Amsterdam on January 10-15, 2006.

VICTORIA MUÑOZ has had a paper accepted, "Transgender Men of Color: Gender Identity, Race, Culture, and Sexuality," for presentation in the session, "Intersecting Identities: Sexual Orientation, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender" at the American Psychological Association annual conference to be held this August in New Orleans. Professor Muñoz’s paper is sponsored by Division 44 Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues. She has also had another paper accepted for presentation, "The Master Narrative and Transsexual Women: Intersectionalities of Gender, Class, Race, Sexuality and Diagnostic Hegemony," at the annual conference of The Association for Women in Psychology which will take place in March in Ann Arbor.

NIAMH O' LEARY has been invited to join the Advisory Board of the Cayuga Nature Center, a not-for-profit organization that focuses on environmental and outdoor education in the Cayuga Watershed.

VICTOR PENNIMAN spent January engineering, mixing and playing on Kh'mi's new 5-song EP, "Lovers and Thieves." The CD was recorded at Ormesby Productions Studios, Aurora, New York. The CD will be available for sale at Dorie's, or copies can be ordered directly from him. Kh'mi appeared at the Fargo on February 8, at the Blue Frog in Cortland on February 10, and will be appearing at Dinosaur Barbecue in Syracuse on February 20, the Fargo on the 22^nd, and at The Nines in Ithaca on March 4. Professor Penniman will appear on Sammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Ashley Cox's new CD, "Honey By The Pound." The CD is due to be released in March; dates for the supporting tour will be announced at a later date. He will be appearing with Ashley every Monday in February at Dinosaur Barbecue in Syracuse, at Manhattan's in Hanover Square on February 17, Harry's in Syracuse on February 24, and Om in Syracuse on March 7.

 LAURA PURDY’s article, "Like a Motherless Child: Fetal Eggs and Families," was published in The Journal of Clinical Ethics, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Winter 2005), 329-34.

A. THOMAS VAWTER's article entitled "Managing Sediment in Six-Mile Creek" was published in the Winter 2005-2006 issue of "The Land Steward," the newsletter of the Finger Lakes Land Trust.

CRAWFORD THOBURN’s original composition for unaccompanied mixed voices, "Adam Lay Y-Bounden," published by Mark Foster Music, received several performances during the fall by the St. Martin Singers of London, England, conducted by Mattthew Maule. A recorded performance of "A Christmas Triptych," consisting of three of his original settings of 15th century English texts for unaccompanied mixed voices, has been included in a new CD issued by the professional chamber choir "Voices" from Toronto, Canada, conducted by Ron Cheung. Professor Thoburn is cited and quoted several times in a recently published book entitled, She Has Done A Beautiful Thing For Me, by Dr. Anne Kwantes. This work recounts and discusses the work of thirteen women who have had an important impact on the lives of women in Asia. His contributions are contained in the chapter devoted to his great-grand aunt, Isabella Thoburn, who founded the first college for women in Asia.