ARTHUR BELLINZONI’s newest book, The Future of Christianity: Can It Survive, was selected by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance as their July 2006 recommended Book of the Month. You can view it on their website: www.religioustolernace.org and type in Bellinzoni in the Search window. Their site also includes some readers’ reviews of the book as they appear on www.amazon.com
BRUCE BENNETT had poems published in five poetry magazines: IAMBS & TROCHEES, KESTREL, Haz Mat Review, Light, and MEASURE. Wells College has been awarded a grant for 2006-07 for the Visiting Writers Series from the New York State Council on the Arts.
For several years, CATHERINE BURROUGHS has served as one of the editorial advisors to the just-published five-volume series, The Broadview Anthology of Literature. This series is now available for courses in British literature ranging from the Medieval eriod to the Twenty-first Century. Her article, "‘If the informing spirit be mine’: Frances Anne Kemble and Theory in Rehearsal," was published this past summer in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research 20.1-2 (2006): 28-33. On September 7, Professor Burroughs was invited to serve as Emory University's representative in the ceremony to inaugurate Cornell University's new president, David Skorton.
DEBORAH GAGNON presented "Masking the Self, Unmasking Identity" as part of a symposium (Tapping the creative: Using self-expressive methods in teaching psychology) with colleagues from MIT, St. Mary's College, and Cabrini College at the American Psychological Association convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 11, 2006.
WILLIAM GANIS had his review of the group exhibition at C.W. Post's Hillwood Art Gallery, "Archival to Contemporary: Six Decades of the Sculptor’s Guild," published in the September 2006 issue of Sculpture magazine.
JEANNE GODDARD choreographed and danced in a concert of music from the American Civil War at Grace Episcopal Church in Cortland, New York, in May. During June and July, she taught five weeks of modern dance classes at the CRS Barn Studio in Ithaca, New York. In August Professor Goddard attended the annual meeting of the New York State DanceForce in Buffalo, New York, and also choreographed and danced in a concert of British and American music in Cape May, New Jersey, as part of their Access to Art Series.
SCOTT HEINEKAMP attended three short workshops this past June at Cornell, concerned with the proposed construction and scientific potential of a major new x-ray research facility there, to be called the ERL, or Energy Recovery Linac. He also attended the national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, held in Syracuse in July.
SPENCER HILDAHL’s review of the book, Media Audiences and Identity: Self-Construction in the Fan Experience by Steve Bailey was published in the July 2006 issue of CHOICE. His review of World Culture: Origins and Consequences, by Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, was published in the June 2006 issue.
KENT KLITGAARD’s article entitled, "Comparative Advantage in the Age of Globalization," was published in the Internal Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability 1(3). His article, co-authored with Cas Hall, "The Need for a New biophysiclly-Based Paradigm in Economics for the Second Half of the Age of Oil," was published in International Journal of Transdisciplinary Research 1(1).
On June 14, LESLIE MILLER-BERNAL gave a talk to faculty at Fort Hare University, South Africa, entitled, "Historically Black Colleges in the United States: History and Current Challenges."
MILENE MORFEI attended the biennial meetings of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, June 22-25.
VICTORIA MUÑOZ presented a paper entitled, "Toward Ethnic Transgender Psychologies: Transgender Men of Color, Gender Identity, Race, Culture, and Sexuality." The paper was sponsored by APA Division 44: The Society for the Psychological Study of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in the session, "Intersecting Identities: Sexual Orientation, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender." American Psychological Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, August 12, 2006.
NIAMH O' LEARY attended a National Science Foundation Workshop at Governors State University, Illinois, in June. The topic of the workshop was "New Approaches and Techniques for Teaching Science: Addressing Environmental Problems to Stimulate Undergraduate Learning."
LAURA PURDY’s article, "Why 'Religious Literacy' is a Misleading Concept," was published in Free Inquiry, August/September 2006 (vol. 26, no. 5), 32-24.
WILLIAM ROBERTS had an exhibition at the Crossgate Gallery of Lexington, Kentucky, and was part of the annual group exhibition at the Fasig Tipton Sales Pavilion in August 2006. Six of his photos, including two cover photos, were published in the Daily Racing Form and approximately 300 of his photos were posted on Horsephotos.Com. Two photos of his Preakness race coverage from Baltimore, Maryland, were published by ABC Sports on their recap of the Triple Crown. Approximately 20 of Professor Roberts’ watercolor sketches were published in the Saratoga Special by ST Publishing, Elkton, Maryland. He recently juried the Rochester Art Club’s Spring Juried Exhibition, May 1-29, at Wilson Gallery, Harley School, Rochester, NY.
On June 3, 2006, CRAWFORD THOBURN presided and presented the keynote remarks at the dedication of a tree on the campus of Allegheny College, given by alumni singers in memory of their teacher, mentor, and friend, Dr. Morten J. Luvaas. Dr. Luvaas established the music department at the college seventy-five years ago, and was the founder and conductor of the Allegheny Singers for thirty-five years. He was also the chair of the committee which created the memorial project, and raised the money to finance it. Professor Toburn’s original composition for unaccompanied mixed voices, "'Neath Starlit Skies, Alleluia!" has been accepted for publication by the Abingdon Press. This is the twelfth firm to accept his compositions and arrangements for publication.
MUIN UDDIN was an invited delegate at the International Faculty Development Workshop and Conference, entitled "China Confronts New Economic, Diplomatic and Security Issues," jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation, University of Pittsburgh’s Chautauqua Field Center, Chinese Foreign Affairs University, and Chinese Foreign Ministry, held in Beijing, China, June 11-17, 2006. The meetings covered a variety of significant topics including global economic and business environment and strategy; international relations, politics, diplomacy, and foreign policy; the role of the U.S. and EU in East Asian security; and a host of other contemporary global issues. In addition to his partaking in all meetings, Professor Uddin was a participant and discussant on June 13-14 for two sessions entitled, "International Trade, Commerce and Development in East Asia" and "Global Business Environment, Strategy and Sustainable Development," held at the Chinese Foreign Affairs University in Beijing. On June 15, he participated in sessions and roundtable discussions on "Current Issues in Chinese and International Economy, Politics and Diplomacy" held at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. On June 21-22, Professor Uddin was a participant at the 2006 South Asian Development Conference entitle, "Government Finances, NGOs and Economic Development," held at the National Institute of Local Governments in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
