November 9, 2001

Sherry Adrian, associate professor of education, gave a keynote address on "Sexuality and Women with Disabilities" at the Texas Association of Disability Examiners Conference in Austin on Nov. 1.

The Sam Taylor Fellowship Award Committee of The United Methodist Church has selected four Southwestern University professors as recipients of research grants of $1,000-$4,000. The awardees are Daniel Castro, associate professor of history; Thomas McClendon, associate professor of history; Elizabeth Green Musselman, assistant professor of history; and Daniel (Max) Taub, assistant professor of biology. The Sam Taylor Fellowships were established for the continuing education and development of faculty members of United Methodist colleges and universities in Texas. Grants may be used for graduate study or post-graduate research. Recipients of the fellowships are expected to submit programs that will "contribute to the improvement of the quality of intellectual, community, or religious life of the State of Texas and the nation."

The American Chemical Society has commissioned Frank Guziec, professor of chemistry, and Lynn Guziec, assistant professor of chemistry, to contribute a volume to "Organic Reactions," the premier scientific series dealing with important advances in Organic Chemistry. The volume "Alkenes via Two-fold Extrusions" is based on their extensive research in this area.

Phil Hopkins, assistant professor of religion and philosophy, presented a paper at the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy's annual conference in Binghamton, NY, in October. His paper on Zeno's relationship to Parmenides titled "Zeno's Tortoise: The Problem of Conceptualization" was a part of a panel on Eleatic Philosophy.

November 2, 2001

Laura Hobgood-Oster, assistant professor of religion and philosophy, has been awarded an American Academy of Religion Research Grant to complete the research on her current book, "Holy Dogs and Asses: Animals As Saints in Christianity."

Jacqueline Muir-Broaddus, associate professor of psychology and education, presented a paper titled "Neuropsychological test performance of children with ADHD relative to test norms and parent behavioral ratings" in October to the Cognitive Development Society biennial meeting in Virginia Beach.

Kimberly Smith, assistant professor of art history, presented a paper titled "Renger-Patzsch's 'The World is Beautiful' as Monadic Allegory" at the annual Southeastern College Art Conference in October, in Columbia, S.C. Smith's paper was included in a panel titled "History of Photography: Icon and Allegory."

Mary Visser, associate professor of art, has been invited to jury the international digital sculpture exhibition "INTERSCULPT 2001." Visser will be one of three jurors representing the United States. She also has artwork entered in the international juried digital sculpture exhibition at the Sarjeant Gallery, Te Whare O Rehua, Whanganui, of New Zealand for this fall.