Drawings by Thomas Howe of the ancient Greek and Roman machines described by the Roman architect Vitruvius, first published by Cambridge University Press, 1999, appeared in an exhibit called Eureka: the genius of ancient machines. The exhibit opened at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli July 14, and runs through Jan 6. The drawings are the principle illustrative material in the exhibit installation and catalogue.

September 22, 2005

Mary Grace Neville facilitated an hour-long session at the 5th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations in July. The management conference was hosted by the University of the Aegean in Rhodes, Greece. Neville's session, "Bringing Society Alive in the Classroom," presented current research and engaged teachers, scholars and business practitioners in on going research about business in society.

Tim O'Neill, professor of political science, had his review of Kevin Brown's book, “Race, Law and Education in the Post-Desegregation Era” (Carolina University Press, 2005), published in the August issue of The Law and Politics Book Review.

September 15, 2005

Paul Gaffney, dean of The Sarofim School of the Arts, has been appointed chair of the City of Georgetown's new Arts and Culture Board.

The Association for Institutional Research selected a presentation/proposal given by Dave Blair of Institutional Research and Kim Murphy of Academic Services at its 2005 meeting as an "exemplary proposal" to be used as a model for its 2006 meeting. Their presentation/proposal, which was titled "Student Success: Data Triangulation and Bold Intervention Proposals," can be found online.

September 8, 2005

David Tabb Stewart, assistant professor of religion, taught a faculty seminar, "Violence in (the Readers of) Leviticus," for the Religion and Violence Group of the Society for Values in Higher Education at Portland State University, Portland, Ore., on July 30.

Bob Snyder had his paper titled "The Intersections of U.S. Foreign Policy, Islamist Militancy and Terrorism" accepted for publication in the journal Orbis.

September 1, 2005

"The Research Article as an Instrument of Active Learning for Teaching about Violence, Sexual Abuse, and Union Formation among Low Income Families" was published in the July 2005 issue of Teaching Sociology. This article was co-authored by Diane Purvin at the Wellesley Centers for Women, and Edward L. Kain in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. This article will form the basis for part of the Pedagogy Lunch on Sept. 13.

Jesse Purdy, professor of psychology, and Southwestern University graduates Deann Dixon, Aleta Estrada, and Ryan Suarez published "Habituation and Associative Learning in Cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonix)" in the Journal of General Psychology.

Todd K. Watson, associate director of systems and networks, co-authored a paper that was published this summer in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. The paper, titled "An asteroseismic test of diffusion theory in white dwarfs," was the result of observations conducted in the Spring of 2004 at both the McDonald Observatory in West Texas and the Bohyunsan Observatory in Korea.