April 13, 2007
 Department
of Psychology students and faculty made another impressive showing at
the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) annual meeting in Fort
Worth April 5-7, 2007. Presentations included “Latent Growth Modeling” by
Richard Osbaldiston; “Group attachment and eating disorder problem
dimensions among college females” by Jessica Vandivier, Jessica
Harper, Diana De Luna and Bryan Neighbors; “Weddell Seal Mating
Strategies: Vocalizations, Behaviors and Social Interactions” by
Ludivine Russell and Jesse Purdy; “‘Her-she’ snacks:
The relationship between gender and chocolate consumption” by Hailey
Ormand, Patrick Egan and Traci Giuliano; “Gender and health-awareness:
The relationship between gender and beverage choice” by Rachel
Osborne, Braden Ackley and Traci Giuliano; “The Effect of mPOA
Lesions on Paced Mating Behavior” by Amanda Covington, Matt
Gilbert and Fay Guarraci; “Disruption of Olfactory Cues Affects Paced Mating
Behavior, but not Mate Selection in the Female Rat” by Sarah
McCracken,
Milly Lee and Fay Guarraci; “Beyond the picket lines: Self-monitoring
and political activism in college students” by Shelly Tang, Andrew
Yusran and Traci Giuliano; and "Characterization of Human Milk Donors" by
Richard Osbaldiston and Leigh A. Mingle. In addition,
two submissions to the Psi Chi program earned $300 Best Submission awards.
These were “ZZZs
to As: The effects of limited sleep on executive functioning” by
Leigh Mingle, Sally Redden, Shelly
Tang and Jacqueline Muir-Broaddus,
and “Classroom crushes: An exploration of student-instructor attraction” by
Emily Travis and Traci Giuliano.
Junior Meghan Brindley is one of only 40 students from across the country
accepted into the 2007 Omicron Delta Kappa Campus Leaders Today, Community
Leaders Tomorrow (CLT2) program, which will be held in New York June
19-22. The program is designed to prepare young members of ODK for future
service on nonprofit boards. Students will receive advice from national
leaders in the field of nonprofit governance and will visit a nonprofit
organization in New York City on the final day of the program.
April 5, 2007
Two Southwestern students have received grants for National Science
Foundation (NSF) summer research internships. Phillip Cantu, a junior
sociology major, was accepted into a 2007 Research Experience for Undergraduates
(REU) Program at the University of Texas at Austin. Patrick Egan, a sophomore
majoring in psychology, was accepted into the Pittsburgh Science of Learning
Center (PSLC), which is run by Carnegie Mellon University and the University
of Pittsburgh.
Cantu will work on the 2007 REU Program in Minority Group Demography
at UT’s Population Research Center, which is the foremost research
institute for population studies in the Southwestern United States. The
program selects 10 undergraduates from around the United States to participate
in an intense two-month session that includes classroom training and
hands-on research experience. Over the summer, REU students will develop
a research project and produce a scholarly paper on a topic of their
choice. They will be given a travel allowance to attend a meeting of
the Southern Demographic Association (SDA) and present their research
during the fall semester.
The Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center provides summer research opportunities
for talented undergraduates interested in the fields of psychology, education,
computer science and language technologies. Students spend eight to 10
weeks during the summer working in a research laboratory at either Carnegie
Mellon University or the University of Pittsburgh. The program is designed
to expose students to careers in research.
Five students in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department presented
their research at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society
in Chicago, Ill.:
“Characterization of DNA damage formed upon photoactivation of daunomycin” Priyanka
Kainthla, senior, Radhika Kainthla, junior, and Maha
Zewail-Foote, assistant
professor of chemistry.
“
DNA cleavage induced by photoactivated daunomycin and the role of reactive
oxygen species” Radhika Kainthla, junior, and Maha
Zewail-Foote, assistant
professor of chemistry.
“
Synthesis and characterization of peptide nucleic acid for experimental use
of directing anthrapyrazole intercalation” James M. Bradley, senior,
and Kerry A. Bruns, professor of chemistry.
“
Effects of nitrogen application on the antioxidant properties of basil (Ocimum
basilicum L.)” Phuong (Fern) Nguyen, sophomore, Daniel
R. Taub, assistant
professor of biology, and Emily D. Niemeyer, associate professor of chemistry.
“
Analysis of common black tea theaflavins using normal-phase high performance
liquid chromatography” Jessica A. Freeman, senior, and Emily
D. Niemeyer, associate professor of chemistry.
Animal behavior major Delia Shelton has been chosen to receive a UNCF•Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Award for the 2007-2008 academic year. The award includes a scholarship of up to $25,000 to be applied to tuition, room and board, and fees. Shelton also will participate in two 10-12 week Merck Summer Internships, each of which provides a stipend of at least $5,000.
Kiyoshi Tamagawa, professor of music, accompanied violinists Damian
Green and Charles Yang at the Paramount Theatre in Austin on Tuesday,
April 2, as part of a ceremony honoring the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts
award recipients. This year’s recipients included Walter Cronkite,
Judith Ivey, Paul Baker, and the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, which performed
its signature work “Revelations” on the same program.
March 30, 2007
A.J. Senchack, holder of the Lucy King Brown Chair in International Business, and three business and accounting students in the SU Financial Analyst Program--Kate Dallas, Rebecca Wyatt, and Katy Lukaszewski--participated in the 4th Annual Texas Portfolio Symposium (TIPS) at Baylor University on March 24. This symposium brought together more than 100 students and faculty from 12 universities throughout Texas and the Southwest that offer student-managed investment portfolio programs. The meeting provided a forum for discussing current issues in finance and investments, sharing experiences in managing portfolios and participating in investment-related competitions.
Five Southwestern students have been selected to receive Sumners Fellowships beginning in the fall of 2007. The fellowships, which are awarded by the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation of Dallas, are for $5,000 per semester, or a total of $10,000 per year. The fellowships are awarded in the sophomore year and are good for the junior and senior years. The fellowships are designated for students majoring in political science, history, pre-law or education. Students are selected for the fellowships based on their academic history, extracurricular activities, and leadership experience. Selection for the fellowships includes an interview with the trustees of the Sumners Foundation, which was created in 1949 by former Congressman Hatton W. Sumners (1875-1962).
Students recently selected to receive Sumners Fellowships are Angelica Castillo, Ashly Hernandez, Stephen Higdon, Debran Meyer and Darlene Thompson.
In addition to assistance with tuition, students selected to receive Sumners Fellowships have access to other programs sponsored by the foundation, including a distinguished lecture series; a variety of public policy, leadership and civic participation programs; and several educational and internship opportunities in Washington, D.C.
March 2, 2007
Meagan
Elliott, a senior sociology major, is receiving the 2007 Odum Award for
best undergraduate research paper from the Southern Sociological Society.
Elliott wrote a paper on Jewish identity in Poland for her capstone class
last semester under the direction of Sandi Nenga, assistant professor
of sociology and anthropology.
Elliott will receive the award at the Southern Sociological Society meetings
in Atlanta in April. Seven other students from Southwestern also will be
presenting papers at this conference. This is the second year in a row
that a Southwestern student has won the Odum Award for best undergraduate
research paper. Ali Hendley received the award last year for her research
on language and interaction on a bilingual soccer team in Georgetown.
Junior Mary Kierst will present her paper “The USA Patriot Act and
the ‘Ambivalent-Majoritarian Paradigm’” at the March
2007 annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association in
Albuquerque, N.M.
February 23, 2007
Southwestern University Music Department students
were well represented at the recent Texas Music Educators’ Association
convention in San Antonio. The
SU student string quartet composed of Eileen Kwee and Victoria
Chang, violins, Rohan
Sreenivasan, viola, and Megan McCarty, cello,
performed in the TMEA Music Showcase. The quartet is coached by Eri
Lee Lam, assistant professor
of music.
January 12, 2007
Southwestern students Meagan Elliott and Nathan Turner and have been named 2007 Junior Fellows in the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Elliott is a senior majoring in sociology and Turner is a senior majoring in anthropology. Social science departments at universities are invited to select one senior each year to be Junior Fellows in the Academy. Criteria for selection include an outstanding grasp of their academic discipline, an enthusiasm for understanding social issues, and the promise of making substantial contributions to the social sciences in the future.
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