From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Thu Sep 20 16:47:08 2007 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Thu Sep 20 16:48:25 2007 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus 9/21/2007 Message-ID: <46F2EA5C.8020802@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: September 21, 2007 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR* SOUTHWESTERN, CANADIAN RESEARCHERS COLLABORATING ON NEW ANTI-CANCER DRUGS *NEW CAMPUS CALENDAR DEBUTS* Southwestern has unveiled a new online calendar for the campus community. The calendar, which is accessible through the home page , will feature large university events and events that are open to the entire campus community. The calendar is viewable by day, week or month. To post events on the calendar, the event must be open to all students, faculty and staff, and the event must have a reserved location on campus. Once a request for an event is made, the facility coordinators for the site will approve them. For more information on the new calendar system, visit the Web site or contact Bob Paver in ITS or the facility coordinator for the event location or venue. View the calendar here . Since the 1970s, a drug known as Doxorubicin has been one of the mainstays in treating solid tumors such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer. Although effective in treating cancer, the drug has a dangerous side effect: Too much exposure can damage heart muscle. " Doxorubicin is a very useful drug, but people can only take a certain amount of it in their lifetime," says Frank Guziec, a professor of chemistry and holder of the Dishman Chair in Science at Southwestern. "Beyond that it becomes far too toxic." Guziec and his wife, Lynn, an assistant professor of chemistry, are collaborating with Brian Hasinoff, a professor of pharmacy at the University of Manitoba, on new drugs that would have the effectiveness of Doxorubicin without the toxicity. For the rest of the story, go here . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WRITER'S VOICE TICKETS AVAILABLE SEPT. 24 The A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library will present Amy Tan, best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club and Saving Fish for Drowning, at the annual Writer's Voice event Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. in the Lois Perkins Chapel. Reservations for free tickets to the 2007 Writer's Voice series will be available to current students, faculty and staff beginning Monday, Sept. 24. Each person may reserve up to two tickets. To reserve tickets, call (512) 863-1561, email baxtera@southwestern.edu or visit the Writer's Voice website. Remaining tickets will be released to the general public Tuesday, Oct. 9. For more information about this years Writer's Voice series, go here . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVENTS ANNUAL HISTORY COLLOQUIUM ON SEPT. 27 The History department and the History Colloquium presents Monica Green, professor of history at Arizona State University, to discuss her research on midwifery in the fifteenth century. The talk, "The Trial of Floreta d'Ays (1403): Jews, Christians, and Obstetrics in Later medieval Marseille." will examine the trial record, setting it into the context of Marseille legal procedure, obstetrical knowledge of the time, and developments in anti-Judaic sentiment in early fifteenth-century Marseille. The colloquium will be held Thursday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. in Olin 105. There will be a reception to follow. For more information, contact Elizabeth Green Musselman at (512) 863-1595. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS CONCERT The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents violinist and violist Stephanie Schweigart in a guest artist recital at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23, at First United Methodist Church in Georgetown. Spend the evening with Stephanie Schweigart and Eri Lee Lam, associate professor of music at Southwestern, in a performance of Mikhail, Glinka's beautiful sonata for viola and piano, the exciting Handel-Halvorsen duo for violin and viola, the melodious Shostakovich duets for two violins, and Beethoven's masterful "Kreutzer" Sonata, op. 47 for violin and piano. Kiyoshi Tamagawa, professor of music at Southwestern, will accompany on the piano. For more events from the Sarofim School of Fine arts, go here . MEDIA COVERAGE . The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story about Southwestern's Career Services office being rated number seven in the country by the Princeton Review book titled /The Best 366 Colleges/. NOTABLES *Romi Burks*, assistant professor of biology and chair of the animal behavior program, recently had an article accepted for publication in Aquatic Ecology. The article is titled "Comparing applesnails with oranges: the need to standardize measuring techniques when studying Pomacea" and was written with *Abby Youens* '07. *Alisa Gaunder*, assistant professor of political science and chair of the international studies program, recently published "Reform Leadership in the United States and Japan: A Comparison of John McCain and Ozawa Ichiro." The article appeared in the May 2007 issue of /Leadership/. Senior *Kalie Trueper* and graduate *Laura Brown *'07 will present their research paper titled "Being a Sister: Race and Gender in Sorority Life" at the 2007 Annual Convention for the National Communications Association. The meeting will be held in Chicago on Nov. 15-18 and is titled "Communicating Worldviews: Faith-Intellect-Ethics." Trueper and Brown will be giving a podium presentation in the session titled "Women's Worldviews, Ethics, & Intellects: Ideological Struggles in Sororities, in 'On the Outs' and in Academe." Trueper has received a grant from the Fleming Fund in the maximum amount for travel and conference expenses. The paper was the result of research done in a class taught by* Julia R. Johnson*, assistant professor of communication studies. Please note, due to technical difficulties, In Focus was not sent via e-mail. Please visit the archives to read past issues. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20070920/5b26f410/attachment.html From su-infocus at southwestern.edu Thu Sep 27 15:36:27 2007 From: su-infocus at southwestern.edu (su-infocus@southwestern.edu) Date: Thu Sep 27 15:37:47 2007 Subject: [InFocus] In Focus - September 28, 2007 Message-ID: <46FC144B.9060703@southwestern.edu> IN FOCUS: September 28, 2007 * TOP NEWS * *CALENDAR* SOUTHWESTERN PROFESSOR PUBLISHES NEW EDITION OF POPULAR MENDELSSOHN ORATORIO *NEW CAMPUS CALENDAR DEBUTS* Southwestern has unveiled a new online calendar for the campus community. The calendar, which is accessible through the home page , will feature large university events and events that are open to the entire campus community. The calendar is viewable by day, week or month. To post events on the calendar, the event must be open to all students, faculty and staff, and the event must have a reserved location on campus. Once a request for an event is made, the facility coordinators for the site will approve them. For more information on the new calendar system, visit the Web site or contact Bob Paver in ITS or the facility coordinator for the event location or venue. View the calendar here . When Felix Mendelssohn's "St. Paul Oratorio" was first performed in 1836, it marked a milestone in music history. The oratorio, which deals with Paul's transformation from a persecutor of Christians to an evangelist for Christianity who is ultimately persecuted himself, was the first major oratorio to be published in nearly 40 years. It resurrected the art form, and inspired other composers such as Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner to write their own oratorios. The St. Paul Oratorio was first performed in the United States in 1838, and has been performed continually ever since. "Mendelssohn did for the oratorio as a genre what Beethoven did for the symphony," says Michael Cooper, associate professor of music and holder of the Margarett Root Brown Chair of Fine Arts at Southwestern University. However, like many pieces published 100-150 years ago, the St. Paul Oratorio as it is now performed bears little resemblance to what Mendelssohn approved for use. Music enthusiasts will soon have the opportunity to hear the oratorio as Mendelssohn intended thanks to more than a decade of work by Cooper. For the rest of the story, go here . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMUNICATION STUDIES PROFESSOR RECEIVES 2007 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD Hector Amaya, an assistant professor of communication studies, has received the 2007 Southwestern University Young Investigator Award. The award was established in 2003 to recognize non-tenured faculty members who have distinguished themselves professionally early in their careers. Nominations are solicited from department chairs, and recipients of the award are selected by a group of senior faculty members. Amaya joined the Southwestern faculty in the fall of 2003 after receiving his Ph.D. in radio-television-film from The University of Texas at Austin. His research explores the relationship of citizenship and culture. He has published articles on this topic in several prominent journals, including Television and New Media, Latino Studies, and Critical Discourse Studies. He regularly presents his work at conferences, including those held by the National Communication Association, the International Communication Association, and the Society of Cinema and Media Studies. Read the rest of the story here . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *NEW ISSUE OF SOUTHWESTERN MAGAZINE ONLINE* The summer issue of the Southwestern University magazine is now online at www.southwestern.edu/magazine . The issue includes a cover story on Southwestern's environmental initiatives. Please share the word with anyone who might not have received this magazine by mail! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVENTS SAROFIM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS CONCERT The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Department of Music, presents the internationally renowned American soprano Susan Dunn in a guest artist recital at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, at First United Methodist Church in Georgetown. Dunn will perform selections by Handel, Respighi, Wolf, Hindemith and Barber, accompanied by David Heid, her colleague at Duke University. Prior to the performance, Dunn will offer a vocal master class at 3 p.m. in the Caldwell Carvey Foyer. This class is open to the public. For more events from the Sarofim School of Fine arts, go here . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOUTHWESTERN TO HOST INAUGURAL PIRATE GOLF CLASSIC NOV. 17 Southwestern University will host its inaugural Pirate Golf Classic at the Wildcat Golf Club in Houston on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. The tournament begins with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. on the Highlands course. President Jake B. Schrum and Glada Munt, director of intercollegiate athletics, will serve as hosts of the event. A range of sponsorship opportunities are available, with all proceeds benefiting Southwestern's Department of Athletics. Advance registration with payment is required by November 9, 2007. The tournament is limited to the first 96 registered golfers. Registration will not be complete until payment has been received. For registration and sponsorship information, please visit www.southwestern.edu/pirategolfclassic or contact Kent Huntsman at 800-960-6363 ext. 1482 or by e-mail at huntsmak@southwesten.edu. MEDIA COVERAGE . The /Williamson County Sun/ ran a story about Southwestern's plans to build a new admission center and the Center for Lifelong Learning. NOTABLES *Patricia Schiaffini*, part-time assistant professor of Chinese, has a book on modern Tibetan literature coming out in 2008. It will be published by Duke University Press. *A.J. Senchack*, professor of business and holder of the Lucy King Brown Chair in International Business, traveled to Stanford University in August to collaborate with researchers at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Carnegie Foundation has received a $500,000 grant for a new initiative on "Business, Entrepreneurship, and Liberal Learning," which involves a three-year study of how educators can help ensure that undergraduates majoring in business gain the benefits of a strong liberal arts education. Southwestern University will be one of the 12 colleges and universities that will be part of this investigation to find promising approaches to integrating liberal arts and business. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.southwestern.edu/pipermail/su-infocus/attachments/20070927/8497cb61/attachment.html