News for: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

« November, 2009 »

Date	Title
23 Nov 2009	Portland State University in the Middle East More than 2,000 Portland State alumni reside in the Middle East, and many of them matriculated from the business school.
23 Nov 2009	Tony Wolk contributes to piece in College English Tony Wolk, English faculty, contributed to "Reflection on Lincoln and English Studies" in the November 2009 issue of College English, Vol. 72, No. 2. Wolk's "reflection" was based on having taught Lincoln and Literature winter term.
23 Nov 2009	Donald Truxillo and Talya Bauer co-author article in Selection and Assessment journal Student Deborah Ford; Donald Truxillo, Psychology faculty; and Talya Bauer, Business Administration faculty co-authored "Rejected But Still There: Shifting the Focus to the Promotional Context" published in a special issue of the International Journal of Selection and Assessment titled "Applicant Perspectives in Selection: Going beyond Preferences in Reactions," No. 17, 2009.
23 Nov 2009	Richard Beyler presents paper at the Austrian Academy of Sciences Richard Beyler, History faculty, presented a paper on "Post-War Post-Positivism" to the conference Positivismus.Macht.Aufklärung (Positivism.Power.Enlightenment) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna on Sept. 18.
23 Nov 2009	Shelly Chabon wins award for volunteerism Shelly Chabon, Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty, was chosen out of 135,000 members to receive the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Dorothy Dreyer Award for Volunteerism. This award acknowledges a member who has made significant and outstanding volunteer contributions to the association and has served as a model of volunteerism to others. Chabon received the award Nov. 20 at the association's annual convention.
23 Nov 2009	Archaeology seminar on ancient American civilization, Dec. 2 A free archeology seminar, "Caral-Supe, the Oldest Center of Civilization in the Americas?" is Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in 238 Smith Union.
23 Nov 2009	A good match for outstanding teaching Professor Scott Burns receives surprise teaching award at Carnegie Conversation
18 Nov 2009	Two New Ecosystem Services Classes for Winter 2009 and Spring 2010
16 Nov 2009	Rossitza Wooster authors entries in business encyclopedia Rossitza Wooster, Economics faculty, authored two entries, "Balance of Goods and Services" and "Leontief Paradox," for The Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World, Sage Publications, 2009.
16 Nov 2009	Jim White co-authors book on foster care Jim White, Child Welfare Partnership faculty, co-authored What Works in Foster Care?: Key Components of Success From the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study, published by Oxford University Press, USA, September 2009.
16 Nov 2009	Christine Rose authors book review in The Medieval Review Christine Rose, English faculty, authored a review of Constance Hieatt's A Gathering of Medieval English Recipes, published in The Medieval Review, November 2009.
16 Nov 2009	David Ritchie authors paper in Metaphor and Symbol David Ritchie, Communication faculty, authored "Relevance and Simulation in Metaphor" published in Metaphor and Symbol, 24, 2009.
16 Nov 2009	Susan Masta authors paper in Gene Susan Masta, Biology faculty, authored "Mitochondrial rRNA Secondary Structures and Genome Arrangements Distinguish Chelicerates: Comparisons with a Harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangium opilio)" published in Gene, No. 449.
16 Nov 2009	Linda George co-authors paper in Applied Optics Linda George, Environmental Sciences and Management faculty, and physics graduate student Jeremy Parra co-authored "Atmospheric Pressure Laser-Induced Fluorescence Determination of Ambient Levels of NO2," published in Applied Optics, 48(18), 2009.
16 Nov 2009	Carl Wamser moderates Linus Pauling Medal Award symposium Carl Wamser, Chemistry faculty, made preliminary remarks and moderated the afternoon symposium's presentations at the annual Linus Pauling Medal Award Symposium held on campus Nov. 7. MIT professor Stephen Lippard was awarded the medal.
16 Nov 2009	Rik Lemoncello speaks on assistive technology for brain injury survivors Rik Lemoncello, Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty, presented a talk entitled "Assistive Technology for Brain Injury Survivors" at the Innovate-Collaborate Oregon Innovation Showcase on the Brain at the World Trade Center in Portland, Nov. 3. He presented on his current research with Personal Technologies, focusing on everyday, familiar technologies to improve everyday living tasks for people with cognitive challenges.
16 Nov 2009	Rachel Hardesty speaks on women's online education Rachel Hardesty, Conflict Resolution faculty, presented "Women Accessing Tertiary Education Opportunities & Challenges Online" at the PSU Women's Resource Center Faculty Favorite Lecture Series, Nov. 12.
16 Nov 2009	Elise Granek speaks on land-sea connections Elise Granek, Environmental Science and Management faculty, gave an invited symposium talk on "Marine Reserves and Mangroves: The Land Sea Connection Between Tropical Coral Reefs and the Coast" at the Ecology of Marine Reserves: Acknowledging the Land-Sea Connection symposium of the 20th Biennial Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Meeting held in Portland, Nov 1-5.
16 Nov 2009	Unique entertainment provided at Japan Night, Nov. 23 Food, fashion, Sumo wrestling, and much more is planned for Japan Night on Nov. 23, 6 to 9:30 p.m. in the Smith Union Ballroom; $6 in advance and $8 at the door.
16 Nov 2009	General interest meeting for Take Back the Night, Nov. 18 A meeting for prospective volunteers at the annual Take Back the Night march and rally in April is Nov. 18 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Women's Resource Center Lounge, Montgomery Court basement.
16 Nov 2009	Marcus Mundy to speak Nov. 18 Marcus Mundy, CEO of the Portland Urban League, is the guest for the Black Bag Speakers Series, Nov. 18 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in 228 Smith Union.
13 Nov 2009	Scott Burns to speak on Great Missoula Floods, Nov. 19
09 Nov 2009	Eric Mankowski receives grant from Ohio Department of Youth Services Eric Mankowski, Psychology faculty, received a grant from the Ohio Department of Youth Services to evaluate the Boys Council, a strengths-based group program to promote healthy masculinity.
09 Nov 2009	John Hall co-authors chapter in book on non-equilibrium economics John Hall, Economics and International Studies faculty, co-authored "Peirce, Veblen, and the Introduction of Cumulative Causation into Economic Science," Chapter 11 in the book, The Foundations of Non-Equilibrium Economics: The Principle of Circular and Cumulative Causation, published by Routledge, 2009.
09 Nov 2009	Heejun Chang co-authors paper in Progress in Physical Geography Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, and recent graduate student Sarah Praskievicz co-authored "A Review of Hydrologic Modeling of Basin-Scale Climate Change and Urban Development Impacts," published in Progress in Physical Geography, Vol. 33, October 2009.
09 Nov 2009	Eva Thanheiser speaks at meeting on psychology of mathematics Eva Thanheiser, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, presented two papers and chaired a working group at the 31st annual meeting of The North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, held in Atlanta, Sept. 23-26. The co-authored papers, which will be published in the conference proceedings, are "Exploring Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of Numbers Via the Mayan Number System" and "Understanding Base Ten Numbers: Why Don't You Just Tell Them it is Ten?" The working group was on preservice elementary school teachers' content knowledge in mathematics.
09 Nov 2009	Serge Preston presents paper at the University Politehnica, Romania Serge Preston, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, presented the paper "Noncommuting Variations in the Lagrantian Field Theory" at the International Conference of Differential Geometry and Dynamical Systems at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania, Oct. 8-11.
09 Nov 2009	Digital Marketing Breakfast, Nov. 17 Hear the "Top 10 Internet Tips for 2010" at a free Digital Marketing Breakfast Nov. 17 from 7:15 to 9 a.m. Registration required.
09 Nov 2009	Professors to discuss book, The Good Wife's Guide, Nov. 17 Professors Christine Rose and Gina Greco will discuss their translation of Le Ménagier de Paris (The Good Wife's Guide), a medieval household book, Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. in 160 Millar Library.
09 Nov 2009	Russian Culture Fair and Holiday Bazaar, Nov. 15 Russian Culture Fair and Holiday Bazaar is Nov. 15 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Smith Union Ballroom, third floor.
09 Nov 2009	CANCELLED: Justice Betty Roberts to speak Nov. 12 Friends of History is hosting "A Conversation with Justice Betty Roberts" Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in 338 Smith Union.
09 Nov 2009	Keith Walters to talk on immigration and bilingualism, Nov. 12
08 Nov 2009	2009 Linus Pauling Medal Award Symposium held at PSU 2009 Linus Pauling Medal awarded to Professor Stephen J. Lippard of MIT. Event hosted by Portland State University.
02 Nov 2009	Eric Mankowski receives grant from National Park Service Eric Mankowski, Psychology faculty, received a grant from the National Park Service and Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit for an analysis of oral histories of people connected to United Flight 93, which crashed on September 11, 2001.
02 Nov 2009	Jeffrey Robinson co-authors article in Patient Education and Counseling Jeffrey Robinson, Communication faculty, co-authored "An Evidence Base for Patient-Centered Cancer Care: A Meta-Analysis of Studies of Observed Communication Between Cancer Specialists and Their Patients," published in the journal Patient Education and Counseling, 2009.
02 Nov 2009	Subhash Kochar authors paper in the Journal of Multivariate Analysis Subhash Kochar, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, and graduate student Maochao Xu co-authored "On the Right Spread Order of Convolutions of Heterogeneous Exponential Random Variables," published in the Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Vol. 101, 2010.
02 Nov 2009	Tom Hastings authors chapter in Building Cultures of Peace Tom Hastings, Conflict Resolution adjunct faculty, authored a chapter in the book Building Cultures of Peace, published by Cambridge Scholars Press, October 2009.
02 Nov 2009	Charles Deemer releases DVD of comedy telecast Charles Deemer, English adjunct faculty, has released a 25th anniversary DVD of Christmas at the Juniper Tavern, his award-winning comedy that was telecast by Oregon Public Broadcasting in 1984. A free showing will occur on Dec. 9 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Blackbird Wineshop, 4323 NE Fremont.
02 Nov 2009	Dacian Daescu authors paper in Monthly Weather Review Dacian Daescu, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, authored "On the Deterministic Observation Impact Guidance: A Geometrical Perspective" published in the Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 137, October 2009.
02 Nov 2009	Suwako Watanabe speaks on Japanese oral proficiency Suwako Watanabe, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, was an invited panelist and presented "ACTFL OPI-c: How is Oral Proficiency Assessed with Computer?" for the panel on computerized assessment of language proficiency at the Seventh International Symposium on Japanese Oral Proficiency Interview in Seoul, South Korea, July 19-20. At the same symposium, she reported on her research study, "Assessing the Ability to Use Honorifics with Role Play at the Superior Level."
02 Nov 2009	Serge Preston speaks at universities in Italy Serge Preston, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, delivered a cycle of lectures at the department of mathematics at University of Messina, Italy, Oct. 3-6. In addition, he delivered the lecture "Geometrical Theory of Balance Systems" at the colloquium of the department of mathematics at University of Lecce, Italy, Oct. 6.
02 Nov 2009	Laurence Kominz speaks at University of Pittsburgh Laurence Kominz, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, gave a panel presentation entitled "American College Kabuki: Replications and Adaptations" for the 2009 Toshiba International Foundation Symposium, Japan's Cultural Imagination and its Contribution to the World, at the University of Pittsburgh, Oct. 17.
02 Nov 2009	Milton López Norori to speak on elders in Nicaragua, Nov. 9 Milton López Norori will present "Health and Quality of Life of Elders in Nicaragua" on Nov. 9 from noon to 1 p.m. in 228 Smith Union.