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Date	Title
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 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 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	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
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.