News for: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
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14 Aug 2008
Starting fall 2008, Portland State University will have a Russian Language Flagship program, aimed at creating superior speakers of Russian.
13 Aug 2008
Objects and artifacts held by the Portland State University will be preserved for future generations with help from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
11 Aug 2008
Alan Yeakley, Environmental Science and Management faculty, presented a research seminar, "Riparian Ecology and Management in Portland, Oregon," at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md., June 27. He also presented "Changes in Riparian Vegetation Buggers at both the Patch and Landscape Scales in Response to Development in Three Oregon Cities from 1990 to 2002" at the American Water Resources Association Specialty Conference on Riparian Ecology and Management in Virginia Beach, Va., June 30. He co-authored the paper with Connie Ozawa, Urban Studies and Planning faculty.
11 Aug 2008
Bin Jiang, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, co-authored "Bioinspired Broadband Antireflection Coatings on GaSb" published in Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, Issue 14, April 9.
11 Aug 2008
F. Rudolf Beyl, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, had his article "Isoclinisms of Groups Extensions and the Schur Multiplicator" republished in "Groups-St Andrews 1981, Revised Edition," London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series 71, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007.
11 Aug 2008
Jan Haaken, Psychology faculty, has had her documentary film, Queens of Heart, chosen by Cinema Libre for distribution. The DVD is being released on September 30.
11 Aug 2008
Maria DePriest, English faculty, authored "Once Upon a Time, Today: Hearing Fleur's Voice in Tracks" published in the Journal of Narrative Theory, Vol. 38, No. 2, Summer 2008.
11 Aug 2008
Mark Fishbein, Biology faculty, co-authored "Evolution of Latex and its Constituent Defensive Chemistry in Milkweeds (Asclepias)" published in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Vol. 128.
11 Aug 2008
Paul Collins, English faculty, received the Lancia Celebration of Lives Award in a special tribute at the Biografilm Festival in Bologna, Italy, June 11-15. Recognized for his book of biographical essays, Banvard's Folly, Collins is the first foreign writer to receive the award.
11 Aug 2008
Pelin Basci, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, authored "Türk Edebiyatı Kanonu ve Ulusal Kimli in Sınırları" (The Canon of Turkish Literature and the Limits of National Identity) published in Pasaj Edebiyat, Vol. 6 (November 2007-May 2008), a special issue on the literary canon.
11 Aug 2008
The Spring 2008 President's and Dean's lists have been released for all of Portland State University's undergraduate academic units.
11 Aug 2008
Robert Strongin, Chemistry faculty, co-authored "Gold Nanoparticle Sensor for Homocysteine Thiolactone-Induced Protein Modification" published in Langmuir, Vol. 24; "Chiral Recognition of Amino Acids by Use of a Fluorescent Resorcinarene" in Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 62; "Determination of Enantiomeric Compositions of Analytes Using Novel Fluorescent Chiral Molecular Micelles and Steady State Fluoresence Measurements" in the Journal of Fluorescence, Vol. 18. (2008); "Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Chiral Ionic Liquids and Investigation of Their Enantiomeric Recognition Properties" in Chirality, Vol. 20; and "Iron(III)-Salophene: An Organometallic Compound with Selective Cytotoxic and Anti-Proliferatice Properties in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells," in Public Library of Science One, Vol. 3.
11 Aug 2008
Silvia Boero, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, authored "Metodologie di Sovversione in Monte Ignoso" published in Forum Italicum, Vol. 42, No. 1, Spring 2008.
11 Aug 2008
William Lang, History faculty, authored "Swimming Canaries: What the Fate of Anadromous Fish Tells Us about the Pacific Northwest Environment" published in the Oregon English Journal, Spring 2008.