Professor of Physics Emeritus Philip Pearle was one of four invited speakers at a meeting of the National Resource Council’s Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science.

American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary: The Cambridge Turn, a book by Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald, has been published by University of California Press in Berkeley. The publication is the result of a project for which MacDonald received funding from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2012 as an Academy Scholar.

Visiting Assistant Professor of History John Ragosta discussed his new book, Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Legacy, America’s Creed, on June 4 at Jefferson’s plantation Monticello in Charlottesville, Va.

Barbara Gold, Edward North Professor of Classics, presented an invited lecture on May 28 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Austin Briggs, the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English emeritus, published "Joyce's Drinking" in the Summer 2011 issue of the James Joyce Quarterly. Because the journal is behind in its schedule, the issue actually appeared in April 2013.

Dean of Faculty Patrick Reynolds announced that Professor of Psychology Penny Yee has accepted the position of Associate Dean of Faculty, with particular responsibilities for curricular matters, for a three-year term starting July 1. 

Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History Maurice Isserman and his former student and CBS News Associate Producer Walter Cronkite IV ’11 presented their new book, Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home, to a full house at the National Press Club (NPC)  in Washington, D.C., on June 4. Proceeds from the event benefited the National Press Club Journalism Institute.

An article by Assistant Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus titled “Intrinsic Explanation and Field’s Dispensabilist Strategy” appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies.

Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History Maurice Isserman and his former student Walter Cronkite IV ’11 discussed their new book Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home during an hour-long interview on public radio station WOSU’s All Sides with Ann Fisher on May 28. WOSU is based in Columbus, Ohio. The segment was titled “The Way It Is: Life and Times of Walter Cronkite.”

Eugene Domack, the J. W. Johnson Family Professorship of Environmental Studies, and students under his direction, have determined why Sylvan Beach has been eroding for the past century and have discovered how to address the situation. A ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by local politicians on May 21 was held to open the beach for the season and to recognize the contributions that Domack and his team have made toward solving the problem.