“A consistent data set of Antarctic ice sheet topography, cavity geometry, and global bathymetry,” co-authored by Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences, was published on Dec. 22 in Earth System Science Data - The Data Publishing Journal.

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, has co-authored a paper with Colgate professor Takao Kato titled “The Impact of Teams on Output, Quality and Downtime: An Empirical Analysis Using Individual Panel Data.”

Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, presented a paper at the 2010 International Chemical Congress of the Pacific Basin Societies (PacifiChem) on Dec. 18, in Honolulu. In his presentation, he discussed work carried out while on leave at Scripps Institute of Oceanography and at Hamilton.

Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin recently published a research article titled "More Results on r-inflated Graphs: Arboricity, Thickness, Chromatic Number, and Fractional Chromatic Number" in Ars Mathematica Contemporanea.

Levitt Center Director and Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics Ann Owen was interviewed for a Dec. 11 MarketWatch article titled “Fed to take a rest -Meeting expected to be uneventful with few changes to statement.” Quoted in the article, Owen discussed the intense and unanticipated opposition generated by the Fed’s announced asset purchase plan as well as the Fed’s commitment to it.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus published a book review in The APA Newsletters (Fall 2010). Marcus reviewed The Ontological Argument from Descartes to Hegel, by Kevin J. Harrelson (Amherst NY: Humanity Books, 2009).

Associate Professor of Music Heather Buchman performed with the trombone section of the Rochester Philharmonic in a trombone quartet and organ holiday concert on Dec. 12. The program, held at the United Church of Phelps (N.Y.), included works by Gabrieli as well as arrangements of both traditional and contemporary holiday music.

“The LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica, LARISSA a Model for Antarctic Integrated System Science (AISS) Investigations using Marine Platforms,” was presented at the American Geophysical Union fall conference in San Francisco on Dec.14. Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences, was the poster’s first author.

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Edna Rodríguez-Plate was invited to participate in the symposium, Culture and Politics in Post-Soviet Cuba, at the University of Birmingham, England, on Nov. 24. She gave the paper "Shrinking the Space of the Nation: Cuban Cinema from 35 mm to You Tube."

Associate Professor of Philosophy A. Todd Franklin has published a paper titled “Schoolin’: Critical Consciousness, Black Consciousness and the Pedagogies of Transformation,” in The International Journal of Learning, Volume 17, Issue 8, 2010.