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  • Professor of Classics Barbara Gold attended the annual meeting of the American Philological Association in New Orleans in January where she presented the paper, "Coordination, Cooperation and Localization in the Classics World of North America," at the Presidential panel on "The Organization of Classics in North America." Gold organized and chaired the panel, "Journals, Publishing, Refereeing, and Senior/Junior Faculty: Duties and Responsibilities." While there, she also attended numerous events associated with the journal she edits, the American Journal of Philology.

  • Professor of Women's Studies Chandra Talpade Mohanty presented a faculty workshop, "Building A Radical, Transnational Feminist Knowledge Base," with Jacqui Alexander, University of Pennsylvania, Jan. 30-31, 2003.

  • Kate McMullen ’03 recently attended the American Geophysical Union meeting where she presented a poster, "Three Stage Ice Sheet Recession as Recorded by Swath Bathymetry in the Mertz Trough: East Antarctica," with Professor of Geology Eugene Domack. The poster was a summary of research glacial ice recession conducted off the George V Coast, East Antarctica in January-February 2001.

  • Assistant Professor of Economics Stephen Wu published a paper, "The Effects of Health Events on the Economic Status of Married Couples," in the Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2003.

  • Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his right-wing party, Likud, won the Tuesday elections in Israel. U.S. foreign policy analyst Yael Aronoff says, "The elections in Israel are another serious blow to a potential peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. The greater shift to the right makes a return to negotiations even less likely.

  • Brett Mandel '91 is featured on CNN website. In Mandel's book "Is This Heaven? The Magic of the Field of Dreams," Mandel tells the stories of people who have found peace, hope and renewal at the baseball diamond carved out of a cornfield near Dyersville for the 1989 movie, based on W.P. Kinsella's novel "Shoeless Joe."

  • Assocate Professor of English Edward Wheatley organized and chaired a panel, "Disability in Medieval European Culture," at the Modern Language Association Convention in New York in December.

  • Professor of English Patricia O'Neill presented a paper, "Globalization and its Discontents: Representations of Terrorism in Indian and American Cinema," at the Modern Language Association meeting in December.

  • Assistant Professor of Spanish Cecilia Hwangpo published, "José Antonio Ramos y la identidad nacional cubana: sentido, lenguaje y espacio," in Crítica Hispánica 24 (2002): 239-258.

  • Assistant Professor of Economics Ann Owen published "Gender and Interest in Studying Economics," with Professor of Economics Elizabeth Jensen, in Critical Junctures in Women’s Economic Lives in December 2002.

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