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Russell Marcus, the Chauncey Truax Post-Doctoral Fellow in philosophy, is the author of a short sketch of mathematician and philosopher David Hilbert's philosophical views in the March issue of The Reasoner. The publication is an interdisciplinary monthly digest highlighting research on reasoning, inference and method in philosophy, logic, artificial intelligence, statistics, cognitive science, law, psychology, mathematics and the sciences.

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, gave a talk titled "The Economic Impact of Offline Teams" at ETEO, Mondragon University, in Oñate, Spain, on March 5. Jones' presentation was based on a paper written with Colgate professor Takao Kato available as a working paper from the Institute for the Study of Labor.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Shelley McConnell spoke on U.S.-Cuba relations and the prospects for reform under the Obama administration at Utica College on March 4. She discussed the shake-up of Raul Castro's cabinet in which he fired eight ministers closely associated with Fidel Castro and replaced them with former military officers who are personally loyal to Raul.

Roberta L. Krueger, Burgess Professor of French, has published an essay titled "Chrétien de Troyes and the Invention of Arthurian Courtly Fiction" in The Companion to Arthurian Literature, edited by Helen Fulton (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).

Professor of Art Bill Salzillo's intaglio, The Cabinet, is one of 63 works chosen for the exhibition, White, Black, and Shades of Gray at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, Mass. Professor of Art Bruce Muirhead  had two etchings accepted. They are "Power Station" and "Smoker."

Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg in collaboration with Melissa Davies, education director of the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, conducted a daylong seminar, "Understanding Traditional and Modern China through New Media," for public school teachers in Central New York.

Assistant Professor of Government Ted Lehmann presented "Petroleum and America's Position: Stasis or Decline?" at the International Studies Association annual conference on Feb. 17. Lehmann's presentation drew upon his research on the present position of the United States. He pointed out, among other things, that the Iraq War can no longer be said to be unrelated to oil.

Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, presented "State, Capital, and the Transatlantic Security Order: Limits of European Autonomy" at the International Studies Association Annual Convention on Feb. 18.

Eric Kuhn '09 interviewed the co-author of Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time using blogtalkradio.com. Huffington Post included the interview in an entry on its site appearing on Feb. 24. In an Internet-based revival of his "Kuhn and Company" radio program originally heard on WHCL, Kuhn discussed the advantages of Twitter to corporations and individuals with Joel Comm.

Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg presented a paper titled "Oh Father, Where Art Thou? A Bakhtinian Reading of Luo Zhongli's Father" at An Interdisciplinary Conference: The Status of Theory in Contemporary Chinese Film and Visual Culture held at the University Maryland on Feb. 20.