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Katie Lee, Sarah McNeil, Angela Pagano, and Hannah Stahle are monitoring snapping turtles for the incidence of diabetes. This project, supervised by Biology Professor David Gapp, has been ongoing since 1993. More...

Government Professor Cheng Li was interviewed for a Christian Science Monitor article (6/15) about China's meeting with Russia and four Central Asian nations to discuss foreign policy. The forum "is China's attempt to break out of its old foreign policy isolation," Li said.

If you're looking for a quiet spot to enjoy this summer's sunny days, visit the Root Glen, where you'll also be treated to a riot of colors provided by the thousands of flowers growing there.

Associate Professor of Government Carol Drogus will travel to Brazil to complete research on a co-authored book, thanks to a Fichter Research Award from the Association for the Sociology of Religion. She also has been named by the Institute for International Education for a three-year term on the country selection committee (Brazil and Southern Cone) for Fulbright-Hayes grants. The committee selects nominees whose names are forwarded to host countries for finalization. Fulbright-Hayes funds doctorate and some master’s-level research. Earlier this month, Drogus’ co-authored paper, "National Alliances: Catholic Activists and Grassroots Feminist Organizations in Brazil and Chile,” was presented by her co-author at the Latin American Studies Association meeting in Washington, DC.

Earlier this month, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren presented "Catecholase Activity Associated with Cu-S100B” at the 10th International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry in Florence, Italy. In addition to Elgren, co-authors included SueAnn Senior (laboratory supervisor), Heather VanGuilder '02, Elizabeth Guancial '01, Laura Mans '00 and Kimberly Kelly '96. The abstract was published in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (2001) 86, 210. In addition, Elgren and Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Robin Kinnel have been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Dreyfus Scholar/Fellowship Program for their project, “An Integrative, Investigative and Advanced Chemistry Laboratory.”

Associate Professor of Economics Christopher Georges presented a paper titled "Learning Dynamics in an Artificial Currency Market" at the 7th International Conference of the Society for Computational Economics at Yale University in June.

Assistant Professor of English Naomi Guttman was awarded an Artist's Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts for work on her current manuscript, Galactopoiesis. Her poem, "Ultrasounds," will be published soon in the e-book anthology, Sad Little Breathings & Other Acts of Ventriloquism, edited by Heather McHugh and published by PublishingOnline (PublishingOnline.com). Two poems from the cycle Galactopoiesis, "Breather" and "Ward," appeared in the latest edition of the journal River Styx (#60). This past summer Guttman mentored Emerson Summer Collaboration Award recipient Meghan Lynch ’02 on a poetry project, a series of monologues and lyric poems based on the history of the Merrimack River Valley.

Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Levitt Center Paul Hagstrom received a grant from the Institute for Research on Poverty for $12,130 for his research project titled “Food Stamp and Program Participation of Refugees and Immigrants: Measurement Error Correction for Immigrant Status.”

Library Systems Manager Ken Herold published “Librarianship and the Philosophy of Information,” a peer-reviewed article, in the Spring 2001 issue of Library Philosophy and Practice.

Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin and Visiting Instructor in Japanese Natsu Sato were among those instrumental in receiving a two-year $80,558 commitment from the Japan Foundation to support a new tenure-track assistant professor in Japanese.