Dr. Gregory L. Comer (physics) gave an invited talk, "Quasinormal Modes of General Relativistic Superfluid Neutron Stars," at a conference held in honor of Joseph Katz at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A co-authored paper of the same title also appeared in Physical Review D.

From the department of history: Dr. Sarah Curtis presented "The Limits of Enclosure: French Missionary Sisters in the Early Nineteenth Century" at the meeting of the Western Society for French History. In October Dr. Philip Gavitt presented "From Putte to Puttane: Female Foundlings and Charitable Institutions in Early Modern Florence" at a conference on pre-modern teenagers held at the Center for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at the University of Toronto. Gavitt also presented "Discipline, Civil Space and Narratives of Communal Well-Being" at the 16th Century Studies Conference, held in St. Louis. The session was organized and chaired by Dr. Charles Parker , who also served as commentator. Gavitt organized, chaired and commented on a session sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies titled, "The Immaculate Conception in European Politics and Political Imagery." Graduate student Steven Bartlett presented "Eve at Ave: Immaculate Conception Imagery in Michelangelo's 'Creation of Eve' in the Sistine Chapel." Graduate student Ellen Keao presented "The Immaculate Conception and the Apotheosis of Elizabeth I." Graduate student Victoria Rodiguez presented "Legal Humanism and Conciliarism: The Career of Filippo Decio." Dr. George Ndege presented "Indigenous Knowledge and Initiatives in the Institutiona-lization of Colonial Health Care in Kenya" during the annual meeting of the African Studies Association in Philadelphia. Ndege also chaired a panel on "Problems with Technology Transfer" at the same conference.

From the department of earth and atmospheric sciences: Dr. James T. Moore and five graduate students attended the 24th annual meeting of the National Weather Association in Biloxi, Miss., in October. Moore is the president of the NWA. He presented a workshop on quantitative precipitation forecasting for TV broadcasters as well as a paper on "Comparing Adiabatic and Diabatic Vertical Motions in Isentropic Coordinates." Graduate student Stephen Klaus presented a paper, "The Creation of a Synoptic Climatology for Significant Rainfall over Kentucky and Southern Indiana." Graduate student Scott Watson presented a poster, "Validation of Eta-32 Model Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts for Rainfall Events Exceeding Two Inches." Graduate student James O'Sullivan presented "A Comparison of Operational Models and a Local Mesoscale Model During a Squall Line Event from a Forecasting Perspective." Graduate students John Gagan and Heather Sumner also attended the conference. In November Moore and the local National Weather Service organized a Cooperative Program for Meteorological Education and Training regional workshop, held in Busch Memorial Center.

Dr. Paul Shore (educational studies and American studies) published an article, "The Ratio Studiorum at Four Hundred: Some Considerations from an American Perspective," in the Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia. Shore presented a paper, "Cluj: A Jesuit Outpost in Eighteenth Century Transylvania," at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

From the department of theological studies: Dr. Julie Hanlon Rubio participated in "Family and Community" at the College of Saint Elizabeth Centennial Symposium. Her presentation centered around an article she wrote for Theological Studies titled, "Does Family Conflict with Community?" in which she suggests that Catholic social teaching offers resources to help families embrace values of solidarity and the common good. Dr. Valerie Karras presented two major addresses on the theme of unity, diversity and conflict at the meeting of the Pacific Southwest District Pastor's Conference of the Lutheran ChurchÐMissouri Synod, held in Palm Springs, Calif. Karras, a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John's University, attended the institute's fall meeting in October. Dr. Jack Renard presented "Calligraphic Themes in Contemporary Islamic Art" as part of a panel and responded to another panel at the American Academy of Religion national conference in Boston. His book Seven Doors to Islam and its companion anthology Windows on the House of Islam were awarded Notable Book Status in Alpha Sigma Nu's humanities book competition. Dr. William M. Shea published "A Vote of Thanks to Voltaire" in A Catholic Modernism? Charles Taylor's Marianist Lecture, edited by James Heft and published by Oxford University Press.

Dr. Gerard A. Fowler (educational leadership and higher education) has been reappointed as an evaluation team member for the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

Dr. Raœl de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos de la Fuente Marco (science and mathematics, Madrid) have had a paper, "On the Dynamical Evolution of the Brown Dwarf Population in Open Clusters," accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science.

Dr. Lawrence Barmann (American studies and theological studies) attended the annual convention of the American Academy of Religion in Boston in November, where he was one of the founding members and inaugurators of a new seminar within the academy on "Historical consciousness and the Christian Churches." For many years he has been a member of and contributor to the AAR seminar on "Roman Catholic Modernism."

From the department of communication sciences and disorders: Maureen Valente served as a grant reviewer this summer for St. Louis Community Foundation. This fall she peer-reviewed a bibliography in aural rehabilitation in conjunction with the ASHA working group on Aural Rehabilitation.Dr. Travis Threats has been named as the liaison representative for ASHA to the World Health Organiza-tion's International Classification of Functioning and Disability, Beta 2 (ICIDH-2) process.

From the department of aerospace and mechanical engineering: Dr. Marty Ferman published a co-authored article, "Scaling Concepts in Random Acoustic Fatigue Testing," in the Journal of Sound and Vibration. Ferman was one of four internationally recognized dynamicists appointed to the international organizing committee for the Seventh International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, to be held at the Institute of Sound and Vibration at the University of Southhampton in England next July. Ferman attended the Industry University Government Roundtable on Enhancing Engineering Education meeting, held in Indianapolis in November. Dr. Sridhar Condoor presented a paper, "Integrating Design in Engineering Graphics Courses -- Using Feature-based, Parametric Solid Modeling," at the 1999 Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference, held in November in San Jaun, Puerto Rico. He also presented "A Model for Conceptual Design" for incorporating robust design in the conceptual design stage at the International ASME Congress and Exposition, held in Nashville, Tenn., in November. Dr. K. Ravindra attended the same exposition in Nashville and a workshop on ASME/ABET EC 2000 Preparedness.

Dr. Reuven R. Levary (decision sciences and MIS) presented a tutorial on simulating a portfolio of assets to high school math teachers at the national meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, held in Philadelphia. He also co-wrote an article, "Some Practical Legal Aspects of Software Reverse Engineering," which was chosen by the ACM to be included in Intellectual Property in the Age of Universal Access, a compilation of the most cited articles on technology and law.

Dr. Nikki L. Murdick (educational studies) was awarded the Region V Service Award for contributions to the improvement of services for individuals with mental retardation at the Region V American Association on Mental Retardation Conference held in St. Louis.

From the department of modern and classical languages: Dr. Reinhard Andress authored "Verschoben, aber nicht aufgehoben: Zur Topographie der Liebe im Kontext von Volksgemeinschaft und krieg in erfolgreichen NS-Filmen," published in Monatshefte. Dr. Oscar L—pez presented "Allvaro Mutis: o del Vagabundaje del Gaviero, Noticias Desencantadas" at the 14th annual International Conference, held at State University of Georgia. L—pez presented "La Mujer en la Narrative de Alvaro Mutis" at the 15th Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature at the University of Missouri-Columbia in October, and the abstract was published. Dr. Reinhart Jost presented two invited lectures at Iowa State University in Ames: "Translation in the Electronic Age: A Dying Art?" and "History as Memories in Edgar Reitz' 'Heimat.' " Dr. Jean-Louis Pautrot presented "Statut de la Musique dans la LittŽrature Francaise des AnnŽes 80 et 90" at the 41st annual convention of the Modern Language Association in Minneapolis. Dr. Clarence Miller (English) presented "Translations of Utopia: Two Traditions" during a conference at the Massachusettes Center for Renaissance Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Michael Barber, SJ (philosophy) organized the 60th meeting of the Jesuit Philosophical Association in St. Paul, Minn. His paper, "Values as Critique and the Critique of Values: Voegelin and Schutz on Theory in the Social Sciences," was published in Schutzian Social Science, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. Barber presented "Anamnesis, Race, and Ethnicity in Sartre's Black Orpheus" at the annual meeting of the Society for Phenomenlology and Existential Philosophy, held in Eugene, Ore. Barber published in Japanese "Pluralism and the Subjective Interpretation of Meaning: Arendt and Schutz on Race in the United States" in the opening volume of Cultural and Society, International Journal of Human Sciences.

From the School of Public Health: Dr. Roger Lewis received an award from the American Industrial Hygiene Association for the best Indoor Environmental Quality Research Paper of 1998 at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference, held in Toronto. This award was presented to Lewis and his co-authors, all of whom are from John Hopkins University. The paper is titled "Factors Affecting the Retention of Dust Mite Allergen in Carpet." Dr. Douglas Luke recently had one of his journal articles, "Expanding Behavior Setting Theory: Setting Phenotypes in a Mutual Help Organization," selected as one of the 10 most influential methodology articles published in the first 25 years of the American Journal of Community Psychology. This article originally appeared in 1991.

Dr. Charles Marske (criminal justice) recently completed a lecture tour of Japan, where he addressed a variety of topics, including community policing and non-for-profit organizations. Invited lectures were given before the Japanese Sociological Society and the Japanese Association of Sociological Criminology and at Tokyo University.

From the School of Social Service: Marla Berg-Weger and Julie Birkenmaier co-wrote a textbook, The Practicum Companion for Social Work: Integrating Class and Field Work, published by Allyn & Bacon. Jan Wilson presented "New Trends in School Social Work Practice" in November to the School Social Work Association of Missouri fall meeting. Cynthia Loveland Cook wrote an article, "Complementary Alternative Medicine in Health and Mental Health: Implications for Social Work Practice," which will be published in Social Work in Health Care. Drs. Tina Timm and Adrian Blow (counseling and family therapy) co-wrote an article, "Self of the Therapist Work: A Balance Between Removing Restraints and Identifying Resources," published in Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal.

From the department of communication: Dr. Paaige K. Turner presented and authored "Jumping Out of the Frying Pan: Tracing Paradox, Resistance/Oppression, and Meanings of Work in the Discourse of Midwives"; chaired and organized a six-paper panel "Approaches and Frontiers in Organiza-tional Socialization Research: Examining the Individual/Organization Relationship"; and chaired a four-paper panel "Autoethnography and Personal Involvement in Ethnographic Research" at the National Communication Association's Annual Conference in Chicago in November. She also received the 1999 Cheris Kramarae Dissertation Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender for her dissertation entitled "Labor as Work: The Discursive Construction of Midwifery." Dr. Robert L. Krizek was an invited panelist on "Ethnography as Spiritual Practice: When Coloring Makes the Lines Disappear" and an invited panelist on "Creative Links between Master's Programs and Contemporary Career Pathways" at the NCA conference. Krizek and Turner co-authored and presented "Narrativizing the Individual/Organization Relationship: An Alternative Organizational Socialization Perspective" at the conference, and Dr. Peggy Bowers presented "Charles Taylor's Practical Reason."

From the School of Nursing: Dr. Cecilia Younger Lewis is the first author of an article in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing titled, "Use of the Iowa Self-Assessment Inventory with Older Hospitalized Patients." The ISAI was developed to assess the status and resources of community dwelling elderly; this study focuses on the utility of the ISAI with hospitalized elderly. Dr. Patsy Ruchala was reappointed as a corresponding member of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) National Research Committee. It is a one-year term.

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