Bulletin for October 10th, 2001

WEDNESDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2001 VOL. 32, N0. 7 STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AT ONEONTA

SUNYCAP’S OPERATION INFORM - OCTOBER 19

On Friday, October 19, the College at Oneonta will be a host campus for SUNYCAP’s Operation Inform program. Guidance counselors attending the event will be arriving between 7:30 and 8:30 AM. Parking will be available to participators at the Hunt College Union parking lot. The Admissions Office is requesting that faculty, staff, and students use public transportation or park in the other available lots around campus during the event. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

October is State Humanities Month. In celebration, the Cooperstown Graduate Program has planned a series of events. Please see information attached to this issue of the BULLETIN.

Information regarding the Faculty Computer Access Program is attached to this issue of the BULLETIN. The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 2, 2001.

Alex Torres and the Latin King’s Orchestra will perform on Thursday, October 11 in the CME. Please see information attached to this issue of the BULLETIN.

The James M. Milne Library will offer "Media Old and New," a series of unique presentations about the history of the College, next week in celebration of State Archives Week. Please see schedule and information attached to this issue of the BULLETIN. All events are free and the community is invited to attend. More information about the presentations is available from Janet Potter, Associate Provost for Library and Information Services, at x2723.

October 3rd marked the kick-off of the 2000 - 2001 SEFA/United Way Campaign on our campus. The theme for this year's campaign is "The Way America Cares: Community by Community," and our goal is to top last year's total of a little more than $14,000. Employees will receive a packet of information with their October 10th paychecks. Please give generously to support local organizations that contribute so much to our quality of life in Otsego and Delaware counties. Also, once again NYSEG is offering an incentive. If you are a resident of Otsego or Delaware County, and if you contribute at least $1.00 a week, you will be entered in a drawing to win up to $2,000 in free energy in 2002. Last year, our own Les Fisher of the Maintenance Department won the drawing. If you have any questions or need another form please contact Marguerite Culver at x2548, or Lorraine Tyler at x2705, this year's co-chairs for the campus campaign.

Federal law (FERPA) prohibits posting grades using student names and/or identification numbers. However, it is permissible to post by a code name or number (not the Oneonta I.D. number, social security number, or any part thereof) agreed to by

the student and the faculty member. It is also against FERPA regulations to leave students' graded work in a general pick up area. Graded course work must be returned individually to students. Violations of this law can result in termination of Federal funding to the College. Questions regarding privacy of student records should be directed to the College Registrar at x2089.

Electronic Body Composition Analysis as well as Life Scan and Blood Pressures will be available at the Counseling, Health & Wellness Center free of charge to SUNY-Oneonta students, faculty, and staff. This wellness program is the result of a longstanding collaboration between the Counseling Center and the Human Ecology Department. This project is staffed by student volunteers from Jennifer Bueche’s nutrition class. Those wishing to get a body composition, life scan or blood pressure done can come to Room 106 of the Counseling, Health and Wellness Center during one of the times listed below. No appointment is necessary, but you should come at a time when you are well hydrated, that is, when you have a sufficient amount of water in your body. Since exercise and alcohol can affect your hydration, you should wait 24 hours after exercising or drinking alcohol before getting a body comp done. Recent vomiting, diarrhea, or illness can also affect hydration, so you should come at a time when you have not been vomiting or having diarrhea. Life Scan is a computerized, behavioral health and lifestyle assessment program which calculates a “wellness” age based upon a number of personal, medical and lifestyle variables. Wellness age can be compared to chronological age to “see how you are doing.” A printout will show you how various lifestyle changes will influence your life expectancy. The Body Comp., Life Scan and Blood Pressure project will be staffed from October 8 to November 16, except when the College is closed. Times each day will be as follows: Mondays, 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon; Tuesdays, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Wednesdays, 12:00 noon - 1:00 PM & 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM; Thursdays, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM & 12:00 noon, 2:00 PM & 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM; and Fridays, 12:00 noon - 1:00pm & 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Note: For students interested in a nutritional consultation, appointments are available, at no charge, with Jennifer Bueche, a Registered Dietician, by phoning x2070. This service is supported by the Sodexho-Marriott Dining Service.

Are you interested in how the Discussion Board and Virtual Classroom work in Blackboard? If so, stop by the TLTC, Milne Library 102, on Wednesday, October 18 at 12:00 noon to see how you can utilize these tools in your Blackboard course(s). The Discussion Board is another communication tool that can be used to enhance a course Web site. This feature is similar to the chat, but is designed for asynchronous use, users are not present at the same time to converse on-line. An additional advantage of the discussion board is that student conversations are logged and organized. Conversations are grouped into threads that contain a main posting and all related replies. “The Virtual Classroom allows the instructor and students to participate in real time lessons and discussions and also view archives of previous classroom sessions. The virtual classroom, or the chat room, can be used to hold real-time, on-line classroom discussions, TA sessions, and office hour type question/answer forums.”

Part of the EOP mission is to provide every possible advantage for our students to excel in their courses of study. One of the ways that we do that is by maintaining a small library of books for our EOP tutors and students to use in our computer lab in Alumni Hall. Our library is in need of some new and more current resources. If you would like to donate a text from your course(s) or another book that might enhance our students' learning, we would be most appreciative. Please call JoAnne Murphy, Academic Support Services Coordinator at x2471 or Carole Rooney at x2496 and we would be happy to come to your office and pick up any donations. Thank You for your support.

ATTENTION: ALL NON-TENURED FACULTY - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE RICHARD SIEGFRIED PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

The Academic Excellence Committee has issued a call for applications for the seventh annual "Richard Siegfried Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence." All full-time, non-tenured faculty, including first year faculty and previous Siegfried applicants, are invited to apply. Candidates with excellent records of scholarship, creative activity, or other evidence of

academic excellence who can present to a general audience an interesting and stimulating lecture related to their areas of expertise are encouraged to apply. The Committee asks department chairs, program directors, and others to encourage applications from qualified individuals, including newly hired faculty, who might be reluctant to nominate themselves. A full faculty mailing of complete information has been done on campus, so if you have not received information on this award and its guidelines, please contact Lawrence T. Guzy, Chair of the Academic Excellence Committee, at x2494.

The PAIRS program will hold a Personal Needs Campaign at the College during the week of October 8 - 12. Organizers will collect toiletries, non-perishable food, and toys to benefit the Violence Intervention Program of Opportunities for Otsego. The items will be distributed to persons in need who have left abusive relationships. Contributions of personal care items will be accepted in the Hunt College Union, Student Health Center, and residence halls on campus. The Personal Needs Campaign is one of a series of events in October to increase awareness of sexual assault and relationship violence. PAIRS, which stands for Providing Advocacy and Intervention Regarding Sexual Assault, has designated October as Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention Month. Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention Month is sponsored by the SUNY-Oneonta PAIRS committee and the Violence Intervention Program of Opportunities for Otsego. More information is available from Kathy Ashe, Health Educator at the Wellness Center, at x3540.

Hundreds of alumni, parents, family members, and friends will visit the College for Homecoming/Family Weekend Friday - Sunday, October 12-14. The weekend will feature a Concert by Motown legend Smokey Robinson. Other highlights include the annual Craft Show, the third annual induction into the College's Athletic Hall of Fame, sporting events, and a dinner theater. Many of the events are free, and community members are invited to participate. On Friday, October 12, at 7:30 PM, the College's chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the national honorary theater fraternity, will present a dinner theater production of the interactive murder mystery "No Gifts Please." Ticket information is available by calling x3722. The events on Saturday, October 13, include the third induction ceremony for the College's Athletic Hall of Fame in the Alumni Field House. Nine outstanding athletes and one coach will be inducted in the 10:00 AM ceremony, which is free and open to the public. The very popular Craft Fair will be held in the Hunt Union Ballroom from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturday. Over 75 crafters will feature a wide variety of items at this year's show. Admission is free, and community members are invited to attend. Homecoming/Family Weekend features the eighth annual President's Scholarship Dinner on Saturday evening. Major donors to scholarships at SUNY-Oneonta are invited to the dinner, where they meet and dine with the students who received the scholarships. The annual Homecoming Concert will feature Smokey Robinson. Comedian Melvin George will open the show at 9:00 PM in the Dewar Arena of the Alumni Field House. Tickets are available at the Hunt Union Box Office on the Oneonta campus at a cost of $25 for general admission. More information is available by phoning x3722. The men's and women's soccer teams will compete on the new field at SUNY-Oneonta in the highlight of the weekend's intercollegiate athletic competition. The women's team will play Ithaca College in a noon match on Saturday on the Red Dragon soccer field next to the Alumni Field House. At 2:00 PM on Saturday, the men's soccer team will host Iona College. On Sunday at 1:00 PM, the field hockey team will be on campus to face St. Lawrence University on the field hockey field. Alumni athletes will also be in action. At noon on Saturday, the men's baseball alumni game will be held at the baseball field on campus. On Sunday on the soccer field, men's soccer alumni will compete at 10:00 AM and women's soccer alumni at 11:30 AM. Sunday's events include the Homecoming/Family Weekend Breakfast Reception, hosted by President Alan B. Donovan in the Morris Conference Center from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. The reception enables College faculty and staff to meet and speak with alumni, family, and friends of the College. More information is available by calling the Office of Alumni Affairs at x2526 or the Hunt College Union at x3722.

The College Bookstore will be having a sale on Friday & Saturday, October 12 & 13 during the Homecoming/Family weekend. Extended hours on Saturday from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Pumpkins will be for sale. Also, see store for unadvertised specials.

Create your own “hands-on” piece of history in the Adirondack Pack Basket Workshop that will run on Friday, October 12 from 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, and Saturday & Sunday, October 13 & 14 from 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The cost is $40 for SUNY-Oneonta students and $60.00 for all others. You must register in the Outdoor Resource Center with the appropriate cash fee. For more information phone x3455. Co-sponsored by CUAC, the Outing Club and Student Association (SA).

Individual students in the Science in Elementary Education course are presenting an on-going series of hands-on activities in The Science Discovery Center between 12:30 and 2:30 PM on Saturday, October 13 and continuing on most subsequent Saturdays through December 1. The activities and little experiments are appropriate for a wide age range, from pre-schoolers through adolescents and unabashed adults. They provide both enjoyment and enlightenment. A different assortment of activities will be presented each Saturday. Visitors are also invited to explore the Center's regular hands-on exhibits from 12 noon to 4:00 PM not only on Saturdays but also Thursdays and Fridays. Class groups may arrange to use the Center any weekday or time by appointment. The Center is located downstairs in the Physical Science Building. For further information phone x2011.

On Saturday, October 13, the Classical Guitar Society of Upstate NY will be holding it's 1st Annual Classical Guitar Fall Festival. The day's events will begin at 8:30 AM at Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Avenue for registration and a day full of lectures/demonstrations, and mini concerts. Performers will include: Bill Simcoe, Dan Corr, The Bridge, Jim Adams, Bruce Walker, Mark Pawkett, Dave Raphaelson, Sal Salvaggio, Tom Rasely, and the C.G.S.U.N.Y. ensemble. Throughout the day there will be vendors displaying their products. Performances will be varied and include classical and jazz music. There will also be a lute performance, a parlor guitar performance, and a presentation by area luthiers. Activities will run through 5:30 PM, followed by a dinner break, and the evening performance by Martha Masters will begin at 8:00 PM at Alumni Hall Little Theatre. A Viennese pastry reception will be held after the concert. Ms. Masters will also be conducting a master class on Sunday, October 14 at noon at Alumni Hall Little Theatre. The Martha Masters concert and master class are being cosponsored by the Student Association, the Music Industry Club, The Guitar Foundation of America, and The Classical Guitar Society of Upstate N.Y. For more information or to reserve your tickets, please contact Gail Hamilton at 607-865-8775 or e-mail: musicalm@hancock.net

Come visit and explore the Annual Fall Craft Fair on Saturday October 13 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM in the Hunt College Union Ballroom. The admission is free and open to the public. "You Have a Place Here."

Join us around the old “campfire” for an evening of Adirondack Tall Tales & Other Stories on Saturday, October 13 at 7:30 PM in the Morris Conference Center. Enjoy songs, poetry and tales as told by master storyteller Bill Smith. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. For information phone x3455. Co-sponsored by the Outing Club and the Center for Multicultural Experiences.

The Science Seminar for Tuesday, October 16 will be held in 205 Science I, at 12:00 noon and is entitled, "Mammoth and Mastodons: from Siberia to the Suburbs", presented by John Chiment, Cornell University. Feel free to bring your lunch and a friend. For further information, or if you are interested in making a presentation, or know of someone who is, please contact P. Jay Fleisher at x3375.

Sandra Postel, noted authority on water resources and water policy, will present the second annual Cornell-Gladstone-Hanlon-Kaufmann Lecture in Environmental Studies and Communication. The lecture will be e held on Wednesday, October 17 at 8:00 PM in the Hunt Union Ballroom. Ms. Postel is the director of the Global Water Policy Project, visiting Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College, Senior Fellow at the Worldwatch Institute, and a Pew Fellow in conservation and the Environment. Ms. Postel has published extensively, including two influential books, articles in a number of scientific and popular journals, and op-ed features that have appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post. She has addressed the European Parliament and appeared on the Washington Post. In addition, she serves as an adviser to a number of national environmental organizations and governmental bodies. The title of her talk is “Human Impacts on Earth’s Freshwater: Implications for Agriculture, the Environment, and International Politics.” The lecture is free and open to the public thanks to gifts from Virginia ‘44 and William Kaufmann to the College at Oneonta Foundation. Please RSVP by calling x2535 or email pizzajm@oenotna.edu. If you have questions, contact Tracy Allen at x3152 or James Mills at x3150.

On Thursday, October 18, Rural Social Movements in Brazil will take place at 7:00 PM in Shineman Chapel, Hartwick College. Maurillo de Lima Galdino, Brazilian spokesman for the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST), will speak about one of the most influential social movements in Latin America. Hundreds of thousands of landless peasants have taken upon themselves the task of carrying out a long over-due land reform in a country in which less that 3% of the populations owns two-thirds of Brazils’ arable land. In 1985, with the support of the Catholic Church, hundreds of landless rural Brazilains took over an unused plantation in the south of the country and successfully established a cooperative there. They gained title to the land in 1987. Today more than 250,000 families have won land titles to over15 million acres after MST land takeovers. This program is sponsored by Columbia Connect and Hartwick College.

WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES DEPARTMENT RECEPTION FOR NEW FACULTY - OCTOBER 24

The Women's and Gender Studies Department invites all faculty to a reception for new faculty. The reception will be held on Wednesday, October 24, at 4:00 PM at the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center in the lower level of Hunt College Union. Refreshments will be served.

The United States Army Field Concert Band and Soldiers' Chorus will perform on Monday, October 29, at 7:00 PM in the Dewar Arena of the Alumni Field House. The event is free, and tickets to the concert are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Individuals may request from one to four tickets for the performance of the United States Army Field Concert Band and Soldiers' Chorus. Ticket requests from off-campus should be directed to Concert Tickets, The Daily Star, P.O. Box 250, Oneonta, NY 13820. Requests should specify the number of tickets and should include a self-addressed stamped envelope for delivery of the tickets. On-campus requests may be made through the SUNY-Oneonta campus mail to Army Band Tickets, Public Relations Office, 301 Netzer Administration Building.

You’re invited to the College on Tuesday, October 30 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM for some Halloween fun. Children, Trick-or-Treaters, Goblins, Witches, and Ghouls in the community are invited to visit the residence halls. All 14 halls will be open. Parking is available at the Hunt Union and Alumni Field House. Maps will be available at each of these locations. For more information, contact Heather Engelbrecht at x3901.

The Departments of Anthropology, Biology, Life Course Studies, Psychology, and Women Studies, and the Oneonta Chapter of Sigma Xi will host Dr. Debra Martin, a Sigma Xi (The International Honor Society of Scientific and Engineering Research) Distinguished Lecturer. The title of her presentation is: “The Women Who Came Before Us: Diet, Health, and Healing in the Ancient World” at 7:00 PM in the Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, on Monday, October 29. Dr. Martin’s presentation will review 20 years of research into women’s health in ancient times. Her analyses of skeletal remains from divers regions of the world (Egypt, Arabia, Mexico, and the U.S.) reveal that women often died young do to the complications of pregnancy. Women also dealt with problems having to do with adequate nutrition, heavy labor demands, and occupational stress, and in some cases, had violence directed towards them. However, some women also lived into old age, and their skeletons reveal information into how they lived and why they died. Dr. Martin is professor of biological anthropology, director of the U.S. Southwest and Mexico Program and dean of the School of Natural Science at Hampshire College. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in skeletal biology and physical anthropology. She is trained in the areas of skeletal biology, bioarchaeology, paleopathology, paleonutrition and women's biology. Dr. Martin has published and lectured widely. Her publications include three books, two monographs, over 20 book chapters, and 14 journal articles. Her articles have appeared in journals as divers as Science, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and Women’s Studies Quarterly.

The Oneonta State Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Team would like to invite you to help us raise money on behalf of friends whose lives were lost in the attack on the World Trade Towers. Our diving coach Cathy Raddatz lost her brother, he leaves behind a wife and four children. A memorial fund has been established in his name. Erin Blackwell, a junior swim team member has an uncle who is a firefighter that remains missing. On Sunday, October 14 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM we are opening up the Chase PE swimming pool to the public for time to relax and enjoy the company of friends and family. We will have a bake sale and some organized games to play in the pool. There will be no charge for admission into the pool. Our program is hoping to collect donations from the community to put towards the George Morell Memorial Fund as well as the fund for the New York City Firefighters. Please help us to spread the word and thank you for your support.

The Teaching, Learning and Technology Center and the Instructional Resource Center have various resources available to assist faculty in creating and editing digital video as well as outputting this video to various formats. Digital video cameras can be borrowed from the TLTC in Milne Library. Digital editing can be done on computers in the TLTC and then output to a variety of formats including DVD, CD, web compatible formats such as Quicktime or traditional videotape. If you are interested in learning more about digital video and how you might use it please contact Dave Geasey at x3314, Jim Greenberg at x2701, and Tim Ploss at x2053.

Faculty and staff please share this information with your students - The Hunt College Union offers wireless laptop computer check out for students from 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM daily. Students may check out a laptop at the Hunt Union Information Desk with 2 pieces of identification for 3 hours and roam the Internet unplugged in the Hunt Union or on the Patio!! This service is sponsored by the Division of Student Development and Hunt College Union.

During the next few days all teaching faculty will be receiving a listing of their courses with associated SPI codes for course evaluations. These codes are also available via the Internet (http://oneonta.edu/stats) and through their department's main office. Please remember to sort forms before forwarding them for processing.

•Tuesday, October 30 - Withdrawal Deadline. Last day to drop a full semester course.

•Friday, November 2 - Incomplete/Pending Grade Deadline. Last day for students to make up Incomplete and Pending Grades from Spring and Summer 2001.

•Monday, November 5 - Last day for filing Independent Study, Internship, Individual Course Enrollment & Teaching Assistantship forms (less than 3 s.h.) . After this date, a $15 late fee will be assessed.

•Friday, November 16 - Last day for faculty to turn in grades for previously assigned incomplete/pending grades and/or to file Extension of Time form.

•Wednesday, November 28 - Last day to withdraw from the College and receive “W” grades.

•Thursday - Wednesday, December 13 - 19 - Finals Week. Special schedule on back of “Key Dates & Deadlines.”

•Today, Wednesday, October 10 - Specialist On Religion In The Middle East To Lecture, 7:00 PM, today, Wednesday, October 10, Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center. Richard Antoun, Anthropology, SUNY-Binghamton, will present Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian/Islamic/Jewish Movements. The event is free and open to all. The presentation is sponsored by the SUNY-Oneonta Religious Studies Program.

•October 22 - 26 - Spanish And Latin American Film Festival. “HOLA” (Hispanic Organization for Learning Advancement) is bringing a whole week of “Culture” to campus, Spanish and Latin American movies will be shown at 8:00 PM, Alumni Little Theater, throughout the week. Movies are followed by discussion. Folklore presentations from 8:00 - 11:00 PM, Hunt Union Ball Room will close out the week. All are invited to attend.

•Friday, October 26 - Deadline for 2001 - 2002 Public Events Committee Proposals. Grants are made to members of the college community to help support events that are open to both the campus and the community, such as lectures, concerts, art exhibits, etc. For further information contact Rene Prins, Fine Arts 123, email prinsr, or phone x3422.

•Friday, October 26 - "Jacques Derrida: Rethinking Sexual Difference," 1:30 to 3:00 PM, Room 103, Morris Conference Center. Dr. Anne Emmanuelle Berger, Cornell University, is the distinguished lecturer. Interested professors and their Advanced Students are encouraged to attend. Sponsored by President Donovan and Le Trait d'union. Please contact Marilyn Waterhouse at x3409; email waterhmn for a list of the articles that participants are requested to read before the lecture, and information on how to acquire them.

•Monday, November 10 - Admissions Open House. If you have questions, contact Bonnie Lasher at x3001 or email lasherbc.

•Tuesday, November 13 - On-Campus Recruitment Event - United States Marine Corps Informational Table, Hunt Union Lobby, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Contact Career Development for additional information.

•Tuesday & Thursday, November 27 & 29 - National Safety Council's Six-Hour Defensive Driving Course, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, room 104, Morris Conference Center. Fee is $30 for SUNY-Oneonta students & faculty/staff. For information on registering, contact the Office of Continuing Education at x2548 or e-mail sweetcl@oneonta.edu.

•Tuesday & Thursday, December 4 & 6 - National Safety Council's Six-Hour Defensive Driving Course, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, room 104, Morris Conference Center. Fee is $30 for SUNY-Oneonta students & faculty/staff. For information on registering, contact the Office of Continuing Education at x2548 or e-mail sweetcl@oneonta.edu.

•Fall 2001 - College Senate - Meet at 3:00 PM in Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center on the following dates: October 22, November 5 & 19, and December 3.

•Fall 2001 - Basketball Team T-Shirts - The Women's Basketball Team is selling Oneonta State T-shirts to support their program. Cost is $10. To purchase. contact Dan Mcgraw at x2360.

On this September 8th, my younger brother Robert was taken from us in an automobile accident. A collection was taken here at SUNY-Oneonta and I was very moved by the support I received from all of my co-workers. I would like to say thank you for all of the kind helpful words and to all of you that contributed. The money collected was added to a donation being made to the American Lung Association in my brother Robert's memory. My family and I thank you very much for all of your support.

•Alison Bell, Anthropology, has been accepted as a member of the New York Archaeological Council, an association of professional archaeologists interested in researching and in promoting public knowledge of New York State archaeological sites (http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ccobb/nyac.htm).

•Matthew Hendley, History, had an article recently published in the British History journal, Albion (Volume 33. No. 2, Summer 2001, pp. 243-69). The article is entitled "Anti-Alienism and the Primrose League: The Externalization of the Postwar Crisis in Great Britain, 1918-32.” It is an examination of the use of xenophobic rhetoric against foreign citizens in Britain by right-wing patriotic organizations after the First World War. An earlier version of this paper won the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies Graduate Student Essay Prize.

•James Ebert, Earth Sciences, presented a paper at the 15th Annual Senckenberg Conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Co-authored with alumni Damon Matteson (‘96) and Eric Natel (‘97), the paper was entitled: "Early Acadian Tectonism and Pridoli Lochkovian eustasy in the Helderberg Group of New York State, USA." The 15th Annual Conference was hosted by the Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg and was also a joint meeting of the International Geological Correlation Program and the International Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy, of which Dr. Ebert is a Corresponding Member.

•John Kotz, Chemistry, was recently an invited speaker at two meetings of secondary school chemistry teachers. In July he was a plenary lecturer at Chem Ed 2001, the biennial meeting of secondary school chemistry teachers at Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand. He also conducted two workshops on using computer software in teaching and learning. The three other plenary lecturers at the New Zealand meeting were from England, Australia, and the U.S. The meeting attracted over 200 teachers from New Zealand's 400 secondary schools. In late August he spoke to chemistry teachers from Chicago-area high schools at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Chicago. At both meetings his talks emphasized methods of communications in chemistry, from textbooks to computers.

•Arthur N. Palmer, Earth Sciences, is co-author with Darryl Granger and Derek Fabel of Purdue University, of a paper in the July issue of the Geological Society of America Bulletin titled "Pliocene-Pleistocene incision of the Green River, Kentucky, determined from radioactive decay of cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be in Mammoth Cave sediments.” By dating the passage levels in Mammoth Cave and correlating them to surface features, it is possible to interpret the evolution of the entire Ohio River drainage system and its relation to climatic changes over the past 5 million years. This was the topic of a Convivium presentation by Dr. Palmer last February. Dr. Palmer also contributed the annual review of karst science (landscapes and groundwater in soluble rock) for the year 2000 in the July issue of Geotimes.

•John Relethford, Anthropology, and Rosalind Harding, of the University of Oxford, have published two articles in the on-line Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (www.els.net, London: Nature Publishing Group). These articles are "Population genetics of modern human evolution" (Relethford and Harding) and "Human populations: origins and evolution" (Harding and Relethford). Both articles deal with the use of genetic data for reconstructing recent human evolution.

•William Simons, History, spoke at the October 4, 2001, meeting of the Oneonta Rotary Club. He examined "Baseball and the American Dream."

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