John Sowa, professor of chemistry, attended the course,
“Laser Safety: Hazards, Inspection and Controls,” given by the Laser Institute
of America. Sowa is laser safety officer for the College.
John Boyer, associate professor of biology, has published
“Nearly Optimal Foraging in Patches Under Nutrient Constants” in the October
1997 issue of the journal Biological Bulletin.
Donald Rodbell, assistant professor of geology, presented a paper
(with Jeremy Newman '97) titled: “A continuous record of Holocene El Niño
events preserved in a laminated lacustrine sediment core from southern Ecuador” at
the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in October in Salt Lake City. The
paper also was presented at a special session on climate records from the tropics at the
annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in December in San Francisco. Rodbell in
October delivered the Parents' Weekend Lecture at St. Lawrence University titled
“Global Climate Change: An Example from the Andes Mountains of Peru and
Ecuador.”