Edward Pavlic, assistant professor of English, has received the American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize (selected by Adrienne Rich) for his book of poems, Paraph of Bone & Other Kinds of Blue, to be published this year by Copper Canyon Press. The award, one of the top first book prizes for poetry in the country, carries a $3,000 prize and a grant for a book tour. Also, Pavlic's critical book, Crossroads Modernism: Descent and Emergence in African-American Modernism, is to be published by the University of Minnesota Press.
Thomas Werner, Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Physical Sciences; Peter Tobiessen, professor of biology; and Karen Lou, chemistry laboratory coordinator, wrote an article, “The Water Project: A 'Real-World' Experience for the Quantitative Analysis Laboratory” published in the latest issue of the journal Analytical Chemistry. The article, which was one of the feature articles for this issue, describes the author's efforts to bring practical problems into undergraduate chemistry labs.
John Miller, technical director and lighting designer at Yulman Theater, did the lighting design for Curtain Call Theatre's production of Dial “M” for Murder, which runs through Feb. 24 at the theater at 210 Old Loudon Rd., just east of the Latham Circle. For information and reservations, call 877-7529.
John Sowa, professor of chemisty, is chair of the technical advisory commission for the town of Glenville. Over the past year, the commission has been concerned with the Glenville Energy Park, the proposed electric generation facility for the Scotia-Glenville Industrial Park. Set up to advise the town on technical matters of the proposed plant, the commission also includes Carl George, professor emeritus of biology; and Phillip Snow, associate professor of civil engineering.
Robert Baker, professor of philosophy, has written a paper, “The Facts of Bioethics,” to appear in American Journal of Bioethics. He also has written a chapter, “Transplantation: A Historical Perspective,” in Advances in Bioethics: Vol. 7: The Ethics of Organ Transplantation, W. Shelton, ed. (Elsevier Science Publications).