Robert Baker, professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Bioethics and Clinical Leadership, has been appointed to the editorial board of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Sex, a 600,000 word volume to be published by Greenwood Press. Baker's work in the field began when he and a colleague in the philosophy department, the late Frederick Elliston, co-edited the first contemporary anthology of philosophical papers on the subject, Philosophy and Sex (Prometheus Books), a collection of papers considered unpublishable by the journals of the day because of their subject matter. Later editions of the book (currently co-edited with Kate Wininger, formerly of Union's philosophy department) broke ground for gay/queer philosophy and for English translations of French feminist writings.
George Gmelch publishes essay on the season’s new baseball books in ‘Natural History’.
George Gmelch, professor of anthropology, published an essay on the season's new baseball books in the April issue of Natural History. Also, Gmelch was named to the editorial board of Nine: the Journal of Baseball History and Culture, published by the University of Nebraska Press. He also published a review essay in Newsday, “Of Dinosaurs, Bats, and Balls,” on the “Baseball as America” exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Robert Fleischer, author of chapters on “Solution Hardening” and “Ion Tracks” in a recent book
Robert Fleischer, research professor of geology, is the author of chapters on “Solution Hardening” and “Ion Tracks” in a recent book, Intermetallic Compounds – Volume 3, Progress (John Wiley, Ltd.). Intermetallic compounds are metallic solids in which at least two different types of atoms are arranged each in an ordered way. In the chapter titled “Solution Hardening,” Fleischer describes how atomic defects, called solute, strengthen such solids, and he finds that they work much like foreign atoms in hardening regular metals. In the chapter on “Ion Tracks,” he describes work over the last few years in which tracks have been seen in materials where track formation had been thought to be impossible – including intermetallic compounds, oxide superconductors, and conventional metals. He proposes mechanisms for forming local disorder in these newly recognized track-forming solids.
Kristin Peterson presents the following conference papers:
Kristin Peterson, assistant professor of Russian, has presented the following conference papers: “A family of Strangers: Liudmila Petrushevskaia's `The Time: Night'” at the Canadian Association of Slavists Conference this month in Toronto; “Framing Evil and Framing Art: Gogol's `Portrait' and Chekhov's `House with a Mezzanine'” (in Russian) at the Crimean Ministry of Culture Chekhov Conference, Yalta, in April; “Writing From the Margins: Liudmila Petrushevskaia's Construction of Genre and Place” at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, in Lexington; and “Teaching Strategies in a Multimedia Classroom” at the Midwest Slavic Conference, Bowling Green (Ohio) University.
Calendar
Events
Thursday, May 23, through Sunday, June 2
Yulman Theater
“What the Butler Saw” by Joe Orton, directed by
William Ziskin. Performances are May 23 through May 25, 8 p.m.; May
26, 2 p.m.; May 30 through June 1, 8 p.m.; and June 2, 2 p.m.
For more, call box office at ext. 6545.
Friday, May 24, noon
Jackson's Garden
Planting of lilacs in honor of Holocaust survivor
Helen Sperling (see story this issue).
Friday, May 24, through Monday, May 27, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium
Film: Slackers
Monday, May 27, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Schaffer Library, third floor
Book sale. Hardcovers $2, paperbacks and LPs $1.
Friday, May 31, through
Sunday, June 2
Throughout campus
ReUnion Weekend. Schedule to appear in next issue.
Friday, May 31, 2 p.m.
Becker Career Center
Dedication of the Stanley R. Becker '40 Career Center
Friday, May 31 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Humanities 014
Melinda Goldner, assistant professor of sociology,
presents “Understanding Complementary and Alternative Medicine,”
the final women's junior faculty research colloquium of the year.
Friday, May 31, through Monday, June 3, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium
Film: Royal Tenenbaums
Exhibits
May 26 through June 2
Arts Atrium Gallery
Senior art shows by Tara Ilsley (“Details,” a collection of
oil paintings, ink, charcoal and graphite drawings) and
Brooke Sajor (“Intrinsic Reactions,” linocut interpretations
of photographic portraits). Reception for Ilsley is Tuesday, May
24, 4 to 6 p.m. For Sajor, Thursday, May 30, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Through May 25
Arts Atrium Gallery
Senior art show, “Martinique Magnified,” a collection of
acrylic and watercolor paintings by Jill Foster. Reception is
Thursday, May 23, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Through June 3
Fourth Floor Gallery, Reamer
Juried exhibition of art and photography by women at Union.
Through June 7
Social Sciences Faculty Lounge Art Gallery
Exhibit of baseball memorabilia collected by Union faculty
and staff.