Rudy Nydegger, professor of psychology, has published a book chapter, “Gender and Mental Health,” in the book, The Psychology of Gender, by Michelle Paludi, adjunct professor in the GCUU School of Management. Also, Nydegger recently received two awards: Distinguished Psychologist from the Psychological Association of New York, and the Distinguished Service Award from the New York State Psychological Association.
Read MoreProf. Sener publishes in journal
M. Fuat Sener, assistant professor of economics, has co-authored a paper with Selin Sayek for a forthcoming issue of Review of Development Economics. The paper is titled “Outsourcing and Wage Inequality in a Dynamic Product Cycle Model.” Using a North-South trade model, the authors show that increased outsourcing from the North to the South can raise the wage gap between skilled and less-skilled workers within each region. As more production is outsourced to the South, the pace of product development in the North accelerates. This stimulates real wage growth and makes all workers better off. The authors suggest that the negative income distribution effects of outsourcing must be weighed against its positive growth effects when designing trade and labor market policies.
Read MoreProf. Greenberg named visiting chair at Carleton
Seth Greenberg, Gilbert R. Livingston Professor of Psychology, has been named department chair of psychology at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., for a two-year appointment beginning this fall. His title will be Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor.
Read MoreProf. Werner co-authors paper with student
Tom Werner, Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Physical Sciences, and Max Seel '05 have co-authored a paper, “The binding properties of 2-acetylnaphthalene with hydroxypropyl-cyclodextrins from fluorescence quenching experiments” in the May issue of the journal Applied Spectroscopy.
Read MoreEngineering, music classes: together at last
Engineering and music form something of a crossroads. So merging Prof. Palma Catravas' “Sound and Engineering” and Prof. Tim Olsen's “Music in the 20th Century” this term was meant to be.
A series of events will bring the classes together again, including one in which Prof. Catravas, an accomplished pianist, joins an ensemble of friends from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a full-time graduate student and part-time chamber musician.
– Sunday, May 22, noon, Memorial Chapel – MTL Chamber Players (from Microsystems Technology Laboratories at MIT) present music of Mozart, Brahms and Bach. Ensemble features Joel Dawson, viola; Stephen Senturia, clarinet; and Catravas, piano.
– Monday, May 23, 12:05 to 1:10 p.m., Memorial Chapel – Lecture-demonstration, “Many Out of One: The Voices of the Piano,” with Bradford Gowen, professor of piano at the University of Maryland. He will deliver part II from 1:45 to 2:50 p.m., and a recital at 7 p.m.
– Finally, on Tuesday, at 12:30 p.m., Old Chapel – Joel Dawson will give a non-music seminar on “Electronics for Wireless Systems.”
“There really is a link between music and the hard sciences,” said Catravas. At MIT, she said, there is “lots of concert activity among mathematicians and engineers. A lot of people have a passion for both and have to choose.”
Said Olsen merging the classes, “It seemed like a good combination, so we decided to schedule our classes at the same time. Palma's class has musical content from a technical point of view; ours is musical. These courses will help the students whether they pursue a career in music or become enthusiastic patrons.”
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