Chad Orzel, associate professor of physics, recently gave an invited talk at the interdisciplinary conference on "Science in the 21st Century" at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. The international meeting drew physicists, biologists, sociologists, historians and others to discuss the interaction between science and society, and the way that new information technology tools are transforming that interaction. Orzel’s talk was titled "Talking to My Dog About Science: Weblogs and Public Outreach." To see video of the presentation, go to: http://pirsa.org/08090026/
At the recent American Political Science Association annual meeting, Zoe Oxley, associate professor and chair of the Political Science Department, was elected to a four-year term on the Executive Council of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. Among other activities, Pi Sigma Alpha supports The Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics, an undergraduate research journal currently hosted by Union's Pi Sigma Alpha chapter.
Pilar Moyano, professor of Spanish, presented a paper titled “El Cuento de Hadas y Sus Mecanismos de Narrativa Humana en El Laberinto del Fauno” at the VII Coloquio Internacional de Literatura Fantástica at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany in September. Moyano also presented “Poetas Norteamericanas en la Guerra Civil Española: ¿Turismo de Guerra o Compromiso Político y Renovación Poética?” at the XXVI Asamblea General de ALDEEU-Cauce de Civilizaciones in Córdoba, Spain, in July.
An article by Rudy Nydegger, “Psychologists and Hospice: Where We Are and Where We Can Be,” appears in the latest edition of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, published by the American Psychological Association. Nydegger is a professor of psychology and in the School of Management at Union Graduate College.