Michele Angrist, assistant professor of political science, has received a subvention grant of $3,000 from the Institute of Turkish Studies, Washington, D.C., toward the publication of her book, Party Building in the Modern Middle East: The Origins of Competitive and Coercive Rule. It is due out in 2006 from the University of Washington Press.
Read MoreCommittees reviewing tenure
Ad hoc committees are reviewing the tenure of 10 professors: Michele Angrist, political science; Kara Doyle, English; Andrea Foroughi, history; Melinda Goldner, sociology; Karin Hamm-Ehsani, German; Christine Henseler, Spanish; Rebecca Koopmann, physics; Nicholas Krouglicof, mechanical engineering; David Ogawa, visual arts; and Junko Ueno, Japanese.
Members of the Union community are invited to submit written comments on their teaching, service or scholarship to committee members. Committees (with chairs listed first) are:
Angrist: George Butterstein, biology (ext. 6327); Richard Fox, political science; George Gmelch, anthropology; Donna Burton, Schaffer Library.
Doyle, Hilary Tann, performing arts (ext. 6566); Harry Marten, English; Steven Schmidt, economics; Davide Cervone, mathematics.
Foroughi, Alan Taylor, mathematics (ext. 6197); Mark Walker, history; Karen Brison, anthropology; Raymond Martin, philosophy.
Goldner, Robert Baker, philosophy (ext. 6215); Ilene Kaplan, sociology; Steven Sargent, history; Stephen Horton, biology.
Hamm-Ehsani, Erik Hansen, history (ext. 6222); Charles Batson, modern languages; Bonney MacDonald, English; Julius Barbanel, mathematics.
Henseler, Kenneth DeBono, psychology (ext. 6542); Pilar Moyano, modern languages; Hans-Friedrich Mueller, classics; Suthathip Yaisawarng, economics.
Koopmann David Hannay, computer science (ext. 6318); Rebecca Surman, physics; Barbara Boyer, biology; Hugh Jenkins, English.
Krouglicof, Michael Rudko, ECE (ext. 6316); Frank Wicks, ME; Robert Olberg, biology; Peter Heinegg, English.
Ogawa, Leslie Hull, chemistry (ext. 6339); Chris Duncan, visual arts; Charles Steckler, performing arts; Terese Meade, history.
Ueno, Robert Wells, history (ext. 6223); Victoria Martinez, modern languages; Martin Benjamin, visual arts; Mary Carroll, chemistry.
Read MoreDeadline nears for IEF
IEF, FRF, HDF proposal deadlines near
Oct. 14 is the deadline for proposals for the Internal Education Foundation (both student-initiated research proposals and “educationally innovative projects”), Faculty Research Fund and Humanities Development Fund.
Submit IEF student-initiated research proposals to the director of undergraduate research and “educationally innovative” proposals to the dean of arts and sciences. Forms and guidelines for both are available in S100, Science & Engineering Building, or visit the Web as http://www.union.edu/Academics/AcademicAffairs.
Questions concerning student-initiated research should be directed to Mary K. Carroll, director of undergraduate research, at carrollm@union.edu.
The Research and Grants Committee is soliciting proposals for faculty research and scholarship activities. Applications and guidelines are available in Dean Charlotte Borst's office (S100, S&E) or at http://www.union.edu/Academics/AcademicAffairs. Or contact Dean Borst at borstc@union.edu.
Read MoreKatrina relief efforts continue
Faculty and staff continue to give generously to Katrina relief efforts. Please look for the Katrina donation canisters in Reamer Campus Center, Feigenbaum Finance Office, Engineering, S 100, Registrar and Admissions offices, as well as Schaffer Library, College Park Hall and the Athletics Building.
The canisters will be picked up on Sept. 30.
Checks made payable to American Red Cross Katrina Disaster Relief Efforts also may be sent via campus mail to Gretchel Tyson at Kenney Community Center. For more information, contact Tyson, community outreach director, at ext. 6609 or tysong@union.edu.
Read MoreLorene Cary, activist and author, to speak
Lorene Cary, activist and author of “Pride,” “The Price of a Child” and “Black Ice,” will speak on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial. Her talk, part of the College's Perspectives at the Nott speaker series, is free and open to the public.
“Black Ice,” Cary's first book, is a memoir of her years as the first black female student and then teacher at St. Paul's, an exclusive New England boarding school. She writes about issues such as race, the lives of women, education, and growing up. The book was dubbed “… probably the most beautifully written and moving African-American autobiographical narrative since Maya Angelou's Celebrated 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.'
Cary has been a contributing editor at Newsweek, and associate editor at TV Guide. Her essays and articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, American Visions, Essence and Philadelphia magazine. She lectures in creative writing at her alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, where she received the Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching.
She is the founder of Art Sanctuary, a nonprofit program for African American arts and culture in North Philadelphia.
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