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Date	Title
6 Oct 2008	Amy Spring and Kevin Kecskes receive grant from Multnomah County Amy Spring and Kevin Kecskes, Academic Excellence faculty, received a $97,000 grant from Multnomah County for the Student Leader for Service/Educate, Dream, Give: Empower (EDG:E) program.
6 Oct 2008	Carl Abbott authors new book on urban change in Western North America Carl Abbott, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, is the author of How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America, published by University of New Mexico Press, 2008.
6 Oct 2008	Carl Wamser presents at Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines conference Carl Wamser, Chemistry faculty, presented an invited talk at the Fifth International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines held in Moscow, Russia, in July. The presentation described work carried out by his PSU research group in the area of artificial photosynthesis, specifically the synthesis and characterization of novel conductive polymers for use in solar cells.
6 Oct 2008	Charles Deemer publishes his comedy Charles Deemer, English adjunct faculty, has published online and as a DVD a silent comedy, The Heirs, written, directed, and edited by Deemer. It is available online at http://www.ibiblio.org/cdeemer/Heirs.htm.
6 Oct 2008	Christopher Monsere presents at North American Travel Monitoring conference Christopher Monsere, Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty, presented three papers at the North American Travel Monitoring Exhibition and Conference in Washington, D.C., Aug. 6-8. The co-authored papers were titled "Toward Incorporating Arterial Performance Quality in the PORTAL Archived Data User Service," "Building a WIM Data Archive for Improved Modeling, Design, and Rating" and "Techniques for Establishing and Measuring Data Quality in an Archived Data User Service."
6 Oct 2008	Cynthia Mohr co-authors article in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Cynthia Mohr, Psychology faculty, and student Debi Brannan co-authored "Evidence for Positive Mood Buffering Among College Student Drinkers" published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 34, Issue 9, 2008.
6 Oct 2008	Debra Gwartney presents at Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Debra Gwartney, English faculty, was a research fellow at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mass., this summer. Last week, she presented her book--a memoir that will be published in February by Houghton Mifflin--to the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. The book was featured as part of the annual Feast of Authors.
6 Oct 2008	Elise Granek participates in Women Evolving Biological Sciences symposium Elise Granek, Environmental Sciences faculty, was selected to participate in Women Evolving Biological Sciences, an annual three-day symposium aimed at addressing the retention of female scientists and issues related to the transition of women from early career stages to tenure track positions and leadership roles in academic and research settings.
6 Oct 2008	Franz Rad presents lecture series to U.S. Navy engineers Franz Rad, Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty, was invited by the American Concrete Institute to present a series of lectures to the U.S. Navy engineers in Silverdale, Wash., Sept. 15-16. Topics included the application of the 2008 ACI Building Code to the design of reinforced concrete structures, with an emphasis on earthquake-resistant provisions.
6 Oct 2008	Gerry Sussman named to Central European Journal of Communication editorial board Gerry Sussman, Urban Studies and Planning and Communication faculty, has been chosen for the editorial board of the newly formed Central European Journal of Communication.
6 Oct 2008	Heejun Chang presents at American Geophysical Union Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, presented a paper, "Potential Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Willamette River Basin" at the spring meeting of American Geophysical Union, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 30.
6 Oct 2008	Hiro Ito authors review in International Review of Economics and Finance Hiro Ito, Economics faculty, authored a book review of Monetary Policy with Very Low Inflation in the Pacific Rim, published in the International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2008.
6 Oct 2008	Janet Walker, Dan Coleman, Junghee Lee, and Barbara Friesen co-author article in adolescent psychiatry journal Janet Walker, Dan Coleman, Junghee Lee, and Barbara Friesen, Research and Training Center/Social Work faculty, co-authored "Children's Stigmatization of Childhood Depression and ADHD: Magnitude and Demographic Variation in a National Sample" published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 47, 2008.
6 Oct 2008	John Hall presents to Economic Research fellows in Germany John Hall, Economics and International studies faculty, delivered the lecture "Neoclassical Versus Keynesian Approaches to Eastern German Unemployment" to fellows of the institute for Economic Research in Halle, Germany, Sept. 17.
6 Oct 2008	Junghee Lee presents at Asian Women Artist conference Junghee Lee, Art faculty, presented a paper, "Refinement and Sexuality: Women Artists of the Choson Dynasty," at a conference titled "Places at the Table: Asian Women Artists and Gender Dynamics" at University of California Berkeley Art Museum on Sept. 13.
6 Oct 2008	Katherine McDonald co-authors article in American Journal of Evaluation Katherine McDonald, Psychology faculty, and student Shannon Myrick co-authored "Principles, Promises, and a Personal Plea: What is an Evaluator to Do?" published in the September issue of the American Journal of Evaluation.
6 Oct 2008	Leslie Hammer receive $4.1 million National Institute of Health grant Leslie Hammer, Psychology faculty, was awarded a five-year, $4.1 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The grant will fund the Center for Work-Family Stress, Safety, and Health. It is part of a $28 million initiative funded by the National Institute of Health and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention to support research on workplace policies that reduce work-family conflict and improve the health of workers and their families.
6 Oct 2008	Lynn Fox authors article in Augmentative and Alternative Communication journal Lynn Fox, Speech and Hearing Sciences, authored “Interactions: A Therapeutic Consideration for Adults with Aphasia” published in Perspectives in Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Vol. 17.
6 Oct 2008	Mara Tableman authors paper in Anesthesia & Analgesia Mara Tableman, Mathematics and Statistics, co-authored a paper, “Long-Term Survival After Colon Cancer Surgery: A Variation Associated with Choice of Anesthesia?” published in Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 107, No. 1, July 2008.
6 Oct 2008	Marie Lo authors article in Canadian Literature Marie Lo, English faculty, authored "Model Minority, Models of Resistance: Native Figures in Asian Canadian Literature" published in Canadian Literature, Vol. 196, 2008.
6 Oct 2008	Marjorie Burns presents at Smithsonian and at Central Connecticut State University Marjorie Burns, English faculty, presented "Journey to Vahalla: The Lasting Influence of the Old Norse World" at an Evening Seminar for the Smithsonian Associates at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., Aug. 7. She also presented "Saintly and Distant Mothers: George MacDonald, the Virgin Mary, and J.R.R. Tolkien" as a scholar guest of honor at the 39th Annual Mythopoeic Conference at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Conn., Aug. 16.
6 Oct 2008	Mark Fishbein co-authors article in Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas Mark Fishbein, Biology faculty, co-authored “Rediscovery of Mirabilis hintoniorum (Nyctaginaceae), a Striking Four-o'clock Endemic to the Sierra de Coalcomán, Michoacán, México” published in the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Vol. 2, 2008.
6 Oct 2008	Michael McGregor presents at Peace and Justice conference Michael McGregor, English faculty, presented "Pax and the Origins of Original Child Bomb: Thomas Merton, Robert Lax and the Poetics of Peace" at the Peace and Justice Studies Association "Building Cultures of Peace" Conference, Portland, Sept. 13.
6 Oct 2008	Natalie Vasey co-authors article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Natalie Vasey, Anthropology faculty, co-authored "A Reconstruction of the Vienna Skull of Hadropithecus Stenognathus" published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Vol. 105, No. 31, August 2008.
6 Oct 2008	Rik Lemoncello receives Small Business Innovation Research grant Rik Lemoncello, Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty, was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant with colleagues at Life Technologies, LLC, in Eugene, to research and develop a television-assisted prompting program to assist brain injury survivors with completing daily tasks. This research will involve collaboration with the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center in Portland.
6 Oct 2008	Robert Strongin co-authors paper in National Academy of Sciences Proceedings Robert Strongin, Chemistry faculty, and students Jorge Escobedo and Martha Sibrian-Vazquez co-authored "Seminaphthofluorones are a Family of Water-Soluble, Low Molecular Weight, NIR-Emitting Fluorophores" published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, Vol. 105, 2008.
6 Oct 2008	Steve Johnson co-presents at International Bike Conference Steve Johnson, Urban Studies and Planning adjunct faculty, co-presented the keynote speech at the International Bike Conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 10.
6 Oct 2008	Teresa Bulman receives National Geographic Society and Canadian government grants Teresa Bulman, Geography faculty, received a $50,000 grant from the National Geographic Society for geography education programs and a $2,500 grant from the Government of Canada for a Canada/Oregon geography conference for K-12 teachers.
6 Oct 2008	Vivek Shandas authors article in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management Vivek Shandas, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, authored "Are Planners Using Ecosystem Based Management when Developing Environmental Policy? Evidence from the Pacific Northwest (U.S.)" published in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, September 2008.