Ellie Boron '09, Kristen Duthie '09, and Xun Li '09 attended the Penn State Primary Care Scholars Program, which is designed to expose students to the philosophy and practice of primary care within the disciplines of family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics.
Melissa Comber, assistant professor of political science and research fellow at the Center for Political Participation, gave three invited lectures in Germany this summer: “Civic Education and Youth Political Participation in the U.S.,” at the Trier Center for American Studies, Universität Trier; “Working Mothers in America: Policies and Practicalities,” at the Universität Rostock, Aspects of American Culture Lecture Series; and “Women, U.S. Social Policy, and the Dynamics of Reform and Reaction,” at the Universität Leipzig, 2008 Leipzig-Fulbright Lecture Series. Dr. Comber was a Fulbright Guest Lecturer at the Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany. She also wrote a piece called “Following the American Presidential Election from Germany” published in Funnel Online, the news magazine of the German-American Fulbright Commission (June 2008). The article can be found here:
http://www.fulbright.de/funnel-online/issue-2008-03/our-fulbrighters/us-professor.html
In March, Professor of Psychology William A. DeLamarter presented a paper co-authored with Matthew S. Motyl '06, “The Politics of Gender in a Post-9/11 World: A Terror Management Perspective,” at the meetings of the Eastern Psychological Association meetings in Boston. The paper was based on data collected by Matthew for his senior project. Matthew is currently a graduate student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
In April, Director of User Services James Fadden presented on the panel “Sakai and the Small Liberal Arts College” at the NITLE Summit meeting held in San Francisco. James also helped organize a conference of the NITLE Sakai Users Group, which met at the University of Puget Sound in June, and he presented a session at this conference.
Xun Li '09 received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at Drexel University College of Medicine. He worked in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology on the therapeutic potential of antisense-oligonucleotides in the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Katy Orchowski '10 was awarded first place in the 2007-2008 Psi Chi/J.P. Guilford Undergraduate Research Award Competition for best empirical research paper. Her paper, “Effects of Abrupt Withdrawal of Valproic Acid in Sprague-Dawley Rats,” was the outcome of her independent study project from the Spring 2008 semester under the supervision of Rodney Clark, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience. In addition to her award, Katy received a cash prize of $1,000, and her biography, photograph, and paper's abstract will appear in the Winter 2009 issue of Eye on Psi Chi, the organization's quarterly publication.
Professor of Art George Roland had two works of computer art selected by juror John Carson for inclusion in the 98th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibition. The exhibition is being held at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh through September 14. Professor Roland was awarded the Irene Pasinski Sailer Memorial Award. His work Diskfield was purchased by the Carnegie Museum of Art for its permanent collection.
Sarah Snider '09 and Molly Guest '07, accompanied by Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Rodney Clark, attended the 34th annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), held in San Diego May 23-27. Sarah and Molly presented posters of their independent study and senior comprehensive research project respectively. Sarah's work was titled “Effects of Mefloquine Hydrochloride on NMDA- and Kainate-Induced Drinking in Sprague-Dawley Rats.” Molly's was titled “Classical Conditioning of Antiepileptic Drug Effects: Failure of Metrozol to Produce Convulsions and the Production of Convulsions From the Withdrawal From Chronic Valproic Acid.”
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