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Associate Professors Jerusha and Brian Detweiler-Bedell receive exploratory grant

Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell and Brian Detweiler-Bedel, associate professors of psychology:

This June, Jerusha and Brian received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program for their work titled “Using Laddered Teams to Promote a Research Supportive Curriculum.” Their project, a training-model to organize collaborative research among faculty and students into three-student teams, not only works to enhance these faculty-student relations, but also engages undergraduates in innovative research.

24 June 2008

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Lewis & Clark hosts American Physical Society conference

In May, Lewis & Clark hosted the 10th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of the American Physical Society (APS). Thomas Olsen, associate professor of physics, served as local organizing chair and host of this conference. Olsen gave a presentation titled “Characterization and Control of Chaos” and was elected secretary-treasurer of the APS Northwest Section by members.

President Thomas Hochstettler opened the conference with remarks on science research and teaching in the context of the liberal arts. Dean of the College Julio de Paula opened the final day of the conference with a review of the history of science research at Lewis & Clark. Professor of Physics Herschel Snodgrass presented his paper titled “Large-Scale Convection and the Solar Activity Cycle.”

Graduating senior Christina Ketchum shared her paper on “Correlating Vertical Velocities of Ionized Interstellar Medium To Star Formation Rates In Nearby Face-On Spiral Galaxies,” which was a collaborative effort with Associate Professor of Physics Stephen Tufte. Tufte chaired the sessions on astrophysics and biophysics with Professor of Physics Bethe Scalettar. Scalettar presented a paper at the session titled “Elucidating Molecular Events Underlying Learning with Fluorescence Microscopy,” the product of joint research undertaken with graduating senior Mariya Chavarha and Janis Lochner, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Professor of Science. Graduating senior Adam Kowalski and junior Shelley Zhao each presented a poster at the APS conference.

9 June 2008

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Assistant Professor of Biology Peter Kennedy receives National Science Foundation grant

Peter Kennedy, assistant professor of biology:

Kennedy received a $58,060 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project, “Collaborative Research: Dispersal Limitation as a Primary Factor in Determining Ectomycorrhizal Community Structure.” Peter will be working with Lewis & Clark undergraduates and colleagues from the University of California-Berkeley.

10 April 2008

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Demarte and Fritzman publish article in 1650-1750: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

Isabelle C. Demarte, assistant professor of French, and J.M. Fritzman, associate professor of philosophy:

This fall, Demarte and Fritzman published an essay entitled “Diderot’s Uncle, Hegel, Or, Rameau’s Nephew as a Branch of The Phenomenology of the Spirit.” The essay appeared in “1650-1750: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era,” volume 14 (AMS Press, Inc., 2007).

27 November 2007

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