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.

In April, Tomlinson will collaborate with video installation/performance artist Sean Regan in a presentation showcasing their work, titled “Creative Collaboration: Deepening the Conversation.”

On January 3, Stumpf presented on a panel titled “Crimmigration” at the 2008 AALS Annual Meeting.

In January, Parry gave a speech on the panel “Police Power and Practices Post 9/11: Is The War on Terror Changing Domestic Criminal Law and Procedure?” at the 2008 AALS Annual Meeting in New York City.

On January 11, LaPlante gave a presentation at a Creative Learning Exchange conference on air quality and climate change, in which she shared a panel with Tom Wood of Stoel Rives and Tom Lindley of Perkins Coie.

In February, Dougharty and Jones presented “Honoring, Embracing and Empowering Community Values to Transform your Student Conduct System” at the Twelfth Annual International Conference of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

In March,  Christensen gave a presentation at the Scholarly Speaker Series, sponsored by the Third Coast Writing Project and the WMU Department of English. Christensen’s speech was titled “Social Justice Teaching: Developing Students as Intellectuals.”

In February, Brunet sat on the panel at the Iowa Law Review’s 2008 symposium, titled “Procedural Justice: Perspectives on Summary Judgment, Peremptory Challenges, and the Exclusionary Rule.”