Announcements for Wednesday May 9, 2012
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Jill Patterson Awarded Embrey Human Rights Fellowship
Dr. Jill Patterson, Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English, is the recipient of a $20,000 Embrey Human Rights Fellowship, sponsored by the Embrey Human Rights Program at Southern Methodist University and funded by the Boone Family Foundation.
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Christopher Witmore Publishes Commentary
Dr. Christopher Witmore, Associate Professor of Archaeology and Classics in CMLL, published "The Adventure of Ideas" in Norwegian Archaeology Review 45(1), 2012.
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Connie L. Scarborough Delivers Paper
Dr.Connie L. Scarborough, Professor of Spanish in CMLL, delivered a paper entitled "The Moors in Thirteenth-Century Spain: They are Us!" at the "East Meets West Symposium" held at the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), from May 3-5, 2012.
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Anita McChesney Presents Paper at International Conference
Dr. McChesney, Assistant Professor in CMLL, presented a paper entitled "From the Island of the Blessed to the Underworld: Transforming Austria's Global Image in Gerhard Roth's Orkus," at the Austrian Studies Association Conference, held April 26-29, in Long Beach California.
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Anthropology Undergraduate Wins CUR Poster Award
Ethan Hill, a graduating senior in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, won the award for Top Tuesday Poster Presenter at the 2012 TTU Undergraduate Research Conference sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research. His poster was "Australian Aboriginal Origins: A Test of the Dihybrid Model of Human Colonization Using Cranial Vaunt Thickness Data." Ethan will present his research to the Board of Regents at their May 18th meeting.
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Dennis Covington Publishes Short Story and Essay
Dennis Covington, Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English, has published the short story "We're Finally on Our Own" appears in the current issue of Shenandoah, and his essay "Desire" is forthcoming in the fall issue of Image: Art, Faith, Mystery.
Professor Covington will also be the keynote speaker on May 12 at The Carolina Emerging Scholars Conference: Temptation and Redemption.
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Cristina Garcia to Publish Sixth Novel
Cristina Garcia, Professor of Creative Writing in the Department of English, will have her sixth novel, Tropical Disturbances, published by Scribner in 2013.
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HESS Professor Publishes Article
David Stodden, Associate Professor with the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, published an article titled, "Correlation between BMI and motor coordination in children." The article appears in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.
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Professor of Physics has Continued Publication of His Research
The international collaboration of Professor of Physics M. A. K. Lodhi is growing with continued publication of his research in top international journals with his colleagues abroad.
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