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This article was originally printed in the November 1999 issue of CLASnotes.
Department News
Anthropology
Anita Spring was invited to Georgetown University to discuss entrepreneurial activities in Africa, April 9, 1999. She traveled to the University of Wageninen, the Netherlands, April 16-19 to participate in the founding of the International Consortium on Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development (IGARD).
African and Asian Languages and Literatures
During Chauncey C. Chu's sabbatical leave (1998-1999), he delivered invited keynote lectures at the 1998 Annual Research Forum of the Hong Kong Linguistic Society. He also gave lectures at eight academic institutions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. He was an invited lecturer at a summer institute of linguistics at Heilongjinag University, China, where he was conferred an honorary visiting professorship.
Botany
Joseph S. Davis presented a paper entitled "The brine biological system and its management in the seasonal solar saltworks" at the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, in Samos, Greece held August 30 to September 2. At the post conference symposium, he presented an invited paper "Solar saltworks, an environmentally friendly industry."
On September 9, William Louis Stern presented an invited lecture in London before members of the Linnean Society on the anatomy, systematics, and relationships of the vanilla orchid tribe entitled "Anatomical Contributions to Vanilleae." The paper was read in the same lecture theater where in 1858 Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace gave their views of natural selection and the origin of species in plants and animals.
English
William Logan's poem "Dear DD" appeared in the October 4 issue of the New Yorker.
Chris Snodgrass presented a paper "Representing Salome in the So-Called Decadence" to open an Arts of the British 1890s conference held in Washington, DC in September and sponsored by the Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Georgetown University English Department, the William Morris Society, and the National Gallery of Art.
Roger M. Thompson attended the 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics AILA 99 in Tokyo, Japan (August 1-6) and presented the paper "Basketball Taglish: The Informalization of Filipino English."
Geography
In September, Edward J. Malecki was an invited participant in the International Symposium on Knowledge, Education and Space, held in Heidelberg, Germany. He presented a paper entitled "Knowledge and Regional Competitiveness."
History
Bob Hatch presented an invited paper, "Teaching & Learning & the Web: Real, Possible & Alternative Worlds," at the Fourth Biennial History of Astronomy Conference (University of Notre Dame, July). Last March his website received special recognition from the History of Science Society <web.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhatch/>.
Mathematics
In July, Krishnaswami Alladi, Jane Larson, William Mitchell, and Andy Vince participated and gave invited talks at a conference in memory of Paul Erdos held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. The late Paul Erdos, a legend of twentieth century mathematics, was a regular visitor to UF and collaborated with many members of the mathematics department.
Philosophy
Robert Baum gave the keynote address, "Getting Down to REAL Cases: The Devil is in the Details," at the National Conference on Philosophical Issues in Ethics Across the Curriculum in Rochester, New York, in October. The Conference is sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education.
Workshop on Cultural Preservation Focuses on Computer and Video Programs
Allan Burns (Anthropology) was invited by the Crow Tribe of Crow Agency, Montana to conduct a workshop on cultural preservation, especially through the development of computer and video programs. The workshop was held at Little Bighorn College of the Crow Tribe. Projects during the workshop included a documentary about the Indian perspective on Custer's last stand, a video on intertribal trade, and a project on Crow migration history. The workshop was sponsored by the Crow Tribe and the National Park Service.
Photo Right: Allan Burns (foreground) and members of the Crow and Lakota tribes work on a cultural preservation video.
Physics
Gives Luncheon in Honor of Former Chair
On October 21, the Physics Department honored CLAS Associate Dean of Research Neil Sullivan (below center) with a luncheon to commemorate his term as chair of the department (1989-1999). Faculty, staff, retired faculty, students and researchers attended the sit-down affair, along with Dean Harrison and (pictured below) President Lombardi and Provost Capaldi.
Seahorse Marine Laboratory Christens New Research Vessel
On Saturday, October 9, The Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory, directed by zoology professor Harvey Lillywhite, held a special ceremony to christen its new research vessel, the R/V Discovery, a 42-foot custom-built Newton dive boat equipped with navigational electronics. Among other things, the craft will be used for various collecting procedures (trawling, dredging, seining), for on-board instruction or research, public education, and for diving and access to offshore sites and coastal rivers. R/V Discovery can transport more people (about 30) in a greater range of weather conditions than the Marine Laboratory's older, smaller boats.
Top Photo: Seahorse Key director Harvey Lillywhite (Zoology, left) and Frank J. Maturo (Seahorse director from 1970-98) prepare to christen the R/V Discovery.
Bottom Photo: Guests arriving at Seahorse Key (from Cedar Key) aboard the lab's new research vessel. Over 80 people attended the christening celebration, including faculty, staff, students, donors and city officials.
Anthropologist Elected AAAS Fellow
In October, CLAS anthropologist John Moore was named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow. Moore is an expert on the kinship and demography of hunting and gathering societies and is currently chair of the North American Committee of the Human Genome Diversity Project.
Since 1874, the AAAS Council has annually elected new members whose "efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished." Moore, who was elected for "distinguished contributions to the field of ethnology and the explication of fundamental processes of ethnologists," will travel to Washington, DC in February to be presented with a certificate and rosette at the Association's Annual Meeting.
Sigma Delta Pi Reception
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Romance Languages and Literatures' Beta Rho chapter of the Hispanic Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi held its fall initiation on October 13.
Beta Rho members (left to right): Lisa Ward, Mezeda Meze, Jennifer Volmar,
Elinor Marsalisi, Jennifer Carvalho, Jennifer Kraham, Charlotte Arana. Not
pictured: Diana Serrano.
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