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Harvey Graff, English and History, edited “Literacy and Historical Development: A Reader” (Southern Illinois University Press, 2007).

D. Herms, Entomology, received a grant from the USDA-ARS Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative for $19,738 on the resistance and susceptibility of Asian and North American ash species to emerald ash borer; a $75,000 grant from the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station for genetics and mechanisms of tree resistance to invasive insects; and a $48,777 grant from the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station on host interactions and community-level impacts of emerald ash borer in northwest Ohio forests.

Toni Ansley, Psychiatry, presented “Benchmarking in Psychiatry” at the National Meeting of Administrators in Academic Psychiatry, Park City, Utah, Oct. 5.

P. Bonello, T. Gordon, D. Herms, D. Woods and N. Erbilgin, Entomology, presented “Nature and Ecological Implications of Pathogen-Induced Systemic Resistance in Conifers: A Novel Hypothesis” at the IUFRO Conference on Root and Butt Rot Diseases of Trees, Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 12.

D. Denlinger, Entomology, presented “Heat Shock Proteins Protect Insects Against Cold Injury” at the 5th International Conference on Arthropods: Chemical, Physiological and Environmental Aspects, Stefan Kopec Memorial Conference, Bialka Tatrzanska, Poland, Sept. 17; and “Antarctica and Its Insect” at the University of Illinois, Oct. 1.

Paul Denton, Chief University Police Division, presented “Recruitment Strategies for Law Enforcement” with Eric Troy and students Bryce Crawford, Ali Tagoe and Dezmon Landers at the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police workshop, Columbus, Sept. 19.

Lisa Downing, Philosophy, presented “Rationalism, Empiricism and Mechanism in Locke” at the inaugural meeting of the Otago/Sydney Early Modern Seminar, University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, Oct. 2007.

Daniel Leavell, Earth Sciences, presented “The Impacts of Climate Change on the Mountain Glaciers of the Central Andes and the Future of Water Supply in Lima, Peru” at the Third International Conference on Water and Climate in Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 3-6.

Erin Morris, Entomology, presented “Insect Presentation Including Live Bugs from the Insectary” at Talmadge Elementary School, Columbus, Sept. 24.

Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning, presented “Assessing Building Performance of Design and Planning Schools: Lessons Learned,” at the 2007 American Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 18-21.

C. Oliveri, S. Gallup, K. Dodrill, B. Gaydos and S. Zies, OSU Extension, presented “Dining with Diabetes: An Ohio Team Initiative” at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences annual session in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 19.

P. Otienoburu, Entomology, presented “Anopheles gambiae Oviposition Choice Based on Water Type and Its Application in a Novel Ovi-Sampler in Western Kenya” at the Society of Vector Ecology Annual Conference, Springfield, Ill., Sept. 19.

Suvrajeet Sen, Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering, gave the plenary lecture, “New Directions in Stochastic Decomposition,” at the Eleventh International Conference of Stochastic Programming, Vienna, Austria, Aug. 29.

Nuris Acosta, Mustapha Jallow, Casey Hoy, Michael Dunlap and Luis Cañas, Entomology, “Cabbage: Brassica Oleracea L. Var. Capitata, C.V. ‘Blue Vantage,’” Residual Activity of Selected Insecticides for Control of Flea Beetles, Vol. 32 (2007), p. E4.

Franco Barchiesi, African American and African Studies, “South African Debates on the Basic Income Grant: Wage Labor and the Post-Apartheid Social Policy,” Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol. 33, No. 3 (2007), pp. 561-75; and “Wage Labor and Social Citizenship in Colonial and Postcolonial Modernity: South African Perspectives in a Continental Context,” Review (Fernand Braudel Center: SUNY Binghamton, 2007), Vol. 30, No. 1.

Bharat Bhushan, Mechanical Engineering, “Effect of Stiffness of Multi-Level Hierarchical Attachment System on Adhesion Enhancement” with T.W. Kim, pp. 902-12; “Wetting Study of Patterned Surfaces for Superhydrophobicity” with Y.C. Jung, Mechanical Engineering, pp. 1033-41; “Hierarchical Roughness Optimization for Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Surfaces” with M. Nosonovsky, pp. 969-79; “Finite-Element Vibration Analysis of Tapping-Mode Atomic Force Microscopy in Liquid” with Y. Song, pp. 1095-104, all in Ultramicroscopy, Vol. 107, No. 10-11 (2007); “Towards Optimization of Patterned Superhydrophobic Surfaces” with Y.C. Jung, Mechanical Engineering, and M. Nosonovsky, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 4, No. 15 (2007), pp. 643-8; “Nanotribological Characterization and Lubricant Degradation Studies of Metal-Film Magnetic Tapes Using Novel Lubricants” with M. Cichomski, Z. Tao, N.T. Tran, T. Ethen, C. Merton and R.E. Jewett, ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 129, No. 3 (2007), pp. 621-7; and “Effect of Physical Wear and Triboelectric Interaction on Surface Charges Measured by Kelvin Probe Microscopy” with R.A. Lodge, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 310, No. 1 (2007), pp. 321-30.

S. Briar, G. Jagdale, Z. Cheng, C. Hoy, S. Miller and P. Grewal, Entomology, “Indicative Value of Nematode Food Web Indices and Trophic Group Abundance in Differentiating Habitats with a Gradient of Anthropogenic Impact,” Environmental Bioindicators, Vol. 2 (2007), pp. 146-60.

Wen Chern, Mauricio Bittencourt and Ratapol Teratanavat, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, “Food Consumption and Demographics in Japan: Implications for an Aging Population,” Agribusiness: International Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Autumn 2007), pp. 529-51.

C. de Olivera, J. Spotti-Lopes, M. Pelegrinelli-Fungaro and L. Nault, Entomology, “Genetic Diversity in Populations of Dalbulus Maidis from Distant Localities in Brazil Assessed by RAPD-PCR Markers,” Environmental Entomologist, Vol. 36 (2007), pp. 204-12.

A. Eyles, W. Jones, K. Riedl, D. Cipollini, S. Schwartz, K. Chan, D. Herms and P. Bonello, Entomology, “Comparative Phloem Chemistry of Manchurian and Two North American Ash Species,” Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 33 (2007), pp. 1430-48.

Keith Gooch, Biomedical Engineering, “Effects of Bone Morphogenic Proteins on Engineered Cartilage,” NASA’s Tech Briefs, Vol. 31 , No. 9 (September 2007), p. 94.

R. Hammond and J. Eisley, Entomology, “Bean Leaf Beetle, Pod Feeding and Late Maturing Soybeans,” Crop Observation and Recommendation Network, Vol. 29 (2007); “Managing Black Cutworms with Fall Herbicide Applications,” Crop Observation and Recommendation Network, Vol. 32 (2007).

C. Hoy, J. McCully, J. Laborde, A. Vargas, R. Bujanos and E. Rangel, Entomology, “The Linkage Between Integrated Pest Management and Agroecosystem Management: A Case Study in the Bajío, México,” American Entomologist, Vol. 53 (2007), pp. 174-83.

G. Jagdale, M. Casey, P. Grewal and L. Cañas, Entomology, “Effect of Entomopathogenic Nematode Species, Split Application and Potting Medium on the Control of Fungus Gnats in Greenhouse at Alternating Cold and Warm Temperatures,” Biological Control, Vol. 43 (2007), pp. 23-30.

G. Moya-Raygoza, S. Hogenhout and L. Nault, Entomology, “Habitat of the Corn Leafhopper During the Dry (Winter) Months in Mexico,” Environmental Entomologist, Vol. 36 (2007), pp.1066-72.

M. Nikbakhtsadeh and B. Ebrahimi, Entomology, “Detection of Cantharidin-Related Compounds in Mylabris impressa (Coleoptera: Meloidae),” Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, Vol. 13 (2007), pp. 686-93.
Ashley Schafer, Architecture, “Theory After (After-Theory),” Bauwelt, Vol. 24, (June 2007), pp. 48-59.

D. Stinner, S. Briar, S. Miller and P. Grewal, Entomology, “Soil Nematode Community, Organic Matter, Microbial Biomass and Nitrogen Dynamics in Field Plots Transitioning from Conventional to Organic Management,” Applied Soil Ecology, Vol. 37 (2007), pp. 256-66.

Elona Boykin, African American and African Studies, received her Bachelor of Arts degree in African American and African Studies on Aug. 26 after 25 years of pursuing her goal; she was also a nominee for a 2007 Colleges of the Arts and Sciences Outstanding Staff Award.

Judson Jeffries, African American and African Studies, attended the summer institute at the Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts University where he earned a certificate in the advanced study of nonviolent conflict.

Murat Metinsoy, graduate student in History, has been awarded the book prize of the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Center Osmanli Bankasi Arsivi ve Arastirma Merkezi for his book, “Ikinci Dunya Savasi’nda Turkiye: Savas ve Gundelik Yasam” (“Turkey during the Second World War: The War and Daily Life”).

Kathy Fagan, English, moderated the panel discussion, “MFA Programs: Weighing the Pros and Cons,” and gave a reading, along with David Baker, Lee Martin, and Natalie Shapero, in “Coffeehouse Readings by Ohio Authors,” at The CLMP/The Kenyon Review Literary Festival, Gambier, Nov. 10.

C. Hoy, Entomology, participated in the Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture Education conference and in the formation of the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association at Cornell University, July 11-13.

Rebecca Wanzo, African American and African Studies, was a resident fellow at the Dartmouth Humanities Institute in Autumn 2007 for studying the projection of masculinity in Black Comics on the topic of “Visual Humor in Ideas of Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity.”

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