Appointments

Deborah Bartholomew, University Medical Center, was appointed to the medical staff as a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist, January 1999.

John F. Dix, Business, was appointed as co-director for the Center for Excellence in Manufacturing Management, January 1999.

Jefferson B. Walters, Human Resources and Health Sciences, was appointed as executive director of the Managed Health Care Systems, Dec. 7.

Books

Steven Conn, History, Museums and American Intellectual Life, 1876-1926 (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1998).

Donna Long and Jan Macian, Spanish and Portuguese, De Paseo, second edition (Boston: Heinle and Heinle, 1999).

Barbara M. Newman and Philip R. Newman, Human Development and Family Science, Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach, seventh edition (Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole, Wadsworth, ITP, 1999).

P.M. Schwirian, Adult Health and Illness, Professionalization of Nursing, third edition (Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1998).

By Kevin Fitzsimons

Ohio Board of Regents Vice Chancellor Garry Walters (second from left) recently presented a plaque to Ann Hayes (center) commemorating renaming the Regents' Investment Fund Program in honor of her late husband. Edward F. Hayes was OSU vice president for research at the time of his death last March. Others pictured include (from left) Interim Vice President for Research William "Bud" Baeslack, President Kirwan, Provost Edward J. Ray, and former Provost Richard Sisson.

Grants

Robert Davis, History, $35,000 fellowship to the Harvard Villa I Tatti in Settignano, Italy, July 1999-June 2000.

T. Lennie, Adult Health and Illness, $350,000 National Institute of Nursing Research Grant for "Anorexia and Weight Loss during Acute Inflammation," 1998-2003.

Paulette P. Schmidt, Optometry, $19,182 Welch Allyn Grant for "Clinical Pediatric Study to Measure Refractive Error Using Novel Device," 1998.

The Center for Automotive Research, $300,000 Graduate Automotive Technology Education Grant to help design and develop automotive technologies that will lead to a clean and ultra fuel-efficient car of the future, 1999-2001.

Presentations

L.A. Bernhard, Adult Health and Illness, presented "Getting Through Menopause Naturally" at the National Center for Excellence in Women's Health, Ohio State, Sept. 16; and "Living Well During Menopause" at Kaleidoscope ... A Conference for Women, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Columbus, May 21.

Gordon Y. Ipson, University Extension, Sandusky County, presented "What is Regional Development?" at the Northern Territories Department of Asian Relations, Trade and Industry conference, Alice Springs, Australia, Oct. 23; "Perspectives on Economic Development," "Regional Economic Development: Australia and USA," "Building an Effective Economic Development Organization," "Economic Development and Strategic Planning in a Community," "Future Directions: A Development Academy and Network" and "Business Retention and Expansion" at the Victoria (Australia) Economic Developers Course, Melbourne, Oct. 25-30; and "Business Retention and Expansion" at the Florida Economic Development 22nd annual conference, Tampa, Fla., Nov. 11.

Sarah Iles Johnston, Greek and Latin, presented "Charming Children: The Role of the Child in Ancient Divination" at Tulane University, 1999.

David A. Rigney, Materials Science and Engineering, presented "Transfer, Mixing and Associated Chemical and Mechanical Processes during the Sliding of Ductile Materials" at the International Symposium on the Genesis and Role of Transfer Layer/Mechanically Mixed Layer in Wear of Materials, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 14; and "Structural and Chemical Changes during Sliding of Ductile Materials" at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, Dec. 10, at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Dec. 18, and at the Center for Materials Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., Jan. 28.

Tom Sporleder, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, presented "Vertical Network Alliances as an Emerging Basis for Competition in the Global Food System" at the Information Management for Agricultural Productions Systems conference, Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 3-4.

Jennifer Terry, Comparative Studies, presented "Gender/Technology: A Traveler's Questions about Reception Practices" at the Media, Art, and Society Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 9; and "Female Sexual Satisfaction and the National Imaginary" at Barnard College, Dec. 15.

Julia Watson, Comparative Studies, presented "Voicing Deaf-Mute Subjectivity Postcolonially: The Case of Moussa Ly SangarŽ" at the Modern Language of America Conference, San Francisco, Dec. 27-30.

Publications

Kelly Anspaugh, English, "Circe Resartus: William Browne's 'Circe and Ulysses Masque' and 'To the Lighthouse,'" Virginia Woolf: Renaissance Woman, edited by Sally Greene (Athens, Ohio: University Press, 1999), pp. 161-91.

J.A. Boulant, Physiology, "Neural Thermal Reception and Regulation of Body Temperature," Physiology and Pathophysiology of Temperature Regulation, edited by C.M. Blatteis (Singapore: Scientific Publishing Co., 1998), pp. 93-105; "Hypothalamic Neurons: Mechanisms of Sensitivity to Temperature," Moledular Mechanisms of Fever: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 856, edited by M.J. Kluger, T. Bartfai and C.A. Dinarello (New York, N.Y.: New York Academy of Science, 1998), pp. 108-115; and "Thermoregulatory Hypothalamic Neurons: Mechanisms for Adaptations and Responses to Thermal and Non-Thermal Endogenous Factors," Adaptation Biology and Medicine, edited by K.B. Pandolf, N. Takeda and P.K. Singal (New Delhi: Narosa Publishing House, 1999), pp. 263-71.

Russell Hart, History, "Fritz Bayerlein," pp. 225-26, "Dutch Army," pp. 614-15, and "German Antitank Guns," pp. 806-08, all in World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia, edited by David T. Zabecki (New York, N.Y.: Garland Publishing, 1999).

F. Abiola Irele, African-American and African Studies, "African Philosophy: Francophone," Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Edward Craig, Vol. 1 (London: Routledge, 1998), pp. 108-17.

L.B. Jakeman and B.T. Stokes, Physiology, "Pegylated BDNF Penetrates Deep into Spinal Cord Parenchyma with Intrathecal Infusion," Society for Neuroscience Abstract, Vol. 24 (1998), p. 24, co-authors are Q. Yan and O. Kinstler; "Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Affects Hindlimb Function and Motorneuron Sprouting after Spinal Cord Contusion Injury," Experimental Neurology, Vol. 154 (1998), pp. 170-84; and "Development of a Controlled Spinal Cord Contusion Injury Model in the Mouse," Journal of Neurotrauma , Vol. 15, No. 10 (1998), p. 876, co-authors are P. Wei, Z. Guan, P.G. Popovich and R. Ponnappan.

Charles Klopp, French and Italian, review of Alberto Bevilacqua's "Gialloparina," in World Literature Today, Vol. 72 (1998), p. 346.

Judith Kullberg, Political Science, "Liberal Elitegy," Metabolism, Vol. 83 (1998), pp. 3247-51.

Brent Sohngen, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, "Prediciting CO2 Emissions from Forests During Climate Change: A Comparison of Natural and Human Response Modesl," Ambio, Vol. 27, No. 7 (1998), pp. 19-42. Co-authors are Robert Mendelsohn and Ronald Neilson.

David Steigerwald, History-Marion, "The Reclamation of Woodrow Wilson?" Diplomatic History, Vol. 23 (Winter 1999), pp. 79-99.

Mark Steinwachs, English, "Please, Don't Apologize," Tampa Review, Vol. 17 (Fall/Winter 1998), pp. 41-44.

Recognitions

Jessie Au, Pharmacy and Medicine, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 1998.

Jack Balcer, History, was recognized as an outstanding faculty member by Mortar Board Senior Honor Society and Sphinx Senior Honorary, 1999.

Marialice S. Bennett, Pharmacy, Clinical Practice, received the 1999 Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award at the American Pharmaceutical Association 146th annual conference, San Antonio, March 5-9.

Kathryn Clausen, Medicine-Administration, received a Spirit of Women Award sponsored by Prevention magazine, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson and several health care systems including the Ohio State University Medical Center, Jan. 26.

Christopher Howard, History, received a Student Achievement in Research and Scholarships from the Graduate School.

Susan Hurst, Hematology and Oncology, received the College of Medicine and Public Health and Office of Health Sciences Employee of the Month Award for March.

Charles E. Levy, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, received the annual Young Academician Award from the Association of Academic Physiatrists.

Barbara Moore, Spanish and Portuguese, received a Student Achievement in Research and Scholarships from the Graduate School.

Milap C. Nahata, Pharmacy Practice and Administration and Pediatrics, received the 1999 APhA Research Achievement Award in the Pharmaceutical Sciences at the American Pharmaceutical Association 146th annual conference, San Antonio, March 5-9.

Linda Haverty Rugg, Germanic Languages and Literatures, received the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies and $1,000 from the Modern Language Association of America for her book, Picturing Ourselves: Photography and Autobiography, Dec. 28.

Vladimir Steffel, History-Marion, was recognized as an outstanding faculty member by Mortar Board Senior Honor Society and Sphinx Senior Honorary.