Books

William J. Mitsch, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, editor, "Ecological Engineering in Developing Countries" Special Issue of Ecological Engineering, Vol. 11 (1998), co-editors are R. Wang and J. Yan, People's Republic of China; and "Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands: Their Potential for Restoration," Special Issue: Wetlands Ecology and Management, Vol. 6 (1998), co-editor is Virginie Bouchard, Natural Resources.

Tony Paquarello, Philosophy-Mansfield, emeritus, The Altar Boy Chronicles (Broukal Press, March, 1999).

Grants

M. Branham, Entomology, $11,468 National Geographic Grant for "Shielded Flashing: Novel Flash Control in a Dominican Republic Firefly."

P.S. Grewal, Entomology, $10,580 Charles A. and Ann Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Grant for "Pesticide-Free Alternatives for Control of Agricultural Pests: Multiple Media Aids and In-Service Training Program for Using Insecticidal Nematodes," 1999-2001; and $100,000 OARDC Interdisciplinary Team Research Competition Grant for "Building an Ecosystem Approach to Turfgrass Pest Management: Evaluating Interactions Among Endophytic Grasses, Herbivores and Weeds," co-recipients are D. Doohan and M. Quigley.

Sharron Lennon, Consumer and Textile Sciences, $30,000 Korean Research Foundation Grant for an international cooperative research project, co-recipient is Seung-Hee Lee.

Ron Li, Geodetic Science, $440,000 NASA and JPL of Pasadena, Calif. Grant to focus on more precise Mars Rover localization using orbital, descent and rover imagery to support the Mars Rover missions of 2003 and 2005.

John Lyon, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, $2,500 University Neighborhoods Seed Grant for a Welcome Week program to introduce students, faculty and staff to the University District and service opportunities.

A. Torres and C.W. Hoy, Entomology, $2,000 Ohio Vegetable and Small Fruit Research and Development Program Grant for "Determining the Relationship Among Carrot Weevil Population Density and Plant Size of Parsley."

The Department of Human Nutrition and Food Management, received a $78,628 U.S. Department of Agriculture Higher Education Program Grant for "A Model Articulation Program for Food and Hospitality Management Education in Ohio."

Presentations

Anthony Allen, French and Italian, presented "Driftings and MŽserrance in the Breton Lais" at the 16th Annual Illinois Medieval Association conference, De Paul University, Feb. 19-20.

T.A. Blackledge, Entomology, presented "Foraging Success and Tangle Web Architecture" at the North Central Branch Entomological Society of America conference, Des Moines, Iowa, March 28-31.

S.W. Cobey, Entomology, presented "Queen Breeding Program Development" and "Workshop - Queen Management" at the Western Pennsylvania Beekeeping conference, Pennsylvania State University, Beaver, Pa., March 12-13; and "Rearing Quality Queens" and "The New World Carniolan Program" at the New Hampshire Beekeepers Association conference, Manchester, N.H., March 27.

Jeanne Copenhaver, Teaching and Learning-Mansfield, presented "Making the Stories of Our Gendered Experience Explicit: Gender Role Stereotypes in English Teacher Education Programs," co-presenters were M.W. Nelson, S. Miller, M. Callahan and B. Pace, and "Resistance to the Progressive Language Arts Methods Course: Our Stories as Teachers and Writers," co-presenter was S. Wegmann, at the National Council of Teachers of English, Cincinnati, March 5; "Teaming: Making Collaboration Work" at the Qualitative Research in Education Conference, Athens, Ga., Jan. 8; "Noticing the Ordinary: Observing Reader Response of Ethnic Minority Students" at Carpenter Elementary School, Mansfield, Oct. 21; and "Culturally-Linked Responses to Literature in a Multi-Age Setting" at the Florida Reading Association Conference, Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 17.

Kathy Fagan, English, presented "Moving & St Rage" at Kenyon College, Gambier, March 29.

P.S. Grewal, Entomology, presented "Biological Control: Longevity and Environmental Stress Tolerance of Infective Juvenile Entomopathogenic Nematodes" at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Delaware, Ohio, 1999; and "Examination of Biological Control Organisms and Products," co-presenters were M. Klein and D.J. Shetlar, and "Using Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Turfgrass Pest Management" both at the OSU Advanced Golf Course Short Course, Columbus, March 16.

Michael Gutter, Consumer and Textile Science, presented "Estimating the True Expenses of a Client Household," co-presenter was Sherman Hanna, and "Estimating the Retirement Adequacy of Households and Helping Them Plan for an Adequate Retirement," co-presenters were Sherman Hanna and Yoonkyung Yuh, both at the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 10.

F.R. Hall, Entomology, presented "Pest Control for the Year 2010" and "Trouble Shooting Orchard Pesticide Applications" at the 1999 Kentucky Horticulturalconference, Lexington, Ky., Jan. 4-5; and "Emerging Technologies for the New Millennium: Implications on Crop Management" at the 1999 Ohio Horticultural Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference, Toledo, Feb. 3-5.

Sherman Hanna, Consumer and Textile Science, presented "How Many Households Meet the Net Worth Guidelines of ÔThe Millionaire Next Door'?" co-presenter was Yan Sun, and "Projecting Real Portfolio Accumulations" both at the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 20.

D.J. Horn, G.D. Keeneyu and F.F. Purrington, Entomology, presented "Reintroduction of American Burying Beetle in Ohio" at the North Central Branch Entomological Society of America Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, March 28-31.

Charles Klopp, French and Italian, presented "Son et Lumi�re in the Novels of Roberto Cotroneo" at the 27th Annual 20th-Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 26.

Publications

A. Alyokhin, D.N. Ferro, C.E. Hoy and G. Head, Entomology, "Laboratory Assessment of Flight Activity Displayed by Colorado Potato Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Fed on Transgenic and Cry3a Toxin-Treated Potato Foliage," Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 92 (1999), pp. 115-20.

Enza Antenos-Conforti, French and Italian, "Self-Instructional Programs for Italian in the 1990's," Italica, Vol. 75, No. 4 (1998), pp. 541-63.

B.C.S. Chandra, L. Geetha, V.A. Abraham, P. Karanth, K. Thomas, M.V. Srinivasan and R. Gadagkar, Entomology, "Uniform Discrimination of Pattern Orientation by Honeybees," Animal Behavior, Vol. 56 (1998), pp. 1391-98.

Loren V. Geistfeld, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Enhancing Consumer Choice: Are We Making Appropriate Recommendations," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 32, No. 2 (1998), pp. 227-51, co-author is Jinkook Lee; and "The Development of Consumer Science in Korea," Advancing the Consumer Interest, Vol. 10, No. 2 (1998), pp. 14-18, co-author is Myung-hee Park.

S. Hanna, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Are Apparel Trade Restrictions Regressive?" The Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 32, No. 2 (1998), pp. 252-74, co-authors are J.X. Fan and J.K. Lee; "Projecting Real Portfolio Accumulations," p. 254, "Estimating the Retirement Adequacy of Households and Helping Them Plan for an Adequate Retirement," p. 168, co-authors are M. Gutter and Y. Yuh, and "Estimating the True Expenses of a Client Household," p. 255, co-author is M. Gutter, all in the Proceedings of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (1998).

H.K. Kim and P.C. McKenry, Human Development and Family Science, "Social Networks and Support: A Comparison of African Americans, Asian Americans, Caucasians and Hispanics," Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 29 (1998), pp. 313-34.

S.J. Lennon, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Development of a Method to Measure the Individual and Joint Effects of Visual and Tactile Perceptions of Fabrics," Journal of the Textile Institute, Vol. 89, No. 2 (1998), pp. 65-77, co-authors are B. Brandt, D.M. Brown, L.D. Burns, B.A. Cameron, J. Chandler, M.J. Dallas, S.B. Kaiser, N. Pan, C. Salusso and R. Smitley; and "Linkages Among Research, Teaching and Practice: A Personal View," Proceedings of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles (1998), pp. 1-14.

William J. Mitsch, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, "Regional and Local Hydrology of a Created Riparian Wetland System," Wetlands, Vol. 19 (1999), pp. 182-93, co-authors are E.S. Bair, Geological Sciences, and J. Koreny and X. Wu; "Creating and Restoring Wetlands: A Whole-Ecosystem Experiment in Self-Design," BioScience, Vol. 48 (1998), pp. 1019-30, co-authors are N. Wang, Natural Resources, and X. Wu, R.W. Nairn, R.E. Weihe, R. Deal and C.E. Boucher; "Ecological Engineering Strategies to Reduce Flooding Damage to Wetland Crops in Central China," Ecological Engineering, Vol. 11 (1998), pp. 231-59; "Tree Growth Responses of Populus deltoides and Juglans nigra to Streamflow and Climate in a Bottomland Hardwood Forest in Central Ohio," American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 140 (1998), pp. 233-44, co-authors are J.R. McClenahen, Natural Resources, and D.M. Dudek; "Enzyme Activities in Constructed Wetlands: Implication for Water Quality Amelioration," Hydrobiologia, Vol. 368 (1998), pp. 231-35, co-authors are H. Kang, C. Freeman and D. Lee; and "Olentangy River Wetland Research Park: The Ohio State University as a 'Wet-Land Grant' University," Land and Water-The Magazine of Natural Resource Management and Restoration, Vol. 42, No. 5 (1998), pp. 22-26.

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

Y. Sun and S. Hanna, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "How Many Households Meet the Net Worth Guidelines of 'The Millionaire Next Door'?" Proceedings of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, (1998), p. 256.

Naiming Want and William J. Mitsch, Natural Resources, "Estimating Phosphorus Retention of Existing and Restored Wetlands in a Tributary Watershed of the Laurentian Great Lakes in Michigan, U.S.A.," Wetlands Ecology and Management, Vol. 6 (1998), pp. 69-82.

Recognitions

Chuck Buriff, Entomology, received the 1998 ARS IR-4 Technical Service Award at the annual IR-4 SAES/ARS Liaison conference for his long standing support and contributions to the IR-4 Project, Phoenix, Ariz.

Beata Csatho, Byrd Polar Research Center, received the Duane C. Brown Senior Award and D.C. Lee, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, received the Duane C. Brown Junior Award for promoting and forwarding the study of photogrammetry.

C.K. Shum, Geodetic Science, received the Kaarina and Weikko A. Heiskanen Senior Award for research in satellite remote sensing, satellite geodesy and orbital mechanics.

Kyle Snow, Geodetic Science, received the Kaarina and Weikko A. Heiskanen Junior Award for a talented, enthusiastic and devoted student and graduate assistant.

Service

David Horn, Entomology, is president of the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America, 1999-2000.

Robert D. Newcomb, Optometry, is president-elect of the American Academy of Optometry.

John Wenzel, Entomology, chaired a NASA workshop on Comparative Biology, New York, N.Y., March 3-5.