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ROSEMARY CLEARY, assistant professor of social and behavioral sciences, Lewiston-Auburn College, presented a paper, “John Bowlby: Ethologist or Psychologist? (And Why the Distinction Still Matters)” at the Cheiron: International Study for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences held at USM last June. Cleary has been invited to join the Board of Directors of the Chinese-American Friendship Association of Maine.

LOREN COLEMAN, adjunct associate professor, Core Curriculum, will serve as the senior series consultant for the new Fox Television Network series, “In Search Of.”

MUHAMMAD EL-TAHA, professor and chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and JOHN R. HEATH, professor of computer science, had their paper, “Traffic Overflow in Loss Systems with Selective Trunk Reservation,” in the journal Performance Evaluation.

CAROLYN EYLER, director of exhibitions and programs, Art Gallery, and KATHERINE GROVES, Casco Bay Estuary Project, Marine Law Institute, took part in a panel discussion, “Back Cove Park: Ecoart Explorations,” at the Portland Public Library this October.

MICHAEL S. HAMILTON, associate professor of political science, had his article, “Prospects for Increasing Profits by Improving Water Quality at Indonesian Coal Mines,” accepted for publication in Minerals & Energy: Raw Materials Report, published by the Division of Economics, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, and the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, Scotland.

WIL KILROY, associate professor of theatre, performed as part of the New Play Development program for the national conference of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education, last August in Washington, D.C. Kilroy continues as the chair in New England for the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival, and in September was an adjudicator for the New England Regional Theatre Festival in Harvard.

LOIS R. LUPICA, associate professor of law, had her article “Circumvention of the Bankruptcy Process: The Statutory Institutionalization of Securitization Transactions” accepted for publication in the November issue of Connecticut Law Review.

LESLIE H. NICOLL, associate research professor, College of Nursing and Health Professions, will present the closing keynote address, "Thinking Small: Thoughts on the Future of Computing in the Digital Age," at the Tennessee Nurses Association annual convention on November 12. Nicoll also presented the keynote address, "The Internet as Second Opinion: Implications for Consumer Health," at the Northeast Psychiatric Nurses Association annual meeting last September, in Portsmouth, NH.

ELIZABETH MARTIN, public welfare training project coordinator, Institute for Public Sector Innovation, Muskie School, presented a session "Building Sustainable Research and Evaluation Partnerships" at the annual Midwest Region Training Conference of the Coalition for Juvenile Justice, in Omaha, last October.

JULIEN S. MURPHY, professor of philosophy, served on the panel, “Ethical Implications of the Maine Death with Dignity Act,” at the Physician-Assisted Suicide and End of Life Care Conference on the Maine Death With Dignity Act, at the University of New England Center for Bioethics, last June. Murphy moderated an ethics forum, “Physician-Assisted Suicide,” at Maine Medical Center last September. In October, she served on the panel, “Religious and Ethical Issues,” at Seeking Compassion and Control: A Conference on the Maine Death with Dignity Act, held at Bangor Theological Seminary; she spoke at the Maine Medical Center forum “Should We Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide in Maine?”; she served as a panelist at the public forum, “Maine’s Death With Dignity Act,” held at State Street Church, Portland; and served on the panel, “Maine Death With Dignity Act: What Will Your Vote Mean on the November Referendum?” at the Maine Medical Association’s Department of Social Work.

IRWIN NOVAK, associate professor of geology, co-authored the paper, “Identifying Geomorphic Features Using LANDSAT 5/TM Data-processing Techniques on Lesvos, Greece,” that appeared in the August 2000 issue of the journal Geomorphology.

LEIGH RAPOSO, graphic designer/advertising coordinator, won third prize in the fiction category of the New Hampshire Seacoast Writers’ Association’s 2000 Writing Contest for her story “Waiting for Triple A.” The story is scheduled to be published in the Association’s literary journal, Currents.

FRANCIS SCHWANAUER, professor of philosophy, presented a paper, “Reflections on Quantum Information Theory,” co-authored by GEORGE CAFFENTZIS, associate professor of philosophy and honors, at the conference, “Towards a Science of Consciousness,” held last April at the University of Arizona at Tucson. The abstract of the paper will be published in the Journal of Consciousness.

LEE SCOTT TOWNSEND, program specialist, Center for Continuing Education, has been elected to the board of directors of the Maine Technology Institute's Board of Technology.

ZARK VanZANDT, associate dean, College of Education and Human Development, and professor of counselor education, has co-authored a textbook, “Developing Your School Counseling Program: A Handbook for Systemic Planning” (Wadsworth/Thomson Learning).

KATHLEEN J. WININGER, associate professor of philosophy, has had her paper, "Following African Identity in Bessie Head: An Exile's Philosophical Journey," accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Conference on Women in Higher Education.

MARGO WOOD, associate provost for graduate studies and research and professor of literacy education, presented an institute, “Project Story Boost: Adoption and Adaptation of an Early Literacy Intervention,” at the New England Reading Association conference in Portland, October 6. Wood is a member of Maine's Early Literacy Work Group, which received NERA's annual literacy award for the state of Maine.

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