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SCOTT DOOLEY, associate professor of art, served as guest artist at Otterbein College's Summer Art Institute, June 15-19. Dooley's work is also on exhibit in two shows this summer, “At Your Service: Functional Ceramics by Anthony Wolking, Bill Meadows and Scott Dooley,” an exhibition at the Southern Museum of Art in Portsmouth, Ohio, through Aug. 11, and a solo exhibition of new pieces at the Sherrie Gallerie in Columbus, Ohio, in September. Read more ...
• STEVE REYNOLDS, professor of theatre and dance, is directing Stones in His Pockets, by Marie Jones, at Cape Rep Theatre, Brewster, Mass., on Cape Cod. Performances continue through July 17 (Tuesday and Wednesdays at the outdoor theatre and Thursdays through Saturday at the indoor theatre, with no performance on July 4). Reynolds has worked with the theatre company this past year and is on its board of directors. He also directed a Julie Harris tribute production of Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding last November, which Harris attended.
DAN FLEISCH, associate professor of physics, recently learned that Cambridge University Press has completed negotiations to publish Korean and Chinese complex-language editions of his book, A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations. The English-language edition of the book, now in its eighth printing, has been a No. 1 best-seller in the areas of waves and mechanics, electromagnetic theory and mathematical physics, while it has also reached as high as No. 4 in the physics category on Amazon.com. Read more ...
BOB MORRIS, professor emeritus of geology, and body of work left behind by amateur archaeologist Arthur Riggs Atlick were discussed in an article titled "Curator Digs through Classic Work of Clark County Archaeology," which appeared in the Springfield News-Sun, June 14. Read more ...
PEGGY HANNA, academic department assistant geography/sociology, will attend Art Affair on the Square, July 18, in Urbana. She will be at the literary tent during festival hours from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. to autograph her book, Patriotism, Peace and Vietnam: A Memoir, for Art Affair patrons. Read more ...
STEPHEN SIEK, adjunct professor of music, gave both a lecture and a performance at the 52nd annual Matthay Piano Festival, which was held on campus, June 17-20. His lecture was titled "Matthay in the Twentieth Century: Exploring Color in Prokofieff's Fifth Sonata," and he performed the work in its entirety following the lecture.
BOB WELKER, professor of education and director of graduate studies in education, was interviewed for an article titled "Witt Lowers Costs for Teachers," which appeared in the Springfield News-Sun, June 9. The article discussed the university's lowered cost for teachers to pursue professional development course work or the Master of Arts in Education. Read more ...
TRUDY FABER, professor of music, recently returned from Sweden and Latvia, where she not only performed research, she also gave a two-hour organ performance in the Dom Cathedral of Riga, Latvia. The organ is the second largest and considered by far the finest and most important in Latvia. In addition, she gave a recital in Sandviken, Sweden, of pieces by American and women composers on the largest and best organ in that Sandviken area, which is about 100 miles north of Stockholm.
MIGUEL MARTINEZ-SAENZ, assistant provost for the First-Year Experience, associate professor of philosophy and WittSems director, wrote an article titled "Creating Change: Arts, Activism, and the Academy" that appeared on Diversity Web. Read more ...
MOLLY WOOD, associate professor of history and department chair, was quoted in an article titled "Drink Turned Women to Pols," which appeared in the Springfield News-Sun, June 1. The article discussed the beginning of American women's active participation in politics.
JAY YODER, professor of biology, was mentioned in an article titled "Scientists Use Bed Bugs' Own Chemistry Against Them" that appeared in Science Daily, June 2. The article discussed a study Yoder is co-authoring with two OSU scientists and his students Travis Croxall '11 and Brady Christensen '11. Read more ...
HORTON HOBBS, professor of biology, was interviewed in an article titled "The Lightless World of Ohio Caves," which appeared in the June 2009 issue of Country Living magazine. Erin Hazelton '00 was also quoted.

• RICK INCORVATI, associate professor of English and director of Writing Across the Curriculum, and JOHN RITTER, professor of geology and department chair, held a Campus Alumni College titled "The Nature of Rivers," Thursday-Sunday, June 10-14. Lectures, discussions, local field trips, fly fishing and photography will be part of the learning experience.
ROB BAKER, professor of political science, presented the final 2008-09 Noon Lunch and Lecture Series program titled “Assessing The First Five Months Of The Obama Presidency,” June 12. Read more ... Baker's lecture was discussed in an article titled "Prof: Obama Enjoys High Approval," which appeared in the Springfield News-Sun, June 12. Read more ...