Faculty/Academic Staff Forums

Faculty/academic staff workshops and programs

Biology

Chemistry

English

Condolences

Faculty/Academic Staff Forums
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will present Faculty/Academic Staff Forums this spring semester. The programs will be held from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. Wednesdays in the Presidents Room of Davies Center, unless otherwise noted. Bring a brown bag lunch or tray.
    • March 10: Charlene Burns, philosophy and religious studies, "Immoral Acts in the Name of God(s): A View from the Psychology of Religion.
    • April 7: Sean Bulger, kinesiology and athletics, "Developmentally Appropriate Sport Education." Note: This presentation will be held in the Badger Room, Davies Center.

Faculty/academic staff workshops and programs
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs announces the following program deadlines for faculty and academic staff.
Program Deadlines:
    • The Student Research Day abstract and application deadline is March 8-12.

Biology
Evan Weiher served on a National Science Foundation panel for doctoral dissertation improvement grants under the Directorate for Environmental Biology Feb. 26-27 in Washington, D.C. Weiher and UW-Eau Claire graduate Alicia Howe recently had their paper titled "Scale-Dependence of Environmental Effects on Species Richness in Oak Savannas" published in the Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 14, pages 917-920.

Chemistry
Scott Hartsel had his paper titled "Effect of Heat-Treated Amphotericin B on Renal and Fungal Cytotoxicity" published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Vol. 48, No. 1, January 2004, pages 333-336. The paper was co-authored by Karen Bartlett, Edwin Yau, Alison Hamer, Gina Tsai, Dan Bizzotto and Kishor M. Wasan of the University of British Columbia.

English
John Hildebrand's article "A Northern Front," which originally appeared in Harper's Magazine, has been reprinted in the March issue of the German magazine GEO. The article, on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is illustrated by the acclaimed photographer Subhankar Banjaree.

Condolences
Condolences to Sharon Westphal, psychology, whose brother, Jeffrey Kelsey, a UW-Eau Claire graduate, died Feb. 27 in Eau Claire.