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Stanley T. Rolfe, professor of civil engineering, is one of the 2002 recipients of the Fracture Mechanics Medal from ASTM Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture. Rolfe received the medal for having exerted a profound positive effect on the development of the scientific discipline of fracture mechanics and in recognition of his outstanding contributions to applications of fracture mechanics and its usefulness to the practicing engineer.

Shannon Criss, associate professor of architecture, received a $16,726 grant from the Mid American Regional Council to support a project, “Professional Education for Recycled-Content Building Products,” which will include a Web site to answer questions about recycled-content building products within a 500-mile radius of Kansas City.

Victor S. Frost, ITTC director and Dan F. Servey distinguished professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was a program committee member for the first IEEE Workshop on Disaster Recovery Networks June 24 in New York City.

Diana Carlin, dean of the Graduate School and International Programs, spoke on “Coalitions in National and Regional Action: Making International Education Work” at the NAFSA Association of International Educators “International Dimensions of Higher Education in the Next Decade” symposium March 20-21. She also was the keynote speaker at the Phi Beta Delta chapter installation at Wayne State University in Detroit March 26.

John Tibbetts, associate professor of theatre and film, published “A Report on the XIX IAMHIST Congress” in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. His film review of Bride of the Wind, an interpretation of the life and music of Alma Schindler, was published in The American Historical Review.

Janet Hamburg, professor of music and dance, gave presentations at the Encontro Laban 2002 at the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro Aug. 1-4. Her paper, "The Effects of a Laban/Bartenieff-based Movement Program on Measures of Balance and Gait Speed in Healthy Older Adults," was co-written by Alicia Ann Clair, professor of music and dance. Her workshop was titled "Motivating Moves: Movement with Music to Promote the Health of Older Adults."

Elaine Gerbert, associate professor of Japanese, presented “Japanese Laughing Festivals” at the 14th International Society for Humor Studies conference at the University of Bologna in July. She published “Dolls in Japan” in the Journal of Popular Culture and “Images of Japan in the Digital Age” in East Asia, an International Quarterly.

Wakefield Dort Jr., emeritus professor of geology, presented a paper titled “The Enigmatic and Controversial Merna Crater, Central Nebraska” at the 65th annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Los Angeles on July 22.

Nyla Branscombe, professor of psychology, presented, “Role of Categorization in Collective Guilt Assignment and Intergroup Forgive-ness,” at the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology in San Sebastian, Spain. She also presented “Social Comparison and Inter-group Contexts” in Porto, Portugal.

David Burge, assistant director of admissions and scholarships, presented “E-recruiting: Beyond E-mail” at the American Association for Collegiate Registrar and Admission Officers conference in Minneapolis.

Gail Sherron, assistant director of admissions and scholarships, presented “Visit Day Programs: Are They Really Effective?” at the Missouri Association for College Admission Counseling conference at the Lake of the Ozarks and at the regional Great Plains Association for College Admission Counseling conference in Overland Park.

Teruan J. Siahaan, associate professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, received an honorable mention in the 2002 Eurand Award Program. The program honors innovations in oral drug delivery.

Frederick W. Pawlicki, associate director of the Lied Center, was elected board president of Plains Presenters, a multistate Midwest consortium of performing arts presenters. He also is chair of the Association of Community Arts Agencies of Kansas.

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