So Yeon Park, assistant professor of art in new or expanded media, was accepted into the "New Works" residency through The Banff Centre. The Banff residency selected 10 visual artists from around the world to participate in the seven-week program, taking place in January and February, where the artists will explore vision, perception, consciousness and meaning in media and visual arts.

Rebecca Curtis, assistant professor of English, had her short story "Twenty Grand" published in the Dec. 19 issue of The New Yorker.

Diana Carlin, dean of the Graduate School and International Programs and professor of communication studies, presented the keynote address, "Making Research Breakthroughs and Breaking Glass Ceilings: The Communication Challenges of Women in Higher Education," at the Women in Control meeting on Dec. 14 in Sevilla, Spain. Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, professor of mathematics, who serves on the technical committee on control education, organized the Women in Control meeting.

David Johnston, director of marketing, presented "The University of Kansas: A Visual Identity Case Study" at the American Marketing Association's Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education on Nov. 15 in Chicago.

Sarah Hargus Ferguson, assistant professor of speech-language-hearing; Allard Jongman, professor of linguistics; and Joan Sereno, associate professor of linguistics, presented a poster titled "Intelligibility of foreign-accented speech: Effects of listening condition, talker age and talker hearing status" at the 150th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, held in October in Minneapolis, Minn.

Genna Hurd, co-director of the Kansas Center for Community Economic Development with the Policy Research Institute, was elected vice president of the University Economic Development Association at its annual conference "A Summit on Higher Education and Economic Development: Policy, Practice and Partnership" Nov. 13 through 15 in Monterey, Calif.

Rueben Perez, director of the Student Involvement and Leadership Center, served as a "Master Teacher" for the annual national meeting of the Association of Fraternity Advisors. He was chosen for his leadership, service, guidance and support to the fraternity/sorority community.

Lisa Pinamonti-Kress, director of the Office of Admissions and Scholarships, participated in the ACT annual meeting and State Organization Leader Orientation on Oct. 20 and 21 in Iowa City, Iowa. She currently serves as chair-elect of Kansas' ACT state organization.