Sam Holloway, business, was quoted in a Portland Tribune article on the retirement of Portland microbrewing pioneer Kurt Widmer at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/zzz5d5o.
Hannah Callender, mathematics, presented her paper, “Biocalculus: Changing Minds One Derivative at a Time,” at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle, Wash. Two of her research students, math major Parkes Kendrick and biology major Tsikata Apenyo, also presented a poster at the meeting, titled “An Agent-based Model of the Green Dot Violence Prevention Program on College Campuses.”
Michael Cameron, theology, has contributed critical notes to a mobile app containing the full text of the Confessions of St. Augustine for iOS and Android phones, sponsored by Villanova University. Besides the notes on details of the text, the interactive sourcebook includes audio voiceover, art, photos, and a timeline of Augustine’s life in the context of the late Roman Empire.
Aziz Inan, engineering, has added to his long list of Benjamin Franklin birthday numerical brain teasers. See his ode to Franklin’s 310th birthday (January 17, 2016) at this link.
Laurie Dizney, biology, had her manuscript, “Behavioural differences: a link between biodiversity and pathogen transmission,” published in the January issue of the journal Animal Behaviour. Additionally, this research was featured in the In Focus section of the journal and journal website, which highlights novel and cutting-edge research.
Nicole Ralston, education, presented “Elementary school students and their knowledge about ’variable’” at the Hawaii International Conference on Education (HICE) annual conference, Honolulu, HI, January 2016.
Khadija Khalife, international languages and cultures, published her book, Les autobiographies de Julien Green et de Michel Leiris: Approches thématique et générique in France through L’Harmattan. Her book addresses French autobiography in the twentieth century.
Leonard Santos, business, wrote “The Trans-Pacific Partnership could help combat climate change” as a guest columnist in The Oregonian on January 7, 2016. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/zhghec7.
On January 14, Alice Gates, social work, took a group of 14 UP social work students to the Capitol in Salem to learn about proposals to raise the minimum wage in Oregon. Marissa Torres, a sophomore social work major at UP, provided testimony to a joint committee of the House and Senate about her experiences being raised by a single parent earning the minimum wage.