News

• 05/12/08 - Vaught elected Vice-President/President-Elect of the Agricultural History Society -

  David Vaught, associate professor of history, has been elected vice-president of the Agricultural History Society. The term is for one year, beginning June 2008, with automatic assumption of the presidency the following year.

• 05/09/08 - Challenge Premises, Prof Urges Graduates -

  Distinguished Professor of Political Science George C. Edwards III speaks at commencement ceremony about responsibility in this time of presidential election.

• 05/09/08-Otway and Bonnie Denny endow scholarship for liberal arts students -

  Otway Denny, Jr. is a believer in “the other education.” That helps explain why he and his wife Bonnie will endow a scholarship for liberal arts students who want to study abroad, take an internship or experience a faculty-led research project.

• 05/06/08 - Four Cornerstone Fellows announced by the College of Liberal Arts -

  Craig Kallendorf, professor of English and classics; Mary Meagher, professor of psychology; Rogelio Saenz, professor of sociology; and Dan Wood, professor of political science, have been selected as inaugural recipients of Cornerstone Faculty Fellowships .

• 05/06/08 - Vaught honored with University Professorship for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence -

  David Vaught, associate professor of history, has been awarded a Melbern G. Glasscock University Professorship for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence.

• 05/05/08 - Pamela Matthews Presented Gates Award -

  Scholarships & Financial Aid has recognized Pamela Matthews as the 2008 recipient of the Dr. Robert M. Gates Inspiration Award. Matthews is an associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and the instructor of the Regents’ Scholar Initiative. She was presented with the award at the Regents’ Scholars Program spring banquet. She was nominated by her students in the Regents’ Scholars Initiative, who spoke of her passion to guide students, positive attitude and generosity. Read full article.

• 04/30/08 - Women’s Studies recognizes two students with 2008 Jameson Prize -

  The Women's Studies Program names Brittany Autumn Swihart and Mingde Mark Chia as this year’s Henry Jameson Prize winner and runner-up. The award recognizes the best undergraduate paper addressing women's lives and roles.

• 04/24/08 - New Race Relations Blog Created By Joe Feagin For Scholars, Researchers -

  Meeting the students where they live – online – is a tactic a nationally renowned sociologist at Texas A&M University has adopted. To accomplish that, Professor of Sociology Joe R. Feagin has created a blog on racial relations that extends the U.S. dialogue on racial and ethnic issues beyond the traditional avenues. Feagin says he hopes to use his research-based blog – part of a new breed commonly referred to as expert blogs to differentiate them from personal blogs – to help improve research connectivity to students, teachers, journalists and the general public. More

• 04/23/08 - Dean Johnson receives a 2008 Faculty Diversity Service Award -

  Charles A. Johnson, professor of political science and dean of the College of Liberal Arts, was honored with the Faculty Diversity Service Award at the 2008 Diversity Awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 23.

• 04/23/08 - Liberal Arts student selected as top junior by Phi Kappa Phi -

  Jessica Anderson, a junior political science major, has been selected as the Outstanding Junior at Texas A&M University by Phi Kappa Phi honor society. Anderson received a $1500 scholarship as well as a commemorative plaque during Parent’s Weekend.

• 04/22/08 - Christopher Yohmei Blasdel, Shakuhachi Performer, to give recital and lecture at Texas A&M -

  (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX) - Multi-dimensional musician/scholar Christopher Yohmei Blasdel will be giving a recital and presenting a public lecture on the Texas A&M Campus on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

• 04/21/08 - Werner receives a National Science Foundation grant to study transnational migration patterns in Central Asia -

  Cynthia Werner, associate professor of anthropology, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to fund fieldwork in western Mongolia over the next two summers for her research on Kazakh migration patterns.

• 04/21/08 - Second Calvert Book Prize awarded for book series on postcards of Texas -

  John Miller Morris, associate professor of political science and geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio, was awarded the second annual Robert A. Calvert Prize at the 2008 meeting of the Texas State Historical Association in Corpus Christi in March. Morris's winning project is a series of seven volumes, approximately 200 pages each, of "real photo postcards" of Texas that were produced, sold, and sent at the turn of the twentieth century. Each volume focuses both geographically on a region and thematically on the subjects of the photographs of that region. The first, tentatively titled Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains, will be published in 2009 by Texas A&M University Press.

• 04/18/08 - Psych Majors Rout Texas, Trinity In Brain Bowl -
  Group of five psych. majors win championship in the 11th Annual Brain Bowl

• 04/17/08 - Shipwreck Weekend Planned For Saturday -

  Shipwreck Weekend, the annual fun and informative celebration of nautical archaeology at Texas A&M University, is planned for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday (April 19) on the first floor of the Anthropology Building. View full story

• 04/17/08 - Former Journalism Students Association Establish "Skip" Leabo Scholarship -

  The Former Journalism Students Association has created a scholarship fund with a goal of $25,000 to honor Skip Leabo, former head of the Department of Journalism at Texas A&M University, who passed away in September 2007. The group says they started this scholarship in his name as grateful former students. View full story

• 04/17/08 - Flamenco and Classical Guitarist Grisha Goryachev -

  (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX)- Gifted guitarist Grisha Goryachev will be visiting at the Texas A&M University main campus on Monday, April 21, 2008 and Tuesday, April 22, 2008.

• 04/17/08 - Want To Be President? Speech Making Is Crucial -

  American history makes it crystal clear: If you want to be president, you had better know how to give a good speech. Today’s presidential candidates have a tough act to follow, notes a communication professor at Texas A&M University who recently edited a book on presidential rhetoric. Many presidents were considered masters of rhetoric and had the ability to capture an audience, which ultimately means capturing votes, adds the professor, Leroy G. Dorsey. View full story

• 04/16/08 - Anthropology graduate student wins top prize for poster -

  Pearce Paul Creasman, a doctoral student in anthropology, received the Melbern G. Glasscock Humanities first place award for his poster presented during Student Research Week in March.

• 04/10/08 - Franklin Research Grants will take history professors to France and Spain -

  Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss and Leah DeVun, assistant professors of history, received Franklin Research Grants from the American Philosophical Society to support travel for their current research projects.

• 04/09/08 - Philosophy department mentioned in New York Times story -

  When a fellow student at Rutgers University urged Didi Onejeme to try Philosophy 101 two years ago, Ms. Onejeme, who was a pre-med sophomore, dismissed it as “frou-frou.” View the full story from the NY Times.

• 04/07/08 - Composer Hyo-shin Na visits Texas A&M University with Seoul-Based Kayageum (Korean Zither) Ensemble -

  (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX)- Composer, Hyo-shin Na will be visiting at the Texas A&M University main campus on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 and Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Accompanying her will be the Seoul-based kayageum (Korean zither) ensemble Sagye, and pianist Thomas Schultz. This visit includes a concert and residency programs.

• 04/03/08 - Lewis lecture discussing transnationalism slated for April 15 -

  The Department of English will host the 19th annual General L. M. Lewis Lecture on Tuesday, April 15 in 601 Rudder Tower. A departmental awards ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m. followed by the lecture at 8 p.m. Texas A&M University English Professor Dennis Berthold will speak on “Chasing Garibaldi: Transnationalizing American Literature.”

• 03/27/08 - Retired Navy Capt. to speak on personal experience charting the Siberian continental shelf -

  Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Alfred McLaren will present his lecture and be available for a book signing on Thursday, April 3 at 6 p.m. His lecture is titled “Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf” and will take place in Room 204E in Evans Library.

• 03/24/08 - Psychology and Vet Med team receive NIH grant to study the effects of social stress -

  A Texas A&M University team from psychology and veterinary medicine has received a National Institute of Health (NIH) grant to fund research on the effects of repeated social stress on an animal model of multiple sclerosis.

• 03/18/08-Joining Forces to Support Families Worldwide -

  An agreement of importance to families around the world was signed today in Doha. On the campus of the Texas A&M University at Qatar in Education City, the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development, based in Doha, Qatar, and the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University, located in College Station, Texas, entered into a much-anticipated Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). Key memorandum signatories included Dr. Fathy Saoud, president, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, Dr. Richard Wilkins, director of the Doha Institute and Dr. Elsa Murano, president of Texas A&M University.

• 03/17/08 - Political science professor honored with fellowship to study immigrant identity -

  Diego A. von Vacano, assistant professor of political science, has accepted a fellowship to be a member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., for 2008-2009.

• 03/17/08 - Sociology professors research patterns of poverty along the Texas border and Mississippi Delta -

  Two Texas A&M University sociology professors and two sociology professors from Louisiana State University make up a research team using a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to study the dynamics of poverty along the Texas border and the lower Mississippi delta.

• 03/17/08 - Glasscock Center roundtable discusses perspectives on the humanities and medicine -

  In a recent roundtable discussion, four liberal arts faculty members drew upon past experiences in discussing their research which features a connection between humanities and medicine.

• 03/17/08 - Von Vacano receives Career Enhancement Fellowship from Woodrow Wilson Foundation -

  Diego A. von Vacano, associate professor of political science, has received a Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation based in Princeton, N.J., for 2008-2009. The fellowship is for von Vacano’s project “The Color of Citizenship: Racial Identity in Latin American Political Thought.”

• 03/17/08 - Street earns honor for research contributions in health communication -

  Richard L. Street, Jr., head of the Department of Communication, has won the Lewis Donohew Outstanding Scholar in Health Communication Award. The award, presented by the University of Kentucky, recognizes outstanding research contributions in health communication made during a two year span.

• 03/04/08 - Vaught chosen as a Distinguished Faculty Lecturer for the 2008-2009 series -

  David Vaught, professor of history, has been selected as one of two faculty lecturers for the 2008-2009 University Distinguished Lecture Series. In spring 2009, Vaught will present his lecture entitled “Abner Doubleday Revisited: Baseball in Rural America.”

• 03/03/08 - Research on global warming reveals surprising findings -

  New research on the public perception toward global warming reveals unexpected results. Researchers found that respondents who are better-informed about global warming feel less personally responsible and show less concern for global warming.

• 03/03/08 - Digital Humanities Certificate now an option for graduate students -

  Any graduate student in good standing at Texas A&M University may now pursue a Digital Humanities Certificate in addition to their stated degree program.

• 03/03/08 - Golsan accepts reappointment as EURO Department Head -

  Richard J. Golsan, professor of French, has been reappointed as the head of the Department of European and Classical Languages and Cultures through August 2012.

• 02/28/08 - Women’s Studies to host lunch lecture from social historian at the University of Calgary -

  Elizabeth Jameson, Imperial Oil-Lincoln McKay Chair in American Studies and professor of history at the University of Calgary, will present her lecture “This Bridge Called My Story: Private Lore and Public History” on Tuesday, March 4. The event is sponsored by the Women’s Studies program and will take place at 12:30 p.m. in Glasscock 311. (A light lunch will be provided.)

• 02/27/08 - Africana Studies presents film discussing an alternate American history -

  Kevin Willmott, director of The Confederate States of America, will present his film and take questions from the audience on Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Africana Studies program and will take place in Room 410 of the Evans Annex.

• 02/26/08 - University of Southern California professor to speak on transnationalism and the impact of disease -

  The American Studies Program will host John Carlos Rowe, professor of humanities at the University of Southern California, as the 2008 Distinguished Lecture Series speaker. His talk is titled “Disease, Transnationalism, and Culture in the Americas” and will take place on Wednesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at the University Club.

• 02/25/08 - Africana Studies program hosts Caribbean and Africana specialist -

  The Africana Studies program will present a lecture by Carole Boyce Davies, professor of English and African-new world studies at Florida International University, on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. Her lecture, titled “Africana Studies at the Gateway: Marooning in Miami,” will be presented in Conference Room 204E at Evans Library.

• 02/25/08 - Jungian analyst to speak at 2008 Fay Lecture Series -

  Joseph Cambray, a Jungian analyst, is the speaker for the 2008 Fay Lecture Series in Analytical Psychology. The lecture is titled “Synchronicity: Nature & Psyche in an Interconnected Universe” and will take place April 5-6 in Room 206 of the Memorial Student Center (MSC). Tickets will go on sale at the MSC Box Office March 19.

• 02/25/08 - Music majors to present project at international conference in Spain -

  Texas A&M University music majors Njekwa Beasnael, Brian Davidson and Chris Harper have had their multi-media project accepted at Digital Media, an international exhibition of digital art sound objects in Valencia, Spain. The group will present “vests frottoir synesthetiques” (small chalkboards) from April 17 - May 18.

• 02/22/08 - Hallettsville attorney honors uncle with a President’s Endowed Scholarship -

  When Hallettsville attorney and rancher Terrell Mullins thought about a way to honor his late uncle, Lt. Col. Willard Levin, he turned to an area Mullins knew his uncle cherished – education. Mullins established the Lt. Col Willard Levin President’s Endowed Scholarship in the Texas A&M Foundation.

• 2/21/08 - EURO hosts one-day symposium on “Intellectuals, Nationalisms and European Identity” -

  The Department of European and Classical Languages and Cultures will host a one-day symposium titled “Intellectuals, Nationalisms and European Identity” on Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Sterling C. Evans Library in the Whitley Suite.

• 02/19/08 - Brazos Valley Reads to feature author Tim O’Brien; book reading April 24 -

  Brazos Valley Reads, a community-wide reading program, will host a book reading with author Tim O’Brien on April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bryan Civic Auditorium. O’Brien will read from and discuss his book The Things They Carried, which is the 2008 Brazos Valley Reads selection.

• 02/18/08 - Bustos to compete in semi-final round of international guitar competition -

  Isaac Bustos, assistant lecturer in music and director of the performance studies’ guitar studio, has made the semi-finals in the International Guitar Festival in Culiacan, Mexico, which will be held on March 3 and 4.

• 02/19/08 - Multi-dimensional playwright/performer David Alexander Jones on campus Feb. 29 -

  Playwright/Performer Daniel Alexander Jones will deliver a lecture, demonstration, and a discussion session on Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fallout Theatre of 144 Blocker. The event with Jones is titled “Experience Expansion: notes from a road less traveled.”

• 02/12/08 - Hill receives top award for W course -

  Kim Q. Hill, professor of political science, was awarded the University Writing Center (UWC) and the Center for Teaching Excellence’s (CTE) annual award for exemplary teaching of writing-intensive (W) courses 2007 in November.

• 02/08/08 - Zamora to Present Humanities Book Prize Lecture Wednesday -

  The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M has announced that Lois Parkinson Zamora, professor of comparative literature and art history at the University of Houston, is the recipient of the 9th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship.

• 02/06/08 - How He Can -

  Opinion piece by Diego von Vacano published in Washington Post

• 02/04/08 - Kamphoefner chosen as the Fallon-Marshall Lecturer for 2008 -

  Walter D. Kamphoefner, professor of history, has been selected to deliver the 2008 Fallon-Marshall Lecture in the College of Liberal Arts on Wednesday, April 23, at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.

• 01/30/08 - Linn To Be Featured On C-SPAN2 Sunday And Monday - Brian M. Linn, professor of history at Texas A&M, will talk about his book, “The Echo Of Battle,” on C-SPAN2 Sunday and Monday (Feb. 3 and 4). The book is about how the wars of the United States have defined the nation. For more on the book, go to http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/LINECH.html. Check local listings for the time of the broadcasts.
• 01/30/08 - Performance studies faculty receive positive reviews for their work -

  Creative and scholarly works by two faculty members in the Department of Performance Studies have earned positive reviews in their respective peer publications.

• 01/22/08 - Department of communication hosts conference to set new agenda for media studies -

  The Department of Communication at Texas A&M University will host a conference titled “Exploring New Media Worlds: Changing Technologies, Industries, Cultures, and Audiences in Global and Historical Context” from Feb. 29-March 2, 2008.

• 01/22/08 - English professor honored with NEH Fellowship for book on Virginia founders -

  The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded C. Jan Swearingen, professor of English, with a research fellowship for the 2008-2009 school year.

• 01/17/08 - Newman credited with top HR honor for article -

  The Academy of Management has awarded Dan Newman, assistant professor of psychology, with the HR Division Scholarly Achievement Award for 2006 for his article titled “How important are job attitudes? Meta-analytic comparisons of integrative behavioral outcomes and time sequences.”

• 01/16/08 - Playhouse protégé -

  an article from the Los Angeles Times about former theatre arts major, Dámaso Rodriguez. As its No. 2 man, Dámaso Rodriguez, 33, brings a bold vision to the Pasadena setting.

• 01/15/08 - French history professor receives National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship -

  Lauren Clay, assistant professor of history, received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for the summer and fall of 2008. The fellowship will provide Clay funding for seven months to complete her first book.

• 01/15/08 - Liberal Arts expands digital humanities support -

  The College of Liberal Arts is continuing to build support for the digital humanities (DH) with the appointment of James G. Smith as lead digital humanities programmer.

• 01/10/08 Professor posed as a student for one year; lecture and book signing to discuss her experiences -

  The College of Liberal Arts is pleased to announce the Common Ground lecture & book signing featuring Dr. Cathy Small, who wrote My Freshman Year under the pseudonym Rebekah Nathan, on Jan. 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at Texas A&M University.

• 01/09/08 - Sonic Crossroads program to present second concert on Jan. 17th -

  The second concert of the Sonic Crossroads music initiative will take place on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, auditorium B.

• 12/18/07 - Economics department awards first annual graduate research award in econometrics -

  The Department of Economics is pleased to announce the inauguration of the STATA Graduate Student Paper Contest on econometrics research. The two economics graduate student recipients of the award are Jingping Gu and Deigo Escobari.

• 12/12/07 - History professor receives fellowship to fund research on Islamic law and international trade -

  The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Leor Halevi, assistant professor of history, with a Fellowship for 2008-2009. Halevi plans to use this fellowship to assist him with research for his book on Islam and cross-cultural trade. Halevi sees this project, a book manuscript tentatively titled “Forbidden Goods: Cross-Cultural Trade in Islamic Law,” as an opportunity to bridge a gap between two areas of study in the history of Islam. Scholars who study Islamic doctrine pay little attention to commercial ethics while economic historians tend to focus on standard economic topics to the exclusion of the potential economic impact of religious doctrines.

• 12/11/07 - Linn's new book examines how the Army views war -

  In his new book, The Echo of Battle: The Army’s Way of War (Harvard University Press), Texas A&M University History Professor Brian Linn addresses a problem that has bothered him for at least a decade: the Army’s need to develop a clear view of what war is, or more succinctly, a philosophy about war.

• 12/10/07- History professor selected a Fellow of the Forest History Society -

  The Forest History Society, FHS, named Thomas Dunlap, professor of history at Texas A&M University, a Fellow at the society’s annual meeting in September 2007.

• 12/10/07 - Crisman appointed director of CMAC -

  Kevin Crisman, an associate professor of anthropology, has been appointed director of the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation (CMAC). He replaces Donny Hamilton, who is now serving as head of the Department of Anthropology.

• 12/6/07 - History professor examines treatment of war prisoners -

  A new book by Texas A&M University History Professor Arnold Krammer looks at the rules for and treatment of prisoners of war. Prisoners of War: A Reference Handbook explores how these changes have evolved from biblical times until the present war in Iraq. The book came out Nov. 30, 2007 and was published by Praeger Security International.

• 2007-12-06 Liberal Arts recognizes seven staff members at holiday reception -

  Three professional staff and an administrative team in the College of Liberal Arts were recognized today (Dec. 6) with a CLASS award during the college’s Staff Appreciation Reception held in the Allen Building atrium.

• 12/3/07 - Steffy's legacy lives on: A&M professor was ship expert -

  Some would say J. Richard Steffy was a gambling man. He left a family business in electrical contracting and devoted himself to his passion for ship reconstruction, taking on a career as a Texas A&M University professor without earning a bachelor's degree. His risk paid off, and it made him a pioneer and a legend in A&M's nautical archaeology department, colleagues said. Source: The Eagle View full story on J. Richard Steffy

• 12/3/07 - Beloved professor dies from lung disease -

  The creator of Texas A&M's Ship Reconstruction Laboratory, J. Richard Steffy, died of complications from a chronic lung disease early Thursday morning. Steffy started the lab in 1976 and is considered by many to be a pioneer in the field of naval archeology. His book, Shipbuilding and the Interpretation of Shipwrecks, is required reading in every nautical archeology program in the world, many of his colleagues said. Source: The Battalion View full story about J. Richard Steffy

• 11/28/07 - Sociology professor named to head new Asian Studies program -

  In the not-too-distant past, Asian studies at Texas A&M University meant a visit to the sushi bar across the street from campus.All that changed in September with the university’s official recognition of a new Asian studies program, with sociology professor Dudley Poston as its director.

• 11/28/07 - Austin businessman funds endowment for liberal arts -

  Steve Streetman ’77, and his wife, Clarissa ’78 have made the first gift in a five-year pledge to the Texas A&M Foundation to endow a discretionary fund in the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. The Edward G. Streetman DVM ‘43 Memorial Endowment for Excellence in the College of Liberal Arts will be a $40,000 fund to support academic priorities in the college with a preference toward study abroad programs.

• 11/20/07 - Concert to break cultural boundaries -

  The first concert of the Sonic Crossroads music initiative will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, auditorium B.

• 12/04/07 - Halevi awarded Albert Hourani book prize -

  The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has awarded Leor Halevi the Albert Hourani Book Award for his book, Muhammad’s Grave: Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society.

• 11/26/07 - Africana Studies to present "Chris Abani: The Cost of Change" -

  Nigerian author, poet and playwright Chris Abani will speak at Texas A&M University on Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in Rudder 601. In his lecture, “The Cost of Change,” Abani will discuss the nature of creating change and its impact on others. The event is sponsored by the Africana Studies Program, the Woodson Black Awareness Committee, the Dean of Faculties Office, and the Department of English.

• 11/19/07 - Inaugural "Meet the Author" Series Features Linn -

  Brian McAllister Linn, professor of history and Claudius M. Easley, Jr. Faculty Fellow, will discuss his new book, The Echo of Battle: The Army’s Way of War, at the Scowcroft Institute at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in Room 1107 of the Allen Building. This event constitutes the inaugural installment of the Scowcroft Institute’s “Meet the Author” Series. Read the full story about Linn's lecture on his new book.

• 11/14/07 - Movie Of "Beowulf" Bewitches Texas A&M Profs -

  Two Texas A&M University English professors are marveling that the time-honored tale “Beowulf,” which contained “plenty of violence but absolutely no sex,” is being marketed around a close-up of Angelina Jolie as a naked lizard woman.
  (Kelli Levey talks to Robert Boenig and Douglas Brooks)

• 11/13/07 - History professor’s book discusses many aspects of British politician Arthur James Balfour -

  In Balfour: The Last Grandee, R.J.Q Adams, a professor of history, at Texas A&M University discusses a time in British history when politicians could lead many lives. Specifically, he studies the multifaceted life of Arthur James Balfour, the prime minister of England from 1902 to 1905. His book, the first full-length study of Balfour, will be released by John Murray Ltd. on Nov. 15.

• 11/13/07 - Paper Encourages Look at Patient-Doctor Communication -

  Cancer patients increasingly face complex and often confusing communications while they cope with obstacles of stress and uncertainty as they make potentially life-altering decisions, notes a Texas A&M University researcher who is studying ways “patient-centered” clinician-patient communication can improve survival and quality of life among cancer patients.View full story on Richard Street and patient-doctor communication.

• 11/12/07 - Journalist Thomas M. DeFrank To Speak Tuesday -

  Texas A&M graduate Thomas M. DeFrank, an award-winning veteran political journalist and author, will present the Kay and Britt Rice Lecture at Texas A&M’s George Bush Presidential Library Center Tuesday (Nov. 13) at 5 p.m. He is expected to discuss highlights of his newly published book, Write It When I’m Gone, which covers a series of private interviews with the late President Gerald Ford conducted over the course of 16 years. View full story on DeFrank

• 11/12/07 - Christopher Sprecher: Texas A&M's International Relations Specialist -

  The old adage that “actions speak louder than words” rings true for Christopher Sprecher. The political science assistant professor at Texas A&M University has seen that concept play out many times – most often in the form of sanctions by one nation to another. The popular belief is that sanctions against a belligerent nation can get results without fighting a war. View the full story on Sprecher.

• 11/4/07 - Communication Graduate Student Receives Best Paper Award -

  Greg Paul, a graduate student in Texas A&M University’s Department of Communication will receive an award from a division of the National Communication Association at its annual conference Nov. 15 -17.

• 10/30/07 - Urbina appointed director of digital humanities program in liberal arts -

  Eduardo Urbina, professor of Hispanic studies, has been appointed director of the Digital Humanities Program in the College of Liberal Arts effective immediately.

• 10/29/2007 - John J. McDermott: A True Philosopher At Heart -

  John J. McDermott, distinguished professor of philosophy and humanities at Texas A&M University, draws on his pipe and gives a sharp laugh while reciting the one rule about his library: “Nothing circulates here.” View full story about McDermott

• 10/22/2007 - Classics major offers new opportunities for students -

  Texas A&M University students can now work toward a bachelor of arts in classics. The major, which became available officially on Sept. 1, is offered in the Department of European and Classical Languages and Cultures (EURO).

• 10/12/2007 - Transatlantic Symposium Oct.18-20 to discuss EU Constitution and Political Legitimacy -

  The College of Liberal Arts will host a fall transatlantic symposium titled "Constitutional Experiences in Federal Polities - Problems of Political Legitimacy in a Transatlantic Perspective.” It will run October 18-20 on campus in room 2115 of the Allen Building.

• 10/9/2007 - Performance at Texas A&M to feature Central Asian music -

  The “Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia: Nomads, Mystics, and Troubadours” tour will be at Texas A&M University Oct. 28 and 29 for a performance and lecture demonstrations.

• 10/2/2007 - Africana Film Series to discuss Africa and its diaspora -

  Africana Studies will present a film screening and lecture on Wednesday and Thursday as a part of the Africana Film Series. The series entitled “Oscar Micheaux: An African American Film Pioneer” is sponsored in conjunction with The MSC Woodson Black Awareness Committee, the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute and Film Studies.

• 9/27/2007 - Woodard develops new music initiative to facilitate cultural exchange -

  Kathryn Woodard, assistant professor of performance studies, is developing a brand new program, Sonic Crossroads, to explore processes of musical exchange and to promote awareness of musical traditions and innovations.

• 9/27/07 - Professor from Purdue University to speak about Japanese internment -

  The Melbern G. Glasscock Lectures: New Directions in U.S. History lecture series will host its second lecture entitled "Japanese Internment in the Great Plains" on Monday.

• 9/24/2007 - APA honors Ludy Benjamin with lifetime achievement award -

  The Society for the History of Psychology, a division of the American Psychological Association (APA), has honored Ludy T. Benjamin Jr., professor of psychology, with a 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award.

• 9/24/2007 - Incoming freshmen asked to read helpful book -

  All first-year College of Liberal Arts students receive a complimentary book at orientation that they are expected to read before arriving on campus for their first semester. Source: The Battalion

• 9/24/07 - Incoming freshmen asked to read helpful book -

  All first-year College of Liberal Arts students receive a complimentary book at orientation that they are expected to read before arriving on campus for their first semester. The College created a program called Common Ground, where all entering freshmen receive a free copy of a selected book that would help them learn about college life and about their generation. View full story on Common Ground program. Source: The Battalion

• 9/20/07 - History professor awarded fellowship to Latino Studies institute -

  Armando Alonzo, associate professor of history, was named a $30,000 visiting fellow at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

• 9/20/07 - First RESI Colloquium to address cultural differences in American courts -

  Sharmila Rudrappa, associate professor of sociology and Asian American studies at University of Texas-Austin, will be the first speaker in Race & Ethnic Studies Institute's 2007-2008 Colloquium series “See How We Are: Representations of Race/Ethnicity and the Politics of Difference.” Her talk entitled “Cultural Difference and the State: Adjudicating Filicide in American Courts” will be Friday Sept. 21 in 326 Academic Building at 2:30 p.m.

• 9/19/07 - Africana Studies Program lecture to promote African tradition in writing about the body and sexuality -

  The Africana Studies program will present a lecture by Greg Thomas, assistant professor of English at Syracuse University, on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7:00 p.m. His lecture, entitled “Erotic Maroonage: Sex, Empire and Black Radical Tradition,” will be presented at the Stark Galleries.

• 9/18/07 - Meier wins award for research on practices of aggressive managers -

  Kenneth J. Meier, distinguished professor of political science, has received two awards for papers that question the tactics of an aggressive manager.

• 9/18/07 - Mc Kenzie wins second award for book on black civic participation -

  Brian D. Mc Kenzie, assistant professor of political science, was awarded the 2007 American Political Science Association's Ralph J. Bunche Book Award for Countervailing Forces in African-American Civic Activism, 1973-1994. The book was co-authored by Mc Kenzie with Fredrick Harris and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman.

• 9/17/07 - EURO head knighted by Italian government -

  Joe Golsan, professor of French and head of the Department of European and Classical Languages and Cultures, was knighted by the Italian Consulate during a ceremony in May held in Houston. Golsan was named Cavaliere (III Classe) in the Ordine Della Stella Della Solidarieta’ Italiana by the President of the Italian Republic and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was honored for his role in developing the Italian program at Texas A&M University and for his research on European politics and culture.

• 9/15/07 - Georgia Tech professor to deliver first Glasscock Lecture on Sept. 17 -

  “Ornithological Gothic: John James Audubon and the Tale of the Golden Eagle” is the title of the first lecture to be delivered in the Melbern G. Glasscock Lectures: New Directions in U.S. History lecture series. The presentation, by Gregory H. Nobles from Georgia Tech, will be held Monday, Sept. 17 at 7:00 p.m. in Evans 204E. Funding for the series is provided by the Melbern G. Glasscock Chair in American History and intended to focus attention on new and innovative ways of thinking about and analyzing the past.

• 9/11/07 - Former journalism head brought innovation to A&M -

  The 1960s were filled with events of radical movements, civil liberties and innovative thinking, and Texas A&M was no different. It was during this time that C.J. "Skip" Leabo came to A&M and radically altered the journalism program. On Saturday, Leabo died of a stroke at the age of 81. Leabo was the head of the Department of Journalism at Texas A&M from 1967 to 1975, and continued as a professor until his 1987 retirement. View full story on Leabo. Source: The Battalion

• 9/4/07 - The Survey Says, Hispanics Value Education -

  A new survey of Hispanics across the United States quashes cultural stereotypes, reflecting the respondents’ emphasis on education and willingness to be active at their children’s schools – to the extent of volunteering and serving on school committees. That’s the conclusion of a Texas A&M University political science professor who spearheaded the education portion of the national survey. Read more about the survey and Sylvia Manzano.

• 9/3/07 - Montague Scholars Announced For 2007-2008 -

  The Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar program has announced the 2007-08 scholars. They are Amanda Stronza, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, College of Architecture; Alina Sorescu, May Business School; Kimberly Vannest, College of Education and Human Development; Zoubeida Ounaies, Dwight Look College of Engineering; Jennifer McGuire, College of Geosciences; Kathryn Woodard, College of Liberal Arts; Alexei Safonov, College of Science; and Gladys Ko, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

• 8/27/07 - An Expert Witness at Abu Ghraib Trials Analyzes the Sociological Issues in Scandal -

  Closing arguments will be heard this morning at Fort Meade, in Maryland, in the court-martial of Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan -- the only U.S. military officer placed on trial in connection with the abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003. View full story on Abu Ghraib trials and Stjepan G. Meštrović, a professor of sociology at Texas A&M who testified as an expert witness in the trials.

• 8/27/07 - Murguía appointed director of MALRC -

  Edward Murguía, associate professor of sociology, has been appointed director of the Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Center (MALRC). His term began March 1, 2007 and ends his tenure as interim director of the Center that began on January 1, 2005.

• 8/23/07 - Jimmie Killingsworth: Renaissance Man -

  Prof. M. Jimmie Killingsworth will have to put on hold for a semester his beloved teaching assignments as he adjusts to his new position as head of Texas A&M University’s English Department. He also will have to work harder to find time for the other aspects of his life that make him a Renaissance man – writing about Walt Whitman and technical communication, dabbling in nature and strumming stringed instruments. View full story on Killingsworth

• 8/22/07 - Hamilton appointed head of Department of Anthropology -

  Donny L. Hamilton, professor of anthropology, has been appointed head of the Department of Anthropology effective September 1. Hamilton replaces David Carlson, who is returning to the anthropology faculty.

• 8/21/07 - Professor Emeritus Paul Van Riper Continues Teaching At The Age Of 91 -

  At age 91, Prof. Emeritus Paul Van Riper is gearing up for another year of teaching at Texas A&M University. When fall semester classes begin Monday (Aug. 27), Van Riper will greet another round of undergraduate students enrolled in his upper-division political science class. He also led a spring semester seminar for graduate students at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service. View the full story on Van Riper

• 8/21/07 - Chang appointed head of Department of Economics -

  Yoosoon Chang, professor of economics, has been appointed head of the Department of Economics effective September 1. Chang replaces Amy Glass, who is returning to the economics faculty.

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