Ellen Gruenbaum (Anthropology) was an invited participant at a week-long international seminar, “Reproduction, Globalization and the State” at the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, Italy. Gruenbaum’s paper, “Global Processes and Religious Ideological Controversies: The Impact of International and Local Programs for Muslim Women’s Reproductive Health and Human Rights in Sudan,” was based on research in Sudan during a sabbatical leave in 2004. Gruenbaum presented her research at a symposium on “Harmful Traditional Practices” and discussed her book, “The Female Circumcision Controversy:  An Anthropological Perspective,” during a panel presentation in Florence. She also helped UNICEF’s Innocenti Center for Research on Children plan the Academic Consultation on Harmful Traditional Practices at United Nations headquarters Sept. 8-9.

Catherine G. R. Jackson (Kinesiology) chairs the Public Education Committee for the 20,000-member American College of Sports Medicine. The committee is part of the communications and public information branch of college.

George B. Kauffman (Chemistry, Emeritus) published “Who will step forward?”, The Fresno Bee, June 16; “Candid Science IV: Conversations with Famous Physicists,” Angewandte Chemie: Eine Zuschrift der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (and its International Edition), June 26 (in German and English); "Come to haunt him," The Fresno Bee, July 26; "Radioactivity and Isotopes: A Retrospective View of Frederick Soddy (1877-1956) on the 50th Anniversary of His Death" and "Search for the Philosopher's Stone: A History of Alchemy,” The Chemical Educator, Aug. 1.

Dan Nadaner (Art) exhibited his video art at an international festival in Marseilles, France. Nadaner’s “View from Above” was discussed in a program that included works from Argentina, Greece, France, Germany, Japan, India, Israel, Norway, Russia, Brazil and Italy.

Sylvia Savala’s (Art) monthlong multimedia exhibit, “Walking on Coals,” closes today, Oct. 2, at Fresno City Hall. The collection acrylic, intaglio, oil, digital prints, mixed media and drawings represents Savala’s 15-year journey through grief and suffering. Click here to see more about Savala.