Threads of Memory by Nancy Youdelman,
a mixed-media sculpture that explores the threads that connect memory and objects. |
Nancy Youdelman
(Art and Design) was recently featured in the Fresno Bee for her "Letters to Allen" art display. Youdelman purchased the letters on eBay and incorporated them into her art. The letters reveal the life of Allen H. Watkins, a young man living in Greensboro, N.C., in the 1930s.
Incidentally, Youdelman was contacted by Howard Watkins, a local man interested in the letters for genealogical purposes who believes that he and Youdelman may actually be related. Youdelman also has been contacted by John A. Watkins, the son of the man whose letters she purchased, who told her that Allen met Amelia Earhart in the early '30s. more...
 Yongsheng Gao
(Physics) and his students joined the ATLAS experiment of the Large Hadron Collider located at the European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva, Switzerland. Fresno State is one of two CSU schools on ATLAS and CMS, the two largest LHC experiments designed to search for new physics. The project offers faculty and students excellent research opportunities. For more, click here.
 Gary Gilroy
(Music) accompanied some Bulldog Marching Band members this August for their performance on the Great Wall in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Orchestra. Director of bands Gary Gilroy is an arranger for the artistic team. For more, click here.
 Matthew A. Jendian
(Sociology) has recently had his book, Becoming American, Remaining Ethnic: The Case of Armenian-Americans in Central California, released by LFB Scholarly Publishing. The book provides a snapshot of the oldest Armenian community in the western United States. It explores the processes of assimilation and ethnicity across four generations and examines forms of ethnic identity and intermarriage. Jendian was honored in "Menk," an encyclopedia of biographies of prominent scholars of Armenian origins. This is his first book.
 George B. Kauffman
(Chemistry, emeritus) published "Celluloid" and "William Francis Giauque (1895-1982)," both in Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science. His article "Valley Voices: Come and join in on the Earth Day fun and activities" appeared in The Fresno Bee (April 19). Additional publications include "Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime: Mateu J. B. Orfila (1787-1853) and His Time," in both German and English (May 5); "Frédéric Joliot (1900-1958), Codiscoverer of Artificial Radioactivity: A Retrospective View on the 50th Anniversary of his Death" and "Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008), Pioneer in Bacterial Genetics, Artificial Intelligence, and Space Exploration" (both with Jean-Pierre Adloff, Honorary Professor, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France) in The Chemical Educator (June 1); and "The Martians of Science: Five Physicists Who Changed the World," in Chemical Heritage: The News Magazine of the Chemical Heritage Foundation (Summer, 2008).
Timothy Kubal
(Sociology) has recently had his book, Cultural Movements and Collective Memory: Christopher Columbus and the Rewriting of the National Origin Myth, released by Palgrave Macmillan. The book uses political process theory to examine the four most successful cultural movements that have mobilized around Christopher Columbus, a figure whose surrounding myths have served many interests.
This is Kubal's first book.
James D. Michael
(ITS) was elected vice president of SHARE, an association of organizations representing thousands of IT professionals worldwide. Prior to this, he served seven years on the SHARE board of directors in various capacities, including secretary and treasurer. He has been speaking at the SHARE conferences and volunteering with SHARE for nearly 20 years. As president, Michael will focus on strategic development, including new product innovation. For more, click here.
Doug Singleton
(Physics) was given an "honorable mention" award in the Gravity Research Foundation Essay contest for "Subtleties in the quasi-classical calculation of Hawking radiation," an essay he wrote with colleagues Emil Akhmedov of the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics in Moscow and Terry Pilling of North Dakota State University. The essay contest is an international contest whose past winners include Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.
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