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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Leslie Kealhofer, Westminster College visiting assistant professor of French, presented at the "Image of the ‘Arab' on French Television" Conference Jan. 24-25 at the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Richard Brazier will present "Keeping within the Radius! Accurately Located Earthquakes and Nuclear Discrimination" at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at Westminster College's Phillips Lecture Hall in the Hoyt Science Resources Center. Brazier is the associate professor of mathematics and geology and the interim associate dean for faculty and research for University College, Penn State University.
Kathleen Schott, adjunct music faculty member at Westminster College, will give a flute recital Saturday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
"I will be performing works by Gaubert, Baker, Gieseking, and Borne," Schott said. "Nancy DeSalvo (assistant professor of music at Westminter) will be accompanying me."
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Westminster College Department of Music at (724) 946-7270.
Dr. Rolf Loeber, professor of psychiatry at the Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will speak about his research on inner city youth risk factors Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 4:30 p.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall located in the Hoyt Science Resources Center of Westminster College.
Loeber's presentation, "New Findings on the Causes of Violence and Homicide," will review the 15-year study conducted with his wife, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber. The study tracks more than 1,500 inner city boys to examine risk factors influencing the development of antisocial and delinquent behavior from childhood to early adulthood. The couple began "The Pittsburgh Girls Study" in 1999, and is currently tracking more than 2,400 girls to examine delinquency, depression, and substance abuse over time. Loeber and his wife co-founded and co-direct the Pitt Department of Psychiatry's Life History Studies Program.
He also holds appointments in the Department of Epidemiology in the Graduate School of Public Health. Loeber received the 2003 Distinguished Contribution Award by the American Psychological Association and was recognized as a Fellow by the American Society of Criminology from the University of Cambridge. He earned his Ph.D. from Queen's University in Ontario Canada.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Mandy Medvin, associate professor of psychology and Gibson-Drinko Distinguished Chair of Psychology at Westminster College, at (724) 946-7360 or e-mail medvinm@westminster.edu.
Nanette Tomicek, a Westminster College senior biology major, recently presented "The Effect of Amphotericin B on Gill Membranes" to the eighth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences held at the University of Maryland.
"I tried to determine if amphotericin B increases water influx across gill membranes," Tomicek said. "I'm using gill membranes because they specifically act to restrict water movement to maintain hyperosmotic conditions inside the fish. In biology, amphotericin B is primarily used as a fungicidal antibiotic, and my data indicates that amphotericin can also act on vertebrate cells to produce detrimental effects."
"This is a significant regional conference highlighting undergraduate science research and represents a good way for students to share their work with others in a professional and comfortable environment," said Dr. John Robertson, assistant professor of biology and supervisor of Tomicek's honors project.
Tomicek is a daughter of Donald and Stephanie Tomicek, North Apollo. She is vice president of the biology honor society Tri Beta, secretary for the Phi Mu sorority, and public relations chair of Mortar Board, a senior leadership honor society. In addition to being a member of S.A.D.D. and Fresh Start, Tomicek is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a junior leadership honor society.
Contact Robertson at (724) 946-7044 or e-mail robertjc@westminster.edu for more information.
Three Westminster College professors presented papers on author John Irving at the Far West Popular Culture Conference in Las Vegas.
Seven Westminster College students earned bachelor degrees in August. They are as follows:
Dr. Ronald L. Gould, professor emeritus of organ and music history at Youngstown State University, will give an organ recital Monday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
Westminster College joins several other universities and colleges in the area in co-sponsoring an All-Community College Fair, Saturday, Feb. 9, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church located at 707 Arlington St., Youngstown.
"The main purpose of this college fair is to inform high school students and their parents of the advantages of planning to attend college," said the Rev. Jeannette Hooks, diversity coordinator at Westminster College. "Too often both parents and students fail to understand that the college enrollment procedure can be complex and costly without adequate planning."
Dr. Russell Martin, Westminster College associate professor of history, recently earned the McCandless Scholar Award.
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