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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College Department of Psychology will host Dr. Mary Torregrossa for a presentation on drug addiction Thursday, April 4, at 12:40 p.m. in the Phillips Lecture Hall in the Hoyt Science Resources Center. The event is free to the public.
Torregrossa is an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Torregrossa's presentation, "Manipulating Memories to Prevent Relapse to Drug Addiction," will review research focused on identifying ways of weakening the strength of drug-associated cue memories to prevent relapse. She will discuss evidence for abnormal cue associated learning in drug addiction, describe possible methods for reducing the motivational power of drug-associated cues manipulations of extinction and/or reconsolidation, and discuss the clinical effectiveness of these treatments.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. John Bonomo, Westminster associate professor of computer science, had his article, "Not All Numbers Can Be Created Equally," published in the January 2014 edition of The College Mathematics Journal.
Seven senior art majors, Craig Carlin, Richard DiGia, Tasha Dodd, Erin Gray, John Joseph, Kimberly Klappert and Austin Ray, are displaying art projects through May 22, at the Westminster College Art Gallery, which is open Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, noon-6 p.m.
"My show stands as a testimony of moments in my life when I take a step back, put aside all that can easily overwhelm life, and stand in awe of creation," Klappert said. "I have found the most stunning landscapes on the seacoast of New England. My works on display are inspired by God's landscapes."
"I scanned hand drawn and painted original pictures into the computer and recreated new art in Photoshop and Illustrator from the hand drawn art," DiGia said. "Then each new piece was printed on various substrates to show how art can be produced in many different forms and sizes."
"My work consists of paintings influenced by my ceramic forms," Joseph said. "Both are exhibited together to show the relationship between the two works.
"For my senior capstone project, I have produced numerous commercial design pieces for promoting 'Pittsburgh 250,' a fictional city-wide celebration of the city's 250th anniversary," Carlin said. "These pieces include full color signs to be displayed on city lampposts, a newspaper advertisement, a magazine advertisement, a brochure giving information on the weekend's events and a timeline of Pittsburgh's history, a billboard, bumper stickers, magnets, and stickers."
"The underlying theme for my show is 'emotion,' Ray said. "I chose this theme because emotions are always something within us. When creating art, I find it enjoyable to provide the viewer with something that they have not seen or felt before."
The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Peggy Cox, professor of art at Westminster College at (724) 946-7266 or e-mail pcox@westminster.edu.
More than 110 Christmas trees were recycled at the Westminster College chipping party held at the College's Field Station.
Westminster College faculty and students joined members of the New Wilmington Kiwanis Club to feed the trees into an industrial chipper provided by JEEMCO.
"Westminster has been composting a variety of materials for the past 21 years," said Dr. Clarence Harms, director of the Westminster College Field Station and professor of biology emeritus. "Seven years ago the pondweed harvested from Brittain Lake was added, and this past fall several truckloads of leaves from the Borough of New Wilmington made their way to the compost windrows at the Field Station. The wood chips will be mixed with the other wastes, and in six to 12 months, the compost will be ready for use at the Field station for planting and mulching trees."
For the past eight years, Harms has collected Christmas trees from local residents, and recycled them to the Westminster College Biology Field Station, affectionately called the Outdoor Laboratory on campus.
Harms, who has been with Westminster College since 1969, earned his undergraduate degree from Tabor College, his master's from the University of Kansas, and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
For more information about Westminster College's Field Station, contact Harms at (724) 946-8520 or e-mail harmsc@westminster.edu.
Ten teams representing biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics recently competed in the third annual "Geek Week."
Four teams represented the Biology Department: Lab Gnomes; Romping Ribozymes; Bio Buytes; and Water Fleas. Four teams also represented the Chemistry Department: Bad Acids; Slow Reaction; Semi-quantitative; and Titrating Titans. Physics was represented by the Canadian Friction team, and Mathletes represented the Mathematics and Computer Science Department.
"Geek Week" gives students a chance to build their own team of three to six students from the same major and compete with their peers in the four areas of science. The winning teams has the bragging rights to say they are the "geekiest of all."
The opening event was the "Physics Egg Drop," created by Pat Dudas, a senior physics major from Edinburg, This event was won by the Lab Gnomes.
The second event, "Organ Identification," created by Laurel Swope and Bill Penwell, was also won by the Lab Gnomes.
The third event was a challenge 24 tournament put together by Lauren Beichner and Lindsay Lutes of the Math Department; the final match of this tournament included the Mathletes from the Math Department defeating the Romping Ribozymes from the Biology Department.
The final event of Geek Week was "Hide and Seek," created by Aaron Bruck and Valerie Kokai of the Chemistry Department. This event was won by the Lab Gnomes, making them the first place team, followed by Romping Ribozymes, and Bio Butyes and Mathletes tied for third place.
A new feature, "Beat the Geeks," was added this year, which had science professors pitted against each other in a battle of trivia and wits. The winners representing the Chemistry Department were Dr. Peter Smith and Dr. Helen Boylan. The event ended with an awards luncheon, where the students announced their vote for the "Geek Professor of the Year:" Dr. Peter Smith.
Contact Aaron Bruck at bruckad@westminstere.edu for more information.
Eight students earned master of education degrees at Westminster College in December.
All Westminster College first-year students came to the campus prepared with their first assignments handed out during the summer.
Dr. Edward Cohen, associate professor of political science and chair of Law PAC (Professions Advisory Committee), will discuss globalization at Faculty Forum, Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 11:30 a.m. in Patterson Hall room 311.
Dr. John Robertson, assistant professor of biology at Westminster College, will present "A Fish Story" at Faculty Forum Wednesday, April 9, at 11:30 a.m. in Patterson Hall room 131.
"I'm going to talk about my research interest in a particular species of fish, which happens to have an interesting regional connection," said Robertson.
Westminster College will celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. with special services Friday, Jan. 19, and Sunday, Jan. 21. Both services will take place in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
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