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Farnsworth Presents Research on Presidential Politics, Humor

March 15, 2017 by

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a co-authored research paper titled “Late Night TV Humor and the Culture of Ridicule” at the Conference on Character Assassination in Theory and Practice at George Mason University.

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Rochelle Publishes Story “Feathers”

March 13, 2017 by

Warren Rochelle, professor of English, recently had his story “Feathers” accepted for publication by Second Hand Stories Podcast. A broadcast version will be available for listening in the next two weeks. The story is part of a collection-in-progress of gay-themed retellings of traditional fairy tales.

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Scanlon Publishes on Whitman and (Digital) Literary Tourism

March 6, 2017 by

Mara Scanlon, Professor of English, published the essay “‘Afoot with my vision’: Whitmania and Tourism in the Digital Age” as a chapter in From Page to Place: American Literary Tourism and the Afterlives of Authors, eds. Jennifer Harris and Hilary Iris Lowe, U of Massachusetts Press. The chapter, drawing on a multi-university teaching experience using digital pedagogies that was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, focuses on questions of immediacy and presence in digital and embodied tourism related to the American poet Walt Whitman.

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Subramanian Publishes in Slate

February 28, 2017 by

Sushma Subramanian’s story “Worse Than Tuskegee” has recently been published as a cover story in Slate. The story is about a study that remained hidden until fairly recently, involving American researchers in the 1940s infecting unknowing Guatemalans with syphilis to test prophylactic measures. Unfortunately, many of the subjects were not treated, and they’ve passed on the disease and its many devastating symptoms to their children and grandchildren, and cannot afford treatment.

Sushma Subramanian is a journalist and an assistant professor in the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/cover_story/2017/02/guatemala_syphilis_experiments_worse_than_tuskegee.html

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Hirshberg Co-Edits, Publishes Article in Special Journal Issue

February 27, 2017 by

Dan Hirshberg, Assistant Professor of Religion, co-edited and published an article in a special issue of the journal Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris). Focusing on “The Reincarnation Institution in Tibetan Buddhism,” the articles span diverse chronological and methodological foci in considering the foundation, evolution and function of this tradition, from early claims as the rebirths of 8th-century emperors to contemporary Westerners who were recognized and enthroned as the reincarnations of recently deceased masters. Hirshberg’s contribution explores what may be the first conflict between patrilineal and reincarnate inheritance models in Tibet.

http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ret/pdf/ret_38.pdf

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Holmes Presents at CASE III Conference

February 27, 2017 by

Malcolm T. Holmes, director of University Marketing, recently co-presented a workshop titled “Marketing Imperative: The New Ad Arms Race” at the CASE III Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Colleges and universities spent well over $1 billion in paid advertising in 2015. The session gave attendees the inside story on the increasing levels of advertising by colleges and universities across the country, dissecting the astonishing numbers of the new ad arms race. Participants got a look at who is spending how much and on what platforms. Most importantly, the session presented strategies to help institutions with limited budgets stay competitive in a fiercely contentious marketplace.

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Rafferty Publishes Essay Series on U.S. Presidents

February 20, 2017 by

Colin Rafferty, Associate Professor of English, had “The Imagineer Considers Tomorrow (#45.1)” recently published in the new issue of Waxwing. It joins four other essays published back in October and was commissioned by the editors in the wake of the 2016 presidential election.

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Konieczny Publishes in Combinatorica

February 16, 2017 by

Janusz Konieczny, professor of mathematics, co-authored a research article, Automorphism groups of circulant digraphs with applications to semigroup theory, published in the journal Combinatorica.

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2017 UMW Shred Event

February 15, 2017 by

UMW Shred Event 2017

UMW Landscape and Grounds is hosting the UMW RecycleMania Shred Event again this year. Confidential documents for shredding will be collected on Feb. 28, 2017. Please visit the UMW Sustainability website for pick-up schedule and details http://sustainability.umw.edu/2016-recyclemania-shred-event/

A Facilities Services Work Request must be submitted by Feb. 23, 4 p.m. The work request must include material amounts (estimated number of boxes or bags), location and name of person on site to verify the correct materials.  An RM-3 Records Destruction form (voided copy) must be taped to materials.

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Bartram Finishes Term as CODA President

February 13, 2017 by

Kevin Bartram, director of the UMW Philharmonic Orchestra, recently completed a two-year term as president of the College Orchestra Directors Association, or CODA. CODA is the world’s largest association of college orchestra directors, with members from 40 states and 12 countries in Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.

bartramDuring Bartram’s tenure, CODA’s membership increased by 20%, and the organization expanded internationally with cultural and podium exchanges (Bartram traveled last year to Argentina). Its annual national conference increased in attendance, as well. Bartram formed a major research alliance with the Library of Congress called “Unearthing America’s Musical Treasures.” He presented his initial findings on the project, with some 12 major discoveries, to the conference last weekend.

Bartram’s successor, Kory Katseanes from Brigham Young University, recognized him and led a standing ovation during the national conference in Washington, D.C., last weekend. The conference, organized by Bartram, featured performances by the Baltimore Symphony, the National Symphony (and a private session with Maestro Eschenbach), a private tour of musical treasures at the Library of Congress and a performance by the United States Air Force Orchestra.

Bartram ascended into the national spotlight four years ago with his election as national vice president. He led an effort to write a strategic plan and create a new website, which he has managed. In addition, he created a new financial system, a world-class online library of resources and a new business plan.

Bartram is now immediate past-president of the organization, and will help guide the new leadership into the future.

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