Nov. 16: Kim Gutschow received Germany’s Humboldt Fellowship, a three year grant to fund research and writing of her forthcoming book “Birth: From Home to Hospital and Back Home Again.” Gutschow’s book contrasts the shift of childbirth from home to hospital in rural India with reverse flow of birth back home again in rural New [...]
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A new release from the University of Arizona Press under the title “Atlas of Coastal Ecosystems in the Western Gulf of California: Tracking Limestone Deposits on the Margin of a Young Sea” was co-edited by Markes Johnson (Geosciences Department) and Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez (Univ. Autonoma de Baja California). The pair have collaborated since 1990, taking advantage [...] Nov. 8, 2009 Reinhard A. Wobus, the Edna McConnell Clark Professor of Geosciences, is editor of the autobiography of T.Nelson Dale who taught geology at Williams from 1893 to 1901 and was a prominent geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey for 40 years (!880-1920). The book was published by the Connecticut Academy of Arts and [...] Sept. 24, 2009 Lecturer in English Paul Park’s Roumania Quartet was nominated for the James R. Tiptree Award for science fiction and fantasy stories that explore and expand gender roles. His first volume in the series, “Celestis,” was also nominated for the award in 1996. Listen to Paul on “Strange and Reminiscent: Paul Park on [...] |
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