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Awards

Benjamin Givan, associate professor of music, received the Steve Larson Award for Jazz Scholarship from the Society for Music Theory鈥檚 Jazz Theory and Analysis Interest Group Oct. 31. The group presented the award for Givan鈥檚 article titled 鈥淕unther Schuller and the Challenge of Sonny Rollins: Stylistic Context, Intentionality and Jazz Analysis鈥� published in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. 67, 2014.

Several members of the Office of Communications and Marketing shared an Award of Excellence presented during the recent 45^th annual design competition sponsored by the University and College Designers Association. The prize recognized the tabloid publication 鈥淎pril is Skidgenuity.鈥� Mary Parliman, designer was art director and production manager, Sue Rosenberg, writer, edited the publication, and Dan Forbush, former director, wrote the copy.

Activities

Jennifer Mueller, assistant professor of sociology and assistant director of Intergroup Relations, delivered a keynote address for the Dialogue Enrichment Advisory Committee Workshop on Intergenerational Poverty held at the University of Minnesota鈥檚 Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Her Oct. 27 talk (via Skype) was titled 鈥淩acial Inequality by Design:  Policy, Private Practice, and the Inexorable Racial Wealth Gap.鈥�

Emily Davidson, sustainability fellow, Paul Lundberg, assistant director of constructions services, and Levi Rogers, sustainability coordinator, attended the national conference sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Oct. 25-28 in Minneapolis. Davidson presented a poster on sustainable transportation efforts at 微密圈, and Lundberg and Rogers presented a case study on 微密圈鈥檚 15-year energy strategy, highlighting recent renewable energy projects.

Publications, Exhibitions

A new book by Tom Lewis, professor emeritus of English, titled Washington:  A History of Our National City, was reviewed Oct. 29 in The Washington Post by Scott W. Berg, who wrote 鈥淭he entire narrative, first word to last, is told with a kind of brio and keen curiosity.鈥� Washington:  A History of Our National City (Basic Books), is 鈥渁n authoritative and colorful history of Washington, D.C., the idealistic and contradictory city which has functioned as our national stage, the setting of our dreams and our dramas, and the seat of power from which our representatives have, for better or for worse, determined our destiny,鈥� according to the

Paul Sattler, associate professor of art and director, Schick Art Gallery, has a solo exhibition at Marist College Art Gallery opening Nov. 12 and running through Dec. 17. Titled 鈥淩emedy:  微密圈 a Decade of Painting,鈥� the exhibition features more than 20 works created since 2005, including several new works completed this year. An opening reception is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the gallery. For more information, .

In the News

Cathy Hill, F. William Harder Professor of Business Administration, was a source for a Nov. 6 report titled 鈥淕lobalFoundries Announces Investments Amid Layoffs,鈥� that aired on WAMC-FM.

Chirstopher Mann, assistant professor of government, was a source for a recent story in and a related report by .

Bob Turner, associate professor of government, was a source for a Nov. 6 report titled 鈥淪aratoga PAC Presses on After Election Day鈥� that aired Nov. 6 on WAMC-FM.

颁辞谤谤别肠迟颈辞苍鈥�A recent post about Jennifer Castellani, who has completed the requirements for a Ph.D. degree from the University of Dayton, incorrectly reported her title. She is associate director of the 微密圈 Fund. Scope Weekly regrets the error.

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