J. C. Randolph, SPEA, has received a research grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for his project, "Integrated Assessment of Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change Impacts on Midwestern Agriculture." The $1.4 million project will include work from a group of agronomists, ecologists, agricultural economists and public policy analysts from IU, Purdue and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Revolutions in Writing: Readings in Nineteenth-Century French Prose, selected and translated by Rosemary Lloyd, French and Italian, has been published by the IU Press. The book is an anthology of prose and prose poems reflecting one of the most fruitful periods in French cultural history.
Inventing the Modern Artist: Art and Culture in Gilded Age America has been published by Yale University Press. The author is Sarah Burns, fine arts, who tells the story of artists in American society during a period of critical transition from Victorian to modern values.
James L. Perry, SPEA, has had a book, Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective, published by the IU Press. The book describes and analyzes civil service systems throughout the world.
Lisa Browar is the head of the Lilly Library, succeeding William Cagle.
Gerald E. Lowther, optometry, has been installed as president of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO). The organization of vision scientists and optometrists supports research and education throughout the world. Lowther co-directs the Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research, edits the International Contact Lens Clinics Journal and is immediate past president of the International Society for Contact Lens Research.
Pat Hawkins Smith, producer of Say It With Music, a weekly, one-hour radio program on the American musical theater aired on IU's WFIU-FM radio, participated in an Indianapolis- Marion County Public Library American Music Series revue, Tapestry, last semester. The production featured members of the Edyvean Theatre and music from Carol King's Tapestry album.
Leon E. Pettiway, criminal justice, is the author of Honey, Honey, Miss Thang: Being Black, Gay and on the Streets, published by Temple University Press.
Kathleen Warfel, pathology, is the director of the new Office for Women. The office will provide educational and professional leadership and develop recruitment and retention programs. Warfel will be instrumental in establishing the IUPUI Commission on Women.
Sharon Andreoli, pediatrics, has been awarded a $600,000 research grant from the National Institutes of Health. She is currently studying the cause of hemolytic-uremic syndrome, the most common cause of acute kidney failure in children.
Rick Aniskiewicz, sociology, had an article, "Organized Crime in the International Context," published in the IALEIA Journal, the official journal of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts. The article appeared in the September 1996 issue.
Penny S. Cass, dean for the Division of Nursing, and Nancy Schlapman, coordinator of the BSN program, presented a paper, "Repioneering: Community Partnerships in Undergraduate Nursing Education," at the 17th annual Midwest Alliance in Nursing Conference.
Lynda Narwold and Bridget Whitmore, nursing, presented "Partnerships for Community Clinical Experiences" at an Evansville conference last semester. The conference was titled "Redesigning Nursing Education for the 21st Century: Developing Innovative Teaching Strategies" and was sponsored by the University of Southern Indiana School of Nursing and Health Professions.
Emita Hill, chancellor, presented "Food and Folly in Dederot and Marivauz" at the Midwest Society for Eighteenth Century Studies annual meeting.
Sita Amba-Rao, management, presented a paper, "Role and Status of Women in Asia," at the Association for the Advancement of Policy, Research and Development in the Third World, meeting in Cancun, Mexico. She also chaired two sessions.
Donald Katter, physical plant, has received the Three Rivers Festival President's Award for his work on the Children's Festival on the IPFW campus.
George Mourad, biology, has received a research grant from Dow Elanco for his project, "The Development of New Selectable Gene Markers for Genetic Engineering." At the Academy of Science meeting at DePauw in November, he co-presented the paper, "Arabidopsis Mutants with an Amplified Uridine Monophosphate Synthase Activity."
Mark Mixner, vice chancellor of administrative affairs at IU Southeast (left) accepts the 1996 Profit From Our Ability Award on behalf of IU from Vickie Huffman, representing the Governor's Planning Council. At right, is Angie Clark, the IUS Physical Plant. The award recognizes Indiana employers who demonstrate leadership in their efforts to employ people with disabilities.
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