Olivia DrakeJohan Varekamp, the Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, is a co-editor of a special volume on "Volcanic Lakes and Environmental Impacts of Volcanic Fluids," for the for the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Volume 178, Issue 2, published Dec. 10, 2008. He's worked on the publication for more than two years. The publication contains 17 articles including one of Varekamp's own papers titled "The volcanic acidification of glacial Lake Caviahue, Province of Neuquen, Argentina," found on pages 184-196.
Richard Grossman, professor and chair of economics, was interviewed on the National Bureau of Economic Research’s determination that the United States has been in recession since by KFAB in Omaha, Neb.; WXNT in Indianapolis, Ind., and most recently by KTRH in Houston, Texas on Dec. 2. Grossman also spoke on the recent financial crisis to the Rotary Club of East Hampton, Conn. on Dec. 3.
Katja Kolcio, associate professor of dance, is co-author of "Faking It: The Necessary Blind Spots of Understanding" in the journal Cultural Theory-Critical Methodologies 9:2, published in May 2009. Kolcio wrote this article in collaboration with Wesleyan dance major, Ellen Gerdes '06. Gerdes is currently doing graduate studies in dance at Temple University.
Gloster Aaron, assistant professor of biology, assistant professor of neuroscience and behavior, received a $50,000 grant from The Epilepsy Foundation on Dec. 6 titled "STEP Regulation of Epileptogensis in the Hippocampus." Drugs prescribed to combat epilepsy can yield unwanted side effects. One reason that drugs have side effects is that they can affect almost every neuron in the brain, regardless of their roles in spreading seizures. Aaron will research ways target only the neurons that may be most important in stopping the spread of seizures. Previous work has shown that a certain protein, STEP, is found in select groups of…
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A group of Wesleyan students, led by Demian Pritchard, visiting assistant professor of Latina/o literature and culture in the English Department, attended a reading by Cherríe Moraga at Wellesley College Nov. 20. Moraga is an influential and prolific Chicana lesbian writer of poetry, drama and essays. She is known for mixing genre in her writing as she engages issues of sexuality, race, gender and class - alongside questions of nation and language. Her reading was titled "Still Loving in the Still War Years," a play on the title of one of her most widely read books: Loving in the War…
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