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A. R. M. Imtiyaz, of the Department of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts, published “Fear of partition may lead to peace” in the Oct. 14, online issue of the Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
Robin Mitchell-Boyask, associate professor and chair of the Department of Greek, Hebrew and Roman Classics, wrote the introduction and commentary to a volume of Diane Svarlien’s translations of Euripides’ Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, published in October.
Peter Walsh, professor of medicine, biochemistry and thrombosis research in the School of Medicine, published "Solution structure of the A4 domain of factor XI sheds light on the mechanism of zymogen activation" in the Oct. 2 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Aquiles Iglesias, of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the College of Health Professions, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for the project “Collaborative Research: SBE Alliance: Great Lakes Alliance for the Social and Behavioral Sciences.” The award provides $60,040 for one year. Additional support for fiscal year 2008 ($99,931) and fiscal year 2009 ($99,931) is pending the availability of federal funds.
Michael A. Stokes, director of the Russell Conwell Center, received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for the project “Temple University Math Science Upward Bound Program.” The award provides $297,034 for the first year of support with total funding estimated at $948,136 over four years.
Temple University’s Center for Intergenerational Learning received a three-year grant for $47,250 from the Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation in support of the Time Out Respite Program. The funds will be used to help families caring for elderly relatives who live in Northwest Philadelphia.
Temple was well-represented by students and faculty members at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy in Denver, Colo., this past October. Many of the students and faculty presented posters at the meeting. Anna Wodlinger Jackson, assistant professor of pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy, began her term as the chair-elect of the Education and Training PRN of ACCP, and Jason Gallagher, assistant professor of pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy, represented the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of ACCP as its current president.
Sharaf Atakhanov, senior media development specialist at the Fox School of Business, presented “E-mail Campaigns That Work” at the HigherEdWebDev conference in Rochester, N.Y., on Oct. 16.
Rajiv Banker, professor of accounting at the Fox School of Business, delivered the keynote speech at the International Workshop on Innovation and Performance Management held Oct. 27–29 in Beijing, China.
Mike Leeds, associate professor of economics at the Fox School of Business, presented “The Olympics as Propaganda” lecture at Temple University Japan’s Institute for Contemporary Japanese Studies on Oct. 23.
Chris Pavlides, executive director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at the Fox School of Business, was the guest speaker at TUCC for the presentation “Entrepreneurship in the Health Professions” on Oct. 3. Also, Pavlides chaired the panel discussion “Cross-campus, Cross-discipline Entrepreneurship” at Syracuse University for the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers conference on Oct. 6.
Jerry Ratcliffe, associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, in the College of Liberal Arts, recently delivered a keynote address on “Advancing Intelligence-led Policing” to a symposium hosted at the General Secretariat of Interpol the headquarters of the international criminal police organization in Lyon, France, held Oct. 9–10. Also, on Oct. 24, Ratcliffe presented testimony on the proposed Stop-and-Frisk policy to Philadelphia City Council’s Committee on Public Safety.
William Stull, professor of economics at the Fox School of Business, presented "Was the Nation at Risk in 1983? Evidence from Early Wage Data" at the International Atlantic Economics Society's meeting in Savannah, Ga., on Oct. 8.
Rajiv Banker, professor of accounting at the Fox School of Business, presented his research on "Strategic Position, Value Creation, and Performance Evaluation in Executive Compensation” at the Imperial College’s Tanaka School of Business in London on Oct. 31.
Robert Pred, professor of statistics at the Fox School of Business, presented the lecture “Statistical Considerations in Employee Testing: Validation Principles and Test Fairness” at the University of Delaware on Oct.18.
Richard Lancioni, professor of marketing at the Fox School of Business, was the session chair of “Response Strategies for Supply Chain Management Disruptions” at the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals Conference in Philadelphia on Oct. 22.
Carmen Moore, instructor of economics, William Dunkelberg, professor of economics, William Stull, economics professor, and Jonathan Scott, professor of finance all at the Fox School of Business, presented the paper "Motivating Goals: Why Entrepreneurs Start Businesses.” at the International Atlantic Economics Society's meeting in Savannah, Ga., on Oct. 8.
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