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Professional Activities

Students

Jonathan Kaplan, Economics, co-authored an article titled "Multiple Environmental Externalities and Manure Management Policy," published in The Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32:1, April 2007.

Ron Coleman, Biological Sciences, was one of the featured scientists at two "Dinner with a Scientist" events held by the San Joaquin County Office of Education. He spoke on March 21 in Stockton and March 27 at UC Merced. These events bring scientists and elementary school children together for an evening to encourage young students to choose science as a career; he lectured at various aquarium societies about his research on parental care in cichlid fishes; he spoke at the Silicon Valley Aquarium Society on December 2, 2006, the California Organization of Aquatic Show Tropicals in Orange County on March 4, the Pacific Coast Cichlid Association of San Jose on March 10 and the Greater Portland Aquarium Society on March 24; he was chair of the American River Watershed Conference held April 12 – 13, at the University Union, the conference included more than 70 national and local speakers and featured  a special session on “Linking Waters and Land Use in the Sacramento region.”  

Mary Mackey, English, three lines of her poem "The Kama Sutra of Kindness" were carved into a plaque by Scottish stone cutter Ian Newton. It will be exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy Annual Show in May. Mackey will also read from her new collection of poetry "Breaking the Fever" at Luna's Cafe in Sacramento on April 12; read from "Breaking the Fever" at a National Poetry Month event in Berkeley, California, that was co-sponsored by Cody's Books and "Poetry Flash" on April 13; and she can be heard reading her poetry on the radio program "West Coast Live" on April 21.

In the News

Joseph A. Palermo, Assistant Professor, History, was quoted in The New York Times, Sunday, April 15, in the "Week in Review" section regarding the recent travails of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.