African-Americans in the new millenium Veteran civil rights leader Julian Bond participated in a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing African-Americans in the 21st century, on Jan. 31 at the Whittemore House as part of the Chancellor's Fellowship Conference. Joining Bond in the discussion are Leslie Brown, assistant professor of history in Arts & Sciences; Greg Freeman, columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Jean Neal, chief executive officer and director of the Annie Malone Children's Home; and Lester Spence, instructor in political science in Arts & Sciences. Bond spoke at the Assembly Series lecture earlier that day on the same topic.

Fourth Annual William H. Matheson Seminar to feature Marjorie G. Perloff

Marjorie Perloff, the Sadie Dernham Patek Professor of Humanities at Stanford University and author of 10 books on various facets of 20th-century poetry and poetics, will conduct the fourth annual William H. Matheson Seminar - "The Conceptual Poetics of Marcel Duchamp" - at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in North Brookings Hall, Room 300.

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Journal of law and policy dedicated to Mandelker

In recognition of his extraordinary contributions to land use law, the School of Law's Journal of Law and Policy's most recent volume is dedicated to Daniel R. Mandelker, LL.B., J.S.D., the Howard A. Stamper Professor of Law.

The 888-page volume, "Evolving Voices in Land Use Law: A Festschrift in Honor of Daniel R. Mandelker," recognizes both his founding of the journal in 1965 and his more than 50 years of scholarship in land use and environmental regulation.

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Introducing new faculty members

Larry L. Jacoby, Ph.D., joins the Department of Psychology in Arts & Sciences as professor. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Washburn University in 1966 and a doctorate in psychology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1970.

Gregory Miller, Ph.D., joins the Department of Psychology in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. He earned a bachelor's degree cum laude in psychology in 1993 from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Joe R. Barcroft, Ph.D., joins the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor of Spanish, second language acquisition, and applied linguistics.

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Of note

Barna A. Szabo, Ph.D., the Albert P. and Blanche Y. Greensfelder Professor of Mechanics in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a four-year, $577,545 Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant for a study titled "Mathematical and computational framework for a virtual fabrication environment for aircraft components."

Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, recently received one of two Outstanding Research Awards from the Society for Social Work and Research.

Eduardo A. Groisman, Ph.D., professor of molecular microbiology, recently edited a new book, "Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis," published by Academic Press.

Gerard M. Doherty, M.D., associate professor of surgery, recently edited "Surgical Endocrinology" with Britt Skogseid, M.D., Ph.D., of University Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden.

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