Stories in Academics from 2011

January

• New German program in Berlin | Jan 18German
• Three biology majors present research at national meeting | Jan 19Biology
• Sewanee Opportunities for Spanish Study This Summer | Jan 25Spanish
• Professor Engel To Present Paper on Poe | Jan 25English
• U.S. Attorney General recognizes Sewanee psychologist’s research | Jan 29Psychology

February

• History professor receives award from the City of Lima, Peru | February 1
• Professor Nelson Named Artist of the Month | Feb 4English
• Lecture by Luis Fernando Restrepo, February 22 | Feb 7Spanish
• Sewaneenale 2011: German Film Festival | Feb 10German
• University cuts college cost by 10% for next year | February 16
• Chemistry Club organizes group trip to go “Behind the Scenes” with the TN Aquarium pengu | Feb 16Chemistry
• The 13th Annual Anita S. Goodstein Lecture in Women’s History | Feb 17History
• Kathryn Diane Backlund Award recipients named | February 24
• See the media coverage of Sewanee’s tuition cut | February 25

March

• An Update from Yale | Mar 1Psychology
• Senior Psychology major Mates presents poster at conference | Mar 2Psychology
• Behavioral Neuroscientist to join the Department in August | Mar 6Psychology
• Professor Engel Writes Book on Poetics | Mar 7English
• Investment Club competes in Nashville | March 11
• Patterson earns Master’s | Mar 14Anthropology
• Jesse Schupack, C’11, awarded Sewanee’s 40th Watson Fellowship | Mar 18Russian
• Professor Nicholas Roberts publishes article in History Compass | Mar 21History
• Dr. Glacet’s publication on Le Clezio, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature | Mar 21French & French Studies
• Schupack wins Watson Fellowship | Mar 21Philosophy
• Green accepted into Ph.D. program | Mar 29Anthropology
• Kathryn Cochran ’11 and Dr. Al Bardi publish review paper | Mar 29Psychology
• Advent Semester History 100 Courses | Mar 30History

April

• Sewanee students honored for historical research papers | April 1
• Medieval Colloquium at Sewanee this week | April 3
• Biology, Eco-Bio majors present research at ASB Conference | Apr 5Biology
• Chemistry Department celebrates career of Dr. John Lawson Bordley, Jr. | Apr 5Chemistry
• Assistant Professor Matthew Rudd honored by Society of Sewanee Scholars | Apr 6Mathematics
• Engel at Work on New Publication | Apr 6Humanities
• Congratulations to Caki Wilkinson | Apr 11English
• Zeman admitted to graduate program | Apr 14Anthropology
• Professor Whitmer delivers lecture in the German National Academy of Sciences colloquium series | Apr 14History
• Eco Bio alum gives talk on whale studies | Apr 18Biology
• Society of Sewanee Scholars celebrates Best Teaching Practices | April 18
• Nine Seniors Earn Distinction on the Psychology Comprehensive Examinations | Apr 19Psychology
• Sixth Annual “An Evening of Chemical Magic” Show delights community members | Apr 22Chemistry
• Baccalaureate and Commencement events set for May 13-15 | April 22
• Earth Week lectures presented on bird songs, plastics’ effect on aquatic biodiversity | Apr 25Biology
• Honors and awards for students and recent graduates | April 26
• Sarah Lillibridge Receives Fulbright Award | Apr 28Russian
• First two Yale Directed Research Program students return to Sewanee | Apr 28Psychology
• Thirteen posters and two papers at Scholarship Sewanee | Apr 29Psychology

May

• Sigman Delta Pi Induction Ceremony Held | May 1Spanish
• Yale Directed Research Program accepts a rising junior | May 1Psychology
• Professor Sánchez Has Article Published | May 2Spanish
• Summer in Berlin | May 2German
• Majors participate in annual Scholarship Sewanee | May 3Biology
• Biology Senior Honors Theses Presented | May 3Biology
• New Members of Psi Chi | May 4Psychology
• Psychology Major and Minor luncheon | May 4Psychology
• Scott Ward to Pursue Research Project at Yale | May 4Russian
• Nine to receive their degrees with Honors in Psychology | May 4Psychology
• Biology seminar presented on salt marshes | May 9Biology
• Biology Capstone presentations given | May 10Biology
• Graduation 2011 | May 14Psychology
• Baccalaureate Service, May 14 | May 14
• Hooke Prize for Mathematics | May 15Mathematics
• Commencement, May 15 | May 15
• Jesse Ayres and Jesse Schupack win the Hugh Caldwell Award in Philosophy | May 15Philosophy
• Five majors and one minor graduate at 2011 Commencement | May 17Chemistry
• Five Students Achieve Honors in the Major | May 20English
• Awards Bestowed on English Majors at Commencement | May 20English
• Video of Baccalaureate and Commencement Addresses | May 20

June

• A record number of Sewanee interns this summer at Yale Child Study Center | Jun 5Psychology
• School of Letters Summer Session Begins | Jun 12English
• Hanna Miller Receives Gilman Scholarship | Jun 13Russian
• Students Studying In Rome | Jun 21Classical Languages
• Sewanee Welcomes Young Writers | Jun 24English
• Book Launch of A Living Man from Africa by Roger S. Levine | Jun 27History

July

• Volume 13 of The Interlocutor: The Sewanee Philosophical Review published | Jul 1Philosophy
• Jessica Wohl exhibition in Nashville | Jul 2Art & Art History
• Professor Levine Lectures at National Arts Festival in Grahamstown | Jul 6History
• Sewanee’s Island Ecology Program completes its 25th year | July 11
• Sewanee chemists win major NSF grant | July 14
• Philosophy Outreach | Jul 15Philosophy
• Peterman gives a paper at the East-West Philosophy Conference in Hawaii | Jul 15Philosophy
• Sewanee chemists win major NSF grant | Jul 21Chemistry
• Sewanee Summer in Russia Concludes | Jul 25Russian
• Conn’s New Publications | Jul 27Philosophy
• Lindsay Coshatt, Political Science C’06 headed to Harvard’s School of Education | Jul 27Politics
• Students publish study of island butterfly populations | July 27

August

• Biology alum presents millipede research at meeting | Aug 2Biology
• Groves Dixon (‘10) publishes research in the Southeastern Naturalist | Aug 2Biology
• Kaki Nix ’10 and Dr. Sherry Hamby publish with Swiss colleagues | Aug 9Psychology
• Accolades for Assistant Professor Kevin Wilson’s New Novel, “The Family Fang” | Aug 12English
• University welcomes new faculty members | August 12
• Fall 2011 Art 103: Intro. to Lens and Time (photography and digital art) media | Aug 17Art & Art History
• College seniors complete urban storm water study | August 19
• Job Opportunities for French Majors | Aug 19French & French Studies
• Professor Irvin has Chapter Published | Aug 22English
• Professor Harold Goldberg publishes Europe in Flames | Aug 22History
• Chemistry professor awarded two fellowships to support sabbatical research in Germany | Aug 26Chemistry
• Greg Pond exhibits at the Knoxville Museum of Art | Aug 27Art & Art History
• Assistant Prof. Jessica Wohl exhibition at Converse College | Aug 27Art & Art History
• David Haskell named one of “The Most Creative Teachers in the South” | August 31
• National Science Foundation awards grant to Biology Professor Nancy Berner | August 31