Stories in Academics from 2012

January

• Professor Elena Koshkarova to teach in Russian Department during spring semester | Jan 5Russian
• First scholarships awarded for class of 2016 | January 11
• Sewanee announces four-year tuition freeze for incoming freshman class | January 16
• The Kennedy Lecture and Seminar series will host Professor W. Kip Viscusi | Jan 24Economics
• Lexi Namer (C’10) and Paul Dixon (C’10) exhibitions | Jan 25Art & Art History
• Rachel Malde (c’00) exhibition | Jan 27Art & Art History
• Student-Faculty Research Published in Langmuir | Jan 30Chemistry
• Professor, students to present at service learning conference | January 30

February

• Professor Engel will be presenting two papers abroad | Feb 1English
• Greg Pond Video Screened in Trench Town, Kingston, Jamaica | Feb 1Art & Art History
• Two articles forthcoming by Stephanie McCarter | Feb 2Classical Languages
• Sewanee students spend Christmas in Cuba | Feb 3Spanish
• Sanford Biggers at Univesity Art Gallery and Carlos Gallery | Feb 5Art & Art History
• Congratulations Julianna White! | Feb 6Spanish
• My Perestroika screening and talk postponed | Feb 7Russian
• Voices from the Gulag: Memory, Trauma, and the Stalinist Camps | Feb 7Russian
• Professor Mohiuddin Will be Keynote Speaker at Introduction to Asia Conference | Feb 8Economics
• Psychology professor interviewed by APA | Feb 13Psychology
• Maslenitsa - February 24 | Feb 13Russian
• Professor Crowder-Meyer Wins Award for Best Paper on Women in Politics | Feb 15Politics
• Dale Mortensen,2010 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences to Speak on “The Great Recession..And After” | Feb 17Economics
• Investment Club Will Host Chris Kyriopoulos and Joe Altman, Investment Experts | Feb 20Economics
• Eco-Bio Alum Harris presents lecture | Feb 24Biology
• Nobel Laureate Dale Mortensen visits Sewanee | February 29

March

• Professor Engel’s Fifth Book is Published | Mar 2English
• Five Sewanee Economics Majors Compete in the CFA Institute Research Challenge | Mar 5Economics
• Prof Jessica Wohl jurors Watkins Exhibition | Mar 7Art & Art History
• German Students Inducted into Honorary Society | Mar 8German
• Dr. Davidheiser honored for 35 years at Sewanee | Mar 8German
• Sewanee Students and German Students Benefit from Exchange | Mar 8German
• Like Sommer in Sewanee on Facebook | Mar 8German
• Georgescu-Roegen Lecturer Dale Mortensen Speaks on “The Great Recession…and After” | Mar 9Economics
• Historian, biographer Susan Ware to give Goodstein Lecture in Women’s History | Mar 15History
• Blair Barrows a Watson Fellow | Mar 22Psychology
• Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, March 30 and 31 | March 26
• Healthy Bodies and Healthy Minds | Mar 27Psychology
• Accolades for David Haskell’s new book, “The Forest Unseen” | Mar 30Biology
• IGS Welcomes Rohan Kalyan | Mar 30International & Global Studies

April

• Kennedy Lecture and Seminar Series to Host Christopher D. Carroll | Apr 2Economics
• Sewanee grad receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | Apr 3Biology
• Brian Fennessy, C’12 History Major, Receives Graduate School Offers | Apr 10History
• Three Students and a Faculty Member publish in an online journal | Apr 10Psychology
• Portmanteau, a selection of works by Sewanee’s senior art majors, opens April 13 | April 10
• Dr. Mills’ latest book published | Apr 11French & French Studies
• Russian Easter (Пасха) Celebration - Sunday, April 15 | Apr 11Russian
• Broadcast of Russian ballet from the Bolshoi Theater | Apr 11Russian
• Twenty-two students initiated into Phi Beta Kappa | April 11
• Five Seniors Earn Distinction on the Psychology Comprehensive Examinations | Apr 11Psychology
• Course Offerings for Advent 2012 | Apr 12Classical Languages
• Boggs accepted to Sewanee-At-Yale Directed Research Program | Apr 13Psychology
• Associate Professor Doug Drinen honored by the Society of Sewanee Scholars | Apr 17Mathematics
• New Members of Psi Chi | Apr 19Psychology
• US News & WR mentions Sewanee, Environment and Art | Apr 21Art & Art History
• Chattanooga’s 10x10 festival features work by Greg Pond | Apr 21Art & Art History
• Professor Engel Publishes Article and Review | Apr 23English
• Professor Roger S. Levine Quoted in New York Times Article | Apr 23History
• Nine posters at Scholarship Sewanee | Apr 23Psychology
• W. Kip Viscusi Lecture Video Now Available | Apr 24Economics
• Kennedy Series Lecturer Christopher D. Carroll Video Now Available | Apr 24Economics
• Psychology Major and Minor luncheon | Apr 25Psychology
• Six to receive their degrees with Honors in Psychology | Apr 25Psychology
• History Honors Theses to be Presented as Part of Scholarship Sewanee | Apr 25History
• Baccalaureate and Commencement events May 11-13 | April 25
• Society of Sewanee Scholars highlights best teaching practices | April 25
• Honors and awards for students, faculty, and recent graduates | April 25
• Benedykt Pleszczynski wins Russian Essay Contest award | Apr 28Russian
• Kate Hardin receives Fulbright award | Apr 28Russian
• Summer 2012 for sixteen Sewanee students means the Yale Child Study Center | Apr 30Psychology
• Professor Elwood Dunn Named Liberian National Orator | Apr 30Politics
• Thirty-seven Students Awarded Tonya Public Affairs Stipends | Apr 30Politics

May

• Majors participate in Scholarship Sewanee | May 1Biology
• Biology senior majors present honors theses | May 1Biology
• Psychology professor among those honored for “Best Teaching Practices” | May 3Psychology
• Hooke Prize in Mathematics | May 13Mathematics
• Graduation 2012 | May 13Psychology
• Commencement sends almost 400 new graduates into the world | May 13
• Recent publications by Sewanee science majors | May 14Biology
• Video of Baccalaureate and Commencement addresses | May 14
• A todos: FELICIDADES POR UN TRABAJO BIEN HECHO | May 15Spanish
• Summer Activities of the Psychology Majors and Minors | May 16Psychology
• Visit French 313’s Blog! | May 21French & French Studies

June

• Student publication on cave biodiversity | Jun 5Biology
• Pongdee awarded research grant | June 8
• Chemistry Professor Receives Research Grant | Jun 11Chemistry
• Students in Belize course encounter rare rainforest cat | Jun 13Biology
• Students discover massive mortality in sea fans on the Belizean Barrier Reef | Jun 18Biology
• Yu to speak at Sewanee Summer Seminar | Jun 22Psychology
• Faculty members receive ACS grants | June 22
• The Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander named dean of The School of Theology | June 26

July

• A record of success with NSF graduate fellowships | July 6
• Grant from Mellon Foundation will boost global studies curriculum | July 13
• From Australia to Belize: students study reef fish behavior | July 13
• Guide to Sewanee’s butterflies now online | Jul 30Biology

August

• Professor and student research historic campus cottage | August 7
• Findeis named Brown Foundation Fellow in IGS | Aug 13International & Global Studies
• University receives mastodon tooth | August 15
• New Russian House Director | Aug 18Russian
• Representative Syllabi for Advent 2012 History 100 Courses Now Available | Aug 21History
• University welcomes new faculty members | August 23
• Will Watson and Falling Whistles | Aug 25Academics