ANTHROPOLOGY
Brad Logan presented "Quarry Creek Abides: Kansas Archaeological Field School Investigations of a Hopewell Occupation, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas," Plains Anthropological Conference, Oct. 8, Bismarck, N.D.
CLINICAL SCIENCES
Robert Larson presented "New (Old) Questions About Using Screening Tests"; "Beef Heifer Development"; "Bull Issues: Development, Health, And Longevity"; and "Bovine Viral Diarrhea: Strategies For Control," Wild West Veterinary Conference, Oct. 14-15, Reno, Nev.
James W. Carpenter presented seven lectures on zoological medicine and coordinated two laboratories on imaging of nontraditional/zoo animals at the International Conference on Zoological Medicine, Oct. 7-10, Buin Zoological Park, Santiago, Chile.
Carpenter presented "Opportunities in Exotic Animal, Wildlife, and Zoo Animal Medicine … and What It Takes to Get There," College of Veterinary Medicine, Andres Bello University, Santiago.
Greg Grauer presented "Modulating Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease: ACE Inhibitors and Beyond," Veterinary Medical Association, Oct. 13-14, Indianapolis, Ind.
Grauer presented "A Case-Based Approach to the Azotemic Patient"; "Chronic Kidney Disease: A Tale of Two Cats"; "What's The Big Deal About Proteinuria and Hypertension in Dogs and Cats With CKD?" and "Urine Leakage and Urine Retention Disorders," Penn Vet Seminar Series, Oct. 16-17, Lancaster, Pa.
Susan Nelson presented "Companion Animal First Aid (Dogs/Cats)," Kansas State Animal Response Team second annual conference, Oct. 8-9, Wichita.
GEOGRAPHY
Lisa M.B. Harrington, Max Lu and David E. Kromm published "Milking the Plains: Movement of Large Dairy Operations into Southwestern Kansas," The Geographical Review, Vol. 100, No. 4.
The following K-State faculty members presented at the 2010 meeting of the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers, Oct. 8-9, Lawrence:
Rob Daniels and student, "Aerial Photography Interpretation and Watershed Assessment of the Rock Creek Watershed."
Bartosz Peter Grudzinski and colleague, "Estimating Hydraulic Conductivity from Drainage Patterns: A Comparison Case Study in the Cascade Range, Oreon and the Mare Tyrrhenum Quadrangle on Mars."
Mitchel Stimers, "The Tornado-Community Vulnerability-Impact Index (TCVII): A Method to Categorize Tornado Events from the Combined Physical and Human Perspective."
Brandon J. Weihs and colleague, "Geomorphology of the Lake Shewa Landslide Dam, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, Using Remote Sensing Data."
Jeffrey Smith, "Geography and Immigration Reform."
Smith chaired "Political Geographies of Scale and Identity."
Ryan D. Bergstrom, "Economics and the Environment: Sustaining West Yellowstone, Montana?"
Doug G. Goodin, "A Prototype Decision Support System for Mitigating the Effect of Prescribed Rangeland Burning in the Kansas Flint Hills."
Lynn F. Brien and colleagues, "Blending Geospatial Technology and Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Enhance Restoration Decision Support Processes in Coastal Louisiana."
Max Lu, "Ad Hoc Regionalism in Rural America: Two Case Studies."
Lu chaired "Political Economy."
Melinda D. Daniels, Katie H. Costigan and colleague, "Evaluating Local Bed Shear Stress Estimates in Meander Bends Using Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter Data."
Daniels organized two sessions on "Stream Geomorphology."
Daniels and colleague, "Incorporating Pre-disturbance Discontinuity into Dam Removal and River Restoration Paradigms."
Richard Marston and colleague, "Changes in Large Woody Debris in Streams of the Central Oregon Coast Range, 1978-1999."
Marston chaired "Stream Geomorphology I."
Kendra McLauchlan chaired "Exploring the Diversity of Proxy Records for the Great Plains Environment I."
Heidi Mehl, "Integrating Citizen Science and Web Delivery to Create a Virtual Stream Assessment Portal for the Kansas River."
Claire Ruffing, "Catastrophic Incision and Debris Fan Formation of the Bluefields River Due to a Study of the Roles of Geomorphology and Perception in the Implementation of Stream Restoration Projects."
Ruffing chaired "Stream Geomorphology II."
Sohini Dutt, "Perception of HIV/AIDS Vulnerability of Female College Students in Kolkata, India."
Bimal Kanti Paul, "Religious Affiliation and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami."
Jeremy Aber, "Videogames as Geographic Educational Tools."
HALE LIBRARY
Lis Pankl presented "Place and Creativity in Frida Kahlo's Post-Revolutionary Mexico," 2010 meeting of the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers, Oct. 8-9, Lawrence.
MODERN LANGUAGES
Robert Clark published "Les Frères Parfaict et François de Beauchamps, historiens du théâtre médiéval au XVIIIe siècle," Les Pères du théâtre médiéval: Examen critique de la constitution d’un savoir académique, Ed. Marie Bouhaïk-Gironès, Véronique Dominguez and Jelle Koopmans, Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2010.
Clark participated in the NEH Summer Institute: "Cultural Hybridities: Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean." Directors: Sharon Kinoshita and Brian Catlos. Barcelona, Summer 2010. Project: Representations of Host Desecration in Medieval Aragon.
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS
The following K-State faculty members presented at the 2010 meeting of the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers, Oct. 8-9, Lawrence:
Thomas John Vought Jr., John A. Harrington Jr., J.M. Shawn Hutchinson, Lisa M.B. Harrington, geography; and Stacy L. Hutchinson, biological and agricultural engineering, "Redefining Military Training Land Sustainability."
J.M. Shawn Hutchinson, geography; Stacy Hutchinson, biological and agricultural engineering; and colleagues, "Rapid Monitoring and Assessment of Military Training Land Sustainability at Fort Riley, Kansas."
MUSIC
Craig B. Parker presented "The Compositions of Nicolas Slonimsky," 53rd national conference of the College Music Society, Sept. 25, Minneapolis, Minn.
PSYCHOLOGY
Donald Saucier, student, and former students published "Effects of Racism on Perceptions and Punishment of Intra- and Interracial Crimes," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 25, No. 10.