* Alice Brand, English, had "Values: Understanding Writing through Brain Biology," was published in Rhetoric Review, Spring, 1998. Her chapter, "Healing Writing, and the Brain," is forthcoming in a collection entitled: Writing and Healing" The Techne of Wholeness to be published by the National Council of Teachers of English.

Brand served as faculty consultant for the SAT II (Writing and Reasoning) test at the Educational Testing Service, Nov. 5-9. On March 31, she led discussion on the process of writing poetry and read from her third collection of poetry, Court of Common Pleas, at a pre-conference workshop for the AEPL at the Conference of College Composition and Communication in Chicago. Also at the conference she chaired the "Twelfth Annual Exultation of Larks Poetry Reading" on April 2, followed the next morning by a session entitled the "Poet-to-Poet Roundtable." Brand reviewed for Prentice Hall a new creative writing text entitled Creative Lying. Brand will also serve as faculty consultant for the ETS Advanced Placement exam held at Trinity College in San Antonio, TX from June 12-19.

*Bill Stier, physical education and sport, had "When Publicity Pays" published in the February/March edition of Athletic Management and "The Free Car Wash" appeared in the April edition of American Cheerleader. In addition, he made the following presentations: "Fundraising and Promotions for Physical Education and Sport Programs: Survival Tactics for the Coach/Teacher and Sport Administrator, " and "Career Opportunities Within HPERD and Appropriate Strategies For Finding Jobs in the New Millennium" at the National Conference of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Reno, Nevada, April 8.

* John Maier, English, presented "Moroccan Writers and the Establishment," at the conference on Aspects of Contemporary North Africa: Islamic Assertion, Ethnic Diversity, Democracy and the State, held at Binghamton, April 3-5. The Middle East and North African Program sponsored the conference at Binghamton University.

* Betsy Ann Balzano and Jeffrey B. Linn, education and human development, presented a paper at the Ninth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, April 17, in Jacksonville, FL. "Add Variety to Your Teaching: Role Play" demonstrated three methods that college faculty can use to promote inquiry and cooperation in their classrooms.

*Dena Levy, political science, attended the 1998 Midwest Political Science Association meeting in Chicago where she presented (with co-author Charles Tien, Hunter College) "Asian-American and Hispanic representation in the U.S. House of Representatives." Levy also received a UUP grant to attend the faculty Development Summer Institute at Prince Edward Island, Canada.

* Danny Too, physical education and sport, recently presented "The Interview: The Key to Your Employment," and led individual roundtable discussion of "Career Opportunities Within HPERD and Appropriate Strategies for Finding Jobs in the New Millennium" at the 1998 National Convention and Exposition of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) in Reno, NV.

* John K. Marah, African and Afro-American studies, presented "The Origins and Development of Pan-Africanism," at the 15th Annual Pan-African Studies Conference at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, April 4. He also read his paper, "The Continued Significance of Race and African People in the Global Village," at Rochester Institute of Technology on April 20 and presented "Reflections on African People in the Global Village," at the 22nd Annual Conference of the New York African Studies Association held at Binghamton University, April 24-25.

Marah was an invited participant in the symposium on "The Evolving Relations Between the United States and Africa in the Next Millennium," held at William Patterson University, Wayne New Jersey, April 27. He was also an invited participant in the SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines, April 29, at Finger Lakes Community College. Marah's book, African People in the Global Village: An Introduction to Pan-Africanism has been accepted for publication by University Press of America, Inc. Publication date is June 1998.

*Carolyn Greene, chemistry and physics, recently guided a group of elementary school teachers through "Supermarket Chemistry," a hands-on physical science workshop that illustrated how safe, inexpensive materials, easily obtained from a supermarket, pharmacy, or hardware store can be used in science instruction. The free workshop was the second in a series offered to elementary school teachers who face the challenging task of introducing their classes to scientific concepts while having little formal training in the sciences themselves.