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Faculty Activities A-G

J. Douglas Archer, librarian, chaired several meetings of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association (ALA) and presided over two of its programs at ALA’s annual conference in Chicago, July 10–15, 2009, where he served as a panelist for the “Intellectual Freedom 101” program on July 10; presented “Birds, Bees and Banned Books” at the Planned Parenthood of Indiana Young Leaders Power Lunch Series in Indianapolis, on Sept. 8, 2009; presented “Coming Soon to a Library near You?” with R. Cordell at the “Indiana Library Federation Children and Young People’s Division Annual Conference” in Indianapolis, on Aug. 30, 2009; moderated “Israel & U.S. Academic Censorship” at the “Peace and Justice Association Annual Conference” in Milwaukee, Oct. 10, 2009; and served as Harmonizer (ombudsperson) for the annual meeting of the Peace and Justice Association board of directors in Milwaukee, Oct. 8, 2009. He presented “Challenges to Children’s and Youth Resources in Public Libraries and Media Centers” with R. Cordell and M. Irwin and presided at the “Privacy Revolution” program at the Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference in Ft. Wayne, Oct. 19 and 20, 2009; and participated in the panel “The Index of Prohibited Books: Liberty, License and the Common Good” at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture’s 10th annual fall conference “The Summons of Freedom” at Notre Dame, Nov. 14, 2009.  He gave the following presentations “Intellectual Freedom Policies and Procedures 101” (Keynote Address) to the Indiana Library Federation (ILF) District 8 Spring Conference, Brookville, IN, April 28, 2010; “What to Do When They Come for Your Records” to the ILF District 8 Spring Conference, Brooksville, IN, April 28, 2010; “Meeting Rooms and Bulletin Boards:  Best Practices and Current Challenges” to the ILF District 2 Spring Conference, Kokomo, IN, April 30, 2010; “Religion and Intellectual Freedom” to the ILF District 2 Spring Conference, Kokomo, IN, April 30, 2010, ILF District 1 Spring Conference, Michigan City, IN, May 4, 2010 and ILF District 4 Spring Conference, Mooresville, IN, May 7, 2010; and “Intellectual Freedom Hot Topics” with Evan Davis (Allen County Public Library) to the ILF District 3 Spring Conference, Angola, IN, May 7, 2010.  Presented “Religion and Intellectual Freedom” at the Indiana Library Federation District 4 Spring Conference, Mooresville, IN on May 7, 2010, the ILF District 1 Spring Conference, Michigan City, IN, on May 4, 2010 and at the ILF District 2 Spring Conference, Kokomo, IN, on April 30, 2010.  In addition he presented “Meeting Rooms and Bulletin Boards:  Best Practices and Current Challenges” at the ILF District 2 Spring Conference, Kokomo, IN, on April 30, 2010 and “What to Do When They Come for Your Records” and the keynote address “Intellectual Freedom Policies and Procedures 101”, at the ILF District 8 Spring Conference, Brookville, IN, on April 28, 2010.  With Evan Davis of the Allen County Public Library he also presented “Intellectual Freedom Hot Topics,” at the ILF District 3 Spring Conference, Angola, IN, on May 7, 2010. Presented “Religion and Intellectual Freedom” at Indiana Library Federation District 4 Spring Conference in Mooresville, Indiana on May 7, 2010.

Matthew Ashley, associate professor of systematic theology, presented the lecture “The University as an Instrument of Consolation: Ignacio Ellacuría, Ignatian Spirituality, and the Modern University,” delivered at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry; March 29.

Ann W. Astell, professor of theology, was a panelist on “Teaching Hagiography as Narrative Theology” at the “International Congress on Medieval Studies” in Kalamazoo, Mich., on May 10, 2009; and presented “Simone Weil” for the Catholic Culture Series “A Celebration of Kindred Spirits” for the Center for Ethics and Culture, Sept. 29, 2009.

David E. Aune, professor of theology, lectured on “Paul, Ritual Purity and the Ritual Baths South of the Temple Mount (Acts 21: 15–28)” at Tantur in Jerusalem on May 14, 2009, and on “What Happened to Paul on the Road to Damascus” at Villanova University on April 22, 2009, both as part of their participation in the year-long celebration of the Year of Paul in the Catholic Church.

Brian M. Baker, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, presented an invited seminar titled “T Cell Receptor Recognition of PMHC” at the “Microcalorimetry Symposium” in Baltimore, Md., on Oct. 18, 2009; and presented an invited seminar titled “T Cell Recognition by Antigen Dependent Tuning of Dynamics” at Purdue University, West Lafayette, on Nov. 19, 2009.

Dinshaw Balsara, associate professor, physics, January 2, 2009, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Invited Talk: “Dust Sedimentation in Protoplanetary Disks”; on January 2, 2009, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Invited Talk: “Introduction to Computational Astrophysics”; on January 26, 2009, Univ. of Wisconsin, Midwest Conference on Turbulence, Invited Talk: “Anisotropic Thermal Conduction in Supernova Remnants”; on February 19, 2009, Goddard Space Flight Center, Invited Talk : “Dust Sedimentation in Protoplanetary Disks”; on June 19, 2009, 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Invited Talk : “ADER-WENO Schemes for Euler Flows and Divergence-Free MHD.”

David M. Bartels, professional specialist and concurrent professor of chemistry and biochemistry, presented “Hydrated Electron Extinction Coefficient in High Temperature Water: Is Oscillator Strength Conserved?” at the “Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry” in Keszthely, Hungary, Aug. 27–Sept. 2, 2009; and presented a special seminar titled “Properties and Reactions of OH radicals, H Atoms and Solvated Electrons in Hot Pressurized Water” at the Institute for Ion Physics and Molecular Physics, Leopold-Franzens-Universitaet Innsbruk, Austria. on Sept. 3, 2009; presented at 239th National ACS meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 22-27, 2010. Title of presentation: Persistent radical formation in gamma-irradiated RTILs studied by EPR spectroscopy (coauthors: Peter Tarabek, Kotchaphan Kanjani).

Gary E. Belovsky, Professor/Gillen Director of UNDERC gave a talk entitled, "Fish food for thought . . . how sea monkeys affect the seafood in your supermarket," at a meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah (Apr. 28 -May 1, 2010). 

Harvey Bender, professor of biological sciences, presented a Hesburgh Lecture titled “Genetic Enhancement: The Brave New Millenium” at the Notre Dame Club of Southeastern Virginia on Oct. 20, 2009. He presented a Hesburgh lecture titled "Genetic Enhancement & The Brave New Millenium: Science, Politics and The Human Genome" at the Notre Dame Club of Erie, Pa., on Nov. 11, 2010 and for the Notre Dame Club of West Texas and Eastern New Mexico on Jan. 15, 2011.

Nora J. Besansky, professor, department of biological sciences, attended the ASTMH meeting in Washington, DC on November 18-22, 2009.  While there she presented a talk entitled: "The An. gambiae M and S genome analysis with a view toward population genomics of speciation."

Ikaros Bigi, professor, Grace-Rupley Chair in Physics, Invited Talk given at the “Weak Interactions Workshop,” Primosten, Croatia, September 30. Invited Talk given at the “V(xb) Workshop,” SLAC, Stanford, CA, October 30. Opening Talk given at the Conference “Charm at PANDA,” November 19.

Joseph Blenkinsopp, professor emeritus of biblical studies, presented “Ideology and Utopia in Chronicles” at the European Association of Biblical Studies, Lincoln, England, on July 29, 2009.

Paul Bradshaw, professor of theology, presented the keynote paper “The Interplay between Sacred Text and Liturgical Rite in Early Christianity” at a research seminar on “The Liturgical Use of Scripture and Creeds in Early Christianity,” University of Aarhus, Denmark, June 4–5, 2009.

Nero Budur, Rev. Howard J Kenna, C.S.C assistant professor of mathematics and memorial director of the Zebrafish Research Center, organized the "Midwest Algebra, Geometry and their Interactions Conference (MAGIC'10)" on April 23-25, 2010, at the University of Notre Dame. There was an international audience of approximately 120 participants.

Bruce A. Bunker, professor of physics, presented  “XAFS study of gold adsorption to Bacillus subtilis bacterial cells”, B.A. Bunker , Z. Song,, J. Kenney , J.B. Fein, Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference,  June 21-6, 2009, Davos, Switzerland. Also presented “XAFS study of gold adsorption to Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas putida bacterial cells”, B.A. Bunker , Z. Song , J. Kenney , J.B. Fein, XAFS 14 – The 14th International Conference on X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, July 26-31, 2009, Camerino, Italy. Served as chair of a National Science Foundation site visit panel for a proposed Science and Technology Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oct. 11–13, 2009.  “Introduction to XAFS,” Inaugural lecture at APS/IIT XAFS Summer School, Illinois Institute of Technology, July 12-16, 2010. 

Paulo Cabral do Couto, postdoctoral research associate, Radiation Laboratory, at the 50th Sanibel Symposium, St. Simons Island, GA, Feb. 24 - Mar. 2, 2010, presented "Insights into the UV absorption spectrum of water from model calculations." (coauthor Daniel M. Chipman)

Mark Caprio, professor of physics, presented “Algebraic Methods” for the Bohr Hamiltonian seminar presented at the University of Padova, Italy, on May 21, 2009; and “Nuclear Structure with the Algebraic Collective Model,” a seminar, at the University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom, on May 26, 2009; an invited talk titled “Phonon and Multiphonon Excitations by Exact Diagonalization of the Bohr Hamiltonian” at the Gordon Research Conference on Nuclear Chemistry in New London, N.H., on June 24, 2009; aan invited talk titled “Coupling Coefficients for SO with Applications to Nuclear Physics” at the symposium “Symmetries in Science” in Bregenz, Austria, on July 20, 2009; and an invited topical overview on “Geometric Models: New Results, Opportunities, and Challenges” at the “Fifth Workshop on Shape Phase Transitions and Critical Point Phenomena in Nuclei,” Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 16, 2009. Caprio presented a seminar titled “Algebraic Methods for the Geometric Hamiltonian” at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., on Oct. 21, 2009; presented "Algebraic methods for the nuclear geometric description," at the Joint Meeting of the American Physical Society and American Association of Physics Teachers, Washington, DC, February 14, 2010.

Ian Carmichael, director of the Radiation Laboratory and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, presented “Radiation Damage: From Amino Acids to Proteins” at the “26th Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry” in Keszthely, Hungary, Aug. 28–Sept. 2, 2009.

Daniel M.Chipman, professional specialist in the Radiation Laboratory, presented “Computational Studies of Radiolytic Specis and Processes in Water” at the “2009 Meeting on Condensed Phase and Interfacial Molecular Science,” Oct. 18–21, in Warrenton, Va.  During the February 24-March 2, 2010 Sanibel Symposium, St. Simons Island, GA, presented "Perspective on valence bond and geminal theories."

Kevin J. Christiano, associate professor of sociology, presented a paper on “Ralph Lane’s ‘New Beginning’: Progress Toward a Goal for the Sociology of Religion” in a memorial session on the work of Ralph Lane Jr., in the sociology of religion, social activism, and the defense of academic freedom titled “Catholicism, Change, and Context: The Life-World of Ralph Lane and the Birthing of the ASR,” at the annual meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, San Francisco, on Aug. 8, 2009. At the same meeting, he chaired the panel on “Civil Religion and Social Capital.”

Philippe Collon, associate professor of physics, presented “Producing a well characterized 60Fe sample,” talk given at the 11th International Conference on Heavy IonTechniques, HIAT09, Venice, June 9-12, 2009. Also prensented “Re-measuring the Half-life of 60Fe,” talk given at the Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Division of the APS and Physical Society of Japan, Hawaii, October 13-17, 2009.

Lawrence S. Cunningham, professor of theology, presented “Catholic Spirituality,” an invited lecture for the annual theology conference of Wheaton (Ill.) College on April 16, 2009; “A Note on Catholic Theology at Catholic Universities” at the annual “Cardinal George Convocation on Academics” at Saint Xavier University, Chicago, on April 21, 2009; “What does ‘Catholic’ Mean?” as the Hesburgh Lecture in Orange County, Calif., on June 11, 2998l the commencement speech at Saint Anselm’s College in Manchester, N.H. on June 16, 2009; three conferences on the theology of prayer at Gethsemani (Ky.) Abbey June 16–17, 2009; “Notes on Newman on Prayer,” the keynote address to the Venerable John Henry Newman Association at Notre Dame on Aug. 13, 2009; and four conferences on reading the scriptures prayerfully to the Deacon’s Class of the Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend in Mishawaka, Aug. 14–15, 2009.

Antonio Delgado, professor of physics, presented “Unparticles Decays,” a parallel talk, at “Pheno 2009,” at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 11–13, 2009, and again at “Planck 2009,” in Padova, Italy, May 25–29, 2009. Seminar: "Higgs-Unparticles interplay," Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, March 31, 2009. Seminar: "Unitarity applied to Hidden Sectors Processes," University of Chicago, February 12, 2010. Seminar: "Unitarity applied to Hidden Sectors Processes," Brookhaven National Lab, March 10, 2010.

Malgorzata Dobrowolska-Furdyna, professor of physics, presented “Magneto-Optical Studies of Electronic Structures of GaMnAs” condensed matter seminar, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, June 28, 2009. Presented “Spin Wave Excitations in Ferromagnetic Semiconductors,” SpinTech International Conference, Krakow, Poland, July 2009. Presented “From II-VI-based Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors to spintronics,” Plenary Talk at International Conference on II-VI Semiconductor Compounds, St. Petersburg, Russia, August 2009. Presented “Magnetic Semiconductor Spintronics: Opportunities and Challenges,” Physics Colloquium, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 22, 2009. Presented “Magnetic Semiconductor Spintronics: Opportunities and Challenges,” Physics Colloquium, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Oct. 23, 2009. Presented  “The Road to Nowhere: Epic of Deported Civilian Population to the Soviet Union 1939-1945,” Physics Colloquium, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, Nov. 9, 2009. Presented  “Magnetic Semiconductor Spintronics: Opportunities and Challenges,” Physics Colloquium, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Nov. 12, 2009. Presented “The Effect of Fermi Level on the Growth of III1-xMnxV Alloys,” Physics Colloquium, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Nov. 12, 2009.

Alan Dowty, professor emeritus of political science, presented “The Arab Question in the First Aliyah” at the annual meeting of the Association for Israel Studies in Beer-Sheva, Israel, on June 2, 2009; “Regional Conflict: The Arab-Israel Arena” for the U.S. Army Central Command, Regional Studies Program in Atlanta, Ga., on July 14, 2009; “The Fourth Stage of the Arab-Israel Conflict” at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Sept. 23, 2009; and “Iran’s Nuclear Program and Its Military Implications” at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, on Sept. 25, 2009. Dowty holds the Victor and Sylvia Blank Visiting Fellowship, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Oxford, February-June 2010; lectured on "The Fourth Stage of the Arab-Israel Conflict," University of Washington, Jan. 6, 2010; and presented the invited lecture, "The Fourth Stage of the Arab-Israel Conflict," at the University of Washington, Jan. 19, 2010; lectured on "The Origins of the Arab-Israel Conflict: Arab-Jewish Relations in the First Aliyah, 1881-1905," Chicago Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago, January 26, 2010; and lectured on "The Arab-Israel Conflict in 60 Minutes," at the Indianapolis Jewish Federation, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 28, 2010. "The Origins of the Arab-Israel Conflict:  Jewish-Arab Relations in the First Aliyah, 1882-1905," St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, March 9, 2010.  Lecture, “The Four Stages of the Arab-Israel Conflict: A Reinterpretation,” Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, May 5, 2010. Also note:  Organizer and discussant, panel on “The Origins of the Arab-Israel Conflict,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Israel Studies, Toronto, Canada, May 11, 2010.

John G. Duman, professor of biological sciences, presented a seminar titled “Insects Antifreeze and Related Subzero Adaptations” at the Hopkins Marine Station at Stanford in Monterel, Calif., May 28–31.  Presented an invited talk at the meeting of the International Assoc. for Plant Biotechnology & the Society for In Vitro Biology in St. Louis, MO on June 9 - 11, 2010.  The title of the talk was:  Antifreeze Proteins & Glycolipids: Basic Biology & Applications.

Michael Driscoll, associate profesor of theology, made a presentation in the Issues in Medieval Liturgy seminar on the "Rapport of Liturgy and Architecture in the Carolingian Period" at the North American Academy of Liturgy, Milwaukee, WI.. Jan 7-10. Two workshops for Catechetical-Liturgical Day at Diocese of Gary, IN, on "Singing Eucharistic Faith Through the Ages" and "Mystagogical Uses of Music as Catechesis,"  March 14; invited lecture "Sacramentum Caritatis: The Eucharist and Social Justice" -- Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, on March 25; Staten Island, NY, invited lecture on "Music as Mystagogy: Catechizing through the Sacred Arts," April 29, 2010.

William G. Dwyer, the Hank Professor of Mathematics, presented “The Many Faces of the Bockstein” as an invited speaker in a special session on triangulated categories held in conjunction with a sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society in State College, Pa., Oct. 24–25, 2009.  He presented "Long knots and maps between operads" on June 14 at the University of Copenhagen Mathematics Department; gave an invited lecture entitled, "What we talk about when we talk about homotopy theory" on June 18, 2010 at the Young Topologists Conference held at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ed Edmonds, associate dean of the Law School, made panel presentations titled “The Negro Leagues: Was a Merger Possible?” and “The Integration of Baseball and the Influence of Jackie Robinson Upon the Negro Leagues: Consideration of an Alternative Approach,” at “Diversity and Sports: The History, The Challenges, and The Future, Dean’s Leadership Forum on Diversity,” Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pa., March 16, 2009; and “At the Brink of Free Agency—Creating the Foundation for the Messersmith-McNally Decision: 1968-1975” at the 21st “Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture,” cosponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., June 3, 2009.

Keth Egan, professor of theology, lectured on John of the Cross to Secular Discalced Carmelites of Twin Cities, Minn., at Buffalo, May 15–17, 2009; conducted a retreat on “Prayer and Hope” for the Motherhouse of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Notre Dame Ind., May 18–22, 2009; lectured on “Nature, Grace and Glory in John of the Cross” at the College Theology Society’s annual convention on May 29, 2009, at Notre Dame, Ind.; lectured on “Mysticism,” at the University of Notre Dame’s annual Alumni College, June 22–26, 2009; and, on July 30, spoke on “Taking a Long Loving Look at the Real,” at a dinner for Notre Dame MA Theology summer graduates of 2009.

Morten Eskildsen, associate professor of physics, presented the seminar “What can be learned from vortex lattice symmetries - A cautionary tale,” Oct. 19, 2009 at the University of Birmingham, U.K.

David Fagerberg, professor of theology, was the keynote at Catechetical Days in the diocese of Lexington, Ky., and addressed “Being Created in the Image of a Trinitarian God.”

Mike Ferdig, associate professor of biological sciences, presented “Mapping Determinants of Expression Level Variation” at the Woods Hole Molecular Parasitology meeting in Woods Hole, Mass., Sept. 14–17.

Umesh Garg, professor of physics, presented the invited talk "KKΤ and the “Fluffy” Tins: An Update" at the "International Conference on Nuclear Structure and Related Topics 9NSRT09),{ Dubna, Russia, June 30–July 4, 2009; served as a member of the International Advisory Committee for the same conference;  presented a JINA seminar titled “Nuclear Incompressibility, Symmetry Energy, and the MEM Effect from Measurements of Compression-Mode Giant Sesonances” at Michigan State University, East Lansing, on Sept. 28, 2009; presented "Nuclear incompressibility and the asymmetry term: an experimental review,” an invited talk, at "COMEX3, The 3rd International Conference on Collective Motion in Nuclei under Extreme Conditions," Mackinac Island, Mich., June 2–5, 2009; and presented "Exotic Quantal Rotation in Nuclei,” a seminar, for the Physics Department, Osaka University, Japan, May 27, 2009. Garg presented "Exotic Quantal Rotation Nuclei: Chirality and tidal waves” and "Nuclear Physics is Fun: A Conversation with Graduate Students" at the School-cum-Workshop on Nuclear Yrast and Near Yrast Spectroscopy, in Roorkee, India, Oct. 26–30, 2009; and "Concluding Remarks on the Feasibility of Measuring Superdeformed Bandheads" at the CNP Mini Workshop Hunting Super Deformed States in Light Nuclei, Osaka, Japan, Dec. 17, 2009. Presented an invited talk "GMR Measurements for EoS Investigations with the AT-TPC System,” FRIB Equipment Workshop, East Lansing, Michigan, February 20-22, 2010.  Presented “Nuclear Incompressibility: How Far Can You Squeeze a Star?” St. Mary’s University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, January 26, 2010. Also presented “Physics is Fun: A Conversation about Research in Physics,” University of Dallas, Texas, March 1, 2010.  “GMR in the Sn and Cd isotopes: KKΤ, and the MEM Effect,” Invited Talk, ECT* Workshop on Reactions and Nucleon Properties in Rare Isotopes, Trento, Italy, April 6-10, 2010.  Presented "Nuclear Incompressibility, Symmetry Energy, and Neutron Stars,” Seminar, Institute for Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest, Romania, June 28, 2010.

Peter Garnavich, professor of physics, presented “Age and Metallicity Effects in Type Ia Supernovae,” Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, August 2009. Presented “Supernovae with the SDSS-II Survey,” Valparaiso University, Physics Department, November 6, 2009.

Nicole Stelle Garnett, professor of law, participated in a panel discussion on Business Improvement Districts and the Evolution of Urban Governance, Drexel University School of Law, January 22, 2010; presented Affordable Education and the Middle Class City, at symposium on “Reassessing the State and Local Government Law Toolkit,” University of Chicago Law School, June 19, 2009;  presented Catholic Schools, Urban Neighborhoods, and Education Reform, at Midwest Law and Economics Association, Annual Meeting, October 9, 2010  -American Law and Economics Association meeting, May 15, 2009.

Robert Gimello, professor of theology, served as one of three extramural members of a committee charged to review and assess the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California Los Angeles; served as a respondent to papers presented at the conference on “Christianity in Asia” convened by the Center for Asian Studies at Notre Dame on April 1, 2009; presented “Echoes of Vasubandhu’s Dasabhumikavyakhyana (Dilun) in the Thought of the Korean Monk Uisang” at the “International Conference on The Formation and Transformation of Dilun Thought” at Geumgang University, Nonsam, Korea, on Aug. 8, 2009; presented “Buddhist Esoterism and Literati Culture in Seventeenth Century China” at Dongguk University, Seoul Korea, on Aug. 12, 2009; and presented “The Challenges of Translating Medieval Chinese Buddhist Texts” at a conference on “Buddhism in Translation” convened at the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles on Aug. 14, 2009.

Joachim Görres, professor of physics, presented “Neutron Sources in Stellar Carbon Burning,” an invited talk, at the “Workshop on Frontiers in Nuclear Astrophysics,” Waikoloa, Hawaii, Oct. 13, 2009.  Presented “Neutron sources in the s-process,” Invited Talk, 15th Workshop on ‘Nuclear Astrophysics,’ Ringberg Castle, Germany, Mar. 22-27, 2010 and “On the 12C+12C reaction rate,” Invited Talk, 15th Workshop on ‘Nuclear Astrophysics,’ Ringberg Castle, Germany, March 22-27, 2010. “a-Induced reaction rates for accreting compact stars,” W.P. Tan, S. Almaraz, A. Aprahamian, B. Bucher, J. Görres, H. Mach, M. Wiescher, C. Brune, Z. Heinen and T. Massey, Nucl. Phys. A 834, 679c (2010).

Daniel G. Groody, professor of theology, presented “Globalization: What’s Left for the Immigrant” at the University of Rochester, N.Y., on Sept. 28, 2009; “We Pilgrim People: Worship and Immigration” at the “Formed by the Word: Conference on Effective Preaching and Liturgy” in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 31, 2009; “Theological Perspectives on Migration” at the “Migration, Modernity and Religious Identity in Global Cities Conference” at Wadham College, Oxford University, England, on July 1, 2009; “Crossing the Divide: Foundations of a Theology of Migration” for theCatholic Theological Society of America, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on June 5, 2009; and “Globalizing Justice: The Contribution of Christian Spirituality” for the World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland, on May 28, 2009. He was the executive producer of the film Miracles in Mexico: The Story of Poverty 24/6.