2006 news archives of the college of arts and science

Sashi Satpathy, Physics and Astronomy, awarded Fellow distinction by AAAS, world's largest scientific society.

Ken MacLeod, Geological Sciences, and colleagues find that a single impact killed the dinosaurs.

Brian Brooks, Journalism, and Judith Mabary, Music: New grant connects journalism and the arts.

Study by Ray Semlitsch, Biological Sciences, and colleagues finds forest roads negatively affect wildlife.

Findings by Bahram Mashhoon, Physics, and Carmen Chicone, Mathematics, turn gravity upside down.

People don't act mistrustful of others who are different, finds study by Jeffrey Milyo, Economics and Truman School of Public Affairs, and colleagues.

NSF grant, directed by Jackie Litt, Sociology and Women's & Gender Studies, focuses on providing better opportunities to women faculty.

A. Cooper Drury, Political Science: Sanctions critical to dealing with North Korea.

Study by William Benoit, Communication, indicates Talent and McCaskill television ads are mostly positive and policy oriented.

Kristin Hawley, Psychological Sciences, and colleagues find child mental health issues best dealt with using research-supported treatments.

John Foley, Classical Studies and English: Past meets present in a new site focusing on oral tradition.

Mian Liu and Shimin Wang, Geological Sciences, find motion of Earth's plates consistent for 40 million years.

Elias Saab, Mathematics: Math site helps students prepare for college.

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Science Education Center, and Honors College receive NSF grant aimed at helping students better understand science.

Michael Underwood, Geological Sciences, part of research team to drill into undersea earthquake zone.

Increased wetland protection is needed, say Ray Semlitsch, Biological Sciences, and colleagues.

Mathematicians Peter Casazza and Dan Edidin solve the 'cocktail party problem.'

Ken Sheldon, Psychological Sciences, find people become more autonomous, happier with age.

Proposed definition of planet should be rejected, and Pluto should be demoted, says Angela Speck, Physics and Astronomy.

Mian Liu and Eric Sandvol, Geological Sciences, participate in earthquake study in China.

Folklore encyclopedia edited by Anand Prahlad, English, promotes understanding of African-American culture.

A study by Anna Bardone-Cone, Psychological Sciences, and colleague confirms negative impact of pro-anorexia web sites.

Karen Piper, English, chronicles national disaster, environmental discrimination of Owens Lake, California.

Robert Smale, History, finds Castro's temporary ceding of power signals permanent leadership change in Cuba.

Study of Indian tribe by Daniel Wescott, Anthropology, illustrates that activity affects bone growth.

Ed Brent, Sociology, develops essay-grading program to improve student writing.

Deborah Pearsall, Anthropology, and colleagues discover new technique for identifying prehistoric food.

Michael Urban, Geography, selected as Fulbright Scholar; research examines perceptions of environment and behavior.

Ray Semlitsch and John Crawford, Biological Sciences, urge greater protection around Appalachian streams.

New Woodhouse Awards honor exceptional faculty achievements.

Meera Chandrasekhar, Physics, and colleagues' program ‘Physics First' puts teachers in the classroom.

Candace Galen, Biological Sciences, and Charles Nilon, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, win NSF grant to train environmental biologists.

Provost appoints O’Brien dean of Arts and Science.

Angela Speck, Physics and Astronomy, and colleagues find massive-star supernovae are major sources of space dust.

Chris Pierret, Biological Sciences, and others hypothesize adult stem cells could have common origin.

David Geary, Psychological Sciences, appointed to presidential math advisory panel.

Mark Kirk, Biological Sciences and colleagues: stem cell therapy shows promise for neurodegenerative disease.

Bob Benfer, Anthropology, unearths earliest western sculptures and astronomical alignments in Peru.

Jennifer Aubrey, Communiation, examines effects of sexually objectifying material on people over time.

Scott Cairns, English, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship.

Alex Barker named new director of Museum of Art and Archaeology.

Raymond Semlitsch, Biological Sciences, and colleagues seek to discover better path for road construction.

2006 Kemper Fellowships recognize faculty for teaching excellence.

Bruce Bartholow, Psychological Sciences, and colleagues show alcohol consumption brings out racial bias.

New book series makes no apologies for American music.

A. Cooper Drury, Political Science, and colleague find democratic nations rarely sanction each other.

Craig Palmer, Anthropology, reads between the lines to discover the influence of traditional stories on social behavior.

Dressing the Part opens February 11 at the Museum of Art and Archaeology.

Laura King, Psychological Sciences, and colleagues find positive attitude, happiness are key ingredients to success.

Study by David Brunsma, Sociology, examines how parents racially identify multiracial children.

Rainer Glaser, Chemistry, finds new teaching techniques test students’ brains.

Saturday Morning Science educates budding scientists of all ages.

Voter issues devalued in town hall debates determines Mitchell McKinney, Communication.

Health education efforts for ethnic minorities often have wrong focus, says Craig Palmer, Anthropology.

John Foley, Classical Studies and English, receives award from Modern Language Association.

David Geary and colleagues, Psychological Sciences, find low-income women prefer commitment to status in long-term mates.

MU attracts world-renowned scientist M. Frederick Hawthorne to co-lead new nano-center.

Art Department's teamFOTO leads an Art Attack.