November 3, 1995: Volume 35, Number 5

For The Record

Teresa Meade, associate professor of history, was a member of the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute, "Re-thinking Europe/Rethinking World History, 1500-1750" at the University of California at Santa Cruz recently. She also read a paper, "Marriage and Identity on the Alta California Frontier, 1770-1850" at the American Historical Association, Pacific Coastal Branch's annual meeting in Maui, Hawaii.

James C. Adrian Jr., assistant professor of chemistry, published a paper titled "Convenient Synthesis of Bifunctional Metal Chelates" in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Co-authors include Matthew Hayward of Harvard University and Alanna Schepartz of Yale. The paper describes the easy preparation of four reagents useful for the conjugation of the metal chelator ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) to either proteins or nucleic acids. These types of molecules have found use in protein and nucleic acid cleavage experiments to probe biomolecule tertiary structure, drug binding sites and to investigate interactions with other biomolecules.

Jay Newman, the R. Gordon Gould Professor of Physics, and Rick Scharf '95 have published an article titled "Mg- and Ca-Actin Filaments Appear Virtually Identical in Steady-State as Determined by Dynamic Light Scattering." The article was selected for publication as a "Rapid Report" in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, based on its general interest and timeliness. The work is supported by a National Science Foundation grant. Their paper describes a series of measurements designed to distinguish between the two differently prepared filaments of actin. The results are significant because there have been very few definitive comparison studies.

Sharon Gmelch, professor of anthropology, is the author of "Elbridge Warren Merrill: The Tlingit of Alaska, 1899-1929" in the journal History of Photography (Summer 1995). The article, based on archival research and extensive interviewing with native people in Alaska, examines the life and work of this Alaskan photographer, focusing on his images of and relationship with the Tlingit.

Hilary Tann, professor of music, had her composition, The Open Field, performed Oct. 7 at the Kiev International Composers Festival in the Ukraine. While on sabbatical, she will be completing a large orchestral work, From Afar, commissioned by the Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest/N.E.A. Consortium. Six orchestras are scheduled to perform the work. Of Erthe and Air, for flute, clarinet and frame drums, is to be recorded for a Master Musician's Collective CD.

Joseph B. Board, Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Government, was chairman of a panel on "The resolution of international trade disputes" at the annual meeting of the International Political Science Association's Research Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies held at Sherbrooke University, Quebec, in August. He also was author of an article, "Sweden: A Model Crisis," which analyzes in historical perspective the crisis of the Swedish Welfare State model, and was published by the Swedish Institute, Stockholm, in four languages. Also, Board was recently elected vice chair of the Board of Trustees of Schenectady County Community College.

Ellen Sinopoli, adjunct instructor of dance, choreographed two works -- "Clusters" and "Selchie" -- which were performed recently by the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company at Russell Sage College. Both works were expanded since their premiere last spring.

Chris Duncan, assistant professor of sculpture, is exhibiting some of his works at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in an exhibit titled "Sculpture Space: Celebrating Twenty Years." The show honors the contributions to contemporary art that the Utica-based workshop, Sculpture Space, has made over the past 20 years.

Robert Sharlet, professor of political science on leave at the Rule of Law Consortium in Washington, recently published "Reinventing the Russian State: Problems of Constitutional Implementation" in the John Marshall Law Review (Summer 1995); and "Russian Politics on the Eve of the Parliamentary Campaign" in Post-Soviet Prospects (September 1995). During the summer, he coordinated the Armenian Judicial Conference of 1995 in Yerevan, Armenia, and worked with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and five senior American judges who participated in the week-long conference.

George Gmelch, professor of anthropology, has published a revised third edition of the book Urban Life, which he edited with Walter Zenner. The book, published by Waveland Press, has been a best-selling anthology in urban anthropology. The new edition is a 600-page book, half of which is new, dealing with urbanism, urbanization, and the unique demand posed by urban social environments and the ways in which human cultures have dealt with them.

J. Richard Shanebrook, professor of mechanical engineering, and Lee Johnson Jr. '94 are co-authors of the article, "Flow Visualization with Air and Smoke in a Bypass Graft Model Under Steady Flow Conditions," which appeared in a recent issue of Journal of Biomechanics. The paper presents a new laboratory technique for visualizing the flow of blood in model arterial bypass grafts. The technique is potentially valuable in improving the long-term success of cardiovascular procedures such as coronary artery bypass surgery.

Jean Sheviak, associate professor in Schaffer Library, was recently elected president of the New York Library Association's Academic and Special Libraries Section. As vice president this year, she was conference program chair for the NYLA's annual conference last week in Rochester. Also at the conference, Cara Molyneaux, associate librarian, led a seminar titled "Internet Resources for Technical Services." Annette LeClair, head of technical services, led a session on "Coordinated Collection Development in New York State: Programs and Possibilities." Gail Golderman, electronic media librarian, moderated a session on "Z39.50 and Interlibrary Cooperation." Nearly 1,200 of the NYLA's 3,000 members attended the conference.

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