Nurettin Ucar (Modern Languages and Literatures-German) attended an advanced seminar in Berlin, Germany from July 2 to July 8. The seminar was organized by the Goethe-Institut. Entitled “Migration and Participation”, its focus was on the long history of immigration and the recent refugee situation in Berlin. Seminar participants also had a chance to talk to […]

Recently, Frank McAndrew (psychology) was interviewed on the Ethan Bearman Show on KGO Radio in San Francisco. The interview can be heard here.

The interview was based on an essay on female beauty that McAndrew published in his blog for Psychology Today Magazine. The essay can be seen here.

Heather Hoffmann (psychology) has published (Epub ahead of print, July 2017) an invited essay in Archives of Sexual Behavior entitled “Situating Human Sexual Conditioning”.

William and Marilyn Ingersoll Emeritus Professor of Computer Science John F. Dooley and associate professor of Computer Science David Bunde have been awarded a $27,500 grant from the Scripps Foundation. The grant is intended to upgrade and enhance the Computer Science Department’s laboratory facilities. In addition to new desktop computers and a new departmental server, […]

Jon Wagner (Anthropology and Sociology) presented an illustrated lecture and discussion, “The Bishop Hill Colony: Puzzles and Paradoxes” to members of the Knox Fifty Year Club and the Galesburg Knox Club, on June 7 in Bishop Hill, Illinois.

Monica Berlin (English) has published two new poems. “[First we learn the order of continents]” and “[Without apology, without guilt, not slumped against]” appear in the most recent issue of Poetry Northwest (summer/fall 2017).

Teresa Gonzales (Sociology) recently wrote a blog post in Everyday Sociology on a talk she gave to the Knox Chapter of UNICEF on the impacts of global gentrification on the lives of impoverished children.

http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2017/06/children-and-global-gentrification.html

Excerpt:

“Planetary gentrification is closely linked to both global markets and global political arrangements that directly impact people […]

Tim Kasser (Psychology) was an invited speaker at the SHINE Summit 2017, held in Cambridge, MA and sponsored by the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Kasser spoke on “Values, Well-being, and the Possibility of Ethical Advertising.”

Frank McAndrew (Psychology) recently chaired a symposium on “Academic Careers in Evolutionary Psychology at Teaching-Focused Institutions.” McAndrew also gave a talk in this symposium. The symposium took place at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES) in Boise, Idaho.