Hewlett Fund Projects
| Applicant | Department | Year | Hewlett Project |
| Franziska Lys | German | 07-08 | 42 video iPods with the necessary protection plans and accessories |
| Elisa Baena | Spanish and Portuguese | 07-08 | Support while starting a Writing Center in the Spanish department |
| Maria Teresa Villanueva | Spanish and Portuguese | 07-08 | New course development, Spanish for Professions: Health Care 205-0 |
Rifka Cook, Shannon Millikin, Deborah Rosenberg, and Nelida Zepeda-Aubeneau |
Spanish and Portuguese | 07-08 | Redevelopment of the Intermediate Spanish Video Program |
| Benay Stein | Spanish and Portuguese | 07-08 | New course development, Spanish for Professions: Business 206-0 |
| Patricia Fahey | Spanish and Portuguese | 07-08 | Website development, The Spanish Civil War: Images and Words |
| Brad Zakarin and Chris Hayden | Undergraduate Junior/Senior Thesis | 07-08 | Pilot program of Honors Thesis Preparation Guide for Juniors |
| Jeff Rice and William Reno | History and Political Science | 06-07 | Travel to tribunal for Teaching International Justice: The Rwanda War Crimes Tribunals |
| Kearsley Stewart | Anthropology | 06-07 | Ghana Advance team to match a CIRA grant |
| Cynthia Robin and Doug Bolender | Anthropology | 06-07 | Anthropology GIS laboratory setup |
| Hsiu-ling Lin | Program of African and Asian Languages | 06-07 | Overhaul of AAL 213-1, Chinese III |
| Dan Garrison | Classics | 06-07 | New course development, The Human Body in Ancient Greece |
| Junko Sato | Program of African and Asian Languages | 06-07 | Online Reading Comprehension tool for Japanese III |
| Mel Ulmer | Physics | 06-07 | Supplemental equipment for a new undergraduate course in Nanolithography (Physics 358) |
| Jeanne Dunning | Art Theory & Practice | 06-07 | Enhancing digital art capabilities in video, sound and still photography |
| Teresa Horton | Animal Behavior and Ecology | 05-06 | Field studies tools for data acquisition and analysis |
| Sonia Garcia and Chyi Chung | Spanish and Portuguese | 05-06 | Review and revision of Spanish placement exam |
| Thomas Durkin | Sociology | 05-06 | QSR N7 software licensing for 3 years |
| Hannah Feldman | Art History | 05-06 | Art and Visual Culture in the Muslim World |
| Steve Jacobsen | Geological Sciences | 05-06 | Petrographic microscopes |
| Lis Elliot and Rajka Smiljanic | Linguistics and Russian | 05-06 | New course development, Russian Acoustic Phonetics |
| Franziska Lys | German | 05-06 | Completion of the Drehort Neubrandenburg Project |
Honors and Achievements
Professor Tobin Marks, a world leader in organometallic chemistry, chemical catalysis, materials science, organic electronics, solar energy, photovoltaics and nanotechnology, received the 2012 National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences.
Weinberg professor Kenneth Seeskin has won the National Jewish Book Award. The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture, co-edited by Seeskin, received first place in the anthologies and collections category.
Mentions in the Media
The Life, Work of Poet Wislawa Szymborska
Wislawa Szymborska's longtime translator, Slavic languages and comparative literature professor Clare Cavanagh, speaks with PBS Newshour about the poet's life and work. Szymborska was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1996. pbs.org February 2, 2012 Full story
Fingerprints of a Monster Quake
How to plan for earthquakes if seismic activity wanders around the map? ... Northwestern University geophysicist Seth Stein argues that there won't be any future earthquakes at New Madrid. He has gathered GPS data that show no pressure developing in the Earth's surface there; hence, he argues, no energy is building for a convulsion. He believes mid-continent seismicity moves around, so that as the New Madrid zone "turns off," future quakes may happen elsewhere. washingtonpost.com January 10, 2012 Full story
