Jenn Macalady, assistant professor of geology at Carleton, has received a National Science Foundation Grant for her proposal titled “Microbial Community Controls on Sulfide Oxidation Rates and Cave Formation in a Subsurface Biogeochemical System.” The total award is $179,935 for three years.

Steven Schier, the Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, was quoted in a January 3 Saint Paul Pioneer Press article titled “The great partisan divide,” that analyzed Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman’s voting record. “Clearly, Norm Coleman is not going to upset his partisan base with a 98 percent presidential support rating,” Schier said, “What he has to be concerned about is not being seen as a marionette.”

Pamela Sukhum ’93 was featured in a January 2 St. Cloud (Minn.) Times article titled “Big Apple is calling artist” that highlighted Sukhum’s transition from being a medical researcher to becoming an artist. “The first time my paintbrush touched the canvas, I knew,” said Sukhum about the transition. “It just felt so organic.” Sukhum has been selected to show her work at the International Artexpo in New York. The article also was picked up by the Associate Press. Sukhum majored in biology at Carleton.

Michael Eng ’07 was quoted in a January 1 Career World article titled “Don’t shy away from public speaking class,” about the benefits associated with being a good public speaker. “Public speaking is not really a difficult skill to acquire, but it opens up so much,” Eng said.

Heather Tomkins, librarian and humanities specialist, was featured in an article titled “Librarian trading cards” in the January 1 issue of American Library. The article profiled the Carleton library reference staff’s used of trading cards identifying each librarian’s subject specialities and contact information. Tomkins said that so far none of the cards have turned up on eBay.

Carleton was among the Minnesota colleges featured in the January 2004 issue of Mpls./St. Paul Magazine in an article titled “The Perfect College for the Perfect Kid.” Dean of admissions Paul Thiboutot commented on Carleton’s attractiveness to prospective students, “We have students from all 50 states and from all corners of the world, but you can be on trails in two minutes and see the stars at night. Some students think that’s pretty neat.”

Two of America’s most famous architects, Bruce Goff and Frank Lloyd Wright, will each be the subject of lectures by Sidney Robinson, AIA, at Carleton on Wednesday, January 7. The lectures are free and open to the public.

Richard Alley, a geology professor from Pennsylvania State University, will present a lecture titled “Back to Our Future: A Paleoclimatic View of What May Happen” at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8 at Carleton’s Olin Hall, Room 141. The event is free and open to the public.

Steven Schier, the Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, was quoted in a December 29 article in the Star Tribune titled “Both parties focusing on, rather than taking for granted, their bases.” Schier commented skeptically, “I think this talk about the base is overstated and simplistic…Any campaign concentrates both on the party’s base and the swing voters. The idea you’d ignore one or the other is ridiculous.”

William Lindesay, an expert on the Great Wall of China, will present a convocation address at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 9 at the Carleton College Skinner Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.