Deborah Gross, assistant professor of chemistry, and colleagues at Carleton and at the University of Wisconsin, Madison recently published a paper titled “Measurement of Trace Metal Composition in Diesel Engine Particulate and its Potential for Determining Oil Consumption: ICPMS and ATOFMS Measurements” in the Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Papers Series. Carleton students Amy Silverberg ’03 and Alexandra “Lexie” Schmitt ’04 are coauthors on the paper. Gross also presented portions of this work in a seminar at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry conference. Silverberg and Schmitt are chemistry majors at Carleton.

Kathleen M. Galotti, professor of psychology and cognitive studies, with co-authors Kelly Carmichael ’01 and Kristina Palop ’02, gave a presentation titled “Decision Making Styles and Performance on Specific Decisions” at the American Psychological Society meeting. Carmichael and Palop are psychology majors at Carleton.

Beverlee DeCoux, controller, was featured in a June 18 Faribault (Minn.) Daily News titled “Happy Birthday, dear Faribault!” DeCoux was chair of the 2003 festival celebrating the 150th anniversary of the town. “It was so great to see [the event] so well-attended,” said DeCoux.

Gregory Hewett, assistant professor of English, was quoted in the June 18 issue of the City Pages in an article titled “Brother from Another Planet” about the closure of Minnesota’s first gay and lesbian bookstore. Hewitt commented on the difference the bookstore made in the gay community. “In the old days you would go to the library and furtively find things,” he said. “I feel sad about [the store’s closing].

Tripp Ryder, bookstore trade book manager, was quoted in a June 15 Pioneer Press article titled “The wizard the world awaited” about the upcoming release of the fifth book in the Harry Potter series. The Carleton Bookstore will have a special release party as part of reunion weekend.

Barrie Osborne ’66 was interviewed for the June 14 issue of The Business Times Singapore regarding his past and future projects. “The guy who brings coffee basically has access to all parts of set.” Osborne said, commenting on getting started in the film business. “He’s invisible, people reveal themselves, talk, share their views in his presence. You also get to learn how a set works. To come up from the bottom is useful.” Osborne majored in sociology at Carleton.

Carleton was mentioned in a June 14 article in The New York Times titled “Gritty Chicago Memories Come to Life on Stage.” The article focused on the work of the Albany Park Theater Project, an improvisational troupe from the north side of Chicago. The Project founders, David Feiner and Laura Wiley, also provide college counseling to the participants, 90 percent of whom are the first in their families to go to college.

Mark Knight ’06 presented a paper titled “Design and Fabrication of a Peristaltic Miccropump” with his research supervisor, Dr. Jody House of the Oregon Health and Science University at the International Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, held in France. The long term goal of Knight’s research is the design and fabrication of an implantable insulin pump and glucose sensor for the treatment of diabetes. Knight is a physics major at Carleton.

Steven Schier, the Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, was quoted in a June 12 Star Tribune article titled “Votes are in: Kline’s conservative” about Minnesota U.S. Representative John Kline. “It’s not going to be easy to knock him off,” said Schier, commenting on Kline’s chances for reelection. “I doubt it’s going to be a target seat for Democrats next year.”

David Lefkowitz, assistant professor of art, has works in the summer group show “Nature as Abstraction” at Thomas Barry Fine Arts in Minneapolis.