Jerry Mohrig, the Hermann and Gertrude Mosier Stark Professor of the Natural Sciences, has co-authored a new laboratory textbook titled “Modern Projects and Experiments in Organic Chemistry, 2e” published by W. H. Freeman. Mohrig’s co-authors are Christina Hammond, Paul Schatz and Terry Morrill. Mohrig has also been reappointed as a consultant to the American Chemical Society’s Committee on Professional Training.

Matt Semanoff, the Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Classical Languages, recently gave a presentation titled “Vati parete perito: Triangulating the Roles of the Narrator in Ovid’s Ars Amatoria” at the annual meeting of The Classical Association of the Middle West and South.

Maurice Clark, visiting assistant professor of physics, recently gave a presentation for the Bucknell University physics department titled “Asteroid Photometry with a CCD Camera.”

John Schott, the James Woodward Strong Professor of Liberal Arts and director of media studies, was quoted in a story in the March 28 issue of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press titled “Pictures from Iraq show two different wars.” “The issue is the unwillingness of editors and publishers to put themselves on ‘the wrong side’ of a war,” he said in the story. “It’s not government censorship but censorship all up and down the line, for fear of retaliation from readers or viewers.”

Susan Singer, the Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Learning and the Coordinator of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching, published a paper in Plant Physiology titled, “Axillary Meristem Development: Budding Relationships between Networks Controlling Flowering, Branching, and Photoperiod Responsiveness.” Singer’s co-authors from Australia and the United Kingdom are Christine A. Beveridge, James L. Weller and Julie M.I. Hofer.

John Ramsay, the Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies, was named an American Council on Education Fellow.

George Tangalos ’03, a senior geology major and biochemistry minor, recently spoke at a meeting of the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), Minnesota Section. Tangalos was the recipient of the AIPG Minnesota student research grant in fall 2002. During the summer of 2002, George worked with the United States Geological Survey and a University of Southern California grad student on Kodiak Island, Alaska, studying the near trench intrusion residing there. Tangalos’ talk was titled “Genesis and contamination of the Kodiak Batholith, Kodiak Island, Alaska: using d18O to quantify the assimilated component of the Batholith.”

M.H. Abrams and David Maybury-Lewis will receive honorary degrees at Commencement on Saturday, June 14.

Tou Ger Xiong ’96 was featured in a March 26 article in the Woodbury (MN) Bulletin. The article highlights Xiong’s work as chairman of the Hmong American Partnership, one of the largst Hmong refugee agencies in the country. Xiong also works with the Hmong National Development and is chairing a $4.2 million campaign for the new Hmong American Center. Xiong also performs nationwide with his work, “Project Respectism,” which uses comedy, storytelling and rap music to encourage respect for each other. Xiong majored in political science at Carleton.

Roger Lasley, registrar, has released a CD of acoustic guitar music titled “Walking Backwards.” Lasley has performed on radio shows such as “A Prairie Home Companion” and “Live from Studio One.” Lasley’s CDs are available from the Carleton Bookstore and River City Books.