Carleton’s David K. Hildebrand Endowed Fund for Ice and Snow Removal, also known as the “slush fund,” was highlighted in a March 4 front page story in the Star Tribune. The story also appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, the Chronicle of Higher Education, on ABC’s “Nightline,” and on CNN.

Julie Klassen, professor of German, presented a paper titled “‘Man merkt die Absicht und ist verstimmt‘: Engaging Students in Political Deliberation in the Literature Classroom” at the Women in German annual conference.

Neil Lutsky, professor of psychology, was the keynote speaker at the seventh annual Faculty Development Conference at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. His talk was titled “Thinking Through Technology: Using Technology to Teach the Hard Disciplines of Seeing and Thinking.”

Clifford Clark, professor of history and the M.A. and A.D. Hulings Professor of American Studies, was recently published in the fifth edition of the textbook, “The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People.” Clark contributed the four chapters on the late 19th century. Clark’s co-authors include Paul S. Boyer, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Joseph F. Kett of the University of Virginia, Neal Salisbury of Smith College, Harvard Sitkoff of the University of New Hampshire and Nancy Woloch of Barnard College.

Gregory Hewett, assistant professor of English, has had his book, “Red Suburb,” selected by Book Sense as one of the top ten poetry picks for spring. The BookSense list is compiled by the Independent Booksellers of America.

Harry Williams, professor of history, presented a paper titled “George S. Schuyler as H.L. Mencken’s ‘Black Clone’: A Reconsideration” at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Brown University. The presentation was part of a symposium titled “Race, Globalization, and the New Ethnic Studies.”

Paula Arai, assistant professor of religion, recently published an article titled “Women and Dogen: Teachings and Practices on Equality” in the fall issue of Mountain Record: The Zen Practioner’s Journal. Arai also gave a presentation at the American Academy of Religion conference in Toronto on “Ancestors as Healers in Japanese Buddhism” and a presentation on “Women Living Zen” at Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul.

Susan Singer, professor of biology and Director of the Perlman Center for Teaching and Learning, and Carol Rutz, director of the writing program, presented a panel at the February conference of the Collaboration for the for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning. Their presentation was about the recent faculty development activities at Carleton.

Helen Rubin ’90 wrote a “My Perspective” column for the March 4 issue of The Advocate featuring the reactions of Rubin and partner Joanna Bare ’89 to the press interest resulting from the birth of their daughter, Linane Rubin Bare, as Washington, D.C.’s first newborn of 2003. Rubin and Bare both majored in physics at Carleton.

Nelson Christensen, associate professor of physics and astronomy, has pioneered many of the procedures used in analyzing Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) data. Using the WMAP satellite, researchers have announced numerous exciting new results concerning the overall structure, age, and future fate of the universe. Christensen’s work was acknowledged as having become “the standard tool for analyses . . . and the backbone of analysis techniques.”