Arjendu Pattanayak, assistant professor of physics, has been named a KITP Scholar by the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The honor allows Pattanayak to travel to the Institute for a total of six weeks over the next three years to discuss theoretical physics with some of the finest minds in the field.

Beverlee DeCoux, controller, was featured in a May 21 Faribault Daily News (Minn.) article titled “Heritage Celebration just four weeks away.” DeCoux is chair of the 2003 Faribault Heritage Celebration. “When the community started, there was quite a diversity with native Americans, French Canadians and European settlers. Today, Faribault’s even more diverse with people from Asia, Latin America, Mexico, Africa as well as from many European countries,” said DeCoux.

Elise Bickford Jorgens ’65 has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the College of Charleston (S.C.). Jorgens recently completed 25 years of service at Western Michigan University. Her appointment is effective July 15. Jorgens majored in English at Carleton.

The late Laurence McKinley Gould, former Carleton College president, was mentioned in a May 20 Rochester (Minn.) Post-Bulletin article titled “It began with a spark.” Gould visited Rochester in 1965 to give a talk abut the environment and environmental education. His message inspired a group of local teachers to found the Quarry Hill Nature Center.

The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has selected Qiguang Zhao, the Burton and Lily Levin Professor of Chinese, as a jury member for the 2003 International Emmy Awards. This is the third time Zhao has been selected as a judge or jury member for the awards. This year he will judge the category of Asian/African TV Drama Series.

Sam Demas, college librarian and senior lecturer, has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), a worldwide alliance of scientists, publishers and librarians designed to develop alternatives to commercial scientific publishing and return science to scientists.

The annual Spring Senior Art Show, which opened on May 16, continues daily until Saturday, June 14. This year’s show, titled “Postpartum,” features diverse contributions from the Class of 2003’s studio art majors.

Gary Wagenbach, professor of biology, gave a presentation titled “Assessment of mussel populations in the Cannon River drainage and Superior National Forest, Minnesota” for a symposium at the annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Sciences.

Alison (Ludwick) Hatcher ’81 was the subject of a May 19 article in The Pantagraph (Central Ill.) titled “Putting art in its place.” The article highlighted Hatcher’s career as an arts administrator and her current position as curator at the McLean County Art Center in Bloomington, Ill. “We want to present to the public art that challenges them to see themselves differently,” said Hatcher, who majored in English at Carleton.

Ronald Green, professor of ethics and human values at Dartmouth College, and Rebecca Dresser, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, will present a convocation debate, “Biomedical Research Cloning: Should We or Shouldn’t We?” at 10:50 a.m. on Friday, May 23 at Carleton College’s Skinner Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.