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Expert To Speak About Emerging Diseases
Peter Daszak, executive director of the Consortium for
Conservation Medicine in New York City, will give the
next installment of the President's Lecture Series at
UM. He will present "Using Ecological Approaches to
Understand and Predict Emerging Diseases" at 8
p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in the University Theatre.
Daszak has done prolific research on the taxonomy,
pathology and conservation impact of parasitic
diseases, particularly those of non-mammalian
vertebrates and invertebrates.
In collaboration with groups in Britain, Australia and
the United States, he discovered a previously
unknown fungal disease of amphibians --
chytridiomycosis. The disease is a major cause of
frog population declines globally and may be
transmitted by bullfrogs. The discovery highlights the
link that has been shown to exist between global trade
and disease emergence, a process known as
pathogen pollution.
From 3:10 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, Daszak will
give a seminar titled "Why Do Emerging Diseases
Like SARS and West Nile Happen and What Can We
Do to Stop Them?" in Gallagher Business Building
Room 123.
Both events are free and open to the public.
For more information, call Professor Richard Drake,
lecture series organizer, at 243-2981 or e-mail
richard.drake@umontana.edu.
President's Lecture Series
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Art Exhibition Opens Thursday
UM's Gallery of Visual Arts will celebrate the life, work
and lasting influence of a pioneering Montana
Modernist painter, Robert DeWeese, in an exhibition
to be held Nov. 6-Dec. 11. The exhibition will open with
a free, public reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
6.
Titled "Robert DeWeese: A Look Ahead," the exhibition
will offer the public a chance to survey the life work of
the groundbreaking Montana painter.
Gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7
p.m.; and Monday by appointment.
For more information, call Cathryn Mallory, gallery
director, at 243-2813 or e-mail
gallery.visarts@umontana.edu.
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Events Celebrate UM Exercise Lab
A UM research center that tests the limits of human
endurance will present a documentary film about its
work and celebrate the grand opening of its new lab
this month.
The world premiere of the documentary "Giro
D'iscovery" will be screened at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
8, in Missoula's Roxy Theater, located at 718 S.
Higgins Ave. The 40-minute film describes how UM
researchers studied 10 bicyclists in August 2007 as
they pedaled 2,000 miles in 21 days across portions
of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado.
The screening is a fundraiser for the UM Triathlon
Team, and donations will be accepted at the door. A
pre-film party will be held at 7 p.m. at Missoula Bicycle
Works, located at 708 S. Higgins Ave.
The Montana Center for Work Physiology and Exercise
Metabolism will celebrate the grand opening of its
new lab facility with a public reception at 3 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 10, in the University Center Ballroom. An
open house will follow in the new McGill Hall
laboratory space at 4:30 p.m. The center is a
5,000-square-foot addition to the south side of McGill
Hall.
For more information, call health and human
performance Research Professor Brent Ruby at
243-2117 or e-mail
brent.ruby@mso.umt.edu.
"Giro D'iscovery" Film Trailer
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Panel To Discuss Election Process
On Thursday, Nov. 6, after a competitive presidential
election, five UM educators will participate in a panel
titled "Race, Sex and Politics." The event, which is free
and open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m. in the
University Center Ballroom.
The panel, moderated by Davidson Honors College
Dean James McKusick, will examine the effects of
race and gender in the election process and in politics
in general.
Panelists are adjunct assistant professors Zachary
Gershberg (communication studies), Elizabeth
Hubble (liberal studies) and Richard Sattler
(anthropology) and assistant professors Tobin
Shearer (history) and Christopher Muste (political
science). They will talk about the role that race and sex
play in our perceptions of candidates and whether
media portrayals change with variances in skin color
or masculinity.
For more information, call the UC Multicultural Alliance
at 243-6189.
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Encourage Women's Summit Attendance
"Women's Summit: Strong Women, Better World" will
be held on campus Thursday, Nov. 13, and faculty are
asked to encourage women in their classes to attend
by offering extra credit and/or waiving absences. The
summit is free to all women attending UM. It runs from
8:10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in University Center Rooms
332-333.
During the summit, area female leaders will present
workshops that focus on women's strengths and
provide information about positive self-esteem and
competency. The event is sponsored by Associated
Students of UM, the Vice President for Student Affairs,
the School of Social Work, the School of Business
Administration, Women and Gender Studies, Campus
Recreation, and Student Involvement and Leadership
Development.
Participating students will receive certificates of
attendance signed by Vice President for Student
Affairs Teresa Branch.
A summit schedule is on the Student Assault
Resource Center Web site. For more information, call
Erin Scott, SARC outreach coordinator, at 243-6429 or
e-mail
erin.scott@mso.umt.edu.
Student Assault Resource Center
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Publications
Adams, A.S., D.L. Six, S.A. Adams and W.E. Holben.
2008. "In Vitro Interactions Between Yeasts and
Bacteria and the Fungal Symbionts of the Mountain
Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)."
Microbial
Ecology, DOI 10.1007/s00248-008-9364-0.
Holben, W.E. (with others). 2008. "Direct Analysis of
tfdA Gene Expression by Indigenous Bacteria in
Phenoxy Acid Amended Agricultural Soil."
Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology,
2:677-687.
Jones, Belva and Barbara Reider (with others).
2008. "The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Program: Are We Creating a Dependence on the
Service?" Journal of Higher Education and
Outreach,
12(3):129-138.
Morales, S.E., T. Cosart, J.V. Johnson and W.E.
Holben. 2008. "Supplemental Programs for Enhanced
Recovery of Data from the DOTUR Application."
Journal of Microbiological Methods,
doi:10:1016/j.mimet. 07.017.
Pollock, J.L., R.M. Callaway, and W.E. Holben. 2008.
Phytotoxic Effects of (±)-catechin in Vitro, in Soil, and in
the Field. Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE,
3(7):e2536, http://www.plosone.org/artic
le/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%
2Fjournal.pone.0002536.
Sriraman, Bharath. 2008. "Let Lakatos Be! -- A
Commentary to David Pimm, Mary Beisiegel and Irene
Meglis' 'Would the
Real Lakatos Please Stand Up?'" Interchange: A
Quarterly Review of Education, 39(4):483-492.
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Geosciences Professor George Stanley
traveled to
Lawrence, Kan., Oct. 16-18 to serve on the University
of Kansas Associates Advisory Board.
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