Read about what is happening in the School of Arts and Sciences by clicking on Parabola Newsletter under the Academics heading on the right side of this page.
Listen to Dr. Larry Wiedman, Professor of Biology and Director of the undergraduate Environmental Science program, discuss the success of the environmental science program and the vast array of job opportunties available to environmental science students.
Listen to Julie, a Theology and Ministry student from the Department of Philosophy and Theology, share what brought her to USF and her experiences as part of the School of Arts and Sciences.
Under the direction of Dr. Lawrence Wiedman, Department of Biology, University of Saint Francis, three students present at the Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference on April 20, 2012. Seth Brattain and Lauren Oberley present a baseline study of red lionfish concentrations around various patch reefs on the eastern coastline of Andros Island, Bahamas. Owain Jones presents an investigation into the difference in gender habitat selection by Setophaga caerulescens on Andros Island, Bahamas.
Dr. John Bequette has published his third book, Rhetoric in the Monastic Tradition: A Textual Study (New York: Peter Lang, 2012). The work is an investigation of important monastic texts including the Rule of St. Benedict, sermons by the Venerable Bede and Bernard of Clairvaux, a latter written by Anselm of Canterbury to a monastic novice, and a treatise on the eremitic life by Peter Damian Each text is exposited in light of the ancient Latin rhetorical tradition transmitted to the Middle Ages via Augustine, and explores the relationship between rhetoric and theology in the context of the Western monastic tradition.
Dr. Barry Jackisch, associate professor of history and chair of the Department of History and Social Sciences recently received a prestigious research grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD or “Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst”). This grant, which is comparable to an American Fulbright grant but funded by the German government, will allow Dr. Jackisch to conduct research in Germany on his newest book project in the summer of 2012. Dr. Jackisch’s book, titled The Nature of Berlin: Green Space and Germany’s Capital City, 1870-1990, is under contract with Temple University Press and is scheduled to appear in 2014.
Sr. Felicity Dorsett published an essay in the festschrift for Ingrid Peterson, Her Bright Merits: Essays Honoring Ingrid J. Peterson, OSF. Sr. Felicity also aided in the editing of the festschrift. The festschrift will be published by Franciscan Institute Publications later this spring. It should be ready for purchase in early May, by the time of the International Congress on Medieval Studies, held at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI.
Dr. Andrea Geyer, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, peer-reviewed publication of her research comes out this June. The article examines carbon-carbon triple-bonds that are ubiquitous in nature, plastic products, and pharmaceuticals. Although a common feature in many materials, there is currently a lack of facile methods for forming these bonds. In response, Dr. Andrea Geyer and coworkers created an economical, rapid method for constructing the desired triple-bonds. In doing so, one of the shortest synthetic pathways to install these triple-bonds from commercially available materials resulted. Read about Dr. Geyer’s research in the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Volumes 708-709, 15 June 2012, Pages 1-9.
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