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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| March 2006 | Volume 1, Number 6 |
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Talented People Key to Our Success 
As state universities across Oregon face serious challenges, we continue to look for creative and effective ways to lead Portland State to an increasingly stable future. I firmly believe that the quality of our leadership depends on
finding talented people and giving them the freedom and opportunities to be successful. We have exceptional people in the faculty and staff of the college,
and I am honored to be a part of this team.
Grant Farr Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences This month the State Board of Higher Education approved a new doctoral degree program in Biology beginning next fall. As Portland State increasingly becomes recognized as a significant research university, the addition of disciplinary Ph.D. programs in the sciences assures a capability to attract talented students, expert faculty and crucial research dollars. Marvin Kaiser, Dean of the College, praised the Board saying, "Approval of this program is an expression of the State Board's confidence in the science teaching and research, particularly in Biology, taking place on the PSU campus. Biology faculty are well prepared to mentor the best and brightest of Oregon's science students."More
PHR Article to be Included in Prestigious Publication 
The Best American History Essays 2006, edited by Joyce Appleby for the Organization of American Historians, will include Charlotte Brooks' article, "Sing Sheng vs. Southwood: Residential Integration in Cold War California," originally published by the Pacific Historical Review (PHR) in 2004. The PHR, founded in 1932 at UCLA, moved to Portland State University in 1996, where it has been edited by faculty members David Johnson and Carl Abbott. The PHR is a highly respected, scholarly journal that publishes about fifteen articles each year by award-winning authors on a range of subjects that cover the history of the American West.Read an abstract of the article More about the book
Cine-Lit VI, a triennial international conference on Hispanic film and fiction organized by Portland State, Oregon State and Northwest Film Center/Portland International Film Festival, will be held February 21-24, 2007. The deadline for proposals is December 1, 2006. Cine-Lit VI topics will be organized around Women Cineastes, Cinema and Theatre, Cinema and Ideologies, Cinematographic Adaptations, Marginalized Voices in Cinema, New Films and Directors, Hispanic Cinema in the U.S. and Hispanic Cinema in the Classroom. Other topics are welcomed.
Portland State Spanish professors Robert Sanders, Eva Nuñez and Oscar Fernández are co-organizers.
Dr. Fernández is the contact person.
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Oscar Fernández to Attend Folger Institute Seminar 
Dr. Oscar Fernández, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, has been admitted to the April 2006 Folger Institute's Faculty Weekend Seminar,
"Europe and the Americas: Human and Natural Worlds in the Eyes of Sixteenth-Century Observers." This is one of several seminars sponsored by
the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., which brings serious scholars together around cross-cultural issues.
Alumni Association Hosts Lecture Series 
The Portland State Alumni Association will host a history lecture series to celebrate the University's 60th anniversary.
First in the series is a panel discussion Founding and Development of Vanport Extension Center. Vanport was the predecessor to Portland State.
The panel will be made up of Vanport students Bill Lemman, John Hakanson, Ray Lokting and Cathy Williams. Join Pat Squire, Director of Alumni Relations,
as she moderates this fascinating discussion, Thursday, April 13th at noon, in the Vanport Room (338 SMSU).
Leo Kadanoff to Give First "Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture" In memory of Professor Mark Gurevitch, our former colleague and chair of the Physics Department who passed away February 16th at age 89, the Physics Department has established the Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture Fund as a tribute to Mark, his work and his leadership. The Gurevitch Fund will allow us to bring internationally recognized speakers to campus. Dr. Leo Kadanoff, the John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor in the Physics and Mathematics Departments at the University of Chicago, will launch this new lecture series Friday, April 7th. Dr. Kadanoff was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1999 for fundamental theoretical research in the areas of statistical, solid state and nonlinear physics and, in particular, for the development of scaling techniques in these fields.Read more about Dr. Gurevitch If you would like information about the Mark Gurevitch Memorial Lecture Fund or wish to support it or any other fund, please contact the PSU Foundation at (503) 725-4911 or Click here
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