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Alice Blumenfeld, visiting assistant professor of dance, was awarded an for 2020 in the choreography category.

Alysia Ramos, assistant professor of dance, was awarded an for 2020 in the choreography category.

Assistant Professor of Physics Jillian Scudder was interviewed about statistical methods in science versus political reporting for the piece "" published on Live Science.

Professor of Politics Stephen Crowley gave a talk on his research and recorded a at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Russian & East European Studies.

Associate Professor of Sociology Greggor Mattson gave an invited lecture at the University of Kentucky's Geography Department on February 7, 2020. Titled "Queer Places Without Queer Politics: Small City Gay Bars," the talk drew upon Mattson's research on recent changes in American gay bars, a project that has included several 91Ö±²¥ undergraduate research assistants.

Christa Rakich, visiting professor of organ, has released a new CD on the Loft label. The recording is a tribute to her teacher Yuko Hayashi, and is the premier recording of the Richards-Fowkes organ in Goodson Chapel at the Duke University Seminary. It includes works of Bach, Mendelssohn, Johanna Senfter, James Woodman, Carson Cooman, and her own transcription of Cécile Chaminade's Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, featuring flutist Wendy Rolfe '74.

Professor of Physics Yumi Ijiri attended the meeting and Congressional Visit Day in Washington, D.C. on January 29-February 1. She was invited in her role as secretary/treasurer for the topical group on magnetism and was a member of the Ohio/New Jersey group advocating for issues in science.

Professor of Medieval Art History Erik Inglis presented a paper titled "" on January 22 at Yale University's Medieval-Renaissance Forum.

Kirk Ormand, Nathan A. Greenberg Professor of Classics, published the article, "Atalanta and Sappho: Women in and out of Time," in a volume titled , edited by Esther Eidenow and Lisa Maurizio. Ormand's article deals with a recently discovered poem of Sappho (the Cologne papyrus, published in 2004, which supplements the previous fr. 58). He argues that in this poem, Sappho conceives of an ongoing poetic present tense that approximates, but does not achieve, an immortal experience of time.

Kenneth Allen '09, visiting assistant professor of psychology, was recently interviewed by the magazine for a piece on the destructive nature of "eco-" tourism.