Accounting
Kingsley Olibe presented "The Relationship Between Systematic Risk and International Diversification: An Empirical Inquiry," American Accounting Association annual meeting, Aug. 3-5, Chicago.
Animal sciences and industry
Michael Dikeman presented "The Effects of Metabolic Modifiers on Carcass Composition and Meat Quality," International Congress of Meat Science and Technology, Aug. 5-10, Beijing.
Communications
Linda Gilmore published the short story "Sanctuary" in the anthology "Coach's Midnight Diner," ccPublishing.
English
Erica Hately presented "The Play's the Thing?: Hamlet's 'Slings & Arrows' and the Authority of Theatrical Consumption," Literature & Film Association Conference, Oct. 11, Lawrence.
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Don Hedrick presented "Trailer History and Entertainment Logic," Media Histories Conference, Oct. 13, Austin, Texas.
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Jim Machor presented "Whatever Happened to Catharine Sedgwick?" Reception Studies Society Second Bi-Annual Conference, Sept. 28, Kansas City, Mo.
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Philip Nel presented "Lost in Translation?: 'Harry Potter' from Page to Screen," and "'The Cat in the Hat' at 50: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats," invited talk. Oct. 18, Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Donna Potts was the discussion leader on problems in higher education at the American Association of University Professors Conference, Sept. 30, Denver.
History
Robert Linder presented "Global Christianity," Western Fellowship of Professors and Scholars annual meeting, Oct. 20, Manhattan Christian College, Manhattan.
Libraries
Michael North presented "Relational Oracle Database Principles and Voyager Reporting" and "Advanced Problems with Voyager Reporting" at the regional South Central Voyager Users Group meeting held at Oklahoma State University in October.
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Danielle Theiss-White was chosen as one of two Kansas librarians to attend The Leadership Institute Oct. 28 to Nov. 2 at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
Management
Roger McHaney presented the keynote address at Axio Learning Community conference, Sept. 27-28, Manhattan.
Sociology, anthropology and social work
Harald Prins and Bunny McBride co-authored a two-volume study, "Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island: 1500-2000," published by the National Park Service, 2007.
Prins and McBride were also instrumental in the official induction by the president of France of a decorated Penobscot veteran of Omaha Beach and the Battle of the Bulge as Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur. Their project has resulted in the Maine governor's proclamation of June 6 as Native American Veterans History Day.
Prins co-authored "Vers un Monde sans Mal: Alfred Métraux, un anthropologue à l'Unesco (1948-1962)," in "60 Ans d'Histoire de l'Unesco; Actes de Conference International," Paris, 2007.
Veterinary medicine
"K-State Expands Faculty in Clinical Specialties" appeared in the November issue of Veterinary Practice News.
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Brad White gave a presentation on educational efforts associated with the management and control of bovine viral diarrhea at the Applied Animal and Public Health Research and Extension Conference of the United States Animal Health Association, Oct. 20, Reno, Nev.
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Gary Anderson, director of the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, was elected vice president of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.