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	John Confer, biology, and two students, Lester Murray '98 and Angie Richer '98 recently coauthored a presentation on "The Influence of Feeders and Bird Houses on Black-capped Chickadee Reproduction" at the annual meeting of the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs. A certificate of appreciation from the students and staff of the Ithaca Opportunity Program was presented to Kristin Colongeli Hamill, coordinator of student publicity, at the 1997 Professionals Symposium held the weekend of October 4. Katharyn Howd Machan, writing, presented a reading of her poetry at Bucks County Community College on October 3. This past August she taught "The Goddess in Dance and Word" as a member of the faculty at the Skyros Institute in Greece. Recently her poems have appeared in The Crescent Moon, Penny Dreadful, and Literature: The Human Experience. Heinz Koch, chemistry, had a paper published in the October issue of the Journal of Chemical Education. Entitled "An International Collaborative Undergraduate Research Program between Ithaca College and Leiden University," the paper was coauthored by Andrew S. Koch '84, St. Mary's College, and Gerrit Lodder, University of Leiden. Randi Millman-Brown, visual resources curator, Department of Art History, has written a book entitled Fun Places to go with Children in New York. The book, her first, covers New York City as well as the rest of the state and surrounding areas including northern New Jersey and western Connecticut. Susan Swenson, biology, presented a workshop on August 3 at the American Institute of Biological Sciences annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec. The workshop was designed to instruct researchers in the use of DNA for molecular characterization of plant populations. Michael Twomey, English, was one of the first two Americans recently to teach at the University of Dresden, Germany, since the fall of the Berlin Wall seven years ago. Twomey spent a year in the former German Democratic Republic as a 1996-97 Fulbright Senior Lecturer for English and American Studies. Twomey also gave six invited lectures at other universities in Germany and the Netherlands during his stay. Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the Fulbright program. Since 1946, the program has offered U.S. faculty, professionals, teachers, and students the opportunity to conduct research, teach, or study abroad and to make a major contribution to the growth of mutual understanding among countries and individuals. The program also brings foreign nationals to the United States to study, teach, and pursue research. Recipients are selected on the basis of academic and professional qualifications as well as their willingness to share ideas and experiences with people of diverse cultures.