Carl Luepker ’95 published “‘My Heart Breaks 80 Million Ways.’ A Father Passes a Disorder to His Son” in The Washington Post, Oct. 1, 2016. It’s about a painful neurological disorder, dystonia, that he and his son suffer from. Read more at http://wapo.st/2dvN6Ff. Luepker and Merie Kirby also wrote Spite: The Biding Time Series (Kindle Edition), a fantasy novel about struggling with disabilities.
Written by Joseph E. Bush Jr. ’78, Practical Theology in Church and Society (Chalice Press, 2016) brings into sharper focus two perspectives on practical theology. One is the view through the wide-angle lens of justice-oriented action. This view encompasses a broad vista of social forces for justice and injustice when evaluating local movements and local ministries. The other perspective takes the narrower focus of the action-reflection model as it is used to zoom in on individual actions and particular practices of ministry such as pastoral care. The purpose of the book is to integrate these two perspectives on practical theology.
Lake Ontario sailor Susan Peterson Gateley ’73 has released a new book, Saving the Beautiful Lake: A Quest for Hope. She was moved to write it after reading a news article in 2013 that described Ontario as the most polluted and impaired of all the Great Lakes. She set sail that summer with two others aboard an elderly yacht to circumnavigate the lake in search of how it became so stressed. She and her husband have also released a one-hour documentary based on the book. Learn more at susanpgateley.com.
Philip M. Brown ’64 edited Student Discipline: A Prosocial Perspective (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016), a follow-up to a two-volume set he co-edited, the Handbook of Prosocial Education (2012). The current book examines the science and evidence-informed programs that support a prosocial approach to school discipline. Brown posits that the foundation for a safe school rests on creating a healthy school climate, a caring community where students feel safe, and relationships that facilitate prosocial growth as well as academic learning.
Using copper alloy materials in a hospital setting substantially decreased the hospital’s bacterial burden, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. This study shows for the first time that copper maintains the reduced bacterial load in both occupied as well as cleaned, unoccupied rooms. These results could reduce the number of health care-associated infections. Led by Shannon Hinsa-Leasure, associate professor of biology, the study found significantly fewer bacteria on copper alloy products such as grab bars, toilet flush valves, IV poles, switches, keyboards, sinks, and dispensers. Authors included Queenster Nartey ’16 and Justin Vaverka ’15.
Murry Nelson ’69 provides the first-ever basketball history of the Big 10, spanning 30 years when the league produced some of the top teams in the country. Big Ten Basketball, 1943-1972 will be released in fall/winter 2016 by McFarland Publishing. It’s Nelson’s fourth book on various aspects of basketball history. He’s also published biographies of Bill Russell and Shaquille O’Neal.
Bobbe Sue Fletcher Palmer ’54 published Can This Be Home? And Four Other Stories through iUniverse, May 2016.
Susan Klein d’Alessio ’63 was featured with two other artists in the Creating Momentum exhibition in April 2016 at the Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia.
Written by Mark S. Maire ’78, Meridian (Codhill Press, 2016) was the winner of the 2015 Codhill Poetry Award.
In April of 2016, featured paintings by Julia Johnson Rothenberg ’63 were selected for the 2016 Columbia County Council on the Arts Juried Art Show (Hudson, N.Y.) and featured at the Spencertown Academy Arts Center in Spencertown, N.Y.
