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October, 2007

McMicken Monthly University of Cincinnati

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Researcher Wins National Funding to Explore Why Young Children are Stumped by Science
The National Science Foundation has awarded Heidi Kloos of the psychology department $708,495 to further explore her findings as part of an NSF program called Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE).

He's Got Game: There's Psychology Behind 'Halo 3'
Microsoft's Randy Pagulayan received grounding in cognition, action and performance theory as a UC PhD student.

Journalism Students Build Experience From Ground Up
A "solar panel" of UC writers and photographers is a key part of an interdisciplinary team involved in an international competition.

History Professor Offers Expertise as U.S. Mint Makes Change in Lincoln Penny
Heads up: John K. Alexander, distinguished teaching professor, adds his two cents' worth to numismatic negotiations as a member of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

'Celebration of Life' Pays Tribue to Famed UC Alumnus
The late George Rieveschl, innovation-sparking chemistry professor and inventor of Benadryl, was honored at an Oct. 12 service at the Queen City Club.

Tolkien Fantasy Tale a Real-Life Learning Opportunity
When the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus perform Shore's "Lord of the Rings Symphony" ears perked up — and not just elves' ears, but those of UC linguists, too.

McMicken's 'College Beginnings' Great Start for Incoming Students
First-year students learn more than just the basics in a fun-, food- and fact-filled festival.

Q&A With Kelly Moore, Sociology

The History Behind 'Disrupting Science'
Assistant professor of sociology Kelly Moore explores the political activism of mid-20th-century scientists in her latest book.

In Focus

Miles-High Perspective
A field course in the heart of the Himalayan mountains gives a team of professors, students and alumni an amazing look at the impact of geology.

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Kathryn Lorenz

Kathryn Lorenz is just wild about Harry — wand-waving wizard Harry Potter, that is.

And as Potter creator J.K. Rowling makes her first U.S. book tour in seven years, this Romance Languages and Literatures field services associate professor is working on some sorcery-sprinkled writing of her own.

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