Professional Activities

Brian Green (Sociology/Anthropology) gave a speech at the conference of the Council on Christian Approaches to Defense and Disarmament in Bratislava, Slovakia, in September. His talk, “Environment: The Most Peculiar Security Challenge of the 21st Century - Sociological Aspects of Mankind’s Responsibility for Natural Resources and Global/Regional Conflicts Potentially Resulting from Issues Related to Natural Resources,” highlighted results of studies Green conducted over the past decade on the causes of ecological conflicts and the likelihood of future conflicts. The conference was generally on the theme of “Prospects for Peace” in the 21st century.

Colin Abernethy (Chemistry) travelled to Clark University, Worcester, MA, in September to give a public seminar entitled, “Investigations of N-heterocyclic Carbene and Germylene Complexes of Vanadium,” describing some of the recent results of his student research program. During his visit, he also had the opportunity to meet Kevin Robbins (KSC Chemistry ‘08), who has just successfully completed his first year as a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Clark.