Islam in America Focus of May 12 Presentation
A documentary film on Islam created by Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Martyn Smith will be shown Monday, May 12 at 4:30 p.m. in the Wriston Art Center auditorium. Shot by Smith during a visit to Dearborn, Mich., home to the largest Arab population outside of the Middle East, the film features interviews with Muslim leaders and explores the transformations that take place as Islam gets Americanized. A question-and-answer session with Smith will follow.

Classics Week Lecture Explores Roman London
Professor emeritus of history William Chaney opens Lawrence’s annual week-long salute to the classics with the presentation “A Tour of Roman London” Monday, May 12 at 4:30 p.m. in Main Hall 201.  In his “visual” walk around London, Chaney will point out how the past remains alive in the present.

Katie Gladych Awarded Fulbright Fellowship
Senior Katie Gladych has been named a 2008-09 Fulbright Scholar and awarded a $15,400 fellowship to teach English at a preparatory school in Vienna, Austria starting this fall.  A German and government major from Evanston, Ill, Gladych is the third Lawrence senior this spring to be awarded a Fulbright Fellowship. Read more.

Research Project Nets Two Students National Award
Sveinn Sigurdsson ‘09 and Ashlan Falletta-Cowden ’09 have been recognized with the William Whit Student Paper Award by the Association for the Study of Food and Society for their research paper “From Sustenance to Symbol: A Multi-generational Study of Traditionality and Modernization in the Icelandic Diet.” The paper is based on original field research Sigurdsson and Falletta-Cowden conducted last summer in Iceland under the direction of Associate Professor of Anthropology Mark Jenike.  They will jointly present their research June 4-8 at the ASFS’s annual meeting in New Orleans and plan to return to Iceland this summer to carry out follow-up field research.

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