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Department and Unit News. You can submit information using the CLAS News and Publications Request Form.

March 2007

Math

The national newspaper of India, the Hindu, reported on the Ramanujan Colloquium at the University of Florida, held the week on March 19th.

December 2006

Physics

Professors David Reitze and John Yelton have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society.
Each new fellow is elected after careful and competitive review and recommendation by a fellowship committee on the unit level, an additional review by the APS Fellowship Committee and final approval by the full APS Council. Only 0.5% of the total APS membership is selected for Fellowship in the Society each year.

David Reitze (APS General) was cited for leadership in the applications of lasers to diverse areas, from the detection of gravitational waves to the ultrafast response of matter. John Yelton (Division of Particles and Fields) was cited for the discovery and study of many baryon states, which contributed to our understanding of the quark structure of hadrons.

The full list of new fellows may be found at and the APS website.

November 2006

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Kristin Johnston, an Au.D. graduates and current Ph.D. student in Communication Sciences and Disorders, was awarded the Leo Doerfler Scholarship by the Audiology Foundation of America. The ceremony took place at the annual meeting of the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Religion

Professor Emeritus of Religion Richard Hiers, who retired in 2003 after more than 40 years of service to the department, is still active in his research endeavors. He has been named chair of the Advisory Committee for the "Journal of Law and Religion" and his biography will appear in 2007's "Who's Who in America." Additionally, he recently published "Binding and Loosing" in "The New Interpreters' Dictionary of the Bible" (Vol. 1, 2006).

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