Newsletter
Spring 2002
CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

May 3 Reception to Feature Wine, Cheese, Thought-Provoking Discussion and Cool T-Shirts
Join other chapter members in the Danforth Lounge, UC, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. this Friday, May 3, for an informal discussion led by Susan Finger (Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Ken Kotovsky (Psychology). The topic will be how they use a similar tool (computer simulations) in very different ways in their respective disciplines. Cheese, wine and other beverages will be served, and cerebrally stimulating PKP t-shirts will be given out to all attending chapter members. Be sure to bring an I.D. if you intend to imbibe. RSVP to Nancy Klancher at klancher@andrew.cmu.edu.

PKP Commencement Weekend Events
On Saturday, May 18, chapter members are invited to a joint Phi Kappa Phi/Phi Beta Kappa reception in Rangos Hall, UC. The reception begins at 9:30 a.m. From 10:15 to 11:30, we will induct new members into the chapter.

MEMBER NEWS

Graduate Student's Work Used in Milosevic Trial
Statistics doctoral student JANA ASHER was part of a research team whose results were used as evidence in the war crimes trial of former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic. Asher and her team (made up of statisticians and human rights activists) examined data and concluded that the statistical evidence is consistent with the Yugoslav forces' campaign of expulsions and killings in Kosovo in spring 1999, rather than the fault of NATO and Kosovo Liberation Army actions. An article on the report appears in the March 22, 2002, issue of Science magazine.

Undergraduate Wins Graduate Study Awards
Physics senior CARL DAHL has won the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Award of Excellence for Graduate Study for the 2002-2003 academic year. Dahl, a native of Duluth, Minnesota, will begin graduate school at Princeton University in the fall. His main interest is in theoretical high-energy physics, and he plans to eventually conduct research in physics either as a professor or at a national lab. Dahl also received a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship from the Department of Defense.

Past Chapter President Wins Outstanding Teaching Award
Past chapter President KAREN STUMP, director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Chemistry, has received a Responsible Care Catalyst Award from the American Chemistry Council. The award recognizes outstanding chemistry teachers. Stump has been active in the chapter since its revival in 1996.

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