Michael Halloran, emeritus professor of language, literature, and communications, was named a fellow of the Rhetoric Society of America. 10/13/03

Thiagarajan Ravichandran (“Ravi”), associate professor of management in Rensselaer’s Lally School, has been named associate editor of MIS Quarterly, an academic periodical based at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. A peer reviewed scholarly journal, MIS Quarterly publishes research “concerning both the management of information technology and the use of information technology for managerial and organizational purposes,” according to its Web site. Ravichandran also serves on the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, a research-based, refereed journal in engineering management published by the IEEE Engineering Management Society. 10/13/03

Donald Siegel, professor and chair of economics, has been named to the Scientific Committee for the Applied Econometrics Association Conference on Innovation and Intellectual Property: Economic and Managerial Perspectives at INSEAD-Singapore in July 2004. 10/13/03

Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer, was named to ESSENCE magazine’s “Top 50 Women Who Are Shaping Our World” list. The article states, “As president of one of the country’s leading research universities, this former chairwoman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is nurturing future generations of innovators and entrepreneurs. She’s also president-elect of the world’s largest general scientific society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science.” The article, in the October 2003 edition, says that the women listed are “leading corporations and advising presidents. They’re working to end poverty, injustice, and disease. They’re winning awards in Hollywood and on the global stage. They’re leaders, artists, visionaries, and peacemakers.” 9/29/03

Michael Shur, the Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts ’48 Chair in Solid State Electronics at Rensselaer, will take part in the Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Maryland Sept. 29. Shur will speak on solid-state lighting. 9/29/03

Minoru Tomozawa, professor of materials science and engineering, organized and hosted the 16th University Conference on Glass Science in Troy Aug. 13-15. Approximately 100 glass scientists and engineers from universities, research institutes, and industries from various parts of the world participated. R.H. Doremus, research professor of materials science and engineering, gave an invited talk, “Diffusion of Oxygen in Glass,” at the conference. 9/29/03