Prof. Greg Aldrete is quoted in a Science and Technology story at the national Fox News website. The article, “Man vs. Nature: Why Floods Still Win,” uses the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to quote experts including Aldrete on the historical significance of such natural disasters. Many flood-control problems of today look eerily familiar to Aldrete, who finished his book “Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007) just a week before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Interesting article, at http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/26/man-vs-nature-floods-win/

Professor Clif Ganyard received the Founders Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Congratulations, Professor Ganyard!

The latest issue of the Journal of World History includes at article written by UW-Green Bay history professor emeritus Craig Lockard (Social Change and Development). The article is titled “The Sea Common to All’: Maritime Frontiers, Port Cities, and Chinese Traders in the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, ca. 1400-1750.” Lockard held the Ben and Joyce Rosenberg professorship from 1996-2001.

Congratulations, Professor Lockard!

If you are thinking about applying to graduate school, take a look at this helpful article from the AHA’s Perspectives on History magazine.