Dropping names …

Carole Woodall, assistant professor in the Department of History and Department of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, recently published “Awakening a Horrible Monster: Negotiating the Jazz Public in 1920s Istanbul” in Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East. See the abstract at http://cssaame.dukejournals.org/content/30/3/574.abstract ... Zachary Mesyan, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, recently published “Groups where free subgroups are abundant” in the Journal of Algebra. See article abstract at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021869311004212 ... Kevin Krizek, a professor at the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver, co-director of the Active Communities/Transportation Research Group and director of the Ph.D. Program in Design and Planning, is co-author with Ann Forsyth of Cornell University of the recent publication “Urban Design: Is There a Distinctive View from the Bicycle?” in Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 16. No. 4, 531–549, November 2011. … Founding chair of the former Department of Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine, Emeritus Professor Jock Cobb, M.D., has just published “Fragments of Peace in a World at War.” The book is a compilation of Cobb’s photos from his service as an American Field Service ambulance driver in North Africa and Italy during WWII.  As a pacifist and conscientious objector to war, his perspective from the front lines is unusual. Along with the photos, he has expressed his story in haiku and a few longer poems and stories.  It was during his wartime service that he decided to go to medical school.  Samples of the photos may be viewed at www.fragmentsofpeace.com.