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David A. Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, attended the annual international conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. On July 21, he presented the paper “Beyond Phonemic Awareness: Phonemic Proficiency and Word-Reading Skills.” While in Australia, the organization called “Science and Teaching of Learning Australia” invited him to present all-day professional development workshops titled “Addressing Word-Level Reading” in Perth (Aug. 15, Brisbane (Aug. 17) and Sydney (Aug. 24).