Jian Zhou, associate professor of accounting, has had a paper accepted at
Economics Letters. It is “The Value of Local Political Capital in Transition China” (co-authored with Pei Sun, Haoping Xu at Fudan University)
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November 2, 2010
October 26, 2010
Bogum Yoon, associate professor of literacy education in the School of Education, had the following published in October: “Assimilation ideology: Critically examining underlying messages in multicultural literature,” in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy; and “The lived experiences of middle school English language learners: Shifting identities between the classrooms” in Voices from the Middle: Narratives For, By and the Middle Level Community (Information Age Publishing).
October 19, 2010
Paul Goldstaub, professor of music, has been awarded the ASCAPLUS Award for composition (concert music division) by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). The awards are conferred by a panel of prominent composers and critics assembled by ASCAP and are based on “the unique prestige value of each writer’s catalog of original compositions.”
October 19, 2010
Tony Villecco, former assistant to the chair for Africana Studies, was invited to perform the National Anthem for former President Clinton last week. President Clinton was in on behalf of U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey. Villecco retired from the University in August.
October 12, 2010
Elizabeth Brown, scholarly communications and library grants officer, gave four presentations on the new developments in scholarly publishing, library services for grants administration and planning, and a summary of SUNY library digital initiatives earlier this year. The talks were “Promoting Scholarship with Services, Programs and Publishing: the Evolution of Scholarly Communications at ” to the ACRL Western New York/Ontario spring 2010 meeting in May; “Open Science and Libraries” at the OpenSciNY Conference at New York University in May; an overview of “Grants Librarianship: Coordination and Planning in Your Library and Beyond” as part of a session on Grants Librarianship at the Special Libraries Association 2010 annual meeting in June; and “Digital Initiatives, Capitalizing on Experience Throughout SUNY,” presented as part of the Power of Tuesday Series of webinars for SUNY librarians in June.
October 5, 2010
Jean Quataert, professor of history and co-editor of the Journal of Women’s History, taught a Lyceum course on human rights on Sept. 22.