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Eight 哔咔漫画 vocal students made it to the finals at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition, Eastern Region, held at Susquehanna University in mid-March. These eight students are now eligible to compete in an online round that will determine whether they will be invited to the national competition in Boulder, Colo., in July, to compete for $35,000 in awards. 
 
Here are the results in the categories they sang in:

1st place: First year Women - Kelsey Watts
2nd place: First year Women - Dyanna Bohorques
2nd place: First year Men - Wyndham Stopford
1st place: Second year Men - Erik Tofte
1st place: Fourth year Women - Lauren Silberstein
1st place: Advanced College Women - Gina Moscato
1st place: Advanced College Men - Andrew Hiers
2nd place: Advanced College Men - Seokho Park

The competition also included masterclasses and themed classes for the students. Master of Opera students Seokho Park was selected to sing in an opera masterclass with Will Crutchfield, and Gina Moscato was selected to sing in a musical theater masterclass.

哔咔漫画 students Christopher Ferreira, undergraduate in biomedical engineering; Rhodesherdeline Limage, graduate student in biomedical engineering; and Muta Abiff, undergraduate in biological sciences, have each been selected as Gates Millennium Scholars. The Gates Millennium Scholars Program funds a scholar鈥檚 unmet need and is renewable for up to five years in any undergraduate discipline of the scholar鈥檚 choice. Scholars are also eligible for up to five years of funding for a master鈥檚 and/or doctoral degree in any of the following disciplines: computer science, education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health or science.

Vladimir Miskovic, assistant professor of psychology, has been selected as a Rising Star in the Association for Psychological Science. The APS Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their research careers post-PhD. The complete list of 2016 Rising Stars will appear in the February issue of the Observer and .

Sandro Sticca, professor of French and comparative literature, was recognized with a special citation from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sept. 23, 2016, and also by a New York State Assembly proclamation in celebration of his lifetime achievements on Sept. 13, 2016.

The governor鈥檚 special citation highlights Sticca鈥檚 devotion to the educational process and contributions to the enrichment of the cultural and educational environment of Broome County and Greater 哔咔漫画.  It also reviews his emigration to the United States, U.S. Army service during the Korean War, educational background including as a Fulbright Scholar to the Sorbonne, and his lively correspondence with John F. Kennedy after meeting him at Syracuse University.

Cuomo鈥檚 special citation also reviews Sticca鈥檚 impressive 50-year career at 哔咔漫画, his fierce love for his Italian heritage, his lifelong commitment to the game of soccer, and his distinguished career as a scholar.

The Assembly of the State of New York proclamation, signed by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, recognizes Sticca for teaching for over 50 years, publishing more than 40 books, receiving five international awards and being the first person in North America to be invested in the Knights of Templar.

The proclamation continues, noting Sticca鈥檚 two honorary degrees 鈥� from Utica College and from Accademia Internazionale in Italy 鈥� as well as his founding of three academic journals 鈥� Mediaevalia, Studies in Christian Thought and Tradition, and Studia Italica.

Finally, the proclamation also cites Sticca鈥檚 exceptional service to 哔咔漫画 including the numerous Medieval conferences, and the significant role he has played in celebrating local Italian-American history and culture.

Sandro Sticca, professor of French and comparative literature, has been placed on the Committee of Honor and invited to speak at an 鈥淗omage to Ovid鈥� in Italy, on the occasion of the 2000th anniversary of the death of the poet Ovid. He will speak on May 27. The title of his presentation is 鈥淥vid in the Anglo-American Culture.鈥�

Other members of the Committee of Honor include Decebal Fagadau, mayor of Constanza in Romania; Frank Van Wonterghem, professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata; Marco Buonocore, president of the Pontifical Academy of Archaeology in Rome; Eugenio Sodo, professor of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome; Senator of the Italian Republic Stefania Pezzopane; and Senator of the Italian Republic Paola Pelino.

Proceedings of the conference are expected to be translated in French, German and English. 

Otto Ulc, emeritus professor of political science, published two books in 2016.

The first, titled Priscilla, is a memoir of life with his wife, for whom the book is named. Priscilla Ulc, of Chinese-Swiss heritage, and Otto Ulc, from the Czech Republic, traveled the world in pursuit of knowledge. 鈥溸龠锹�画 was a great place from which to explore the universe,鈥� he said.

The book, written in Czech, includes drawings and paintings by Priscilla Ulc.

Ulc鈥檚 second book is Communist Justice and Class Struggle, a translation into Czech of his dissertation from Columbia University.

Ulc can be contacted at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Peggy O’Dea, Secretary 2 in the Office of the Dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, was surprised with a STAR Award presentation on Oct. 19. STAR Awards are given to those who demonstrate outstanding quality service. For her exemplary service, O’Dea received a letter from President Harvey Stenger, a STAR coffee mug, a check for $50 and a gold STAR pin.

Silvana Monaco, Wayne Schneider, Sacha Sigelman-Schwartz and Mark Whalen were recipients of the STAR Award in early October for their dedicated support to the University and their role in saving the life of a University employee who went into anaphylactic shock after being stung more than 20 times by bees while working on campus Aug. 19. If not for their quick action to administer an epi-pen, call and ambulance and keep the employee calm, the employee might have died.

John Tagg, distinguished professor of art history, recently co-organized an international conference on 鈥淧hotography and Britishness鈥� that was held Nov. 4-5, at the Yale Center for British Art, in conjunction with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London and the Huntingdon in California. Tagg opened the conference, which is one of the main focal points of his semester at Yale as the Andrew Carnduff Ritchie Visiting Scholar.

Tagg will also present the Andrew Carnduff Ritchie Lecture, titled 鈥溾�橩nocking around between money, sex, and boredom鈥�: Walker Evans in Havana and New York鈥� Nov. 30, at the Yale Center for British Art.

The new online refereed journal, British Art Studies, will publish a conversation about photography and crisis that Tagg curated, including responses by a dozen international scholars and photographers to his original provocation piece.

Holly Horn, assistant director of the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, received the President’s Award for Outstanding Work in Strategic Planning from the SUNY Career Development Organization. Horn chaired the Long-Range Planning Committee that rewrote the organization’s mission and vision statements.

哔咔漫画’s Healthy Campus Initiative, chaired by Cindy Cowden, senior associate director of Campus Recreational Services, was recognized as the 2015 SUNY Outstanding Student Affairs Program in the category of Student Health, Wellness, Counseling and Related in August and was honored with a 2015-16 NASPA Excellence Awards Bronze Certificate in the category of Student Health, Wellness and Related. The initiative also played a key role in 哔咔漫画 making list for the second year in a row.

Lexie Avery, career consultant in residence with the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, received the Career Planning and Development Programming for a Four Year School Award from the SUNY Career Development Organization at its annual conference.

Emily Love, international careers consultant with the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, received the SUNY Career Development Organization Award for Excellence in Programming in the Committee’s Choice Award category for “Four Year Program” at its annual conference.

Erik Colon, Educational Opportunity Program academic advisor, was honored with the Outstanding Contribution to the Coalition for Multicultural Affairs Award by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), in August.

Beth Riley, assistant dean of students and director of case management in the Office of the Dean of Students, was honored by the Higher Education Case Managers Association (HECMA) for serving on its national board. In particular, she was recognized for her service as chair of the national Quality Improvement Committee, in August.

Elizabeth Carter, vice president for student development, received the SUNY Excel: Access, Completion and Success Award from SUNY for the Broome County Higher Education Access, Retention and Success (HEARS) program in August. The program seeks to increase degree completion rates for students at 哔咔漫画 and SUNY Broome Community College by working collaboratively with community organizations to increase access to education for Broome County residents who had not previously considered pursing a college degree.

Marian Stern, technical services assistant in the Libraries, was been recognized as Library Worker of the Year by the South Central Regional Library Council. The honor recognized her for her work including when she assumed additional responsibilities due to staffing changes that required her technical experience to ensure uninterrupted delivery of critical library services. This required two months of intensive training, a major software migration and focused dedication to a multitude of technical issues.

Jaimee Wriston Colbert, professor of English, general literature and rhetoric, recently published her fifth book, Wild Things (Baker & Taylor, SPD). The book is a story collection filled with human characters facing disappointment and sheer desperation in an environment where good-paying factory jobs are an endangered species. Colbert’s protagonists confront meth, homeless and the abduction of a young girl by a man with the heart and soul of a “wild thing,” and the ghosts of lost dreams. Their survival is their triumph.

哔咔漫画鈥檚 School of Management team of Robert Pim, Jonathan Heller, Brandon Fine and Ronnie Sanon took first place in the University of Michigan鈥檚 Ross School of Business undergraduate stock pitch competition, held Oct. 2. Students from across the country pitched stocks with a market cap above $500 million, a daily trading volume of at least 1000,000 shares and a stock price above $2. 哔咔漫画鈥檚 team won the final round, beating out teams from Harvard, Duke, Stanford, Michigan, Virginia and Notre Dame, among others, when it pitched GATX Corporation as a stock to short. GATX is the only publicly traded pure railcar leasing company.

Sandro Sticca, professor of French and comparative literature, was recently honored by the governor of New York state, as well as the New York State Assembly.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a citation in recognition of Professor Sandro Sticca on Sept. 23, 2016, for Sticca鈥檚 devotion to educational progress in New York state. The citation praises Sticca鈥檚 50-year teaching career at 哔咔漫画, his prolific writings, his fierce love for his Italian heritage and his countless awards and accolades, among many other significant accomplishments.

The Assembly of the State of New York approved a resolution in celebration of the lifetime achievement of Professor Sandro Sticca, signed by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo on Sept. 13, 2016. The proclamation honors Sticca for teaching French and comparative literature at 哔咔漫画 for over 50 years, authoring more than 40 books, receiving five international awards and being the first person in North America to be invested into the Knights of Templar. It also recognizes his receipt of honorary degrees from both Utica College and Accademia Internazionale in Italy, his founding of three academic journals, his service to the University and the significant role he has played in celebrating local Italian-American history and culture.

Christiana Hills, a PhD student in translation research and instruction, received a favorable review in the Sunday New York Times Book Review. Her translation of Michele Audin’s novel, One Hundred Twenty-One Days, was characterized as “elegant.”

Assistant professors Sarah Laszlo and Zhanpeng Jin received ~$25K in awards from the National Science Foundation to sponsor full-time undergraduate research assistants for summer 2016. These undergraduates were exposed to cutting-edge research techniques in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, biometrics and cybersecurity. This is the third year that Laszlo and Jin have received NSF awards for summer undergraduate research.

Steve Seepersaud, alumni communications manager in the Division of Advancement, is president of the Communications Association of the Southern Tier (CAST) for 2016-17. CAST is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides networking and development opportunities for professionals in communications, marketing, advertising, public relations, graphic design and related fields. He has served as the organization’s treasurer since 2014.

Elizabeth Celata, doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, has recently had her young adult fantasy novel, High Summons, published by Clean Reads. The book is the first in the Warlock of Rochester Series. It is available from a number of online outlets.

Hiroki Sayama, associate professor of systems science and industrial engineering, was presented with the 2016 (ISAL) at the ALIFE XV conference, held in in Cancun, Mexico, in July.  The award recognizes an individual who has provided truly exceptional service to the field of artifical life by, for example, helping to organize the artificial life community, developing valuable resources or facilitating administration of ISAL.

Sandro Sticca, professor of French and comparative literature and professor of letters, was honored by the Abbruzzese Men’s Social Club of 哔咔漫画 at a special recognition ceremony Sunday, July 10. He was presented with a plaque that reads: In recognition of Professor Sandro Sticca, in appreciation for your years of dedicated service, loyalty and outstanding accomplishments. You make us all proud that you are our ambassador for the Abbruzzese Men’s Social Club of 哔咔漫画, N.Y.  In his role with the club, Sticca is the designated ambassador responsible for cultural initiatives.

Ross Geoghegan, research professor and chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, gave his inaugural lecture as a foreign member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts on May 26, at the Academy’s headquarters in Skopje, Macedonia. The title of the lecture was “Curvature and Group Theory.”

Mark Rifenbury, a Sodexo employee in College-in-the-Woods, was recently honored with a STAR Award, which recognizes, affirms and supports examples of outstanding quality service by an faculty or staff member within the University community. His nominators note that he “goes above and beyond in making our weekly Table Fran莽aise language table the great success that it is.” For being recognized with a STAR (Service, Tradition, Awards, Recognition) Award, Rifenbury received a letter from President Harvey Stenger, a STAR coffee mug, a check for $50 and a gold STAR pin. For additional information on the STAR Award and how to nominate someone, .

Susan Appe, assistant professor of public administration, was awarded a Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Affirmative Action/Diversity Leave for fall 2016. Appe will continue with several research projects on topics related to the role of organizational networks in sustainable development in Latin America and the provision of public goods and services by nongovernmental organizations.

Her research adds to the University鈥檚 growing expertise in sustainable communities and contributes to its international partnerships in Latin America. The leave leverages Appe’s Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant hosted by Universidad Andina Sim贸n Bol铆var in Quito, Ecuador during the summers of 2015 and 2016.

The Drescher Leave enhances employment opportunities for professionals and academics who are preparing for permanent or continuing appointments.

Joseph Leeson-Schatz, director of debate, was awarded the Brownlee Lifetime Achievement Award by the Cross-Examination Debate Association at a ceremony April 3. The award is given to a forensic educator who demonstrates outstanding achievement in scholarship, education and service and is one of the highest honors a director of debate can receive.

哔咔漫画 Music Department students studying voice participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) for the Eastern Regional Competition at Montclair State University in mid-March. The results were:

鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Erik Tofte placed first in the Freshman Men Division
鈥�&苍产蝉辫; David DeMoya placed third in the Senior Men Division
鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Rebecca Rutkovsky placed second in the Advanced College Women Division
鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Christina Russo placed third in the Advanced College Women Division
鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Andrew Hiers placed second in the Advanced College Men Division

Sandro Sticca, professor of French and comparative literature, is listed as a distinguished citizen of his hometown of Tocco Casauria (Abruzzo), Italy. Dating back to the year 872, the town has been rebuilt on more than one occasion due to earthquakes, and currently has about 3,000 inhabitants. Sticca joins other distinguished natives of the town in receiving the honor, including Gennaro Manna, the writer and poet that Sticca has written extensively about. He has also been awarded honorary citizenship by the city of Ocre, one of the oldest in Abruzzo, in recognition of what he has done for the region of Abruzzo as a scholar, teacher and internationally distinguished person.

Matthew J. Hollis, PhD candidate in history, has been selected as one of only 17 Mount Vernon Research Fellows at The Washington Library for 2016-17. The fully-funded research fellowship at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington will allow Hollis to work on his dissertation,鈥淭he Politicization of Supplies in the American Revolution.鈥� He will receive on-site housing, and while in residence, will become part of the Mount Vernon community, taking part in day-to-day activities at the estate and library.

Mark Lenzenweger, distinguished professor of psychology, co-authored with two other colleagues (John F. Clarkin and Kevin Meehan) an article that has been selected as the winner of the 2015 CPA Canadian Psychology (CP) Best Article Award. Canadian Psychology is an APA Journal and is the Canadian equivalent of the American Psychologist.  The article details are as follows: Clarkin, J.F., Meehan, K.B., & Lenzenweger, M.F. (2015). Emerging approaches to the conceptualization and treatment of personality disorder. Canadian Psychology, 56, 155-167.

Judy Tasillo, secretary in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, was recently honored with a STAR Award, which recognizes, affirms and supports examples of outstanding quality service by an faculty or staff member within the University community. Tasillo is noted for being a “model of service with a smile” who sets a positive tone for everyone and creates a pleasant work environment for students, faculty and staff. Nominators write that she “has a remarkable calming effect; with her help and expertise, all problems or tasks, whether they be big or small, get resolved.” For being recognized with a STAR (Service, Tradition, Awards, Recognition) Award, Tasillo received a letter from President Harvey Stenger, a STAR coffee mug, a check for $50 and a gold STAR pin. For additional information on the STAR Award and how to nominate someone, .

In commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the death of Gennaro Manna (1922-1990), one of Italy鈥檚 leading novelists and poets, Sandro Sticca, professor of French and comparative literature, was interviewed by the literary critic Simone Gambacorta. The interview was published on Thursday, Jan. 7, in the Cultura section of the newspaper La Citt脿 of Teramo (Abruzzo), Italy. A widely acclaimed post-war poet and novelist who committed suicide in Rome on April 11, 1990, Manna was the author of eight novels. In 1979, he wrote his famous essay Tramonto Della civilt脿 Contadina, which received the Premio Nuovo Mezzogiorno.

Sticca is considered the leading authority on Manna, and has written three books on his work: Arte e esistenza in Gennaro Manna (1993), Manna tra vita e narrative (1998) and a book on his poetry, Lo poesia di Gennaro Manna: il Verbo del Sacro e dell鈥橝ssurdo (2009). Sticca鈥檚 interest in Manna is both affective 鈥� he, like Manna, was born in the town of Tocco Casauria (Abruzzo, Italy) 鈥� and aesthetic.

For his work on Manna, Sticca received the Onore alla Carriera award from the Hon. Publio Fiori, vice president of Italy鈥檚 House, on May 27, 2004. The Cultural Councillorship of the Province of Rome, in the Altemps Place, also awarded Sticca the prestigious Premio Fiore di Roccia, first prize for his critical work on Manna in December, 1968. In a moving ceremony, Sticca received the award directly from Anna Manna, the writer鈥檚 oldest child. In his essay, Gambacorta refers to Sticca as 鈥渋l Massimo esperto鈥� of Manna.

Sticca is presently writing a book on Manna and Cesare Pavese (1908-1950). Pavese was Manna鈥檚 favorite writer, and also committed suicide on Aug. 27, 1950. The title of Sticca鈥檚 book is Cesare Pavese e Gennaro Manna: la Tragica Ricerca del Mistero Metafisico.

A news item about the interview of Professor Emeritus Martin Bidney by Grace Cavalieri in the Library of Congress, with discussion and recitations from three of Bidney’s recent books of poetry, which conduct dialogues with the Qur’an, Goethe, and Persian bard Hafiz .

Randall Edouard, assistant vice provost and director of admissions and enrollment, was the invited keynote speaker for the NAACP’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration event at East Middle School on Monday, Jan. 18. Edouard addressed students from schools across Broome County about the hope for change in the future, as well as the importance of a college education.

I Cavalieri in America: American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit, published in 2015, features a page on Sandro Sticca, professor of French and comparative literature. The book recognizes the important and highly-qualified segment of the North American population who have received decorations from the Italian Republic. Sticca was recognized as a cavalierie (knight) of the Italian Republic in 2008, and his biography can be found on page 309 of the book.

Professor of Sculpture Ronald Gonzalez delivered a lecture titled 鈥淪torehouse鈥� ahead of his exhibition at the Davis Gallery at Houghton House at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The exhibition, 鈥淢ind Things,鈥� explores the disturbing overtones of the found object as metaphysical grounding for our human condition and showcases Gonzalez鈥檚 鈥渂ack to the future鈥� sensibility. The exhibition remains on display through Friday, Dec. 18. .

Hiroki Sayama, associate professor of systems science and industrial engineering, was recently elected to the , the largest international academic society on complex systems science and engineering. He will serve a three-year term.

Ross Geoghegan, research professor of mathematics and department chair designate, has been elected a Foreign Member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences. He will give his inaugural lecture in Skopje during the spring 2016 semester. This achievement recognizes a long association between the 哔咔漫画 Department of Mathematical Sciences and Macedonia initiated by Geoghegan. Seven of 哔咔漫画’s PhDs in mathematics have come from Macedonia.

Robyn Cope, assistant professor of romance languages and literatures, presented at the 27th Annual Haitian Studies Association Conference, 鈥淗aiti in the Global Environment: Presence, Representations, and Performances,鈥� at the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, on Oct. 24. Leading Haiti scholars and activists from a wide range of disciplines gathered in Montreal, home to one of the largest Haitian Diaspora communities in the world, to consider Haiti both within and beyond its borders. Cope鈥檚 presentation, 鈥淗aiti in the World鈥檚 Eyes: Edwidge Danticat鈥檚 Claire of the Sea Light,鈥� demonstrated how Danticat鈥檚 latest novel鈥檚 content and structure work together to balance singularity and universal human experience in a way that urges the World not only to see Haiti but also to see itself in Haiti.

Martin Bidney, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, has published Shakespair: Sonnet Replies to the 154 Sonnets of William Shakespeare (Vestal NY: Dialogic Poetry Press, 2015), pp. xviii + 315, available from Amazon; see .

Ravi Palat’s book, The Making of an Indian Ocean World-Economy, 1250-1650: Princes, Paddy fields, and Bazaars, has been published by Palgrave Macmillan in the Studies in the Indian Ocean World series.

After a month of competition, 哔咔漫画’s Debate Team is ranked second in the nation by the National Debate Tournament, and fourth in the nation according to the Cross-Examination Debate Association. To obtain these rankings, the team won the University of Mary Washington’s debate tournament and appeared in finals at both the Rutgers University debate tournament and Weber State’s Round Robin tournament. This represents the best competitive state for 哔咔漫画 on a national level and the first time in the history of the organization that the team has been invited to attend a national round robin.

Art in Embassies has acquired “Cubist Couple,” a 2012 mixed media work by Professor of Art Ronald Gonzalez, for the U.S. Embassy’s collection in Benin, Africa. Gonzalez, a sculptor, assemblage and installation artist, is known for his bricolage figurative works.

Martin Bidney, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, has published A Unifying Light: Lyrical Responses to the Qur’an (Dialogic Poetry Press: 2015), Vol. IV in his series East-West Bridge Builders, available from Amazon, xlvi + 181 pp., containing 140 original poems on Qur’anic passages. The book contains six illustrations by calligraphic painter-sculptor Shahid Alam.

Rotem Rozental, a doctoral candidate in art history, has been named a 2015-2016 Dr. Sophie Bookhalter Fellow at the Center for Jewish History 鈥� home to the world鈥檚 largest and most comprehensive archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel. Over a 10-month period, Rozental will conduct original research around photography and the development of Zionist thought.

By focusing on the Jewish National Fund and its activity in Palestine and worldwide, Rozental will investigate the ideological and visual language created by the Zionist movement.

Now in its 14th year, the center鈥檚 fellowship program offers financial support to humanities scholars across different stages of their careers. Fellows work on their individual projects, while attending weekly meetings. They present the results of their research through an informal seminar, and submit a final report upon completion of their assignment.

The 哔咔漫画 Libraries took first place in the Materials Promoting Collections category of the PR Xchange Awards Competition for the Miniature Books Exhibit and Reception entry.

This annual contest recognizes “the very best public relations materials by produced by libraries” throughout the year and is sponsored by the Public Relations and Marketing Section (PRMS) of the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLMA).

, along with the other winners, will be displayed at the PR Xchange program during this year’s , June 25-30, in San Francisco. Beth Kilmarx, curator of rare books and one of the primary organizers of the Miniature Books Exhibit and Reception, will accept the award on behalf of the Libraries. 

The award-winning exhibit will remain on display through the end of July in the , on the second floor of Bartle Library.

Robyn Cope, assistant professor of French, had an article titled 鈥淕agging on Egalit茅: Culinary Imperialism on the Island of Reunion in Axel Gauvain鈥檚 Faims d鈥檈nfance鈥� published in the May 2015 issue of French Cultural Studies. She also published 鈥淲riting Haiti Global: Food and Fascism in Edwidge Danticat鈥檚 The Farming of Bones鈥� in the May 2015 issue of Contemporary French and Francophone Studies.

Painting major William Dwiggins has won the Best of Show award at the SUNY Student Exhibition in the New York State Museum. His work Nude Study, from Blazo Kovacevic鈥檚 Life Drawing class, won the $1,000 award, which was presented at a special ceremony in Albany on Tuesday, June 9. The juried Best of SUNY exhibit features artworks chosen by individual art departments across SUNY鈥檚 64 campuses.

, produced in fall 2014 by Andrew Hatling from 哔咔漫画鈥檚 Communications and Marketing Department, features Dwiggins and the Life Drawing class. The video also received an award in its category at one of the SUNY-wide movie competitions.

Myra Sabir, assistant professor of human development, has been recognized with a Phoenix Award by Citizen Action of New York. Phoenix Awards honor 鈥渦nsung heroes who go above and beyond the call of duty to make our community a better place. The Phoenix is a symbol of life and hope emerging from the ashes of despair. It speaks to a willful determination to rebound, rebuild and renew our commitment to pursuing a better quality of life for all.鈥�

Sabir has partnered with the YMCA and Trinity AME Zion Church, who gave her access to African American parolees and homeless men, to assist them via her Life Writing Project. She facilitates their perceptions of their experiences in writing, which results in the men directing their narratives into a positive, action-oriented manner to reconnect with their communities.

Maria Roberts, associate director of auxiliary services, has been selected to participate in the 2015 NACUFS Leadership Institute, one of eight professional development institutes designed to develop successful food service professionals by the National Association of College & University Food Services. The conference will be held in June at the Nestl茅 Customer Innovation Campus in Ohio. The leadership institute focuses on analyzing personal leadership style and effectively getting things done through the help of others. Participants will learn to recognize and apply basic leadership principles, identify and analyze personal leadership style, demonstrate ethical decision-making and create a motivating work environment.

Pawel Nowacki, director of catering for 哔咔漫画 Dining Services, recently saved the life of a woman who was choking at a local restaurant. When the woman was already turning blue from lack of oxygen, he used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge food caught in her throat. She quickly recovered and did not require transportation to a medical facility.

John Frazier, distinguished service professor of geography, has been awarded 2015 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Distinguished Service Honors 鈥渇or his sustained and exceptional dedication to furthering the public good through applied academic and intellectual pursuits. The applied geography conference which he was instrumental in bringing to fruition is now in its 35th year. More recently he has expended similar energies toward funding and organizing the biennial Race, Ethnicity, and Place conferences which success largely because of his vision to preserve a place for intellectually divergent ideas on some of the most vexing and complicated issues in the world today.鈥� Frazier will be recognized at the AAG annual meeting in Chicago, April 21-25. .

has selected doctoral candidate Deneil Hill as one of 10 Dissertation Fellows in Women鈥檚 Studies for 2015.

The fellowship is the only national program to support doctoral work on women鈥檚 and gendered issues. Each 2015 Newcombe Fellow will receive a $5,000 award to help cover expenses incurred while completing their dissertations.

Hill is a doctoral candidate in history. Her dissertation, “Shifting Feminist Visions at the United Nations: Self-Determination, Sexuality, and Human Rights, 1975-1995,” explores how transnational feminists working at the U.N. between 1975 and 1995 expanded human rights legal definitions to include women’s sexual rights.

哔咔漫画鈥檚 Center for Learning and Teaching received a 鈥淐reative and Innovative Award for Most Outstanding Administrative Program from the North American Association of Summer Sessions (NAASS) at its annual meeting for development of B-Online, a training module to assist students preparing to take online courses. Programs are judged on creativity, uniqueness, benefit to students and adaptability to other institutions. The program was developed by Eric Howd, instructional designer.

Through these awards, NAASS seeks to highlight the importance of curriculum development, give credit to summer session administrators who make outstanding contributions to the operation/management of summer session and provide a forum for members to learn from each other.

Distinguished Professor of Psychology Ralph Miller and his laboratory鈥檚 contribution to the field of basic learning and cognition will be honored on Saturday, March 7, with a symposium and reception at the 86th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Philadelphia.

The Office of Research Advancement received recognition in two categories of the CASE District II Accolades Awards program. Discover-e took a Silver Award in the News Website category. The judges said Discover-e 鈥渋s very informative, aesthetically pleasing and easy to use. Content was up-to-date and strong.鈥� In the Research, Medicine and Science News Writing category, Rachel Coker, director of research advancement, received a Bronze Award. The judges said her 鈥渨riting samples are excellent 鈥� clear, energetic and engaging. Adept at using analogies. Very readable. Excellent work. The glossary (in one example) is a nice touch.鈥� Awards will be presented during the CASE District II conference in February in Washington, D.C.

The Board of Directors of The Institute of Turkish Studies just unanimously voted to make Kent Schull, associate professor of history, an Associate Board Member. Schull鈥檚 area of expertise is Ottoman and Modern Middle East history. He is also editor of the Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (JOTSA).

Robyn Cope, assistant professor of Romance languages and literatures, presented at the Culture/Identity/Politics: In Praise of Creoleness, Twenty-Five Years On International Conference, sponsored by the Winthrop-King Institute at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, in October. The conference brought together leading scholars of Caribbean and Indian Ocean Creole cultural production to consider the relevance of Jean Bernab茅, Patrick Chamoiseau and Rapha毛l Confiant鈥檚 1989 manifesto, Eloge de la Cr茅olit茅 (In Praise of Creoleness) to our understanding of Creoleness today. Professor Cope鈥檚 presentation, 鈥淎ntillanit茅, Am茅ricanit茅, and Cr茅olit茅 in Lakshmi Persaud鈥檚 Butterfly in the Wind,鈥� examined Indo-Trinidadians鈥� unique relationship to the Caribbean, assimilation, and the notion of Creoleness through the lens of Persaud鈥檚 diasporic culinary fiction.

Alison Coombs, a fourth-year graduate student working on a PhD in philosophy, has been selected as a 2014 Student Fellow at the State University of New York鈥檚 fourth annual Critical Issues in Higher Education Conference. As a fellow, Coombs will build upon the momentum of the conference by working with SUNY leadership to implement new strategies for collective impact on campuses and in communities. She was selected based on her interest in collective impact and desire to contribute. Her participation in the conference was meant to foster this interest and leadership while providing her with new tools, clearer vision and a broader, stronger network of connections in her field. She is currently doing pre-dissertation research in bioethics and disability. She hopes to use her studies in bioethics to change our understanding of disability in philosophical ethics, social life and public policy. She is also the president of the 哔咔漫画 Graduate Student Organization, and in that role has advocated for University-wide improvements to graduate student advising, career development and access to campus spaces and resources. She received her BA in philosophy and Spanish from Metropolitan State University of Denver.

The Campus Rec team raised $2,117 for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk held Oct. 18 in 哔咔漫画. The team ranked 12th for dollars raised out of 250 teams registered. The top three Campus Rec team fundraisers were: 
Sarah Phillips - $400
Kelly Jean Gavin - $385
Ashley Holmes - $160

Ralph Miller, distinguished professor of psychology, will receive the annual QUAD-L Award at the University of New Mexico in February 2015. Miller was selected as the 25th annual recipient of the Quad-L Award in recognition of his outstanding research and contributions to the field of learning, memory and cognition. The Quad-L Trust was established at the University of New Mexico by Professor Frank Logan and his wife Julie. Each year the recipient of the Quad-L award delivers the Quad-L Lecture, which is the preeminent colloquium for the University of New Mexico Department of Psychology. Miller’s lecture is titled “The Persistence of Memory.” His research focuses on interactions between inconsistent memories, and how retrieval cues and contexts determine which memory will immediately control behavior. He is in the company of notable past recipients of the QUAD-L Award, including Robert Rescorla, William Estes, Allan Wagner, Gordon Bower, Anne Treisman, James McClelland, Nicholas Mackintosh, Henry Roediger, Azrin, Richard Thompson, Marcia Johnson, Peter Killeen, William Timberlake, Travis Thompson, Mark Bouton and Michael Posner.

Out of a field of 92 individual competitors, 哔咔漫画 junior accounting major Ian Kim was ranked as the second best individual debater at West Point’s recent debate tournament. Kim is an international student from Korea and English is his second language. He follows a history of success for international students on the debate team. Anna Pinchuck, a senior from the Ukraine, was on hand helping coach Kim to success.

Of the eight awards presented to students at the recent Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, three were won by 哔咔漫画 geography students.  Two first-year graduate students 鈹� Stephanie Brewer and Luis Sanchez-Ortiz 鈹� and undergraduate student Luis Rodriguez were recognized for the superior quality of their papers and presentations.

哔咔漫画’s debate team won both the varsity and novice divisions at Rutgers University’s tournament in September. In the varsity division, the top two teams were both from 哔咔漫画. Winning debaters competed in rounds for 22 hours over three days and beat programs including Cornell, the University of Rochester, West Virginia University, West Point and many more.

哔咔漫画 Dining by Sodexo鈥檚 Chef Sam Pfaffenbach took first place in Sodexo鈥檚 company-wide Battle of the Chefs Competition at this year鈥檚 Management Conference in Florida for his Ponzu marinated chicken breast over Thai fried amaranth with stir fried vegetables.

Competitors dishes were evaluated on five criteria: serving method and presentation; portion size and nutritional balance; creativity, menu and ingredient compatibility; and flavor, taste, texture and doneness.

Sodexo鈥檚 annual management conference includes managers and chefs from all divisions of the company鈥檚 North American operations: campus, government services, healthcare and corporate dining. Chefs are chosen by division to compete in a cook-off for the company鈥檚 ultimate culinary superiority. This year, the campus division had more than 500 chefs from which to choose and selected Pfaffenbach for his fearless culinary style and competition experience.

His win at the management conference comes on the heels of a bronze award for his culinary efforts at this year鈥檚 National Association of College & University Food Services competition.

Joseph Wlostowski, operations director for Parking Services, was named the International Parking Institutes 2014 Parking Supervisor of the Year. Wlostowski was honored at the IPI annual conference and expo in June. The award recognizes his outstanding work as well as his ability to be a positive role model for the parking industry. He has dedicated himself to the parking industry for more than 22 years and is passionate, resourceful, knowledgeable, ambitious and generous. Known as a true professional and a credit to the parking industry, his staff knows him as a top-rate supervisor. .

Drew Massey, assistant professor of music, recently won the inaugural ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award for Excellence in Music Criticism, one of a handful of internationally competitive book awards for music, for his book John Kirkpatrick, American Music, and the Printed Page (University of Rochester, 2013). Although the Virgil Thomson award is new, the Deems Taylor awards were established in 1967 to recognize excellence in writing about music.

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The National Association of College & University Food Services awarded 哔咔漫画 a bronze award for the 哔咔漫画 MarketPlace in the Retail Sales-Multiple Concepts/MarketPlace category of the 2014 Loyal E. Horton Awards. .

A conference was held June 16-20, in Columbus, Ohio, to honor Bartle Professor of Mathematics Ross Geoghegan on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Titled the conference honored the numerous mathematical contributions Geoghegan has made. He was one of the first mathematicians to use topological techniques to study groups and his textbook, Topological methods in group theory,’’ is one of the standard references in the field.

Conference organizers will publish conference proceedings in the LMS Lecture Notes in Mathematics series.

Professor of English Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s Writing Poetry to Save Your Life: How to Find the Courage to Tell Your Stories (MiroLand/Guernica Editions), has been named by Poets & Writers as one of the 鈥淏est Books for Writers.鈥� This 200-page writing guide combines Gillan鈥檚 personal story as a poet and author with her suggestions for writers at all stages of development. More than half of the book is comprised of writing prompts designed to give poets confidence and help them overcome writers block, jumpstart creativity and silence the critical voice. .

Sandro Sticca, professor of French and comparative literature, has recently published S. Eustachio Martire. Santo Bizantino (Parma-Roma, Studies in Christian Thought and Tradition, 2014). The Byzantine saint Eustace was a Christian who suffered martyrdom under the emperor Trajan. Sticca studies the development of the cult of this early Greek-Byzantine martyr whose vita became very popular within the Latin Christian world, becoming celebrated in iconography from the early sixth to seventh centuries in Cappadocia and through the twelfth, thirteenth and sixteenth centuries in Europe. Sticca tries to separate the legendary and apocryphal elements from the historical reality of the general Placidus-Eustathius. Three authorities on Christian spirituality 鈥� Don Michele Persichitti, Antonio Varasso and Professor Vincenzo Centorame 鈥� centered a colloquium on Sticca’s book on Aug. 10, in the city of Casauria (Abruzzo).

M. Stanley Whittingham, distinguished professor of chemistry and of materials science, has been reelected for a two-year term to the vice chair of the board of directors of the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NYBEST). NYBEST was created in 2010 to position New York state as a global leader in energy storage technology, including applications in transportation, grid storage and power electronics. .

Maria Mazziotti Gillan, professor of English and award-winning poet, was honored on June 29 by the Cultural Ministery of San Mauro, Cilento, Italy, province of Salerno, the region her parents came from before they emigrated to America in 1936. Gillan was presented with a book of her poems about the town of San Mauro called, In a Place of Flowers and Light. In addition, a parade was held in her honor, as well as a concert of traditional Italian songs, a reading of her poems in Italian and English, and a dinner. Gillan was then escorted by the mayor to her mother鈥檚 childhood home, where a plaque dedicated to the writer and her literary contributions to the town of San Mauro had been affixed to the front of the stone house. The following evening Gillan was again honored with a reading of her poems in Italian, as well as a concert of Italian folk songs and a dinner. She was later interviewed by Italian television. The broadcast was aired in Southern Italy.

Susannah Gal, interim dean of libraries and professor of biological sciences at 哔咔漫画, recently graduated from the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, held July 6鈥�19 at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Since 1978, the HERS Institute for Women in Higher Education at Wellesley College has annually offered women faculty and administrators the opportunity to participate in an intensive program that prepares them to be leaders in higher education.

The 73 participants in this year鈥檚 institute represented institutions across the U.S. and focused on 鈥淲omen Leaders: Facing the Challenges as We Re-Invent Higher Education.鈥�

A presentation titled 鈥淐ampuses as Community Partners During Disaster: An Integration of Planning and Process for a Common Purpose鈥� by the Center for Civic Engagement鈥檚 director, Allison Alden, and assistant director, Christie Zwahlen, was recently published in Issues in Engaged Scholarship, Community-Campus Readiness: Approaches to Disaster Preparedness from the 2013 New York Metro Area Partnership for Service-Learning (NYMAPS) Symposium Working Papers Series, Vol. III. .

Nancy Um, associate professor of art history, has been selected to serve a three-year term as reviews editor for The Art Bulletin published by the College Art Association, effective July 1, 2015. She will serve as reviews editor designate until then.

Two 哔咔漫画 students had their artwork selected for display at the 鈥淏est of SUNY Student Art Exhibition鈥� at the New York State Museum. 鈥淔igure Study 2鈥� by Joanna Sanchez and 鈥渇ive words鈥� by Shannon Swenson were chosen.

The following colleagues from across 哔咔漫画 were recognized by the SUNY Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) on June 6, during its annual educational conference in Lake Placid, N.Y.:

    鈥� Advertising: Television
      Best of Category
      Becoming the Mascot
      Recipient: Office of Media and Public Relations

    鈥� Alumni Programs
      Best of Category
      Alumni Leaders Conference 鈥� April 2013
      Recipient: Steve Seepersaud, Melinda Holicky, Rose Frierman, Jennifer Shoemaker Bastian

    鈥� Effective, Efficient and Elegant Publications
      Judges鈥� Citation
      哔咔漫画 Research
      Recipients: Rachel Coker, Martha Terry, Jonathan Cohen

    鈥� Electronic Communication and Interactive Media: Video
      Best of Category
      Portrait of a Pilot
      Recipient: Office of Media and Public Relations

    鈥� Excellence in Writing: Feature Writing
      Judges鈥� Citation
      An Eye for Decay
      Recipient: Rachel Coker

    鈥� Institutional/Alumni Relations Publications
      Best of Category
      哔咔漫画 Foundation Annual Report 2012-2013
      Recipient: 哔咔漫画 Foundation and 哔咔漫画 Communications and Marketing

    鈥� Photography: Best Photo
      Best of Category
      Light and Morning Fog
      Recipient: Jonathan Cohen

Katie Burkhouse, a fourth-year graduate student in the 哔咔漫画 Mood Disorders Institute directed by Professor of Psychology Brandon Gibb, recently won a $25,000 grant from the American Psychological Foundation to fund her dissertation. Her primary research interests focus on combining multiple levels analysis, including event-related potentials (ERPs), pupillometry and genetics, to better understand cognitive-emotional processing and its relation to the development and maintenance of youth depression.

The Department of Theatre celebrated the conclusion of another season of productions by acknowledging a number of students for high achievement in theatre studies and production with the following awards:

Don A. Watters Award
Nicole Dlug, Shanice Hodge and Laura Potel

Theatre Department Award
Nicole Richards

Jack Berman Award
Pamela Ghigliotti, Imani Pearl Williams

Albert Nocciolino Excellence in Theatre Award
Andrew Bryce, Valentine Monfeuga, Martin Murray, Calley Parks and Molly Powell

Alfred Brooks Memorial Theater Scholarship
Robert Tendy

Gruber Family Scholarship
Elana Schlossberg

Solomon Israel Theatre Arts Scholarship
Stephanie Gomerez

Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Hailey Gonzalez

John and Vi Bielenberg Scholarship
Nickolas D’Annunzio

Pappy Parker Players Alumni Award
Benjamin Moosher

For more information on each award and scholarship, .

Several 哔咔漫画 Music Department students studying voice placed in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Eastern Regional Competition held at Hofstra University in March:

Freshman Women Division:
    Lauren Silberstein - first place
    Karima Jibril - second place
Sophomore Women Division:
    Daniela Rivera - first place
Junior Women Division:
    Caitlin Gotimer - first place
Junior Men Division:
    Ricky Nan - second place

The vocalists were accompanied by pianists John Isenberg and Margaret Reitz. All have an opportunity to audition to compete in the national finals in Boston in July. For more information, .

Men鈥檚 club lacrosse won the National College Lacrosse League (NCLL) Division II National Championship with a 10-6 win over West Chester College, Pa. The team finished the season 12-0 overall, the only NCLL team in both Division I and II to go undefeated. The club was also named NCLL Division II Team of the Year. They last won the national championship in 2004.

Women鈥檚 club lacrosse was also undefeated in regular season play and advanced to the regional playoff tournament 鈥� a historic mark for the club.

Three 哔咔漫画 students placed in the highly competitive U.S. East Regional Chinese Bridge competition held the last Sunday in March at Pace University. The worldwide Chinese language proficiency contest is sponsored by the Hanban (the Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language) and requires contestants to give a speech and perform a talent. The east regional includes 10 states and universities with top-rated programs including Princeton and Columbia. Daniel McMonagle placed third in the junior group for students who have studies Chinese for one or two years. Adam Kopec took second place in the senior group for students who have studied Chinese for three or four years. Carrie Buck, a senior double-majoring in Chinese and Spanish, won first place in the senior group after performing an excerpt of Beijing Opera and will be invited to compete in the final round in China this summer.

Benjamin Campanaro, a graduating senior from Monroe, N.Y., majoring in geological sciences, took first place out of 188 posters at the Northeastern Geological Society of America meeting in March, in Lancaster, Pa.

Kaiming Ye, professor and chair of the Department of Bioengineering, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. The College of Fellows consists of over 1,500 individuals who are considered the outstanding leaders, engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators in medical and biological engineering. The induction ceremony was held March 24, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.

The following 哔咔漫画 personnel taught Lyceum courses recently:
    鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Harry Lincoln, distinguished teaching professor emeritus of music 鈥� 鈥淪pring Concert Season鈥� 鈥� Jan. 27
    鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Jonathan Cohen, University photographer 鈥� 鈥淏asic Photography Editing鈥� 鈥� Jan. 28
    鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Alan Jones, adjunct professor/research scientist, geological sciences and environmental studies 鈥� 鈥淪cience Discussion鈥� - Jan. 31
    鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Nina Versaggi, director, Public Archaeology Facility 鈥� 鈥淲hat is an Archaeologist?鈥� 鈥� Feb. 10

Krishnaswami 鈥淗ari鈥� Srihari, dean of the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science and distinguished professor of systems science and industrial engineering, has been selected to receive the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE )鈥檚 Fellow Award, which 鈥渞ecognizes outstanding leaders of the profession who have made significant, nationally recognized contributions to industrial engineering. A fellow is the highest classification of IIE membership.鈥� The IIE is the world鈥檚 largest professional body dedicated solely to industrial engineering.

Brett Palfreyman, PhD candidate in early American history, is one of 18 established and emerging scholars selected by the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon to serve in its newest class of fellows. He will use the resources available at Mount Vernon and its new library to conduct research in residence for a three-month term between September 2014 and August 2015. His current research explores the making of peace between patriots and loyalists at the end of the Revolutionary War and his project is titled 鈥淧eace Process: The Reintegration of the Loyalists in Post-Revolutionary America.鈥� For more information on the fellows program, .

A recent special issue of the on 鈥淗uman Rights, Global Conferences, and the Making of Postwar Transnational Feminisms鈥� (Vol. 24, no. 4, winter 2012) is the runner-up of the 2013 Council of Editors of Learned Journals Best Public Intellectual Special Issue award.

The special issue, co-edited by Jean H. Quataert, professor of history, and Benita Roth, associate professor of sociology and women鈥檚 studies, contains academic articles which assess the meanings for transnational feminist thought and action of the UN-sponsored world conferences on women and related international gatherings. It also features a UN activist forum in which four leading feminist activists from around the globe reflect back on their own political activism, assess what sustained their courageous work over so many decades, and offer their own projections about the future of the UN and transnational feminist advocacy.

The judges noted how well the publication met the criteria for its Best Public Intellectual Award in which 鈥渃ontestants must reach out beyond academe and connect with a popular audience in terms of accessible language and attractive presentation.鈥�

哔咔漫画 Univeristy is officially HeartSafe-certified through the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF). The award was presented March 1, at the NCEMSF annual conference in Boston. 哔咔漫画 and four other schools received the recognition. Previously, MIT was the only college to receive this accreditation through NCEMSF. 哔咔漫画鈥檚 accreditation results from having trained more than 1,000 people in the use of automatic defibrillators during Welcome Weekend in August 2013.

Maria Mazziotti Gillan, professor of English, general literature and rhetoric, and director of the 哔咔漫画 Center for Writers and the Creative Writing Program, was awarded the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs at its annual conference in February in Seattle. The award recognizes individuals who have worked tirelessly in support of writers.

哔咔漫画鈥檚 20:1 Sexual Assault Prevention Program has been recognized with a Silver Award of Excellence in the Civic Violence Education and Prevention, Crisis Management and Campus Security category by NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The award recognizes outstanding contributions by members who are transforming higher education through exceptional programs, innovative services and effective administration. It will be presented at the annual conference in March, in Baltimore.

The Susquehanna Group of the Sierra Club honored Augie Mueller with the Lynda Spickard Environmental Award on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Mueller, professor emeritus of biology at 哔咔漫画, has been a strong advocate for bicycling in the area for more than 40 years. He has led the bicycling community in numerous capacities: promoting more bicycling lanes and bicycle safety and providing reconditioned bicycles to youth.

The following 哔咔漫画 personnel taught Lyceum courses recently:
    鈥� Charles (Al) Carpenter, professor emeritus of English - “Great Modern Plays ‘Live’” - Oct. 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19
    鈥� Roberta Strippoli, assistant professor, Asian and Asian American studies - “Noh Theater of Japan” - Oct. 31
    鈥� James Burns, associate professor of music and Africana studies - “Naad Brahma: Sound as Sacred Expression in South Asia” - Nov. 7
    鈥� Hong Zhang, instructor of Asian and Asian American studies - “Chinese Ethnic Groups and Their Songs” - Nov. 14
    鈥� Don Boros, associate professor of theatre - “Legong and Baris Dance in Bali” - Nov. 21
    鈥� Robert Pompi, professor emeritus of physics - “Iceland and Greenland” - Oct. 31
    鈥� Gladys Walling, professor emerita of physical education - “Malta, Sardinia, and Corsica” - Nov. 7
    鈥� Albert Tricomi, distinguished teaching professor emeritus of English - “Othello” - Nov. 6, 13, 20
    鈥� H. Richard Naslund, professor of geology - “Tsunamis:  Past, Present, and Future” - Nov. 18

Rachel Coker, director of research advancement, submitted a winning proposal to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education鈥檚 District II Venture Capital Fund. The grant of up to $2,500 will support an ongoing partnership of 哔咔漫画, Cornell University and the University of the Free State in South Africa. The Venture Capital Fund supports multi-institutional professional development initiatives. Coker鈥檚 grant was awarded in the December 2013 round of funding.

哔咔漫画 and campus dining services provider Sodexo have announced that the University has become the first SUNY campus to attain Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification. The certification ensures that in every step of the supply chain, from the fishers through the processor, distributor and the end user, MSC-certified seafood is not mixed with or substituted for non-certified seafood. A distinctive blue MSC ecolabel is displayed on the product, confirming that the seafood comes from a sustainable fishery that has been awarded MSC certification. The certification process entailed an inspection conducted by a third-party auditor as well as training of front-line staff.