Eric Edlund
Eric Edlund, Physics Department, had an article titled “Overview of the Wendelstein 7-X phase contrast imaging diagnostic” published in the Review of Scientific Instruments. View the online version of the article here.
Carolyn Bershad
Carolyn Bershad, Counseling and Student Development, has been informed that the Counseling Center has met the criteria for full re-accreditation by the International Association of Counseling Services (IACS), the only association that accredits counseling services on university and college campuses. Accreditation by IACS is dependent upon evidence of continuing professional development as well as demonstration of excellence in counseling performance. The Counseling Center offers individual and group counseling for students, as well as consultation and outreach to the campus community and beyond.
Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, recently was awarded 1.1 million core-hours on one of the supercomputing clusters at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. The value of these awarded resources is approximately $40,000. Also, Morris has been asked to become a member of the Science Organizing Committee for the international conference “Chondrules as Astrophysical Objects” to be held May 9-11, 2017, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Also, Morris will give an invited talk at the conference. In addition, Morris presented an invited talk at Cornell University on Sept. 22.
Jerome O’Callaghan
Jerome O’Callaghan, School of Arts and Sciences, and co-author Paula O’Callaghan, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business conference held in August in Boston. The paper, titled “As you 'Like’ it, Facebook and Free Speech in the Workplace,” examined recent case law on dismissals due to Facebook activity. Their presentation also was part of the conference’s Internet Law Development Track.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, gave a panel presentation at the 11th annual conference of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, held at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The presentation, “The Banal of the Ideal, the Affirmation of the Banal,” explored how Svetlana Alexievich, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature last year for her literary journalism, assaults the banality of secular mythologies in her reporting on the former Soviet Union.
Tracy Rammacher, Tony DeRado and Michelle Cryan
Tracy Rammacher, Publications and Electronic Media Office, recently learned that the office won two SUNY Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) Awards for Excellence. The group received a Best of Category award for a photo of Old Main taken by Tony DeRado and a Judges’ Citation, for the College’s website, to which Michelle Cryan and Rammacher contributed. The awards will be presented during the annual SUNYCUAD conference scheduled for June 8-10 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Karen Downey
Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, was an invited panelist at the “Finding Your Path” workshop held by the American Chemical Society on Campus April 21 at Binghamton University.
Julie Ficarra
Julie Ficarra, International Programs Office, gave a keynote address titled “Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Locate Hidden Curriculum in Study Abroad” at the NAFSA Research Symposium in Washington D.C. The Association of International Educators’ symposium brings together scholars and practitioners from across the field of international education for critical discussions of theories, methodologies, and practices in international education.
Bonni C. Hodges
Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, has been selected by the American School Health Association to lead its school health research agenda setting initiative. Her small team of colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of North Carolina system, the University of Alabama and an independent consultant in international school health are tasked with devising and facilitating the research agenda setting process to identify interdisciplinary research and research translation needs in school health with a particular focus on the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, Whole Community framework.
Jeremiah Donovan
Jeremiah Donovan, Art and Art History Department, recently co-presented at the National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts Conference in Kansas City, Mo. The presentation, “The Future of the Past: Revitalizing Ancient Maya Cultural Traditions in Modern Maya Communities,” with Jaime Awe, professor of archaeology at Northern Arizona University, described an ongoing project bringing traditional artisan skills to an inspired group of Maya women in western Belize. In October 2016 members of this cooperative will participate in an NEA Foundation funded exhibition at the Dowd Gallery, featuring their pottery alongside ancient Maya ceramics on loan from Cornell’s H.F. Johnson Museum of Art.