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Campus will close for 10 days during holidays
SUNY Fredonia will enter its annual energy-saving, year-end shutdown period at the close of business on Friday, Dec. 22. With the exception of a few offices, all buildings, services and operations across the campus will be curtailed until Tuesday, Jan. 2
Soccer field builder named Contractor of the Year
SUNY Fredonia named Clark Companies of Delhi, N.Y., specialists in designing and building world-class sports facilities, as its Contractor of the Year during an annual luncheon honoring all companies which did business with the university last year.
Annual pottery sale is Dec. 15
Members of the Fredonia Potter's Co-op will conduct their annual pottery sale in time for holiday gift-giving, placing on sale to the public many beautiful...
Food, toys, clothes wanted for gift drive
The holidays are hard times for those in need, and SUNY Fredonia recognizes that many people in the area can use a helping hand. This is why a campus-wide donation drive will be held on Friday, Dec. 8 to benefit needy families in the area. Student volunteers will be hard at work collecting donations in the residence halls, in all offices on campus, and by accepting donations in the Williams Center, room G-144 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Last year about 25 boxes of food and 50 boxes of clothes were collected and donated to families in Chautauqua County through the Holiday Caregivers Coalition.
Faculty updates
At the American Speech Language Hearing Association national convention (Nov. 18, Miami, Fl.), Dr. Kim L. Tillery and two professional colleagues led the two-hour program...
Dr. Arnavut's technique for file compression loses nothing in translation
Dr. Ziya Arnavut in his Fenton Hall office. He has improved on a data compression technique that "losslessly" does the job. In his 2004 paper published in The Computer Journal, Dr. Ziya Arnavut (computer science) demonstrated that a technique he developed to help compress digital files, known as Inversion Coder, yields superior compression results when used in the second step of a compression algorithm. Recently, Prof. Hidetoshi Yokoo of Gunma University in Japan published an article in the prestigious international journal, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, in which he theoretically proved Dr. Arnavut’s thesis. Read the complete news release on Dr. Arnavut.
Slavery discussed from cultural perspective
With a focus on slavery, the fall 2006 symposium of the Arts and Humanities College at SUNY Fredonia will be held Monday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. in Fenton Hall Room 105. A panel of three faculty members will present individual commentaries on the theme, “The Cultural Legacy of Slavery in the United States.”
College Choir and soloists to sing Bach Advent cantatas
Musicians from SUNY Fredonia and the Western New York Chamber Orchestra will join several featured soloists in performing three of the J.S. Bach Advent Cantatas on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall at SUNY Fredonia. Dr. Gerald Thomas Gray of the Fredonia School of Music will conduct.
Middle Eastern Film Series runs this week
SUNY Fredonia is sponsoring a Middle Eastern Film Series next week that will feature four critically-acclaimed foreign films. All screenings are free and open to the public, and will feature commentaries by professors Nefin Dinc (communication department) and Iclal Vanwesenbeeck (English department).
Story of Marie Curie on stage Dec. 6
Susan Marie Frontczak as Marie Curie In the drama, Susan Marie Frontczak of "StorySmith" performs the role of Mme. Marie Curie, known for her 19th century discovery of radium and radioactivity. The event is the first to be supported by the Phyllis and Lawrence Patrie Endowment for the Sciences.