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Music Business program head Armand Petri inducted into Buffalo Music Hall of Fame
Producer, engineer, composer and musician Armand Petri, head of the SUNY Fredonia's Music Business program, was one of 12 people into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame on Oct. 4. Working with artists such as the Goo Goo Dolls, 10,000 Maniacs, and Sixpence None the Richer, Petri’s accolades include several gold and platinum records, a Dove Award, and song placement in television and film.
Jill Johnston collaborates to create animated TED-Ed video on climate change, part of "awesome nature" series
Above: Johnston's interpretation of the industrial revolution. Below, of photosynthesis. SUNY Fredonia Associate Professor of Animation and Illustration Jill Johnston (at left) has designed a...
Alberto Rey solo show opens Oct. 12 in Wyoming County
The final Arts Council for Wyoming County exhibit of 2012 will feature the work of Cuban-American artist and Distinguished Professor Alberto Rey, marking the first Western New York Hispanic Heritage Festival. The opening reception is Friday, Oct. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. Rey, a Distinguished Professor of Visual Arts and New Media at SUNY Fredonia, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1960. He received his political asylum through Mexico and lived briefly in Miami before his family relocated to the small coalmining town of Barnesboro, PA.
Gary Lash will deliver Kasling Lecture October 16, Kinkela to receive Hagan Award
On Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 4 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall, Geosciences Professor Dr. Gary Lash will deliver the 2012 Kasling Lecture, entitled,“...boring old shale - how simple questions can take one on a submicroscopic to global tectonic journey...” Dr. David Kinkela will receive the annual William T. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award.
Tim Frerichs unveils art installation on former Erie Canal in Syracuse
"A long (the) line," by Timothy Frerichs. More>> SUNY Fredonia art professor Timothy Frerichs unveiled "A long (the) line," his site-oriented public art installation that...
Natalie Gerber's article on Wallace Stevens wins award
Associate Professor of English Natalie Gerber's article “Wallace Stevens' Mixed-Breed Versifying and His Adaptations of Blank-Verse Practice” is the winner of the first annual John N. Serio Award for the Best Article Published in The Wallace Stevens Journal. This first award, which considered articles published in the Spring and Fall 2011 volumes, was selected by Charles Altieri, UC Berkeley; Juliette Utard, Sorbonne; and Lisa Goldfarb, NYU.
Dustin Parsons wins residency at Wyoming arts colony for 2013
Dustin Parsons Assistant Professor of English Dustin Parsons has been awarded a residency for the 2013 Winter/Spring session at the Brush Creek Foundation for the...
Sarah Gerkensmeyer's short stories win Autumn House Press Fiction Prize
Visiting Assistant Professor for the English department Sarah Gerkensmeyer has written the collection of short stories, “What You Are Now Enjoying,” which was selected by novelist Stewart O’Nan as the winner of the 2012 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize. This will be her first book and will be published in early 2013. The publishing contract includes both a $1000 advance against royalties as well as a $1500 prize to help jump-start a reading tour.
Arts and Sciences Brown Bag starts October 3 with panel on Race for the White House
“A Global Perspective” is the theme for the fall Arts and Sciences Brown Bag Series, a series of informal lunchtime presentations by SUNY Fredonia faculty members. The series begins on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, with “What the World Thinks of American Politics: The 2012 Race for the White House.” Presenters include: Bond Benton, Ph.D., communication; Guangyu Tan, Ph.D., curriculum and instruction; Shazad Mohammed, Ph.D., marketing; and, Alex Caviedes, Ph.D., political science, who will moderate the panel.
Jeanette McVicker examines subjectivity in mainstream news media; article published in <em>Philosophy Today</em>
Jeanette McVicker, professor of English, has been working on a philosophical investigation of subjectivity as constructed by mainstream news media for the past year. The first leg of that project was published this summer: “The Task of Journalism in the Age of Terrorism: Imagining the Profane” in Philosophy Today 56(2), 243-252, May 2012, ed. David Pellauer.