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Applications being accepted for Japan Studies Institute
SUNY Fredonia is currently accepting applications for the Japan Studies Institute to be held in San Diego, Calif., June 9 to 22. The university will...
Faculty members to present 'Love Letters' at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House
The theatrical talents of two SUNY Fredonia theatre faculty members will be in the spotlight, both on and off stage, in the 1891 Fredonia Opera House production of A.R. Gurney's “Love Letters” on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m.
Fredonia Communication professor's book pioneers Foreign Service Nationals' views of Americans
Communication Professor Bond Benton has written the first book that answers a relevant question: What’s it like to be a non-American working for an American organization? Dr. Bond Benton It’s an issue of growing importance as American companies and institutions expand abroad, but there’s a largely overlooked group — non-American Foreign Service Nationals employed by the U.S. Department of State — for whom it is a crucial issue that needs to be brought to the forefront.
David Kinkela co-edits CELJ award-winning issue
David Kinkela, associate professor of History, served as co-editor of, “Water: History, Power, Crisis,” a special issue of Radical History Review, which was recently named the co-winner of the Council of Editors Learned Journal’s Best Special Issue Award for 2013.
Alberto Rey installation chronicles demise of stream; SUNY Press book published about Rey's work
Burchfield Penney launches year-long observance of 100th anniversary of the first water regulations with new exhibition that aims to help educate and cure the ills...
Dr. Sherri Mason interviewed by New York Times and NPR for Great Lakes plastic pollution research
Biochemistry/Environmental Sciences Professor Sherri Mason continues to gain wonderful national attention for her Great Lakes Plastic Pollution Research, specifically due to the high concentration of microplastics she and her collaborators have found in lakes Erie and Ontario, due, primarily to exfoliates found in soaps and other cleansing/beauty products. She was featured in a NY Times article over the weekend and on NPR's All Things Considered on Monday afternoon.
Poem by Aimee Nezhukumatathil published in <em>Poetry</em>, nominated for Pushcart Prize
Aimee Nezhukumatathil , an associate professor of English at SUNY Fredonia, published her poem, “Two Moths,” in the November issue of Poetry magazine. The editors of this prestigious magazine have nominated the poem for a Pushcart Prize. Poetry magazine is the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. The magazine established its reputation early by publishing the first important poems of T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, H.D., William Carlos Williams, Carl Sandburg, and other now-classic authors. In succeeding decades it has presented—often for the first time—works by virtually every major contemporary poet.
Dan Berggren to be guest artist on High Noon Friday Dec. 13
Dan Berggren, retired communications professor who mentored numerous radio students, will be interviewed with his musical trio on the weekly campus radio program, High Noon Friday this week on Dec. 13 at noon. He will be interviewed and the trio will also perform on the program. He is in town for the concert at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House.
Amber Powell presents thesis results at NCTM regional conference
In her presentation, titled "Student Misconceptions about Solving Multi-step Linear Equations," Powell reported the findings of her study in which students completed a 15-problem test of different types of linear equations appropriate for eighth-grade students according to state and national standards. Use of calculators was not permitted. The results indicated that problems containing negative numbers and terms moved to the opposite side of the equal sign were most likely to be incorrect.
John Hansen designed communication system for satellite launched into orbit
The Minotaur I rocket launched by NASA from its Virginia facility in November is carrying a unique satellite that will communicate using a digital interface system designed by Professor John Hansen of the Computer and Information Sciences Department at SUNY Fredonia.