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Brown Bag series featuring faculty roundtable on election
The SUNY Fredonia Brown Bag lecture series is pleased to feature a post-election conversation in which faculty scholars representing multiple disciplines will compare notes on one of the most momentous presidential election campaigns in U.S. history. Entitled, “Reflections, Lessons and Implications,” the event will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at noon in Room S-104 of the Williams Center. It is free and open to all campus and community members; classes are also welcome.
William Graebner's new book examines Patty Hearst case
William Graebner (History, emeritus) just published (October 15) a book, Patty's Got a Gun: Patricia Hearst in 1970s America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008). The book has been discussed or reviewed in the Atlantic Monthly, the Economist, and Newsday. It is the first substantial reconsideration of Patty Hearst’s story in more than twenty-five years, William Graebner vividly re-creates the atmosphere of uncertainty and frustration of mid-1970s America.
Belliotti's new book has different take on Machiavelli
Machiavelli is a "laughing lion and a strutting fox" in Raymond Angelo Belliotti's latest book, a treatise on the 15th century thinker who is usually regarded as a clever, effective deceit. “Machiavelli must be understood in historical and political context," Belliotti said, "but his work has great, usually unappreciated, significance for philosophical and moral theory."
Geoff Braun is SUNYAC Coach of the Year
For the third time overall and second straight season, Fredonia State's Geoff Braun is SUNYAC Coach of the Year. In addition, sophomore Kaitlin Erdmann (Randolph)...
Nina Shah to speak at Social Science Colloquium
The SUNY Fredonia college of natural and social sciences is hosting a Social Sciences Colloquium on the SUNY Fredonia campus Wednesday, Nov. 12. The colloquium’s guest speaker will be Nina Shah, assistant professor of management for the department of business administration.
Rob Deemer will talk about Doctor Atomic for "Inside Opera"
Dr. Rob Deemer, Chair of the Fredonia School of Music composition department, will be the keynote speaker at the "Inside Opera" event hosted by OperaBuffs...
U. of Nebraska honors James Stevens for work
The University of Nebraska at Kearney has named James Thomas Stevens of the SUNY Fredonia English Department a Reynolds Literary Sandhill Crane Fellow for his...
Charles Telly publishes paper in Oxford Round Table journal
Dr. Charles S. V. Telly of the School of Business published a paper titled “The Benevolent Legal Ethic of Adam Smith Merges with Nobel Laureate...
John Stinson contributes to two Anthony Burgess conferences
Professor of English John Stinson has been invited to write an introduction to the proceedings from the Second Annual Anthony Burgess Symposium, "Selves and Others,"...
Illinois State honors graduate Kim Tillery
Illinois State University presented Dr. Kim Tillery (speech pathology and audiology) with the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award from its Department of Communication Science and Disorders...