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Vassoler book: How Brazilian city re-shaped its destiny
How city residents and leaders in Curitiba, Brazil, succeeded at very little cost in turning a potential disaster into a thriving metropolis that is friendly to the environment and has expanded city services to the shantytowns, has been the focus of Political Science Professor Ivani Vassoler’s research and teaching for almost 10 years. Her new book tells the story in detail.
Student research and creativity hailed during expo
The 10th Annual Student Research and Creativity Exposition will be held Thursday, April 24, from noon to 6 p.m. in the Williams Center. Posters, presentations, displays, performances, and demonstrations will culminate with a keynote address by alumnus Christopher Cahill of George Washington University's chemistry faculty at 4:15 p.m. More than 100 students are exhibiting their work.
Profs to share diverse work on aquatic issues
Fredonia, N.Y. -- April 18, 2008 -- As part of SUNY Fredonia’s Earth Week events, three award-winning professors will share their work during an aquatic...
Campo group shares results at American Chem Society meeting
Several SUNY Fredonia students participated in the 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans recently. Of the more than 9,000 scholarly presentations at the gathering, several detailed the research of 12 students from SUNY Fredonia.
Computer Science prof helps lead international workshop
Dr. Reneta Barneva, a professor of computer science at SUNY Fredonia, is serving as vice chair of the International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis (IWCIA) 2008 to be held April 7-9 at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Buffalo. She and a colleague from Buffalo State College were designated to organize the event.
Historic African-American photos shown in library
Reed Library hosts a touring exhibit of 40 black-and-white photos taken by an African-American photographer who lived and worked in Nebraska in the early 20th century. The exhibit opens March 31 and will feature a guest lecture by Deborah Wills of Tisch School of the Arts (NYI) on April 8.
Three presented winning work at gender conference
Three students presented their winning research papers at the Women’s Studies Annual Research Conference on Gender Tuesday, April 1. The guest-speaker of the two-hour event was Asian Studies Scholar Piya Pangsapa of SUNY at Buffalo.
Political science students present at conference
Under the supervision of Dr. Ivani Vassoler (Political Science & International Studies) two SUNY Fredonia students shared their research at the Conference on Latin American Studies that took place on March 7-8 at the University of Maryland, in Baltimore.
To understand Aristotle, look at Joe Torre, Belliotti says
In his new book, Raymond Belliotti, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy, points to the uncanny connections between the careers and lives of nine baseball greats and the philosophies of the great thinkers of the West. For example: the rise, fall, and redemption of Mickey Mantle demonstrated aspects of faith, reason, and human response crafted by St. Thomas Aquinas.
Rittelman to present lecture on Nazi portrait photographer
From the book, "Our German Children," featuring photos by Erna Lendvai-Dircksen. More examples. Dr. Leesa Rittelmann, Assistant Professor of Art History in the Department of...