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Steinberg's book uncovers Jewish culture in Mid Ages
“Jews and Judaism in the Middle Ages,” a new scholarly text that examines Jews and their often misunderstood place during that era, has been written...
Olga Bogatyrenko will examine U.S. at colloquium
Olga Bogatyrenko, Assistant Professor in Political Science will be the featured speaker at the Social Science Colloquium on Friday, March 14, at 3 p.m. in Room E359 Thompson Hall. The title of her talk is “Amazing Transformations: When do Great Powers Successfully Transform Their Power”? This presentation will focus on evaluating America’s current international standing in light of its performance along several economic, political and military dimensions.
PR Class to help opera house and literacy group
The public relations curriculum at SUNY Fredonia has selected two agencies for its eighth annual 2008 Community Partners program. In the senior capstone course, Public Relations Management, students will develop strategic campaigns to benefit Literacy Volunteers of Chautauqua County and the 1891 Fredonia Opera House, local nonprofit organizations facing public relations challenges.
March 3 is deadline to submit papers for gender conference
Conference organizers will accept papers that demonstrate a critical analysis of primary and secondary sources and/or the presentation of an empirical research project.
Brown Bag focuses on Litwicki's research
Professor Ellen Litwicki, chairperson of the history department at SUNY Fredonia, will present a talk entitled “From Emerson’s ‘Portion of Thyself’ to the Gift Registry: Defining the Gift” during the Brown Bag Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 5, at noon in S104 of the Williams Center. The event is free and open to all campus and community members. Refreshments will be served.
Two journals select papers on Kazial's bat research
Two articles by Karry A. Kazial, assistant professor of biology, are in press. Both include SUNY Fredonia students as co-authors.
Grant supports Dorsten's studies of Chinese health
Linda Dorsten, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Public Health, and Dr. Yuhui Li (Rowan University), are recipients of a Funds for the Advance of the Discipline (FAD) award to continue their study of health in China. Their project is titled, "Data Collection and Modeling in Hard-to-Study but Rapidly Growing Populations: Socio-Economic Development, Ethnic Population and Elder Health in China."
Archives and Special Collections to benefit from NEH grant
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $5,000 grant to SUNY Fredonia to establish a preservation environment monitoring program at the Archives and Special Collections housed at its Daniel A. Reed Library.
Faculty win grants from Carnahan-Jackson Fund
Awards for the 2008-2009 cycle of the Carnahan-Jackson Humanities Fund of the Fredonia College Foundation have been announced. A total of $20,350 was awarded to faculty and staff in the departments of history, English, philosophy, theatre, visual arts and new media, and the School of Music and Reed Library.
Education prof's project benefits local teachers
Assistant Professor Jill Marshall of the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction provided a curricular change to the graduate course, Issues and Trends in Elementary Social Studies Education, which benefitted local social studies teachers.