Articles
Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Find a News Story
Several classes going to other countries this summer
More than 130 students are following their Fredonia professors abroad to study art, literature, science, politics, education, architecture, and culture, the International Education Center announced.
Speech/pathology students win research awards at conference
Students at SUNY Fredonia swept the research poster competition at the 47th annual New York State Speech Language and Hearing Association conference, scooping up top awards at both undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition to being formally recognized at the association’s conference, held April 13 in Buffalo, two Fredonia students also received $1,500 scholarships.The competition drew entries from both public and private institutions from across the state.
Canadaway Creek is a revenue stream for Chautauqua County
Revealed in a survey conducted by the State D.E.C. and biologists at SUNY Fredonia recently is that anglers from all over the United States—and even as far away as Europe—travel to Canadaway Creek in hopes of landing a hefty, hard-fighting fish known as the steelhead. The researchers determined that on average each non-resident angler spends $64 per day in the Village of Fredonia and other parts of the county. With the prime steelhead season running from September to December, and again from February to April, that could add up to an impressive flow of dollars into the county’s economy. In photo, a D.E.C. interviewer queries a fly fisherman in Canadaway Creek.
Biologists have grant to study genetics of Lake Erie's smallmouth bass
Sportfishery of the smallmouth bass in Lake Erie has for years been of considerable economic value to Chautauqua County. In an effort to learn more about the population of this species in the lake and its tributaries, SUNY Fredonia Biology Professors Tim Strakosh and Ted Lee will study the genetic makeup of the smallmouth bass, beginning this summer. “As far as we know Lake Erie has never been stocked with smallmouth bass, which means that the fishery is based upon a possibly pure, wild strain of smallmouth bass,” Dr. Strakosh said. “To help ensure a healthy fishery we need a good understanding of their population genetics.”
Gary Lash receives grant from state energy authority
A major grant to facilitate oil and natural gas exploration by improving an analytical technique used to assess rock formations thought to contain these deposits has been awarded to Gary Lash, professor in SUNY Fredonia’s Geosciences Department. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority awarded just over $131,000 to Dr. Lash to address problems associated with the assessment of thermal histories of Middle and Upper Devonian black shale, an emerging source of hydrocarbons – or natural gas and oil -- in Western New York State and Western Pennsylvania.
Free hearing and speech screening offered April 28
Free testing for hearing, speech-language and vision for all ages will be offered to the public on Saturday, April 28, from 9 a.m. until noon at SUNY Fredonia. In addition testing for ambliopia (lazy-eye in children) will be offered to young children. These screenings will be conducted by The Henry C. Youngerman Center for Communication Disorders, the Chautauqua Blind Association and by members of the Dunkirk-Fredonia Lions Club in honor of Better Speech and Hearing Month that is celebrated throughout May. This testing will take place on the first floor of Thompson Hall where the center is located.
Campus institute will distribute free copies of global warming film
The Institute for Research in Science Teaching at SUNY Fredonia has been selected as an educational distributor of An Inconvenient Truth, the 2007 Academy-Award winning...
Project in Belize becomes life-changing adventure
Belize, a country in Central America struggling with few educational resources and a multitude of social ills, isn’t the first spring break destination of most college students. But it was the choice of a group of SUNY Fredonia students who devoted their entire mid-March hiatus to a service-learning experience far removed from western New York State. “It was an adventure that I truly believe is life changing,” said Ellie Reddy, professor in SUNY Fredonia’s School of Education. “It is amazing to see and actually experience the poverty, to see life in another culture, to be part of their lives – even for such a short period of time.”
SUNY Fredonia hires director for new high tech incubator
Jeffrey D. Corcoran of Ballston Lake, N.Y., has been named director of the SUNY Fredonia High Technology Incubator in Dunkirk, N.Y. He is responsible for all aspects of operating the facility, which was created last year with funding from New York State, SUNY, and New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR). The incubator is in the design phase and is expected to be built in 2008. Meanwhile, temporary office space has been established in downtown Dunkirk’s Empire Zone and incubator space will be opening shortly. Mr. Corcoran took charge April 2 at offices in the Stearns Building on Central Avenue, and is already involved in developing strategic plans and marketing for the facility
Student expo shows off the best academic work April 26
Movie in the making. On Thursday, April 26, more than 150 SUNY Fredonia students will be exhibiting their scholarly and creative works at the annual Student Research and Creativity Exposition. The event takes place in the Williams Center from noon to 7 p.m. All members of the campus community are encouraged to come by and talk to the students about their research and performance. At 4 p.m., following welcoming remarks to the guests from President Dennis L. Hefner and Academic Vice President Virginia Horvath, keynote speaker Dr. Paul Gestwicki, a member of the computer science faculty at Ball State University, will give a talk entitled, "The Importance of Immersion in Research and the Arts." Dr. Gestwicki received his bachelor's degree from SUNY Fredonia in computer science in 1998. A reception is planned afterward.