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Liz Lee awarded first Marion Fellowship for Visual and Performing Arts
The 2013 Marion Fellowship for the Visual and Performing Arts has been awarded to SUNY Fredonia Photography professor Liz Lee, who will create, “Cosmological Process,” a body of photographic work inspired by, “Our Elegant Universe,” the opening week theme of the 2013 Chautauqua Institution season. Cathy (’79) and Jesse Marion created the fellowship to bring together the arts from both public and private sectors and facilitate community outreach.
Migrant workers in China profiled in International Brown Bag talk
Dr. Guangyu Tan of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction will present the International Brown Bag Luncheon talk, “Migrant Workers and The Rising Urban Poverty in China,” on Monday, May 6, from noon until 12:50, in the Fenton Hall English Reading Room (Fenton 127).
Ted Steinberg article says medieval poetry shows more tolerance between Arabs and Jews
Steinberg recommends including medieval Jewish and Arabic poetry in courses on medieval literature, in part to illustrate moments of intercultural and interfaith exchange during the Middle Ages.These serve as models for forging cultural connections today.
Bill Brown named Kasling Lecturer and Tim Frerichs selected for Hagan Award
Gary Lash, chair of the Kasling Memorial Lecture Committee, announced that Dr. William Brown of the Department of Biology has been selected to present the 2013 Kasling Memorial Lecture, and Associate Professor Tim Frerichs of the Department of Visual Arts and New Media has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 William T. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award.
Women’s and Gender Studies Spring Symposium showcases capstone research
Students graduating with a major or minor in Women’s and Gender Studies will present summaries of their capstone research projects on Monday April, 29 at 4 p.m. in Williams Center Room S204D. Announced at the event will be the winner of the $450 Jeanette McVicker scholarship.
15th annual Student Research and Creativity Exposition features work of 400
The Office of Student Creative Activity and Research (OSCAR) will proudly welcome student exhibitors and presenters as it hosts its 15th annual Student Research and Creativity Exposition. expo now features a wider scope of research and creative work of students involved in science, visual art, dance, music, humanities, business, education and volunteer work. Approximately 400 undergraduate and graduate students will be participating.
McCormick, McVicker and Hamilton to present papers at Literary London conference
English department faculty Adrienne McCormick, Jeanette McVicker and Katrina Hamilton will present papers during a panel titled, “Mapping London: Englishness and Otherness in Literary, Journalistic, and Filmic Narratives," at the Annual Literary London Conference at the University of London July 17 to 19. The conference theme is “London in Crisis and Disorder."
David Kinkela is an editor of new book on global environment
David Kinkela, associate professor of History and director of the Honors Program, is one of three editors of the new book, "Nation-States and the Global Environment: New Approaches to International Environmental History,” published by Oxford University Press.
Seven entrepreneurs featured at Tech Incubator's open house
The incubator’s first graduate, Textivia, was represented by co-owner Dave Christopher, who shared his company’s future plans to grow. Textivia moved from the incubator into Dunkirk office space in October and has since hired five employees to serve its more than 100 clients. Other Incubator businesses that showed off their accomplishments last week included AVtick, Silicon Wolves Computing Society, STASH Sporting Goods and V3 Studios.
Nefin Dink's new film garners Istanbul Film Festival award
“The Memoirs of Antoine Kope,” a documentary film project now under development by SUNY Fredonia Film professor Nefin Dinc, received the Binger Lab Award at the Istanbul Film Festival. The film will be based on the memoirs of an Austro-Hungarian foot soldier stationed in Istanbul during World War I and was one of 12 projects – selected from among 159 applications – to be presented during a two-day workshop before an international jury at the festival held April 5-12. The film will be released during the centennial of the “Great War.”