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Natasha Farny taught in Germany, performed in Brooklyn, recently
Natasha Farny, cello professor at the Fredonia School of Music, travelled to the Liszt School of Music in Weimar, Germany, this summer to give lessons to several students both at the college and at the high school level. On June 1st, she gave a performance of 20th Century cello and piano music at a recital series in Brooklyn, NY, at the floating concert hall, Bargemusic.
Mark Kleehammer, '12, presented award-winning talk on his research at the MAA's "Mathfest"
Mathematics alumnus and May graduate Mark Kleehammer presented the talk, "Star Studded Mathematics," at the Mathematical Association of America's Mathfest in Madison, WI on August 3. Based on his research at SUNY Fredonia into vertex angles in an arbitrary star, the talk won him an award at the conference. He is now beginning graduate school in mathematics at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Natalie Gerber was a featured guest in two conferences
Natalie Gerber Natalie Gerber, associate professor of English SUNY Fredonia, organized and led a three-day critical seminar entitled, "The Free-Verse Spectrum," at the 2012 West...
Magiera and Simmons co-author chapter in Special Education text
Dr. Kathleen Magiera and Dr. Rhea Simmons, associate professors from the College of Education, are co-writers of a chapter on co-teaching practices that was included in “ Research-Based Practices in Special Education,” a new book published by Prentice-Hall that provides research-validated practices in teaching students with disabilities.
Liz Lee work in show at Cleveland Museum of Art, added to permanent collection
Self portrait: Liz Lee The self-published version of Visual Arts and New Media Professor Liz Lee's book, "Grassroots (the shun series)," 2nd edition, will be...
Buffalo theatre community picks Fredonia alumni for awards
Alumni and faculty of Fredonia's theatre and dance department were among those who won Artie Awards in Buffalo recently. The Arties are the "Tonys" of...
Senior Lori M. Dispenza will speak in Arlington on Memorial Day for Women in Military Service for America
Lori M. Dispenza, a U.S. Army Veteran and scholarship recipient at SUNY Fredonia, has been selected to speak May 28 at the 15th annual Memorial Day observance at the Women In Military Service For America Memorial in Arlington, Va. Dispenza, who served for 12 years in the Army, is now a senior majoring in psychology and minoring in criminal justice.
Birger Vanwesenbeeck's article on mourning in fiction published in journal
Dr. Birger Vanwesenbeeck Birger Vanwesenbeeck, assistant professor of English, has published the article, "Loss in the Mail: Pynchon, Psychoanalysis, and the Postal Work of Mourning,"...
Marissa Carmello earns top honors at NYS speech and hearing conference
In addition to the top award for her research poster, Marissa Carmello also received a $1,500 scholarship. Dr. Bridget Russell is her undergraduate research mentor. The title of her her research poster was: “Differences in Perceptual Measures of Nasality and Measured Nasalance in Native and Non-Native Western New Yorkers.”
Flight tracker system introduced by Junaid Zubairi at Techstorm
Dr. Junaid Zubairi recently presented his innovative flight tracker system, under provisional patent with the SUNY Technology Transfer Office, at Techstorm New York, the first national event of its kind. The event featured technology presentations and a fast-paced matchmaking session, similar to a kind of speed-dating, for entrepreneurs and university representatives.