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Alumna assumes leadership at Columbia College Chicago
Fredonia graduate ('06) Kristen Orser, currently a graduate student and faculty member in the English Department at Columbia College Chicago is organizing “Critical Encounters” which is a series of lectures and discussions on issues of social justice. This year’s theme, “Poverty and Privilege” is inspired by her Fredonia J-term travel to Venezuela (2005).
Nicole Specht joins state board as student member
SUNY Fredonia graduate student Nicole Specht has been appointed to a one-year term as the student member of the New York State Speech-Language and Hearing Association’s Board of Directors.
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.
Rescheduled: Yuen and Kang recital is March 20
School of Music violin professor Maureen Yuen will present an evening of music with her faculty colleague and pianist Sang Woo Kang on March 20 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. The program includes works by Igor Stravinsky, Beethoven and Saint-Saens. This event is re-scheduled from Feb. 15.
Student guitarists learn from a master
See our web Photo Album of four students taking the master class. Four SUNY Fredonia music students -- David Gorfien, Michael Sevilla, Michael Morris and...
Alumnus Marletta wins prize for nitric oxide research
SUNY Fredonia alumnus (1973 chemistry and biology) Michael A. Marletta has won the 2008 Murray Goodman Memorial Prize for “contributions towards a molecular understanding of...
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."
Angela Haas giving faculty recital Feb. 8 in Rosch
Soprano Angela Haas (formerly Dilkey) will perform a faculty recital Friday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. The program features Argento's Pulitzer Prize-winning song cycle "From the Diary of Virginia Woolf". Dr. Haas will also be performing songs by Strauss, Wolf, Brahms, and Rachmaninoff with pianist Anne Kissel Harper.
Director picked for new Professional Development Center
Dr. Beez (Lea Ann) Schell was named the founding director of SUNY Fredonia's new Professional Development Center, which will open upon her arrival to the post in June. Concurrently, she will hold the faculty rank of professor in the Department of Sports Management and Exercise Science