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SUNY Partners with Extreme Networks to Launch 2020-2021 Esports League
With COVID-19 forcing college students to remain socially distant this school year, the State University of New York is partnering with Extreme Networks to launch the first-ever system-wide esports league to promote safe competition, connection, and camaraderie among students during these difficult times.
Buffalo poet to conduct virtual craft talk, reading
Noah Falck, a Buffalo-based poet whose writing combines vivid imagery with the surreal to defamiliarize the familiar and create new emotional landscapes for the reader to navigate and discover, will conduct a craft talk and poetry reading as part of the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series.
Freedonia Marxonia 2020 will be a virtual event
Author, performer, and Marx Brothers expert Noah Diamond will present his illustrated lecture, “Home Again: The Marx Brothers and New York City,” as a free live-stream event from his home in Manhattan on Friday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. Unlike other years, there will be no in-person activities or display in Reed Library.
Law professor to deliver talk on ‘Pathological Policing and Constitutional Entrenchment’
Anthony O’Rourke, J.D., of the University at Buffalo School of Law, will examine the police defunding movement in an address, “Pathological Policing and Constitutional Entrenchment,” on Constitution Day for the American Democracy Project.
Finkeldey research examines gambling disorder-criminal behavior association
Department of Sociocultural and Justice Sciences Assistant Professor Jessica Finkeldey and two fellow researchers generated valuable insight into the association between problem gambling and criminal behavior that undermines a commonly held assumption – that gambling disorders can lead to criminal outcomes.
Jabot part of team educating teachers about the Great Lakes in the COVID crisis
Seventeen teachers from five areas around the Great Lakes are participating in Great Lakes Student Research Campaign professional development funded by NOAA’s B-WET Program in a hybrid model of local and virtual training.
Team effort invaluable to bringing remote learning on board in fall term
Faculty members representing a wide span of disciplines, working behind-the-scenes and in conjunction with Fredonia’s Online Learning team during the summer months, prepared the groundwork for remote learning that will take place in the fall semester.
Biochemistry student conducts summer research on NASA-funded project
Kelsey Wolfe, a junior Biochemistry major, gained valuable research experience in the Center for Advanced Biotechnology Medicine (CABM) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program hosted by Rutgers University.
Voter registration dates set on campus
Face-to-face voter registration drives, co-hosted by the American Democracy Project, Fredonia Democracy Initiative and the League of Women Voters of Chautauqua County, will be held on campus during the next six weeks.
Film scored by Petri entering worldwide release
“Widow’s Point,” a supernatural thriller whose score was co-written by Armand Petri, coordinator of Fredonia’s Music Industry program, will soon be in worldwide distribution through Amazon, Wal-Mart and DeepDiscount.com.