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Fredonia students receive Gilman Scholarships
Two Fredonia students have been awarded 2019 Gilman Scholarships to support study abroad experiences during the spring and summer semesters. Seventeen Fredonia students have received Gilman grants, totaling more than $50,000, since 2015.
Denton, Creeley publish study in Women & Birth
Drs. Lisa Denton and Caty Creeley, of the Department of Psychology, collaborated on a research project, whose results were recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Women & Birth.
Fredonia implements accelerated program leading to M.S. in Education
The path for students who want to become elementary teachers with additional certifications in special education and literacy has been shortened and some of their tuition expenses lowered, thanks to a program recently approved by the New York State Education Department. Highly motivated students seeking New York state certification in this field can earn a B.S and M.S in Education in five years.
History professor publishes book on reception studies
After five years of work, History Professor Xin Fan’s edited volume, “Receptions of Greek and Roman Antiquity in East Asia," a collaboration with Professor Almut-Barbara Renger of Freie Universität Berlin in Germany, has been published
Endowment to be created to support and preserve historical archive at Fredonia
A painting that had hung in Reed Library for over 30 years will help preserve an important literary archive. The painting by Niko Pirosmani, “Georgian Woman Wearing a Lechaki,” sold Tuesday at Sotheby’s in London for an estimated $2.3 million. The Fredonia College Foundation, which owned the painting, has established an endowment which will invest all net funds generated through this sale to support the prestigious Stefan Zweig collection, as well as Archives and Special Collections in Reed Library, for the benefit of scholars and students who have the remarkable opportunity to study the works of an important writer.
Fredonia professor’s work featured on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Dr. Nicholas Quintyne of the Department of Biology was used to hearing from former students. However, he had never gotten a request quite like the one he received from Dr. Michael Metzner in early September. Metzner had decided to take a break from his surgical residency in San Antonio and began working as one of the surgical consultants on the set of “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Brown Bag Lunch to explore science and alternative facts
Three faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will share the podium to explore “Science in the Age of Alternative Facts” in the Brown Bag lunch series on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at noon in Williams Center Room S204.
Iovannone pens essay on Buffalo transgender activist
An essay written by Dr. Jeff Iovannone on trailblazing Buffalo transgender activist Peggie Ames, who spoke at Fredonia in the late 1970s, appeared in a recent issue of the feminist web publication “The Establishment.”
Psychology professor’s research presented at SUNY conference
Dr. Joseph McFall, a professor in the Department of Psychology, was recently invited to speak at the SUNY-sponsored fifth annual Applied Learning Conference.
‘Among the Hemlocks’ documentary to be screened in Westfield
Patterson Library in Westfield will host a preview screening of “Among the Hemlocks, Fantastic Stories from Fredonia, NY,” a documentary by Roslin Smith, assistant professor of Communication, on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m. The film depicts the history of Fredonia using voices of its residents.