Claus Schubert
Claus Schubert, Mathematics Department, was informed that his article “Weakly Isotropic Quadratic Forms Under Field Extensions,” has been accepted for publication in the Springer journal Mathematische Zeitschrift.
Sam Kelley
Sam Kelley, Communication Studies/Africana Studies Departments, attended an April 30 performance of his play, “Pill Hill,” which ran April 23-May 2 at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Md. The production was presented by the Coppin Players of the university’s Visual Arts Department. He also visited a pickup rehearsal on Thursday and provided feedback for the actors and the director, David Smith. Additionally, Kelley gave presentations in the African American Theatre History class, an acting class and served as a panelist for a university-sponsored symposium on the black male initiative that also took place on April 30.
Timothy J. Baroni,
Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, was an invited guest speaker at the Middle Atlantic States Mycology Conference (MASMC) held April 9-11 at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro. He presented “Exploring for Biodiversity of Neotropical Macrofungi — A Glimpse into the Adventures of a Mycologist.”
Cynthia Sarver and Shufang Shi
Cynthia Sarver, English, and Shufang Shi, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, organized a daylong event for school leadership and technology teams to demonstrate incorporating World Wide Web technology into their classrooms. Representatives from approximately 25 school districts from throughout Central New York attended “The 21st-Century Leadership Forum” held May 14 at SUNY Cortland. Sarver and Shi received a Spring 2010 Cortland Regional Professional Development School (CRPDS) mini-grant to organize the day’s activities. More information about CRPDS is available online.
John Hartsock
John Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has been awarded a visiting professorship for four weeks to the University of Paris 12 for next fall. Hartsock will teach a graduate seminar in literary journalism, his area of research, to doctoral students from Sept. 27-Oct 22. With an enrollment of 24,000, the University of Paris 12 is one of 13 campuses of the University of Paris system. Hartsock has also been invited to give a public lecture on his research at the American University of Paris.
In related news, Hartsock was the subject of an interview by the Washington Post last week on the potential role of narrative literary journalism in newspapers. Interviewed by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Brigid Shulte, he discussed how narrative literary journalism can attract more readers at a time when newspapers, including the Post, have been losing circulation. The interview is part of a Post project called “Story Lab,” which is dedicated to exploring the future of journalism. The interview can be accessed at http://blog.washingtonpost.com/story-lab/2010/04/narrative_journalism_a_convers.html
In other scholarship news, Hartsock published his article “Literary Reportage: The ‘Other’ Literary Journalism” in the most recent issue of the journal Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture. The article explores the similarities and differences between American literary journalism and the tradition of literary reportage in Europe in the 20th century.
Ralph Dudgeon
Ralph Dudgeon, Performing Arts Department, will deliver a paper, “The Privilege of Joseph Riedl and Joseph Kail: 1 November 1823,” at the Library of Congress as part of the 39th annual meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society being held May 26-29 in Washington, D.C. The paper was developed by Dudgeon’s research team at the Musikinstrumentenmuseum, Schloss Kremsegg in Upper Austria and discusses a drawing for an early brass instrument valve that has not been previously examined by scholars.
Donna Videto, Aimee Greely and Bonni Hodges
Donna Videto, Aimee Greely and Bonni Hodges, Health Department, facilitated discussions on school wellness policies and programs for health and wellness teachers from around the state at a workshop held July 19 at SUNY Cortland. “Achieving Success with Health and Wellness” was funded by the School Health Capacity Building Project: A SUNY Cortland and NYSED Partnership, as part of the five year grant awarded to Hodges and the Health Department to impact systems in school health. Invited speakers presented on the latest instruments and trends for improving school health and wellness to the 30 participants, many of who were SUNY Cortland graduates currently working in the field.
Gregory Phelan, Mary Gfeller, Kerri Freese and student Jennifer Traxel
Gregory Phelan, Chemistry Department, Mary Gfeller, Mathematics Department, Noyce Project Coordinator Kerri Freese and MsEd chemistry student Jennifer Traxel attended the 5th Annual NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Conference July 7-9 in Washington, D.C. The invitation-only conference included plenary speakers and panel sessions; concurrent workshop sessions, including sessions for Noyce Scholars and new teachers; and poster sessions. Gfeller and Freese presented a poster on SUNY Cortland’s Noyce Project. In the past year SUNY Cortland has received one of the top number of Noyce Scholarship applications, in large part due to the active interest and engagement of campus faculty and leaders to produce the best and brightest science and math teachers. The conference provided an opportunity for NSF Noyce Program awardees to learn from and share strategies with each other, as well as with AAAS K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) leaders and national experts in recruiting, preparing and retaining new K-12 STEM teachers.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, has been informed that his article, “Still Saving the Constitution from Lawyers,” has been accepted for publication in the December 2010 issue of the Gonzaga Law Review.
Gail Wood and Anita Kuiken
Gail Wood and Anita Kuiken, Memorial Library, presented “What is this Thing Called a Commons?” at the SUNY Technology Conference 2010 held June 15 in Rye Brook, N.Y.