David F. Berger and John P. Lombardo
David F. Berger and John P. Lombardo, Psychology Department, co-authored an article with three researchers from SUNY Upstate Medical University and a Cortland undergraduate. “The Effects of Strain and Prenatal Nicotine Exposure on Ethanol Consumption by Adolescent Male and Female Rats” was published in May 2010 in Behavioural Brain Research, an Elsevier international journal based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Claus Schubert
Claus Schubert, Mathematics Department, was invited to spend a week with the research group on quadratic forms at the University of Konstanz, Germany. During his stay, from July 24-31, he gave a talk at the research seminar titled “Quadratic forms, ordering Spaces, and u-invariants.”
Mark Dodds and Harlan Bigelow
Mark Dodds, Sport Management Department, and Harlan Bigelow, Budget Office, ran the Lake Placid Marathon for Team in Training, a non-profit organization that raises money to fight leukemia. More than 200 people ran the Lake Placid Marathon and Half Marathon on June 13, raising more than $500,000. Bigelow finished third in his age group.
Thomas Hischak
Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, had his play, “The Cardiff Giant,” named as one of the three winners in the 2009 Julie Harris Playwriting Competition sponsored by the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Also, his play “Awakening: The Story of Kip Van Winkle” has been published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Denver, Colo.
Jenn McNamara
Jenn McNamara, Art and Art History Department, is showing a surface design piece at the Brooklyn Art Library for “The Pattern Project” exhibition. The exhibition opens Friday, June 25, at 201 Richards St. #16 in Brooklyn.
Barbara Wisch
Barbara Wisch, art and art history, received funding to present at the National Endowment for the Humanities' 2010 Summer Institute for College Teachers. "Ritual and Ceremony from Late-Medieval Europe to Early America." It is sponsored by the Folger Institute from June 21-July 23. Wisch will present in the session titled "Traditions and Transformations on the Continent" on Monday, July 5, and Tuesday, July 6.
Christopher McRoberts
Christopher McRoberts, geology, was interviewed for an "Animal Planet" episode of "Animal Armageddon," which aired on Sept. 10. The episode, titled "Strangled" was about the end-Triassic mass extinction, one of the five biggest in the history of life that took place 200 million years ago.
Jenn McNamara
Jenn McNamara, Art and Art History Department, will have two silkscreens, “Ahh Mortimer, I knew him well . . .” and “Unconditional Love” included in Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts’ Print National 2. The show will run from Sept. 4-Oct. 17. The Call for Entries resulted in a total of 505 submissions being received from 150 artists located throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Juror Yuji Hiratsuka selected a total of 90 pieces for inclusion in the show, representing 45 fine-art printmakers from 21 states, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Cynthia J. Benton, Susan K. Stratton and Karen Stearns
Cynthia J. Benton and Susan K. Stratton, Childhood/Early Childhood Education, and Karen Stearns, English, have completed a 10-year assessment of master’s projects in education. Their work has been published in a Fall 2010 article, “Action Research Empowering Teacher Development: Connecting Teacher Reflection, Teaching Effectiveness and Program Change," in the journal Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning.
Wendy L. Hurley
Wendy L. Hurley, Kinesiology Department, was the lead author of a new textbook, Research Methods: A Framework for Evidenced-Based Clinical Practice, 1e, recently published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Co-authors are Craig R. Denegar, University of Connecticut, and Jay Hertel, University of Virginia. Brent T. Wilson, Communication Disorders and Sciences, and Timothy J. Bryant, Kinesiology Department, were contributing authors on two chapters, one titled “Qualitative Inquiry” and the chapter “Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research and Clinical Practice.” Also, Amy Henderson-Harr, Research and Sponsored Programs, and Alan B. Shang, assistant professor of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, and senior research scientist, The Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, co-authored a chapter titled, “Writing the Funding Proposal.” This was the only chapter in the text not written or contributed to by any of the primary authors. Henderson-Harr is also acknowledged for her contributions to the chapter titled “Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research and Clinical Practice.” The text was written specifically for students in allied health care professions that treat patients with movement limitations, such as physical therapy and athletic training. It is designed to teach students how to gather, read, interpret, assess and apply research to clinical practice and to present to students how a framework for evidence-based clinical practice will improve clinical outcomes in their own practice.