Faculty/Staff Activities

Paul Arciero, associate professor of exercise science, has had the following abstract accepted: "Enhanced Insulin Sensitivity and Body Composition Following 12-Week Dietary and Exercise Interventions in Obese Subjects" (co-written with Roger Martin-Pressman '01, Bradley Nindl, Matthew Vukovich, Michael Ormsbee '01, Jason Santamore '04, and Christine Steele) to be presented at the 51st annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine June 2-5 in Indianapolis, Ind.

In addition, he was a co-author of the following presentations made at the April 17-21 conference on Experimental Biology in Washington, D.C.:

"Increased Dietary Protein and Exercise Training is Associated with Improved Plasma Leptin, Body Fat Distribution, and Cardiovascular Risk in Obese Men and Women," (with Jason Santamore, Liza Colgrove Gorman, Jeff Martin, Roger Martin-Pressman, Bradley c. Nindl, Joseph Alemany, Matthew Vukovich, Tasha Ballard, and Michael J. Ormsbee); and
"Body Fat Distribution and Total Cholesterol is Influenced by Energy Expenditure of Exercise and Macronutrient Composition in Middle-Aged Men and Women Following a 12-Week Intervention," (with Santamore, Gorman, Martin, Martin-Pressman, Ormsbee, Meghan Everett, and Lauren R. Zwicky).

Arciero also was a co-author of "Differential Effects of Diet and Exercise on Depression and Anxiety: A Randomized Study" (with Cay Anderson-Hanley, Martin-Pressman, Everett, and Ormsbee) presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine's 25th annual meting and scientific session March 24-27 in Baltimore.

On Feb. 10, Arciero was an invited speaker in the Graduate Seminar Series hosted by the Syracuse University Department of Exercise Science. His topic was "Resistance and cardiovascular Exercise and Nutritional Interventions: The Quest for Optimal Health."

Hunt Conard, daytime coordinator of media services, has been elected to a two-year term on the board of directors of the Consortium of College and University Media Centers, an organization that provides leadership and a forum for information exchange to those responsible for media and technology support at higher educational institutions. As a board member, Conard will serve as interest group coordinator and co-chair of the program planning committee. He also is in his third year as a member of the government regulation and public policy committee, which deals with issues of copyright and educational fair use.

Catherine Golden, professor of English, presented a paper titled "Censoring Her Own Sensationalism: Mary Elizabeth Braddon and The Doctor's Wife" in a session on Victorian sensationalism at the Northeast Modern Language Association Convention March 4-6 in Pittsburgh.

Bill Jones, sports information manager, is one of two people honored by the Eastern College Athletic Conference-Sports Information Directors Association (ECAC-SIDA) with the Irving T. Marsh Award. Launched in 1966, the awards (one each in the university and college divisions) annually recognize excellence in the field of sports information. Jones, who joined Skidmore in 1984, has been a part of every ECAC-SIDA workshop since 1985, chairing and hosting two such sessions in Saratoga Springs, in 1995 and 2001. He served as ECAC-SIDA president in 2000-01.

Murray Levith, professor of English, presented a paper, "Iago, James VI, and the Succession," at the 32nd annual meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America April 8 in New Orleans. Additionally, he has been invited to respond to five papers to be delivered at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association in December. The papers and Levith's response will be published in next year's Shakespeare Yearbook.

Steven Millhauser, professor of English, read one of his early short stories "A Protest Against the Sun" and excerpts from other works April 1 at Adirondack Community College.

Ray Rodrigues, director of assessment, presented a paper titled "Creating a Culture of Evidence Through Writing Assessment" March 26 at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in San Antonio, Texas.

Publications and Exhibitions

Ron McEachen, teaching associate, Exercise Science, Dance, and Athletics; and men's soccer coach, is the author of a chapter titled "Training for High-Level Soccer Fitness," published in The Soccer Coaching Bible (2004, Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics).

Steven Millhauser, professor of English, is the author of "Cat 'N' Mouse," a short story published in the April 19-26 edition of The New Yorker.

Doretta Miller, professor of art, has a collection of "Recent Gouache Paintings" on exhibit at the First Street Gallery, 526 W. 26th St., New York, from May 25 to June 19. An opening reception is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 27.

Susan Rivers, lecturer in psychology, is co-author (with D.A. Pizarro, T.R. Schneider, J. Pizarro, and P. Salovey) of "Message framing and pap test utilization among women attending a community health clinic," published in the Journal of Health Psychology, 2004.

Gordon Thompson, associate professor of music, reviewed Music of the Raj: A Social and Economic History of Music in Late 18th-Century Anglo-Indian Society, by Ian Woodfield, in World of Music, Vol. 46, No. 1.

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