Increased Funding Furthers Arciero's Research

Associate Professor of Exercise Science Paul Arciero has received an additional $95,000 from Experimental and Applied Sciences Inc. of Golden, Colo., to further his current study of diet that focuses on meal composition and frequency.

To date, Arciero has received a total of $185,000 from EAS Inc. for this research. He has completed testing on 23 of the participants in his study and will recruit approximately 25 more volunteers beginning in the early spring. He has spent the fall analyzing data from the first half of his study subjects and writing about his research on earlier, related studies.

Read more about Arciero's research.

Winter Celebration Announced

Mark your calendars and plan to welcome the new year in a special way by attending Skidmore's annual Winter Celebration, which starts at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, at Longfellow's Inn and Restaurant.

Cocktails are scheduled from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by a dinner buffet and dancing. College employees and retirees will be admitted free. The first-guest fee is $20, with $25 charged for each additional guest.

Don't feel like driving after a night of partying? Longfellow's Hotel and Restaurant will extend all Skidmore employees a holiday discount rate of $89 per night for the night of Jan. 14.

Invitations have been sent to all employees. The RSVP deadline is Jan. 10, 2005. For more information, contact the Office of College Events.

In the News

Sandy Baum, professor of economics, was a source for a story titled "Generation Broke," published Nov. 8 at TwinCities.com, the online edition of the St. Paul Pioneer Press; and for "Study: Low-income students don't consider college entry" published in the Oct. 5 edition of The Michigan Daily.

Don Blunk, director of planned giving, was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for "A New Strategy for Giving Away Your Money," published Oct. 6.

Darren Drabek, associate director of admissions, wrote a guest column titled "Senior Year Not the Time to Slack" for the Nov. 7 issue of The Post-Star (Glens Falls).

Bill Duffy, director of consulting services for CITS, was a source for "Sailing on in Cyberspace — Commodore Users Unite," published in the Nov. 21 edition of The Sunday Gazette.

Cori Filson, director of international programs, was interviewed for "Students Must Readjust After Being Abroad," by Justin Pope of the Associated Press. The story was distributed nationally in late October and has appeared in newspapers in Schenectady and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Miami, Fla.; Raleigh, N.C.; Nashua, N.H.; and Cleveland, Ohio; as well as England's The Guardian.

Penny Howell Jolly, professor of art history and Kenan Professor of Liberal Studies, was interviewed for "You Paid How Much for That Haircut?", published Nov. 21 in The New York Times.

James Kennelly, associate professor and chair, Department of Management and Business, is a co-author of an essay titled "Sensitivity and Responsibility the Key to Enterprise," published Nov. 7 in Ireland's Sunday Tribune.

Tom Lewis, professor of English, was a source for a story titled "For 50 Years, Thruway a Vital Link in N.Y. Road Network," published Oct. 24 in The Sunday Gazette; and for "Demolition of Larkin Building Was Key Loss," published Oct. 10 in Buffalo's Business First.

Mary Lynn, professor of American studies, was a source for a story titled "Adding Men Has Saved Schools," published Oct. 3 in the Auburn, N.Y., Citizen.

Greg Pfitzer, professor and chair, Department of American Studies, was interviewed by The Sunday Gazette for an Oct. 10 story titled "Book Reveals Parents' Past," about an area author whose parents were members of the Weather Underground.

Rik Scarce, assistant professor of sociology, had a letter to the editor published in the Dec. 13 issue of The New Yorker. The letter responded to an essay by Elizabeth Kolbert on the insights of sociologist Max Weber.

Linda Simon, professor of English, was interviewed by Joe Donahue for a story that aired Nov. 30 on WAMC-FM in Albany, about her new book, Dark Light: Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray (Harcourt, 2004).

Sheldon Solomon, professor of psychology and Ross Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, was a source for a story published Oct. 26 in the online edition of Medical News Today and titled "Relationship Between Fear of Death and Political Preferences"; and for an Oct. 23 story in the Toronto Star titled "Politics on the Brain?"

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