Faculty-Staff Achievements, Jan. 29, 2009

Publications

Victor L. Cahn, professor of English, has published his play ?Fit to Kill? with Samuel French. Eight of Cahn?s other scripts have been collected in Roses in December and Other Plays (2009, Wipf and Stock.) ?Roses in December? recently enjoyed a month-long run at the Boulevard Theatre in Milwaukee. From April 1-10 Cahn will return to the stage at Curtain Call Theatre in Latham, where he will present his one-man show ?Sherlock Solo,? which he performed off-Broadway last year.

Cahn also has published Classroom Virtuoso: Recollections of a Life in Learning with Rowman and Littlefield. This spring, the same company will publish his book Conquering College: A Guide for Undergraduates.

Jay Rogoff, lecturer in English, has published several new poems: ?Death?s Addiction? and ?Time Out? in The Grove Review, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2008); ?Chaos Theory? in Hotel Amerika, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Fall 2008); ?Corpus Christi? in Margie, No. 7 (2008); and ?Daughters of Invention? and ?War and Peace? in The Southern Review, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Winter 2009).

In the News

Sandy Baum, professor of Economics, was a source for ?Princeton tuition increase is smallest in 43 years,? published by Bloomberg News Service Jan. 26. She also was cited in ?Advocates decry tuition increase: SUNY cuts, TAP change, loans planned? published Jan. 25 in The Sunday Gazette.

Robert Boyers, professor of English, was a source for a story reflecting on the death of author John Updike titled ?Author recalled as unfettered, prolific,? published Jan. 28 in The Daily Gazette.

Ron Seyb, associate professor of government, was an in-studio guest Jan. 23 on WNYT-TV?s noon news program, discussing the appointment of Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to the U.S. Senate.

Robert Turner, associate professor of government, was a source for several political stories that made headlines recently, including the following newspaper stories: ?Senate choice pleases experts,? Jan. 25 in The Sunday Gazette; ?Friends defend longtime state legislator?s legacy,? published Jan. 24 in The Daily Gazette; and ?Upstate U.S. Senate Dem hopeful catered to her district,? Jan. 22 in Newsday. In addition, he was a guest on Time Warner Cable TV?s ?Capital Tonight? program to discuss the Gillibrand appointment. The program aired on Time Warner stations throughout the state.