Faculty-Staff Achievements, May 16, 2010
Activities
Ray Giguere, professor of chemistry,Class of 1962 Term Professor, and acting chair, Chemistry Department, gave aninvited lecture at Colgate University's Science Colloquium, April 23. TitledThe Creation of "Molecules That Matter,"the talk focused on the process of creating thetraveling national exhibit that showcased 10 organic substances - one per decade - that profoundly shaped life in the 20thcentury. The central scientific theme of Molecules That Matter is the notion that the collective scientific understanding of our world at the molecular level has permitted humans the opportunity to alter the natural evolution of the biosphere, as well as society and the economy, on a scale unimagined by previous generations.
Mary Kathryn Jablonski, Schick Art Gallery, read her poetry March 20 at the Delavan Gallery in Syracuse. Her poem "Coffee and Cigarettes" was recently published in Salmagundi magazine (Spring-Summer 2010, Nos. 166-167), and her poem "Elderberries" was published in Blueline (Spring 2010, Vol. 31), a literary magazine dedicated to the spirit of the Adirondacks from the Department of English and Communication, SUNY College at Potsdam. Her poem "My Next Lover" is forthcoming in the independent literary review The Home Planet News. In addition, she was a finalist for the 2009 White Eagle Coffee Store Press Poetry Chapbook Contest announced this spring.
Joe Murphy, residence hall director, Office of Residential Life, has been elected to the executive board of the Northeast Association of College and University Housing Officers (NEACUHO). In June he will begin a two-year term serving as a district coordinator for colleges and universities in eastern New York and Vermont, where his responsibilities will include assisting in membership recruitment, supporting colleagues with professional development opportunities, and representing his district on the executive board of the organization.
Publications/Performances
Tracy Lea Hensley, residence hall director, Office of Residential Life, co-authored two articles featured in the April issue of the NEACUHO publication, The Navigator. Her articles, titled "NEACUHO WOW," and "Annual Conference A-Z," are resources for fellow new professionals in the housing and residential life field as they prepare for the annual conference in June.
Mary Zeiss Stange, professor of women's studies and religion, is the author of an article,"Clean-Shaven Christian Identity: Racism, National Identity, and the Perversion of Religion," in the May/June issue of Liberty Magazine.
Jan Vinci, senior artist-in-residence, Music, gave a recital April 19 at the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, as part of its De Blasiis Chamber Music Series. She was accompanied by pianist Barbara Lee. Critic Joseph Dalton, writing in the Albany Times Union, called the program "smart and wide-ranging."
In the News
Sandy Baum, professor emerita of economics, was a source for "More black students leave college with debt, report states," published May 7 in themaneater.com, the online edition of thetwice-weekly student newspaper of the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Beau Breslin, professor of government, was a source for a story titled "Pick would give court historic 3rd female voice" published May 11 in The Daily Gazette.
Bob Turner, associate professor of government, was a source for "Kagan may fill high court seat," published May 11 in The Saratogian.