Faculty-Staff Achievements, Oct. 10, 2010
Activities
DavidDomozych, professor of biology, presented a seminar Oct. 7 in the Department of Plant Biology
at the University of Vermont. Part of the department's Marvin Seminar Series, the
presentation was titled "Unraveling the mysteries of the plant cell wall: Charophycean
Green Algae and the evolution of wall polymers."
Publications, Exhibitions
Art by Katie DeGroot, director of Summer Studio Art Programs, and Ginger Ertz, museum educator at the Tang Teaching Museum, is included in the 2010 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region exhibition, the oldest regional juried art show in the United States. The show highlights the finest works of contemporary artists working along the Mohawk-Hudson corridor. Charles Desmarais, deputy director of art at the Brooklyn Museum, was juror for the show and DeGroot won a juror's award.Sponsors of the exhibition are the Albany Institute of History and Art, the University Art Museum (University at Albany, State University of New York), and the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, where the exhibition is on view through Jan. 2, 2011.Read more here.
Jay Rogoff, lecturer in English, has published his poem "Old Snapshots" in New Ohio Review, No. 8, Fall 2010. His "Saratoga Springs" report on the summer 2010 New York City Ballet season at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center appears in Ballet Review, Vol. 38, No. 2, Summer 2010.
Natalie Fuehrer Taylor, associate professor of history, is editor of a newly published book on Henry Adams.
Click here to read more.
Gordon Thompson, professor of music, has posted a new entry, "John Winston Ono Lennon, Everyman," to his blog, hosted on the Oxford University Press Web site.
In the News
John Brueggemann, Quadracci Professor of Social Responsibility and professor of sociology, was a source
for "Life online can lead to bullying, loss of privacy" published Oct. 10 in The Sunday Gazette.
Roy Rotheim, professor of economics, was a source for a story titled "Take stimulus to 'next stage' - Experts stress need for further support of fragile economy" published Oct. 10 in The Saratogian.
Mary Zeiss Stange, professor of religion and women's studies, was recently interviewed by Montana Public Radio for a forthcoming program on her new book, Hard Grass: Life on the Crazy Woman Bison Ranch. The program will air over the Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio networks throughout Montana and northern Wyoming.
Gordon Thompson, professor of music, was a source for the story "Recalling the life, death, music of John Lennon" published Oct. 9 in The Daily Gazette.
Bob Turner, associate professor of government, was a source for the story "Politicians' mailers seek to persuade or inform" published Oct. 6 in The Daily Gazette.
