Faculty-Staff Achievements, Nov. 14, 2010
Activities
Linda Simon, professor of English, participated in a Nov. 10 panel at the University at Albany to inaugurate a fall and spring festival: "At the Gateway to Modernism: A Celebration of William and Henry James." The celebration, funded by the New York Council for the Humanities, includes community reads, stage performances, lectures, and tour of Albany Rural Cemetery where the James family's ancestors are buried. Henry James, Sr., the famous brothers' father, was a student at Albany Academy, one of the co-sponsors of the festival.
Publications & Exhibitions
Linda Simon's essay "Publishing History and Contemporary Reception" is included in Henry James in Context, edited by David McWhirter (Cambridge University Press), a compendium of 41 scholarly essays offering historical and cultural context for understanding James.
Joanne Vella, associate professor of art, has two new paintings on view in the SACI, Studio Art Centers International, SACI Gallery, via Sant'Antonino, Florence, Italy, which opened Oct. 28 for the inauguration celebration of the new Jules Maidoff Palazzo for the Visual Arts, Via Sant'Egidio, on Nov. 19, 2010.
In the News
Sandy Baum, professor emerita of economics, was a source for "That college degree is getting pricier" published Nov. 7 in the Lowell (Mass.) Sun.
Jim Kennelly, professor of management and business and director, international affairs, was a source for the story "Close-up view of the Asian tiger" published Nov. 4 in the Albany Times Union.
Ron Seyb, associate professor of government, was a source for the story "N.Y. remains blue despite GOP gains" published Nov. 7 in The Sunday Gazette.
