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Faculty-Staff Achievements, Feb. 13, 2012

February 13, 2012

Activities 

Ray Giguere, professor and chair, Department of Chemistry, gave an invited lecture last November on "Molecules That Matter" at The College of New Jersey.  

Publications

Flagg Taylor, assistant professor of government, interviewed Pavel Bratinka, one of the oldest allies of the late Czech President Vaclav Havel, who died last December. Taylor's interview, about the legacy of totalitarianism in the Czech Republic and the challenges facing the country today, was published in The American Interest, January/February 2012.

In the News 

Ngina Chiteji, associate professor of economics, was a source for a story titled "For some black Women, economy and willingness to aid family strains finances" published Feb. 5 in The Washington Post.

Ginger Ertz, museum educator, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, was featured in two recent newspaper stories: "Wild stuff, that pipe-cleaner art at Lake George Arts Project," Feb. 2 in The Chronicle (Glens Falls, N.Y.) and "Tidepools of texture and color," Feb. 9 in The Daily Gazette.

Flagg Taylor, assistant professor of government, was interviewed by Paul Howard of the Manhattan Institute about the life and legacy of the late Czech statesman Vaclav Havel. Listen to the podcast.

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