Faculty-Staff Achievements, June 18, 2018
Activities
Meg Estapa, assistant professor of geosciences, will participate in another NASA-funded oceanographic
field expedition this summer. Last year, Estapa spent several weeks on a NASA research
cruise in the Pacific studying the way phytoplanktons affect ocean sequestration of
carbon. In August, Estapa will join more than 100 scientists and crew from over 20
research institutions for NASA’s “Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing”
(EXPORTS) oceanographic campaign. EXPORTS is the first coordinated multidisciplinary science campaign of its kind to study the carbon cycle impacts of microscopic plankton using two research
vessels and several underwater robotic platforms.
Skidmore College’s Dining Services Team recently earned its sixth consecutive gold medal for culinary excellence in an American
Culinary Federation sanctioned competition June 8 at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst. The competition pitted Skidmore against 14 colleges and universities from
throughout the northeast including UMass Amherst, Yale University, Pennsylvania State
University and the University of Connecticut. Each team was challenged to create original
meals from identical ingredients under strict time and style limitations. Skidmore
chefs Joe Greco, Stephen Fields, Joe Waldron and Chris McGilpin led their team through the competition by preparing a four-course meal for a panel
of eight certified master chefs.
In the News
Amy Frappier, associate professor of geosciences, is quoted in a June 18 article titled, “Giant Clam Shells May Help Predict Future Tropical Storms,” in Earther. The article explores new research in paleotempestology—the study of past tropical
cyclones using historical records and geological proxies—which is being conducted
by researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan.
Adele Einhorn, executive director of the Skidmore Saratoga Classic Horse Show, was quoted by The Saratogian in a June 12 story “Skidmore College horse show opens Wednesday at new home” and on June 18, “Skidmore College Saratoga Classic horse show loves new venue”. Additional news articles about the new venue appeared in The Times Union, The Daily Gazette, the Troy Record and Saratoga Today.
Nicole Coady, lecturer for MDOCS, was interviewed by News 10 ABC on June 11 outside the Surrey-Williamson Inn, one of the locations used for filming
her television series The Adventures of Snow White and Rose Red. The series, which premiered last week on Amazon Prime, includes Skidmore students
as writers, editors, producers, marketers and costume assistants. 
Sheldon Solomon, professor of psychology, is quoted in a June 18 BBC “Future” story titled, “What if we knew when and how we’d die?” Solomon discussed Terror Management Theory which posits that humans embrace culturally
constructed beliefs in order to fend off what would otherwise be paralyzing existential
terror.
Sarah Friedland, director of the Storytellers' Institute of MDOCS, was quoted in an article, “Skidmore symposium starts with film on FBI surveillance,” which appeared in The Times Union on June 8. 
Ian Berry, Dayton director of the Tang Museum, was quoted in a May 17 Artsy story about Chicago Imagists titled, “1960s Chicago Gave Birth to a Colorful, Frenetic Art Style That Is Still Gathering
Steam”. The article mentions the Tang’s September exhibition “3-D Doings: The Imagist Object
in Chicago Art, 1964–1980.”
On June 5, The Times Union featured the upcoming Tang exhibition, “Give a damn.,” an exhibition of work from the Tang collection by artists who care about the world
around them and the people in it.
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