Faculty-Staff Achievements

Paul Arciero, professor of health and human physiological sciences, was quoted about the health benefits of walking in the article “Schenectady historian hoping to bring back ‘pedestrianism’” in The Daily Gazette. 

Calvin Baker, visiting distinguished writer-in-residence, will release his new book “A More Perfect Reunion” on June 30. The official launch will be at the Harvard Bookstore. A “CBS This Morning” segment on the book is planned for the weekend of June 26-28. Kirkus Reviews calls it required reading for any American serious about dismantling systemic racism.

Corinne Moss-Racusin, associate professor of psychology, was filmed doing her work at Skidmore for a segment of the feature-length documentary “Picture a Scientist,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is now streaming. The film tackles longstanding gender and racial discrimination in STEM fields by telling the stories of individual scientists who have experienced it and exploring the scientific studies seeking to quantity and interrupt it.

Ryan Overbey, Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation assistant professor in Buddhist studies, published a research article, “Why Don’t We Translate Spells in the Scriptures? Medieval Chinese Exegesis on the Meaning and Function of Dhāraṇī Language,” in the Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 

Bernard Possidente, professor of biology, and Lucy Oremland, assistant professor of math and statistics, along with student co-authors, presented a poster, “Observation and Computational Model of Synchronized Bursts of Locomotion in Drosophila Social Activity Patterns,” at the Society for Research on Biological Rhythm’s virtual conference.

Sheldon Solomon, professor of psychology, co-authored an article, “Coronavirus reminds you of death – and amplifies your core values, both bad and good,” that appeared in dozens of publications nationwide. 

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