Faculty-Staff Achievements

Paul Arciero, professor of health and human physiological sciences was the senior author of a book chapter, titled "Weight Management: An Integrated Medicine Approach." The chapter, published in InTechOpen, explores the challenges physicians face in addressing weight management, a review of new evidence-based research, and a proposal for an integrative medicine approach using Arciero's evidence-based protein-pacing and nutritional-fasting approach.

Kathryn Baustian, assistant professor of anthropology, was interviewed and featured in two ABC News10 stories on the investigation of human skeletal remains found in Troy.

Ruben Castillo, assistant professor of studio art, delivered his artist talk titled "Queer Contact Across Archives" at Hobart & William Smith College on Thursday, Oct. 24, and as part of the Skidmore Encore lecture series in the Arthur Zankel Music Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 29.

Tory Chase, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, was awarded a $249,439 total ($31,277 Co-PI) grant from Florida Department of Environmental Protection Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, titled “Putting algal turf turfs sediment in perspective along Florida’s coral reefs.” Chase also published "Specialized coral-dwelling damselfish consistently occupy colonies on time scales ranging from day to year" in Environmental Biology of Fishes.

David Domozych, professor of biology, presented a seminar for the Botany and Plant Pathology Fall 2024 Seminar Series at Purdue University. His talk, “Uncovering the mysteries of streptophyte algae: Insight into the evolution of land plants,” provided cell and molecular data illustrating the ways ancient green algae invaded land and gave rise to modern day plants.

Steve Goodwin, weekend public services coordinator at Scribner Library, published a translation of Peter W. Marx's book “Max Reinhardt: From Bourgeois Theater to Metropolitan Culture” with the Northwestern University Press.

Stephen Ives, associate professor of health and human physiological sciences, published "Plant-Based Dietary Protein Is Associated with Lower Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Division III Female Athletes: A Pilot Study" in the journal Nutrients. The work was in collaboration with Christopher Kotarsky and Skidmore students Marissa Frenett ’23, Will Hoerle ’24, Jiseung Kim ’26, Jillian Lockwood ’25, and Liala Cryer ’26.

Kyle Lancto, associate director of athletic communications and marketing, has been selected by the NCAA to participate in its Division III Athletic Communicators Emerging Elite professional development program, an invitation-only recognition for rising stars in the field.

Josie LoRicco, postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer, and David Domozych, professor of biology, recently published three papers: “Chemically induced phenotype plasticity in the unicellular zygnematophyte, Penium margaritaceum” in Protoplasma, "Aberrant growth and expansion in Penium margaritaceum triggered by disruption of microtubules and the cell wall” in the Journal of Experimental Botany, and “The multifunctional roles of the extracellular matrix in the sessile life of the zygnematophyte Penium margaritaceum: stick, glide and cluster”, in Physiologie Plantarum. Co-authors included Lily Kozel, microscopy technology and research coordinator, Kaylee Bagdan ’24, Gabriel Sgambettera ’24, Tawn Tomasi ’22, Anika Eastman ’26, Ruby Epstein ’25, Aaron Windegrad ’23, Stuart Malone ’26, Ben Gibeau ’25, Nichole Xu ’24, and Iris Lu ’23.

Michael Swellander, visiting assistant professor of German, published the chapter "Ludwig Börne's Incomplete Index of Typographical Errors," in the volume “Taking Stock: Media Inventories in the German Nineteenth Century.”

Gordon Thompson, professor emeritus of music, was interviewed by Mark Lynch on WICN Public Radio about the second volume of his book, “Sixties British Pop, Outside In.” He was also interviewed at Northshire Bookstore.