Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of an article titled “The Gun-Safety Issue is Actually Helping Democrats,” published by the New York Times on Nov. 12.
Kristine Newhall
Kristine Newhall, Kinesiology Department, organized and presented on a panel called “Teaching about Trans Athletes: Multidisciplinary Perspectives” at the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport held in April in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Vaughn Randall
Vaughn Randall, Art and Art History Department, recently brought three students to a planning event for the 2018 International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art in Scranton, Pa., where they participated in a pour at Scranton Iron Furnaces, a state historic site in Pennsylvania. The students included: Paige Heil, an art studio major from Endicott, N.Y.; Justin Pribulick, an art studio major from Horseheads, N.Y.; and Erin Schiano, a therapeutic recreation major from Swain, N.Y.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, authored two recent articles. “Capitol Riot a Fitting End to Trump Presidency Built on Lies” was published in Syracuse’s The Post-Standard on Jan. 10. His article “The Problem with a Presidential Self-Pardon” appeared on the History News Network website on Jan. 13.
Greg Phelan and Kerri Freese
Greg Phelan and Kerri Freese, Chemistry Department, hosted a booth at the Greater Syracuse Scholastic Science Fair at the Oncenter on March 25 to promote sciences at SUNY Cortland and Noyce scholarships to graduating high school seniors. Kate Boyce, M.A.T. ’11, biology, a Noyce Scholar in 2010/11, participated in the event with students from her seventh-grade class from Lincoln Middle School.
Garrett Otto and Kevin Dames
Garrett Otto, Mathematics Department, and Kevin Dames, Kinesiology Department, co-authored a paper with Sutton Richmond, University of Florida, that was recently published in Journal of Biomechanics. The study, “Characterization of trial duration in traditional and emerging postural control measures,” establishes minimum trial durations necessary to acquire reliable force platform-derived outcomes. Recommendations from this project can improve consistency in collecting balance data for future studies and enhance confidence in clinical assessments of sensorimotor function.
Benjamin C. Wilson
Benjamin C. Wilson, Economics Department, co-authored a peer-reviewed article titled “Food, Money & Democracy: Cultivating Collective Provisioning for Resilient & Equitable Communities of Work,” published July 31 online in Food, Money & Democracy. Also, the online version of his edited volume of Care, Climate, and Debt - Transdisciplinary Problems and Possibilities was published with the hardback edition due out in October.
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence, Communication Studies Department, had a haiku, “blackbird dead,” published recently by Haikuniverse online magazine as part of an annual event to commemorate Halloween. Also, the upcoming anthology to be published by Scryptic Magazine will include two of her poems: “He Left Me Cold” and “Travelogue: First Day of My Last Trip.”
Christopher McRoberts
Christopher McRoberts, Geology Department, presented a session at the 2011 Annual Meeting of The Geological Society of America (GSA) Oct. 9-12 in Minneapolis, Minn. His talk is titled “Habitat Heterogeneity and Speciation Among Deep-Sea Triassic Benthic Bivalves from the Exaerobic Zone.”
Bonni C. Hodges, Donna M. Videto and Aimee Greeley
Bonni C. Hodges, Donna M. Videto and Aimee Greeley, Health Department, presented on the School Health System Change Project throughout the fall. In October, they discussed “Plotting a New Course: Letting the Data Drive Your School Health Program” at the American School Health Association conference in South Carolina. In November, Hodges represented the project at the American Public Health Association conference in Boston to present “Barriers to School and Community Health Organization Collaborations.” Videto and Greeley shared the project’s work in November at the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance conference via two presentations, “ Embracing Health, Wellness, and the Common Core” and “School Health Systems: Creating Your Own Success.”