Campus News

The Singing Boys of Pennsylvania, a company of vocalists ages 10-14 whose wide musical range spans from chant to contemporary work, will perform on Sunday, March 27, at SUNY Cortland.

The musical comedy spoof “The Drowsy Chaperone” will be performed March 25-27 and April 1-3 in the Dowd Fine Arts Center Theatre at SUNY Cortland.

More than a dozen SUNY Cortland undergraduate students will participate in the 2011 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), which will be held from Wednesday, March 30-Sunday, April 2, at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y.

Amie Whitlock, a senior majoring in geology and environmental science, has won top honor in SUNY Cortland’s annual writing contest. She submitted several entries to the competition and was one of four undergraduate students and two graduate students to receive $100 each for their winning entries in the 2010 College Writing Contest.

A panel of five talented women will share how their individual paths led them to SUNY Cortland during the second annual Women’s Paths to Success presentation on Thursday, March 24, at the College.

Judith Van Buskirk, a SUNY Cortland associate professor of history, will present “The Glam Girls and the Studios: Stars of the Early Silver Screen as Workers” on Wednesday, March 23, at the College. The lecture continues the 2010-11 Rozanne M. Brooks Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public. A reception to welcome Van Buskirk starts at 4 p.m. in the Rozanne M. Brooks Museum, Moffett Center, Room 2126.

Kelli Renee McCormack Brown, associate dean for academic affairs in the University of Florida’s College of Health and Human Performance, will deliver the fourth annual Charles N. Poskanzer Lecture on Thursday, March 24, at SUNY Cortland. Brown’s talk, titled “Social Marketing: What’s the Value Added for Health Promotion Research and Practice” begins at 7 p.m. in Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge.

The 29th Annual Admissions Open House, a one-day program allowing accepted freshmen, transfer applicants and prospective students to better acquaint themselves with SUNY Cortland, is expected to attract 2,000 visitors to campus on Saturday, April 2.

Three faculty members will explore “Cultural Perspectives on Plagiarism” from 4:30-6 p.m. in Old Main, Room G-10.

Four women from around the region will address the topic of gas drilling and hydrofracking at a "Women of the Shale" panel discussion on Wednesday, March 9 at SUNY Cortland.