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Sometimes good science takes time, and when it comes to student-faculty connections and research at ���߲ݴ�ý, there are never any time-limits. In one recent case, research conducted between 2006-2008 was recently published by three alumni who stayed in touch with Frank Frey, associate professor of biology and environmental studies, long after graduation. While at ���߲ݴ�ý, […]

The Kallgren Fund, an endowed fund created to support faculty members at ���߲ݴ�ý, has provided funding for four research projects involving faculty members from a wide range of disciplines. The university’s Faculty Development Council, working with the Kallgren Committee, is administering this pilot program to fund faculty travel. After receiving additional support from President Jeffrey […]

R.M. (Ray) Douglas, professor of history at ���߲ݴ�ý, has been selected as the winner of the 2013 George Louis Beer Prize for his book Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War (Yale Univ. Press, 2012). The Beer Prize is awarded annually by the American Historical Association (AHA) in recognition […]

Meika Loe, associate professor of sociology and women’s studies and director of LGBTQ and Women’s Studies, was a guest on WRVO’s “Take Care” program. In a 15-minute segment that aired Sunday, Loe discusses the history and the effects of Viagra. She is the author of The Rise of Viagra: How the Little Blue Pill Changed […]

Provost and Dean of the Faculty Douglas Hicks named Steven Kepnes the new director of Chapel House and director of the Fund for the Study of the Great Religions. “Steven has been serving in an interim capacity in these roles since July 1, and I am grateful to him for his willingness to take on […]

Professor Tom Balonek and students in his Solar System Astronomy and his Astronomical Techniques courses were lucky enough Tuesday night to observe the aurora borealis from campus.

What do you get when you combine technology, 11 faculty posters, and wine, cheese, and crackers? At ���߲ݴ�ý’s first “Tech on Tap” event, faculty and staff members gathered in a casual atmosphere to discuss the use of technology in the classroom. Sponsored by Information Technology Services, the University Libraries, and the Dean of the Faculty’s […]

���߲ݴ�ý professor Joan Mandle testified this week in front of an anti-corruption commission created by New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Moreland Commission focuses on campaign finance reform and outside income of state elected officials. Mandle, executive director of Democracy Matters and associate professor of sociology emerita, testified in front of the commission about […]

April Sweeney, associate professor of English in the University Theater, is in a performance called Distancia, which premiered last week in Buenos Aires. Sweeney’s part of the performance happened from her living room.

A new Mountain Lake PBS segment features the research of ���߲ݴ�ý biology professor Tim McCay and four students who spent the summer studying invasive earthworms and their impact on native species in the Adirondacks. “Its mission, to boldly go where few, if any, worm researchers have gone before; to seek out and identify earthworms of […]