Professor Lindsey Russo (Elementary Education) was featured in an article in the New York Times on Friday, April 13. Russo is the director of curriculum documentation and research at the Blue School, a private school in Manhattan that integrates cognitive neuroscience and scientific research about childhood development into its curriculum. Read the article here. Professor Mona Ali (Economics) has been selected to receive The Edith Henry Johnson Memorial Award in Economics, Civil Affairs, and Education for her dissertation, “Asymmetric Returns to U.S. Assets – American Superiority or Accounting Fiction: Essays on U.S. Foreign Direct Investment.” Ali is one of...
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Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Interim Dean of the Library William Connors has received a $9,755 grant from the NYS Education Department for his project titled, “Coordinated Collection Development Aid 11-12.” Joshua Simons ’08 (Political Science), research associate at the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), has received a $9,000 grant from the Town of New Paltz Historic Commission for his project titled, “Town of New Paltz Historic Property Mapping Project – Promotional Instructional Video.” Professor James Halpern (Psychology) has received a $7,500 grant from the United Nations for his project titled, “Managing your staff members and office in times of crisis.”
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Tom Festa (English) was given the John Donne Society’s Award for distinguished publication for “The Metaphysics of Labor in John Donne’s Sermon to the Virginia Company.” Eve Waltermaurer (Sociology) has received a $27,760 grant from Institute for Family Health for her project titled, “Research Coordination for Institute for Family Health.” Michael Otis (Engineering) has received a $50,000 grant from the Solar Energy Consortium for his project titled, “SUNY New Paltz The Solar Car – Outreach and Education.”
Faculty Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Interim Dean Daniel Freedman (Science & Engineering) has received a grant in the amount of $90,000 from Albany Nanotech Center for his project titled, “Subaward #11-32 from Ualbany CNSE”. Professor James Halpern (Psychology) has received an $89,917 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development for his project titled, “Families First: A Palestinian-Israeli People to People Approach to Assist Children and Caregivers as a Means of Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation”.
Faculty Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Chair Baback Izadi (Electrical & Computer Engineering) was awarded the Region 1 Outstanding Support for the Mission of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Award by the Mid-Hudson Section of the IEEE for his dedicated service and leadership. The award was presented during this year’s annual Mid-Hudson Section Dinner and Awards on Oct. 6, at Thayer Hotel, West Point. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. Izadi had served as the section’s chair, vice-chair, and secretary. He is currently on...
Faculty Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Professor Rimer Cardillo‘s (Art) exhibit in the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor called “Rimer Cardillo: Jornadas de la memoria,” was featured in an article “Coded Messages” by Martha Schwendener that appeared in the New York Region section of The New York Times, Friday, Nov. 11. Schwendener discusses Cardillo’s work in the context of the repressive military dictatorship that overtook his home country of Uruguay in the 1970s, and his subsequent emigration to the United States. “Mr. Cardillo’s prints featuring insects are among the strongest…Of particular note are the multicolor silkscreen prints, ‘Cicadas and Moths (Chicharras y...
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
The American Jewish Historical Society has selected two publications by Distinguished Professor Gerald Sorin (History), director of Jewish Studies, as essential readings in American Jewish history. One of nine essential books in the category of Overview is “A Time for Building: The Third Migration 1880-1920,” vol. 3 of Feingold, Henry, ed. “The Jewish People in America,” 5 vols. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press for the American Jewish Historical Society, 1992). One of five essential books in the category of Politics was “The Prophetic Minority: American Jewish Radicals, 1880-1920” (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985). Assistant Professor Heather Morrison (History) was awarded...
Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition
Assistant Professor Benjamin Junge (Anthropology), jointly with two co-principal investigators from Boston University and University of Georgia (Jeffrey Rubin and David Smilde, respectively), has been awarded a $22,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to organize a series of meetings on religion and social movements in Latin America. This grant will be administered through the Latin American Studies Association and meetings will be organized for 2012 and 2013. For more information, please visit this website. See their grant proposal here.
Congratulations to our 2011 staff graduates
Paul Chauvet (Computer Services) received a Master in Business Administration. Kevin Saunders (Computer Services) received a Master of Science in Education. Michael Salerno (Undergraduate Admissions) received a Master in Psychology.