Emily I. Sobel ’11 (Asian Studies) presented a paper, “Little Brother and Sister are Watching: Youth-Directed Media Tools and Thought Work in Post-1989 Chinese News Media,” on March 15 at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies held in Toronto, Canada. AAS is the premier conference in North America for the field of Asian Studies, attracting scholars from around the world. Sobel’s paper grew out of her senior thesis for the Honors Program. It was developed as an independent study project in Asian Studies under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Schwartz (Political Science) as lead reader...
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- New Paltz selects Interim Dean of the School of Business
- SUNY New Paltz picked as site for Governor Cuomo’s NYS Master Teacher Program
- Dr. Hamilton Stapell Named 2012-13 Teacher of the Year for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- New Paltz ranked second in list of top 50 affordable colleges
- New Paltz names Nicolette Glebatis as class of 2013 valedictorian
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Publications
Professor Giordana Grossi (Psychology), in collaboration with Cordelia Fine (University of Melbourne), has recently published the chapter “The role of fetal testosterone in the development of ‘the essential difference’ between the sexes: Some essential issues.” The chapter, a critique of the fetal testosterone hypothesis aimed at explaining purported sex differences in cognition, is in the recently published book Neurofeminism: Issues at the Intersection of Feminist Theory and Cognitive Science, edited by R. Bluhm, A. Jacobson, and H. Maibom and published by Palgrave-Macmillan.
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.”
Sergey Jivetin receives prestigious Tiffany Foundation Award
Sergey Jivetin ’01 (Metal) has been awarded an unrestricted grant in the amount of $20,000 from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Thirty grant recipients were chosen from more than 130 nominations in the fields of painting, sculpture, installation, photography, video, and craft media, gathered by a nationwide nominating committee. Jivetin’s work incorporates concepts of engineering and mechanical physics, as well as materials such as fishing hooks, syringe needles, and human hair. Jivetin is a previous recipient of the Art Jewelry Forum’s Emerging Artist Award and the Herbert Hoffman Preis. His work will be on view at the Smithsonian American...
Julian Keenan named one of New Jersey’s “Biggest Brains”
The Star-Ledger has named Julian Keenan ’91 (Psychology), g ’94 (Psychology) among the “Biggest Brains of New Jersey” in a feature story on nj.com. He was among 20 intellects included on the “N.J. Brainpower List.” Founder and director of Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory, Montclair State University, Keenan was recognized for his research “on topics in which experimentation has been typically difficult, including deception, self-awareness and the overlap between sense of self and sense of others. In trying to discover which neural networks are responsible for these traits, Keenan uses creative techniques on volunteer subjects including noninvasive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to...
Publications
Anthony Robinson (Professor Emeritus, English and director of Creative Writing) has published his seventh novel, The Floodplain (Codhill Press). Professor Louis Roper (History) has contributed a chapter to the newly released book Converging Worlds: Communities and Cultures in Colonial America (Routledge). The book is a survey of colonial American history. Professor Roper’s chapter is titled, The Chesapeake Bay. Assistant Professor Benjamin Junge (Anthropology) and Emily Korona ’09 (Anthropology) co-authored “‘Another U.S. Is Necessary’: Perceptions of the World Social Forum Process by U.S. Civil Society Organizations,” recently published in Journal of Globalization Studies.
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.”
Astronomy Night program schedule announced
Astronomy Nights will be held at the planetarium and observatory on the first and third Thursdays of each month during the spring semester. All Astronomy Night programs begin with an indoor planetarium show at the John R Kirk Planetarium in CSB lobby. If the sky is clear, this is followed by outdoor telescope viewing at Smolen Observatory by the alumni soccer fields on the south side of campus. For the following winter dates, the planetarium show will be at 6-6:50 p.m. and the observatory will be open 7-8 p.m.: Feb. 2, Feb. 16, and March 1. On the following...
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”.