A.J. Williams-Myers (Black Studies) presented a lecture, “African American History in the Hudson Valley,” at the Senate House State Historic Site in Kingston on Oct. 3. Williams-Myers’s lecture kicked off the Senate House’s African American Culture and History Festival, which took place on Oct. 3 and 4.
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Presentations, Exhibitions
Presentations, Exhibitions
Joel Evans (Music) presented a master class, lecture and solo oboe recital at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, as part of the fall 2009 Distinguished Lecturer Series.
Presentations, Exhibitions
Amy Cheng (Art) installed a 6-by-39.5-foot hand-painted ceramic-tile mural at the Howard St. El Station in Chicago, Ill., in July 2009. Commissioned by the Chicago Transit Authority, the piece, titled “Destination: Points Unknown,” had budget of $69,150. The mural was depicts a cosmic scene that aims to transport viewers on an imaginative journey. The mural was fabricated by Sherle Wagner International LLC in Falls River, Mass. Donna Flayhan (Communication and Media) presented a paper, “Arab Professors and Academic Freedom Post 9/11,” at The American Association of University Professors Academic Conference in Washington, D.C., on June 12. The Chronicle of...
Welcome, Provost Christian
Provost Donald Christian began his work at the college on Aug. 1. Christian said, “After many months of transition, I am excited to be on campus, beginning my work as Provost and learning all the things I need to help make a great college be even better. I look forward to meeting and working with faculty, staff, and students here, and hope that people will introduce themselves to me as we cross paths on campus or in town in the coming months.” As provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, he is the chief academic office of the college...
Presentations, Exhibitions
Greta Winograd (Psychology) presented a poster, co-authored by Patricia Cohen of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University’s New York State Psychiatric Institute, titled “Improved Functioning and Personality Disorder: Finding (or Creating) One’s Niche” at the May 2009 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention in San Francisco.
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PRESENTATIONS, EXHIBITIONS Kristine Harris (History, Asian Studies) presented a paper, “Re-makes/Re-models: The Red Detachment of Women between Stage and Screen,” on April 17 at the Chinese Opera Films after 1949: Music, Performance, and Cinematic Arts symposium at the University of Chicago.
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Presentations, Exhibitions Sally Cross (Development) outlined the SUNY New Paltz Foundation’s role in the recent purchase and leaseback agreement to acquire 40 acres of land south of campus for student, faculty and staff housing at a panel discussion at the Higher Education and Real Estate: Developing and Managing Real Estate Assets in a Tough Economy conference in Boston, April 16-17. The panel was one of two university/developer case studies presented at the conference. Thomas Sarrantonio (Art – Foundation) will have an exhibition of paintings at the Van Brunt Gallery in Beacon, May 2-June 1.
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Presentations, Exhibitions On April 18, 38 student members of the Concert Choir participated, along with other regional choral groups, in a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston. Karanja Keita Carroll (Black Studies) presented “Maintaining Africana Studies: Content, Structure and Ideology for the 21st Century” at the 33rd Annual National Council for Black Studies Conference in Atlanta, Ga., on March 19. Carroll also presented “Black Studies at SUNY New Paltz: The Formative Years, 1968-1972″ at the SUNY 60th Anniversary Scholarly Conference on April 4. He also participated in...
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Presentations, Exhibitions Performances of “Porch by Moonlight,” a one-act play by Larry Carr (English), premiered at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in the West Side YMCA in New York City on April 1 and 2, as part of the YMCA Playwriting Festival. Jannett Dinsmore ’09 (Biology) presented a poster detailing her research conducted with Aaron Haselton (Biology) at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America’s Eastern Branch in Harrisburg, Pa., on March 21, titled “The Effects of Dietary Regime on Post-Starvation Feeding in Drosophila Melanogaster.”