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  • 澳彩开奖 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 [鈥
    September 28, 2013
  • A new Mountain Lake PBS segment features the research of 澳彩开奖 biology professor Tim McCay and four students who spent the summer studying invasive earthworms and their impact on native species in the Adirondacks. 鈥淚ts mission, to boldly go where few, if any, worm researchers have gone before; to seek out and identify earthworms of [鈥
    September 23, 2013
  • Penny Lane 鈥 a seasoned storyteller, nonfiction filmmaker, assistant professor of art and art history at 澳彩开奖, and 鈥  self-proclaimed thief? In a thought-provoking and honest lecture about her role as a visual artist, Lane discussed the complexities of being a filmmaker who appropriates others鈥 images exclusively to create her own nonfiction narratives.
    September 19, 2013
  • Appalachia is a region deeply connected to the history of the United States, yet rarely makes the headlines. Jeff Bary, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, aims to change that by introducing a multidisciplinary series to 澳彩开奖 honoring Appalachian culture and, more importantly, bringing awareness to what he considers a social and environmental crisis known [鈥
    September 18, 2013
  • Several faculty members recently were awarded a major National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will allow for interdisciplinary cooperation between the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program and provide students access to equipment usually not found in undergraduate research facilities. Professors Bruce Hansen, Arnold Ho, Spencer Kelly, Carrie Keating, and Doug Johnson jointly applied for [鈥
    September 10, 2013
  • Forty seven new faculty members have joined 澳彩开奖 this year, adding to the university鈥檚 robust intellectual community and joining other professors and students in the vigorous pursuit of learning. 鈥淲e are fortunate to have such a dynamic group of colleagues join us and enrich our curriculum,鈥 said Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty.
    September 9, 2013
  • (Note: These are prepared remarks by Mary Ann Calo, Batza Professor of Art and Art History; Director, Division of Arts and Humanities, given at 澳彩开奖鈥檚 193rd convocation.) Greetings to President Herbst, Dean Hicks, my colleagues on the faculty, and of course a warm welcome to the class of 2017, our transfer students and their families. [鈥
    August 29, 2013
  • 澳彩开奖 students working with professor Jason Meyers for the past four years have been searching for the answer to why stem cells in certain parts of zebrafish, the same fish you might find at a local aquarium shop, regenerate when their sensory cells are damaged. Because similar human cells do not regenerate, and their loss [鈥
    August 29, 2013
  • Update: The film Our Nixon, directed by 澳彩开奖 professor Penny Lane, premieres August 30  in select U.S. cities. Since its premiere on CNN earlier this month it has drawn a lot of attention, including a Daily Beast commentary by Ben Stein, the economist known to many as a movie and television personality. Lane responded to Stein here. [鈥
    August 28, 2013