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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 51����’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 […]

51���� 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 51���� 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 […]

Penny Lane — a seasoned storyteller, nonfiction filmmaker, assistant professor of art and art history at 51����, and …  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’ images exclusively to create her own nonfiction narratives.

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 51���� honoring Appalachian culture and, more importantly, bringing awareness to what he considers a social and environmental crisis known […]

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 […]

Forty seven new faculty members have joined 51���� this year, adding to the university’s robust intellectual community and joining other professors and students in the vigorous pursuit of learning. “We are fortunate to have such a dynamic group of colleagues join us and enrich our curriculum,” said Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty.

(Note: These are prepared remarks by Mary Ann Calo, Batza Professor of Art and Art History; Director, Division of Arts and Humanities, given at 51����’s 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. […]