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Alumni honor late friend with Memorial Homecoming Race
Alumni raced to raise funds for the track and field program in honor of late alumnus, Fred Ruterbusch, '77.
Math alum giving talk on robotics applications
Friday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m. in Fenton Hall Room 105, Fredonia graduate Erion Plaku (computer science, 2000) will return to campus from his studies at Rice University to discuss motion planning and how it applies to robotics. The lecture is open to the public.
Homecoming was a weekend to remember
The Alumni Association honored stellar graduates, many athletes, and remembered deceased friends, as Fredonia celebrated its annual Homecoming Weekend Oct. 20, 21, and 22. The Class of 1981 came together for its 25th reunion, and the Communication Department celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding. Students elected Patrick Newell and Lisa Meyers as Homecoming King and Queen.
Prevet and alumni are Hall of Famers this year
Former Fredonia State coach and administrator Dr. Thomas Prevet, women’s soccer player Kristi (Buntich) Wiley, baseball player Joe Caso, and cross country and track and field athlete Todd Grady will be inducted into the SUNY Fredonia Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 21.
Grad speaking at Adams Art Gallery
Christopher Grundner, founder of the Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Research Foundation, will appear at the Adams Art Gallery in Dunkirk on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at...
Researchers shed light on behavior in sexual cannibalism
Approaching a female for sex is tantamount to laying his life on the line, but male praying mantises aren't that willing to die for the chance to mate, Biology Professor William D. Brown and his former graduate student Jonathan P. Lelito reported recently in the The American Naturalist.
Marletta elected to National Academy of Sciences
Among the 72 American scientists and engineers elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this spring was SUNY Fredonia chemistry and biology graduate, Michael...
Wills builds recording studios in Jamaica
Music faculty member Eric Wills (music) is helping unknown Jamaican musicians gain a new audience.
CEO enlists students to help Haitians
Lance Durban, '70 A SUNY Fredonia graduate who is president of a Miami-based company doing business in Haiti has sought the help of SUNY Fredonia...
Bequest of $500,000 given by alumna
Dorothy (Lockwood) Anderson, a 1927 graduate of the Fredonia Normal School, bequeathed a gift to SUNY Fredonia that will amount to approximately $500,000, President Dennis L. Hefner announced. The gift is among the largest ever received from a graduate of the university.