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Students to present social work education research in Albany
A team of students majoring in the social sciences at SUNY Fredonia will be in Albany on Friday, March 21, to present data they compiled to assess the value of social worker training and education at the bachelor’s level for workers involved in child welfare services at the county level.
College of Education faculty receive SUNY Networks of Excellence award
Drs. Kathleen Magiera of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Jennifer Moon Ro of the Department of Language, Learning and Leadership of the College of Education at SUNY Fredonia, with Dr. Barbara Chorzempa of SUNY New Paltz, and Dr. Mary Kay Szwejbka of Jamestown Community College, were the recipients of a $3,000 SUNY Networks of Excellence planning grant for a project, “Southern Tier Energy Production: Powering Up Middle School Writers to Learn About their Communities.”
Screen test for new environmental documentary featuring Professor Sherri Mason
A new documentary about gum, “A Sticky Situation,” will have its first rough cut test screening on campus in February. Screenings are scheduled for Monday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m., in McEwen Hall Room G24 and at 9 p.m.in Jewett Hall Room 101. A third screening is slated for Friday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. at Jewett Hall Room 101.The screenings are free and open to the public.
Italian Germanist visits Stefan Zweig Archives at Reed Library
The Stefan Zweig Archives in Reed Library received a visit in October 2013 by Dr. Arturo Larcati, an Italian Germanist who teaches at the University of Verona, Italy, and lives in Salzburg, Austria, that will further enhance SUNY Fredonia’s connection to the acclaimed Austrian-Jewish writer of the early 20th century.
Applications now being accepted for 2014 Community Partners Program
The public relations curriculum at SUNY Fredonia is now accepting applications for the 2014 Community Partners Program, in which students conduct research and develop comprehensive public relations plans, including the development of materials, for one or more nonprofit, community-based organizations. Participating organizations are given all materials at the end of the semester. The deadline for applying for the 2014 program is Friday, Jan. 24.
Dr. Sherri Mason interviewed by New York Times and NPR for Great Lakes plastic pollution research
Biochemistry/Environmental Sciences Professor Sherri Mason continues to gain wonderful national attention for her Great Lakes Plastic Pollution Research, specifically due to the high concentration of microplastics she and her collaborators have found in lakes Erie and Ontario, due, primarily to exfoliates found in soaps and other cleansing/beauty products. She was featured in a NY Times article over the weekend and on NPR's All Things Considered on Monday afternoon.
Students assemble Beowulf computer cluster; create high-performance system
Computer Science majors Nicholas Freville and Adam Toth have assembled a Beowulf cluster, comprised of three tiny computers called Raspberry Pi’s, that work in tandem to solve complex problems. A Beowulf cluster is a parallel computing system achieved by linking normally identical, commodity-grade computers into a small local area network (LAN). The result gives a huge boost of power despite using inexpensive, personal computer hardware.
Expo will feature work of Computer and Information Sciences students Wednesday
The Department of Computer and Information Sciences will hold the fourth annual Student Expo on Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the first floor lobby of Houghton Hall. An estimated 15-20 students are expected to participate in the fourth annual expo.
Senior Nancy Levensailor wins prestigious award to present poster
A SUNY Fredonia biology student has won a national award sponsored by the Genetics Society of America (GSA). Nancy Levensailor was one of 11 students out of 52 applicants who won the 2014 Victory Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Award that recognizes the top tier of early career geneticists and covers their travel expenses to the prestigious conference. It will enable the senior Molecular Genetics major to attend and present her poster at the society’s 55th Drosophila Research Conference to be held March 26-30 in San Diego, Calif.
Amber Powell presents thesis results at NCTM regional conference
In her presentation, titled "Student Misconceptions about Solving Multi-step Linear Equations," Powell reported the findings of her study in which students completed a 15-problem test of different types of linear equations appropriate for eighth-grade students according to state and national standards. Use of calculators was not permitted. The results indicated that problems containing negative numbers and terms moved to the opposite side of the equal sign were most likely to be incorrect.