Issue Number 1 • Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025  

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In Other News

Faculty/Staff Activities

Alexis Blavos

Alexis Blavos, Health Department, and her research team published an article, “Preparing Public Health Advocates,” in the journal Health Promotion Practice.

Kevin Dames

Kevin Dames, Kinesiology, and Aaron Jones M '25 presented research conducted in collaboration with Bryanne Bellovary, Kinesiology, and Jason Parks, Kinesiology. Their project, titled "Does limb specialization in track and field introduce asymmetry in dynamic stability?" was presented at the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. Their findings demonstrate how sport-specific definitions of limb dominance are necessary to isolate unique kinetic strategies during hop landing tasks in male track and field athletes. 

Kevin Dames

Kevin Dames, Kinesiology, and student Gwyneth Laukaitis, Kinesiology. presented research titled "Collegiate female lacrosse players demonstrate asymmetry in time to stabilization following lateral hops" at the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. Their research identifies deficits in medial and lateral hop landings which could contribute to the high prevalence of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female field sport athletes.

Karen Downey

Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, applied for and won a travel grant from the Molecular Sciences Software Institute, to participate in a California workshop, “Empowering Your Teaching with Python.” The July workshop focused on introducing undergraduate students to computer literacy/programming fundamentals embedded in courses based in the molecular sciences.

David A. Kilpatrick

David A. Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, presented a research paper at the annual international conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading on July 19 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The paper was entitled “Phonemic awareness difficulties do not go away on their own: A comparison of high school students with dyslexia and non-disabled elementary students.” The paper’s coauthor was Michelle Storie, associate professor and coordinator of the school psychology program at SUNY Oswego.

David A. Kilpatrick

David A. Kilpatrick, Psychology Department, was the keynote speaker on July 23 at the Summer Dyslexia Institute in Plano, Texas, held at the Texas Region 10 Educational Service Center. His keynote was entitled, “Word-Level Reading Problems: Implications for Assessment Instruction and Intervention.” He also presented a breakout session at the conference entitled, “How to Improve Word-Level Reading Skills in Struggling Readers.”

Adam Levine

Adam Levine, Facilities Management, was interviewed by geographic information system company ESRI for an article, GIS Technology Drives Campus Asset Management, that discusses his use of GSI technology at Cortland.

Jared Rosenberg

Jared Rosenberg, Kinesiology Department, was an author on a recently published article, "EXERT-BCN: An Exercise Regimen Designed to Improve Body Composition, Functional Capacity, and Srength After Treatment for Breast Cancer With Nutrition Optimization," in online resource PubMed.

In Memoriam

Andrew Funk, instructional support technician in the Biological Sciences Department, died on July 25, 2025.