Issue Number 2 • Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025  

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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, Sept. 10 

Study Abroad 101: Learn how to get started with studying abroad. 3 to 4 p.m., Old Main Colloquium, Room 220. 

Relaxing Sounds: A Mind Body Reset: Immerse yourself in a deep relaxation experience. No experience needed, just bring something to lay on. All participants are entered for a chance to win yoga mats. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Corey Union Exhibition Lounge. 

Friday, Sept. 12 

Goat Yoga: Beginner-friendly yoga with playful interaction with goats. Please bring own yoga mat. It is recommended that you wear a shirt that covers your back and put your hair into a tight bun. 8 to 9 p.m. Student Life Center, Multi-Activity Court 

Saturday, Sept. 13 

Hall of Fame Weekend: All day event. Seven new members will be inducted into the SUNY Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame during its annual ceremony. 

Monday, Sept .15 

Starfish Learning Opportunity: Online: 2:30 p.m. 

Tuesday, Sept. 16 

Starfish Learning Opportunity: Online: 3 p.m. 

Wednesday, Sept. 17 

Constitution Day 2025: Celebrating the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence: President Erik Bitterbaum, Legislator Cathy Bischoff and Mayor Scott Steve will describe the importance of participating in civic decision-making. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Corey Union Fireplace Lounge. 

The Mental Hit: Nicotine and Mental Health: Learn the impact of nicotine and coping strategies. Leave with resources to make informed choices. Owala water bottles will be raffled off. 1 to 3 p.m. Corey Union steps. 

What Can You Say on Campus at a Public University or College?: Panelists describe Higher Ed’s civic role. Participants in this SUNY-wide event will discuss specific considerations in break-out rooms, then share ideas in a full-group debrief. 2 to 3:30 p.m. Online session through Zoom. 

Study Abroad 101: Learn how to get started with studying abroad. 3 to 4 p.m., Old Main Colloquium, Room 220. 

Write the Wrong: Student participants will be educated on composing email advocacy messages to elected officials. 5:30 to 7 p.m., Corey Union, Room 209. 

Saturday, Sept. 20 

Paint and Sip: A night of creative fun. We'll supply the art supplies and you get crafty with paint. 8 to 9 p.m., Corey Union Function Room. 

Capture the Moment

Staff, faculty and food trucks greeted returning students during the Resource Fair at Corey Union. A part of Welcome Week, the fair lets them learn about the clubs  and academic and health support that help make SUNY Cortland a home away from home.

In Other News

Faculty/Staff Activities

Kevin Dames

Kevin Dames, Kinesiology, Cabel McCandless '21 and Christopher Aiken of New Mexico State University had their article titled "Postural stability in trail and cross-country runners: Time-to-boundary metrics and training insights" published in the International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. Their work highlights unique postural control profiles among a cross-sectional sample of healthy adults, collegiate runners, and trail runners.

Karen Downey

Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, attended the fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society, in Washington, D.C. She was invited to be one of roughly 15 chemists constructing the next version of the ACS’s national capstone exam, the Diagnostic of Undergraduate Chemistry Knowledge.

Karen Downey and Julius Green

Karen Downey, Chemistry Department, and Julius Green, Chemistry Department, presented their work, “Holistic assessment of capstone chemistry knowledge in an applied laboratory course”, at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Washington, D.C.

Dan Harms

Dan Harms, Memorial Library, published his article, “‘To Give Myself to Be Carried Immediatly into Hell’: Weather, Witchcraft, and Two Late Seventeenth-Century Contracts between a Magician and a Student.” in the latest issue of Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural. He also gave three presentations: “‘A fitter spot for a tale of darkness’: The Appropriation and Marketing of Early Modern Spirit Summoning, Folklore, and Local Landscape in Robert Cross Smith’s Tales of the Horrible,” at the International Congress for Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan; “Winds, Witches, and Wicked Spirits: The Association of Witches with Other Dangers in a Late Seventeenth Century British Manuscript.” at the Witchcraft and Magic Conference, Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, University of York in the United Kingdom; and "'Thou Shalt Have Humanity’: Reciprocity, Reformation, and Conceptions of Spirit-Human Relations in a Ghost Summoning Incantation from Early Modern Britain.” during Ghosts in Britain and Ireland 1500-1950 History Conference at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland.

Bonni C. Hodges

Bonni C. Hodges, Health Department, was recently named a Fellow of the American School Health Association. She and other award winners will be honored at the ASHA National Conference in Denver in October.

Kent Johnson

Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology Department, and a team of international collaborators were awarded a grant to host a design workshop by the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis. The workshop is titled “From Close Kinship to Population Interactions in the Deep Past: Integrating Biological and Cultural Indicators of Social Identities in a Multiscalar Framework,” and it will be held in northern Germany in Spring 2026.

Kent Johnson

Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology Department, presented a paper at the 14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East in Lyon, France, in June.

Kent Johnson

Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology Department, presented a paper at the 11th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology in Turin, Italy, on Aug. 27, 2025.

Kent Johnson

Kent Johnson, Sociology/Anthropology Department, had his essay "The Persistent Myth of the Nuclear Family" published in Anthropology News, the online member magazine for the American Anthropological Association.

Caroline Kaltefleiter

Caroline Kaltefleiter, Communication and Media Studies, has been appointed to the board of trustees of WSKG Public Media, headquartered in Vestal, N.Y. WSKG is part of the National Public Radio Network and PBS system and operates four radio stations and two television stations, providing news, entertainment, educational programming, and classical music. Kaltefleiter will bring her expertise in digital media and public broadcasting to the development team to advise on crisis campaign creation amid the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and funding cuts to NPR.  

Nancy Kane

Nancy Kane, Physical Education Department, had the second edition of her textbook, History and Philosophy of Physical Education and Sport (Cognella), released. Her chapter on "Duty of Care: Non-traumatic Deaths and DI Collegiate Football," will also be published by Bloomsbury in College Sport Ethics (Eds. S. Klein and C. Carlson) in December, 2025.

Rhiannon Maton

Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy, co-edits the Handbook on Teachers’ Work, to be released September 30, 2025, by Routledge. The Handbook brings together research and evidence-based authoritative writings from across the globe. Drawing on research from twelve countries across 6 continents, the chapters are grouped into themes that represent key issues related to teachers' work from global perspectives, including:

• The Political and Policy Contexts of Teachers' Work

• Teaching as an Occupation

• Diverse Teacher Identities and Roles

• Teaching as Collective and Relational Work; and

• Teaching and Activism

The volume explores the idea of teaching as an occupation with a history and trajectory that are shaped by political economies; historical progressions; organizational structures; social relations among educators, students, and others; teachers’ career and labor patterns; their professional norms; and raced, gendered, classed, and culturally linked expectations of teachers and about public schooling. View further information including the table of contents here. 

Jared Rosenberg

Jared Rosenberg, Kinesiology Department, was first author on a recently published article, "Do Functional Movement Screens Predict Body Composition Changes after Resistance Training?," in online resource PubMed.

Lauren Scagnelli

Lauren Scagnelli, Conley Counseling and Wellness Services, was selected to attend the weeklong SUNY Sail Leadership Retreat in Hamilton, N.Y.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, distinguished service professor emeritus, political science, is the author of the new, tenth edition of his book The Politics of Gun Control. First published in 1995, it is considered the standard work on gun policy in America. The newest edition includes recent, dramatic developments, including the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal agency charged with carrying out national gun laws, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The book is published by Routledge.

In addition, his article, “Historical Firearm and Licensing Laws” was published in the most recent issue of the Dickinson Law Review.