Jordan Kobritz
Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, co-authored an article titled “Creating an Action Plan for Event Cleaning” that was published in the September issue of Cleaning & Maintenance Management magazine.
Tyler Bradway
Tyler Bradway, English Department, gave an invited talk as part of a virtual roundtable on his new book, Queer Kinship: Race, Sex, Belonging, Form (Duke UP, 2022). Held Jan. 19, the event was hosted by the University of Southern California and sponsored by the Race, Gender, and Sexuality Research Cluster, the USC Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, the USC Consortium for Gender, Sexuality, Race and Public Culture, and the USC Association of English Graduate Students.
Mechthild Nagel, Seth N. Asumah and Lewis Rosengarten
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments and Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies, Seth N. Asumah, Africana Studies and Political Science departments, and Lewis Rosengarten, Educational Opportunity Program and Africana Studies Department, presented papers at the recent New York African Studies Association at CUNY and Columbia University. Students Deidre Kirkem and Adesola Belo also presented their papers. Asumah and Nagel’s book, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusive Excellence, published in 2014 by SUNY Press, won the New York African Studies Book Award.
John C. Hartsock
John C. Hartsock, Communication Studies Department, has learned that his book, Seasons of a Finger Lakes Winery, was named one of four finalists for the Louis Roederer Award for International Wine Book of the Year. The award is sponsored annually by the distinguished French Champagne House of Louis Roederer. Last March, Hartsock’s book won best in class at the Gourmand awards in Paris. The book was published in 2011 by Cornell University Press.
In other news, Life in the Finger Lakes published excerpts from the book in the summer and fall issues of the magazine.
Michelle LoGerfo
Michelle LoGerfo, Marketing Office, won the Totally Unfair Insider and Nepotism Award for her entry “Nasonnaise” at the inaugural Duck and Red Octopus Short Funny Animated and Stop-Action Film Festival held Sept. 23 at the Ake Gallery in Cortland, N.Y. Also, she served as a judge for the festival, alongside comedy and animation industry professionals including the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants Tom Kenny, CatDog creator Peter Hannan, Adventure Time writer and voice actor Martin Olson, Emmy Award winning writer Gene Grillo and others.
Dennis L.C. Weng
Dennis L.C. Weng, Political Science Department, participated in a live interview via Skype with news channel ETTV in Taiwan on Nov. 8, to discuss the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Also, he was invited to publish an op-ed article about the election in The United Daily News newspaper in Taiwan.
Michael Bersani
Michael Bersani, Public Relations Office, won a Charleton Scholarship to attend the SUNY Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) conference in Saratoga Springs June 8-10.
Amy DiRenzo
Amy DiRenzo, Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department, will speak at the Empire Longevity Symposium on Saturday, Sept. 29. The symposium will be held at the Center 4 the Arts in Homer, N.Y. She will be speaking on the impact natural environments can have on human health, with a particular focus on the connection between adventuring outdoors and wellbeing. For more information and tickets, go to empirelongevity.com.
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.
Michael Hockwater
Michael Hockwater, Literacy Department, had his debut middle-grade fantasy novel, Carter Knox and the Lost Legacy, recently published by NFB Publishing. He will be embark on a book tour this fall around Western New York to meet with readers and community members.