Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, presented an invited talk at the “Before the Moon” workshop held Nov. 7-10 at the Earth and Life Science Institute, a part of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, in Tokyo, Japan. Also, Morris was invited, along with the other workshop attendees, on a tour of the JAXA (Japanese Space Agency) facilities, with particular emphasis given to the Hayabusa 1 and Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return missions.
Peter Ducey
Peter Ducey, Biological Sciences Department, coauthored a manuscript over the summer titled “Confirmation and Distribution of Tetrodotoxin for the First Time in Terrestrial Invertebrates: Two Terrestrial Flatworm Species (Bipalium adventitium and Bipalium kewense),” which appeared in the journal PLoS ONE. The eight-author team included scientists from the University of California Bakersfield, Utah State University, University of Notre Dame, University of Virginia, and SUNY Cortland. Popular articles about the work have been posted by numerous science news outlets including Science News, Science Daily, Nautilus and Mysterious Universe.
Led by Amber Stokes of UC Bakersfield, the research team found that two species of terrestrial flatworms living throughout the U.S. have within their tissues a potent neurotoxin that may be used to either defend them from potential predators or to subdue their own prey (earthworms). Because this is the same toxin that occurs in pufferfish and certain salamanders, interesting questions about its biochemistry and evolution have been raised. Ducey and his students at SUNY Cortland have been studying the ecology, behavior and evolution of these flatworms since the mid-1990s. Although the flatworms are not native to the U.S., they are now quite abundant in many parts of the country, including Central New York, and are formidable predators on earthworms. Because of the tetrodotoxin, Ducey advises against eating these flatworms if found locally.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, presented “Immigration 2014: Children and Families” at a luncheon and discussion meeting held on Oct. 16 at the YWCA in Cortland, N.Y.
Brittany Adams and Annemarie Kaczmarczyk
Brittany Adams, Literacy Department, and Annemarie Kaczmarczyk, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, had an article, “Initiating Courageous Conversations about Race and Racism with Read-Alouds,” published in The Language and Literacy Spectrum, volume 31, issue 1.
Teagan Bradway
Teagan Bradway, English Department, gave an invited lecture on Nov. 8 to the Centre for Cultural Inquiry at the University of Konstanz in Germany. Her talk, “Throuple Plots: Narrative Infrastructures of Queer Kinship,” is drawn from her book-in-progress on the representation of kinship in contemporary LGBTQ+ literature and film.
Rhiannon Maton
Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy, had an article “Talking race: The role of risk-taking in activist teachers’ collaborative learning” published in The SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education.
Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, Physics Department, gave an invited talk at the Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk workshop, held Feb. 27-28 at the Natural History Museum in London, followed by an invited talk on March 1 at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England.
Mechthild Nagel
Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy Department and the Center for Gender and Intercultural Studies (CGIS), is research professor in residence at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. During the spring semester, her stay is supported by a grant project of the Czech Science Foundation titled “Performativity in Philosophy: Contexts, Methods, Implications. No. 16-00994Y.”
Jeremy Jimenez
Jeremy Jimenez, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, had his essay, “The Hidden Costs of Zooming: Exploring Non-digital Pedagogies for a More Sustainable Future,” published in Issue 11.1 of Texas Women's University’s journal Films for the Feminist Classroom, Winter 2021.
Mary Schlarb
Mary Schlarb, International Programs, presented at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference and Expo on June 1 in Denver, Colo. She participated in the panel discussion titled “Aligning Institutional Culture with Internationalization Activities.” Co-presenters were Chris Johnstone and Jennifer Fricas, colleagues from her University of Minnesota doctoral program in Comparative International Development Education.