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Samuel S. Avery

Samuel S. Avery, Communication Studies Department, had his short film, “LocoMotion,” accepted into the 2016 Miami Fear Film Festival. Watch Film.

Jordan Kobritz

Jordan Kobritz, Sport Management Department, co-authored an article titled “Hosting a New Event? Preparation is the Key to Success” for the August/September edition of Facility Manager, the official publication of the International Association of Venue Managers. 

Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo

Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo, Geography Department, was named a Zonta Woman of Achievement for her achievements in scholarship and teaching, as well as her dedication to the YWCA and Zonta. She served as a U.S. delegate at a 2007 YWCA international conference in Nairobi, Kenya, which led to her being recognized by the organization. The award will be presented at a lunch reception on May 7 in Solon, N.Y.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of the new paperback edition of his book, Guns across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights, published by Oxford University Press. This edition is a revised version of the original edition published in 2015. The book has been favorably reviewed in the “New York Review of Books” and “The American Interest,” among other publications. 

Kathleen Lawrence

Kathleen Lawrence, Communication and Media Studies Department, will have her poem “Love Note” released this month in The James Dickey Review. “Love Note” is written in the form of a spiraling abecedarian. Also, her haiku “Pillowcases stuffed” was published by Haikuniverse as part of their annual Halloween tradition of featuring haiku that deal with the senses of All Hollow’s Eve. 

Katherine Hicks and Andy Roering

Katherine Hicks and Andy Roering, Chemistry Department, serve as co-advisors to the SUNY Cortland Chemistry Club, which is a student chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Club members were featured in the cover photo of the April/May issue of inChemistry, the magazine for ACS student members. This photograph was taken in May 2015 at Kionix, Inc. in Ithaca, N.Y. The student club president at the time, Samuel Lothridge, who graduated with a B.S. in biochemistry in 2015, is currently employed at Kionix and was an intern there then. The picture was taken during a field trip that the club took to Ithaca to visit the Cornell synchrotron and Kionix.  

Szilvia Kadas

Szilvia Kadas, Art and Art History Department, was selected as one of the 2019 Design Incubation Fellows. As part of the Design Incubation Fellowship, Kadas participated in a three-day intensive workshop from Jan. 10 to 13, held at St. John’s University’s Manhattan campus.

Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, gave a presentation titled, “Gun Policy 101: What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know” on Oct. 1 at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, N.Y.

James A. Felton, III

James A. Felton, III, Institutional Equity and Inclusion Office, was elected president of the Iota Iota Lambda Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. for the 2019-20 academic year. Alpha Phi Alpha is the first African-American, intercollegiate Greek-lettered fraternity founded on Dec. 4, 1906 at Cornell University. 

Andrea R. Harbin

Andrea R. Harbin, English Department, presented “The Augmented Palimpsest: Engaging Students with Augmented Reality” at the Modern Languages Association annual conference on Jan. 8. She was on the panel titled, “Middle English Literature after the Digital Turn.”