Faculty and Staff Activities

Terrence Fitzgerald, Frank Rossi and Michael Wolfin '12

Terrence Fitzgerald, Biological Sciences Department, Frank Rossi, Chemistry Department, and former student Michael Wolfin ’12, co-authored an article titled “Trail Marking by Larvae of the Cactus Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum” appearing in the current issue of the Journal of Insect Science. The paper reports the results of a study supported by the USDA-APHIS directed at developing an eco-rational approach to the control of the caterpillar, which is an invasive species. Wolfin, currently a graduate student at Cornell, was recently designated the George G. Gyrisco Outstanding Graduate Student in Applied Entomology.

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.

Thomas Hischak

Thomas Hischak, professor emeritus of theatre, had his book 1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year published by Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers. The book is a day-by-day chronicle of the year 1939 describing all 510 movies that opened as well as events in history, sports, music, theatre, radio, and politics.

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. 

Tyler Bradway

Tyler Bradway, English Department, participated in a Humanities Corridor Workshop hosted at Syracuse University on the topic “Objects of Inquiry: Re/Oriented LGBT/Queer Studies Introductory Courses,” which took place on April 6 and brought together faculty from universities and colleges in the region, including Cornell University, Ithaca College, Hamilton College, Colgate University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Le Moyne College.

Li Jin

Li Jin, Geology Department, gave a presentation at the 2017 Geological Society of America Meeting on Oct. 23 in Seattle, Wash. She presented “Groundwater recharge and water-rock interaction from unsaturated zone of Badain Jaran desert.”

Thomas Hischak

Thomas Hischak, Performing Arts Department, presented a performance workshop at the Po Saule (Under the Sun) International Student Theatre Festival at the University of Siauliai in Lithuania in May. He also taught classes on American theatre for two weeks at the university as part of a Fulbright grant.

Mary McGuire and John Suarez

Mary McGuire, Institute for Civic Engagement, and John Suarez, Office of Service-Learning, conducted a Deliberative Dialog on Oct. 12, as part of the Institute for Civic Engagement’s “Economic Inequality Initiative.” Thirty-three people – 20 students, 10 community leaders and 3 faculty and staff members – explored long-term solutions to some of Cortland County’s socio-economic challenges. Key to this dialog’s success was the participation of people who represent differing economic and political points of view. Initiative members are now taking steps to develop some of the solutions.

Tara Mahoney

Tara Mahoney, Sport Management Department, recently returned from the European Association of Sport Management (EASM) conference in Bern, Switzerland. In addition to establishing further international teaching and research connections, she presented two research projects titled “Practitioners’ Perspectives on Innovation and the Future of Sport for Development and Peace’” and “Intra-Organizational Factors Associated with Innovation in Sport for Development and Peace,” both of which were co-authored by Per G. Svensson at Louisiana State University. The latter project was awarded the Best Conference Paper, which was announced at the closing banquet of the prestigious conference. 

Alexandru Balas

Alexandru Balas, Clark Center for Global Engagement and International Studies Program, had his latest book, Sharing the Burden of Peace. Inter-Organizational Cooperation in Peace Operations, published by Peter Lang.