Campus News

Li Jiansheng, one of China’s foremost ceramic artists and scholars, will discuss Chinese and American cultural similarities and differences that find common ground in the clay medium, on Wednesday, March 24, at SUNY Cortland.

The 12th annual Unity Celebration, featuring an hors d’oeuvres reception and activities to commemorate cultural diversity on the SUNY Cortland campus, has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 1. Please R.S.V.P. by Tuesday, March 24.

Robert Spitzer, a distinguished service professor and chair of the SUNY Cortland Political Science Department, will discuss the pending Supreme Court case of McDonald v. City of Chicago at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31, at Main Street SUNY Cortland, 9 Main St.

Michael DeVito of Cortland, N.Y., has won the top honor in SUNY Cortland’s 2009 College Writing Contest.

SUNY Cortland has received $95,680 to replace lighting in the Park Center Corey Gymnasium and Alumni Arena as part of the second round of funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) State Energy Program.

Justin Kredible, who blends a unique mix of comedy and magic and currently hosts the Food Network show, “Cupcake Wars,” performs on Wednesday, March 10, at SUNY Cortland.

Richard T. Coyne, a SUNY Cortland graduate with 10 years of hospitality experience, has joined the College in the newly created position of alumni house director.

Michael Morandi ’76, a successful Wall Street consultant who since 1996 has guided his own consulting firm becomes the ninth inductee into the SUNY Cortland Academic Hall of Fame. He will be recognized on Friday, March 26, when he will address the President’s List reception.

The SUNY Cortland Admissions Office will host a recruitment event for accepted admission applicants on Thursday, March 18, from 6-9 p.m. at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, N.J.

An Indian-born academic, Himika Bhattacharya, will discuss issues of violence, women and resistance in India, on Wednesday, March 10, at SUNY Cortland.