Campus News

The Rozanne Brooks Lecture Series continues Oct. 21 with Barbara Sutton, a scholar in women's studies at the University at Albany. Sutton will explore the connection between discourses and practices of gender violence and state terrorism in Argentina beginning at 4:30 p.m. in Moffett Center, Room 2125. A reception precedes the talk beginning at 4 p.m.

Sharon Matola, director of the Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center and an internationally renowned conservation biologist, will discuss her work with the zoo and her fight to save endangered habitats and species on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at SUNY Cortland.

Nancy L. Zimpher, who became the State University of New York’s 12th chancellor on June 1, will give an address during an Oct. 24 reception in her honor at SUNY Cortland’s “Succeeding as Women in Higher Education” conference.

The SUNY Cortland Institute for Civic Engagement will present a panel discussion, "Is It the End of the University We Know It: Do We Feel Fine?" at noon on Oct. 8 in Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge. The sandwich seminar is free and open to the public.

President Erik J. Bitterbaum will preside over groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Professional Studies Building at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, on the Studio West lawn. Local dignitaries and College representatives will offer remarks and a reception will follow.

Americans from two SUNY colleges and Europeans from two European universities will soon travel across the Atlantic to study at each other’s universities, thanks to a nearly $400,000 grant awarded by the U.S. government and the European Union (EU). The four-year Atlantis Mobility Project grant provides scholarships to study public administration and public policy.

More than 800 prospective college students are expected to spend a day visiting academic departments, touring the campus and talking to faculty and students during the SUNY Cortland Fall Open House on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 12.

National motivational speaker Reneé Damon will offer a personal account of how her addictions took away her personal choices, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at SUNY Cortland.

A panel of railroad scholars and buffs will give a presentation on “Railroads in Cortland County: Past, Present and Future” during an extended, morning community roundtable on Thursday, Oct. 1, in SUNY Cortland’s Park Center Hall of Fame Room.

Workshop on peer review process set for Sept. 18