Campus News

The formal dedication of the $10 million SUNY Cortland Education Building and Child Care Center will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, on the building's front lawn along Prospect Terrace. President Erik J. Bitterbaum will preside over the ceremonies, which are free and open to the public. A reception and facility tours follow the event.

An exhibition titled “Drawn to Diversity: Exploring Advertising,” created by Alfred University students, will be shown from Aug. 31-Sept. 10 at two different locations in Cortland, N.Y. The display is presented by SUNY Cortland’s Multicultural Life Office in collaboration with Main Street SUNY Cortland’s Beard Building Gallery.

SUNY Cortland has scheduled the following events through the end of the Fall Semester, including concerts, lectures, plays, a musical, a conference, a gospel music festival and other programs. Events are open to the public at no charge, unless noted otherwise.

The Auxiliary Services Corporation of SUNY Cortland (ASC) will celebrate the grand opening of its Neubig Hall dining facility on Sept. 25. Neubig Dining formally opens following an extensive $3.5 million renovation project over the summer, representing the largest and most dramatic improvement the facility has ever seen.

The Auxiliary Services Corporation of SUNY Cortland (ASC) will celebrate the grand opening of its newly remodeled College Store in Neubig Hall on Friday, Sept. 25, and Saturday, Sept. 26. The revamped facility took several years of planning and six weeks of actual construction.

SUNY Cortland will host the Fall 2009 “Wellness Wednesday Series” featuring speakers, exhibits, self-help workshops and other programs intended to help students adjust to college life.

SUNY Cortland will open its 2009-10 academic year with an Academic Convocation on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 30, in the Park Center Alumni Arena.

SUNY Cortland biologist Theresa M. Curtis cultivates animal cells in laboratory dishes as she studies better ways to ensure the safety of water supplies. Curtis and other researchers across the country are developing new ways to test drinking water for poisons, whether natural or made by terrorists, with support from the U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research. They’re all looking for “the canary in the coal mine.”

Amy Berg, director of information technology operations at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, has been appointed associate provost for information resources at SUNY Cortland, effective on Aug. 10.

John Cottone, SUNY Cortland’s interim dean of the School of Professional Studies, will also serve as interim dean of the College’s School of Education, effective Aug. 1.