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Seifudein Adem, associate director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, made a presentation titled “Democratic Peace Theory and Africa’s International Relations” at the International Studies Association annual meeting in Chicago in February. Adem was also an invited speaker at a workshop in March on “Inside Knowledge” at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he spoke on “Knowledge between Discovery and Invention.” 6/21/07

Tanya Robinson, senior assistant director for academic programs, Stephanie Adamec, assistant director for housing, community relations and local commuter services, both in Off Campus College; and Gabriel Reif, assistant director of judicial affairs, spoke at the 90th Annual National Association of Student Personnel Administrators conference last month in Boston. Their presentation, titled “Expanding the Boundaries of Accountability: An examination of the role of the institution and off-campus student conduct,” was selected as one of about 300 programs from a pool of nearly 850 submissions. 4/10/08

MANOJ K. AGARWAL, professor in the School of Management, received an honorable mention from the Marketing Science Institute in the MSI/International Journal of Research in Marketing research competition on global marketing with his co-authors Ruud T. Frambach and Hester van Herk for "Culture's Influence on Innovation Adoption: A Global Study on the Adoption Propensity of a Telecom Innovation by Business Managers." 5/8/03

MANOJ AGARWAL, associate professor of management, is the co-author of a paper, "Branding Strategy Impact on the Intangible Value of the Firm," that won a recent competition sponsored by Marketing Science Institute and the Journal of Marketing. The entry was one of 110 submitted. Winners receive a $5,000 research grant, present their papers at a conference in October and are invited to submit papers to a special edition of the journal. 10/3/02

THOMAS CHANDY, SALIGRAMA AGNIHOTHRI and NAGA SIVASUBRAMANIAM, School of Management, had their article "Competing in Industrial Markets: Rethinking the Service Advantage" accepted by the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management for presentation at the forthcoming Academy of Management Annual Conference in Seattle, August 1-6. Chandy has also had a paper accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the Strategic Management Society. He and his co-authors will present "Firm-Level Factors Influencing the Post-IPO Survival of Dot-Coms: Development and Test of a Multi-Theoretic Model" at the November conference. Agnihothri also chaired a research session on "Training and Scheduling of Personnel in Services" and presented a research paper, "Analysis of Worker Cross-Training Decisions for a Service System with Two Customer Types," at the national conference of the Production and Operations Management Society in Savannah, Ga., in April. 5/8/03

SAL AGNIHOTHRI, associate professor of management, presented a paper, "Worker Cross-Training Decisions in Field Service Systems" (co-written with AJAY MISHRA, associate professor of management) at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences meeting at San Jose, California, in November. 2/13/03

SAL AGNIHOTHRI, associate professor of management is the co-author of a paper, "Leveraging Technology to Improve Field Service," that has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Service Industry Management. 11/29/01

The campus Leaders and Learners Toastmasters Club has been awarded the President’s Distinguished Award from its parent organization. Club members had to complete nine of 10 goals to win the honor, but achieved all 10. The group’s leadership team includes EMMANUEL AKINYELE, resident director; HILTON BAXTER, staff assistant, Center for Learning and Teaching; DARLENE MANCHESTER, call center manager and ASHOK SUBRAMANIAN, creative and information services director for research advancement. 8/25/05

Master's of music alumni Julia Ebner, Todd Geer, Melisse Weber, Amber Alarcon, Soon Young Park and Ian Bentley also performed. 2/20/08

ALLISON ALDEN, director of the Division of Professional Development and Research in the School of Education and Human Development, is presenting a year-long program on action research at the Endicott Educational Resource Center for U-E teachers. She has titled her series "The Art of Classroom Inquiry." 11/5/98

Kim Allen-Gleed, academic counselor/rhetoric coordinator and Judith Pranger, academic counselor/math coordinator, for the Educational Opportunity Program recently presented "The Hard Sell of Getting Back to Basics" at the New York College Learning Skills Association (NYCLSA), where they addressed issues facing universities as they continue to admit students with varying academic backgrounds. 6/17/04

Brian Altomare, a Binghamton University alumnus and founder and president of MadPackers, and President Lois B. DeFleur were featured in a Sept. 15 article on the Internet site Yahoo! Finance. An agreement has been established in which MadPackers will begin advertising for its college shipping and storage services to Binghamton University students.

Christopher J. Anderson, professor of political science and associate director of the newly established Center on Democratic Performance, was honored as the best young scholar at this year's American Political Science Association (APSA) meeting in Washington, D.C. Anderson was honored with the Emerging Scholar Award by the APSA's Organized Section on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior. The award recognizes the top scholar in the field who is within 10 years of her or his Ph.D and is given every two years. 12/7/00

CHRIS ANDERSON, professor of political science and a fellow in the Center on Democratic Performance, published an article on "System Change, Learning, and Public Opinion about the Economy" in the British Journal of Political Science 2000 (30, 1: 147-72 with Kathleen O'Connor, Cornell University). Anderson also published "Barometer Elections" in The International Encyclopedia of Elections (Richard Rose, ed. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly.) 4/27/00

CHRIS ANDERSON, assistant professor of political science, was invited to present his current research at Harvard University's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies on April 26. As part of the Center's Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800, Anderson gave a lecture titled "Economic Losers and European Democracy," which focused on the relationship between personal economic loss, happiness and political satisfaction. 5/6/99

CHRIS ANDERSON, assistant professor of political science, and Carsten Zelle of the University of Potsdam (Germany) are co-authors of a recently published book on German elections titled Stability and Change in German Elections: How Electorates Merge, Converge, or Collide. (Westport, CT: Praeger). The book examines long-term electoral trends in the Federal Republic of Germany since World War II. 3/4/99

CHRIS ANDERSON, assistant professor of political science, published two journal articles this fall: When In Doubt, Use Proxies: Attitudes Toward Domestic Politics and Support for European Integration in Comparative Political Studies 31, (5: 569-601) and Public Opinion about European Integration in The Federal Republic of Germany at Fifty (New York: New York University Press). Anderson also was invited to give a guest lecture at Rhodes College in Memphis on Winners and Losers in Advanced Industrialized Democracies in December. 1/21/99

CHRIS ANDERSON, assistant professor of political science, was invited to present two papers at European conferences this summer. The first, titled "Economic Voting and Political Context: A Comparative Perspective" was presented at the conference on Economic and Elections: Comparisons and Conclusions in Sønderborg, Denmark, in August. The second, "Domestic Support and Diversionary External Conflict in Great Britain, 1950-92" (with T. Clifton Morgan of Rice University) was presented at the 3rd Pan-European International Relations Conference in Vienna, Austria, in September. Anderson also presented a paper at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Boston in September on "The Sources of Citizen Support for European-Level Policy Authority: The Case of Monetary Policy" (with Karl Kaltenthaler, Rhodes College). Finally, Anderson is the recipient of a curriculum development grant awarded by the European Community Studies Association (ECSA) for developing a course on European Integration, which he is currently teaching at the undergraduate level. 12/3/98

CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON, professor of political science, was invited to present his current research at Harvard University's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies on April 26. As part of the center's Seminar on the State and Capitalism Since 1800, Anderson gave a lecture titled "Economic Losers and European Democracy," which focused on the relationship between personal economic loss, happiness and political satisfaction. 9/23/99

CHRIS ANDERSON, professor of political science, and T. Clifton Morgan, professor of political science at Rice University, published "Domestic Support and Diversionary External Conflict in Great Britain, 1950-92" in the Journal of Politics, Vol.61, No.3: 799-814. Anderson and Andrew LoTempio, a graduate student in political science, also presented a paper titled "Winning, Losing, and Political Trust in America" at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Atlanta, September 2-5. 11/4/99

Richard Andrus, associate professor of environmental studies, recently received the Lynda Spickard Environmental Award from the Susquehanna Group of the Sierra Club. Andrus, an expert in the ecology and systematics of Sphagnum mosses, has been an advocate for preserving natural areas throughout Greater Binghamton, including the Nature Preserve on campus and the Glen in the Town of Union. The award is given in recognition of local environmental advocates who have made a significant difference in the community. 2/01/07

Richard T. Antoun, professor emeritus of anthropology, recently published Documenting Transnational Migration: Jordanian Men Working and studying in Europe, Asia, and North America (Berghahn Books). The book describes the process of transnational migration for higher education, work and military training in a case study covering migrants from one Jordanian village to 17 countries. 9/15/05

RICHARD ANTOUN, professor of anthropology, has had an article accepted by the International Journal of Middle East Studies for publication in its November issue. The title of the article is "Civil Society, Tribal Process and Change in Jordan: An Anthropological View." The article challenges the view of many social scientists that civil society is defined by the existence of voluntary associations such as political parties, professional associations and labor unions and by the existence of democracy as defined by elections. Rather, civil society is defined by institutions that establish trust and cooperation and wide-ranging conflict resolution in the madafa (guesthouse). Antoun is also completing a book-length manuscript accepted for publication by Alta Mira Press. The title of this work is Fundamentalism in Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Cases of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. 6/22/00

RICHARD ANTOUN, professor of anthropology, presented a paper titled "Transnational Migration for Higher Education, A Comparison: Jordanians in Greece and Pakistan" at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Philadelphia in December. 8/26/99

RICHARD ANTOUN, professor of anthropology, contributed a chapter titled Jordanian Migrants in Texas and Ohio: The Quest for Education and Work in a Global Society to Arabs in America: Building for the Future, edited by Michael Suleman, Temple University Press. He also published an essay titled Shaykh Luqman: A Contemporary Life in a Traditional Context in the Windows on the House of Islam, edited by John Renard, University of California Press, 1998. 1/21/99

Nancy Appelbaum, assistant professor of history and Latin American studies, is the winner of the Berkshire Conference First Book Prize for 2003 for her book, Muddied Waters: Race, Region, and Local History in Colombia, 1846-1948. The prize will be awarded in 2005. 6/17/2004

NANCY APPLEBAUM, assistant professor of history and Latin American studies, had an article titled "Whitening the Region: Caucano Mediation and 'Antioqueno Colonization' in 19th Century Colombia" appear in the November 1999 issue of The Hispanic American Historical Review. She was also invited to comment on a panel on "Race and Popular Politics in Colombia and Cuba" at the Conference on Latin American History at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in January.1/20/00

Miguel Arcones, professor of mathematical sciences, was invited to give a talk at the 2007 Joint Statistical Meeting of the ASA/IMS last summer in Salt Lake City, Utah. The title of his talk was "Minimax estimators of the coverage probability of the impermissible error for a location family." 11/29/07

Miguel Arcones, associate professor of mathematical sciences, is editor-in-chief of a new journal, the International Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, which has just published its first issue. Anton Schick and Qiqing Yu, both professors of mathematical sciences, serve on the editorial board. 5/10/07

Miguel Arcones, professor of mathematical sciences, was elected a member of the International Statistical Institute, which includes more than 2,000 individual elected members who are internationally recognized as leaders in the field of statistics. He also has been named to the forthcoming 2007 edition of Who’s Who in America. 12/7/06

The Educational Opportunity Program has announced the recipients of this year’s Faculty/Staff Recognition Awards, which acknowledge support for the EOP mission and students. This year’s recipients are: Graduate Students: Eric Arguello, graduate intern, EOP; Matthew Brophy, rhetoric instructor, EOP Summer Program; Iskra Hernandez, graduate intern, EOP; Sean Murray, instructor, English, general literature and rhetoric. 4/27/06

BAGHAT SAMMAKIA, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Integrated Electronics Engineering Center, was quoted in the July 24 issue of Electronic News. Sammakia discussed the changing reliability requirements for electronics pakaging, and spoke about a conference that was held at the University from July 31-August 2. GARY ARNOLD, director of continuing education at the Watson School was also quoted regarding the conference. Sammakia was also quoted in the June 16 issue of the Central New York Business Journal in an article titled "Binghamton a Hub for Electronics 'Packaging." The article discussed the role IEEC has played in furthering the electronics packaging industry. 5/3/01

Services for Students with Disabilities held its 2007 Faculty/Staff Recognition Reception on April 23. Students registered with the office honored 12 faculty and staff members by offering personal expressions of appreciation for their outstanding support, encouragement and inspiration. Those recognized included: Katherine Arnoldi, Susan Bane, Rachel Coker, Elizabeth Droz, Mary Haupt, Wendy Martinek, Angelo Mastrangelo, Dianne Oakes, Richard Steflik, Michael Wesko, Diane Wiener and Patricia Wrobel. 4/26/07

A Binghamton University team won a computer security contest to break an unknown image watermarking system, winning $300 and a digital camera. The winning team consisted of Scott Craver, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his students Eugene Yu and Idris Atakli. In the three-month Break Our Watermarking System (BOWS) Contest, contestants were given three computer images, each of which contained an invisible copyright label or “watermark,” hidden using a secret algorithm. The object of the contest was to remove the label while minimizing damage to each image. Binghamton’s team developed techniques to reverse-engineer the secret algorithm with test images fed to the online watermark detector provided by the contest. 8/31/06

Margaret Pribulick, a doctoral student, and Pam Stewart Fahs, associate professor of nursing, presented a paper titled Promoting Heart Health in Rural Women: The Half-way Perspective on an Intervention Study at the Charting New Frontiers in Rural Women’s Health Conference, held in August in Washington, D.C., by the Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health. The paper was presented on behalf of the Women’s Health Care Partnership of Binghamton University. Other students and faculty on the paper included Elizabeth Austin, Mary X. Britten, Ann Fronczek, Theresa Grabo, Gary James, Yvonne Johnston, Donna Morgan, Mary Ann Nemcek, Judith Quaranta, Gale Spencer and Fran Srnka-Debnar. 10/4/07

BRUCE AVOLIO, professor of management, and BERNARD BASS, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management, recently traveled to Karlstad, Sweden to participate in a global conference on leadership and to inaugurate the 7th affiliate Center for Leadership Studies. Conference participants represented the following countries: the United States, Israel, South Africa, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Australia. The 3-day conference ended with the inauguration of the center. The next global conference is scheduled for South Africa in 2001. Also, on June 15, Avolio was the guest speaker at the 1999 CEO Breakfast Series sponsored by the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives. His presentation title was "Transformational Leadership: A Model for Strategic Change." 9/2/99

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Ellen H. Badger, director of International Student & Scholar Services, has been elected to the Board of Directors of NAFSA: Association of International Educators for a three-year term beginning in January. 10/18/07

Binghamton's Dual Diploma Programs received an honorable mention in the category of international programming from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). The recognition was the result of a successful submission to NASPA's International Education Knowledge Community's fifth-annual International Best Practices Awards competition. Ellen H. Badger, director of International Student and Scholar Services; Katharine Krebs, director of the Office of International Programs; Oktay Sekercisoy, associate director of dual-diploma programs; and Karen Keefe Guzikowski, assistant director of International Student and Scholar Services prepared the contest entry. 4/12/07

At the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region X Conference held Nov. 5-7 in Rochester, Ellen H. Badger, director of International Student and Scholar Services, presented on the topic “Building Your International Team.” Amelia Shafer, international student adviser, presented on the topic “For Beginners by Beginners.” 12/7/06

Ellen H. Badger, director of International Student and Scholar Services, recently received the James O'Driscoll Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes outstanding service in the field of international education. She was presented with the award during the Bi-Regional Meeting of Regions VIII and Region X of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, held Nov. 8-10 in Atlantic City, N.J. The award is given annually to an individual who has provided exceptional service to NAFSA Region X (New York and New Jersey), furthered the interests of international educational exchange and remained active in regional activities, projects and programs. 12/1/05

ELLEN BADGER, director of International Student and Scholar Services, was featured in an American Immigration Lawyers Association audio conference on student immigration issues on December 17. The conference was for AILA's Young Lawyers division. 1/15/04

ELLEN H. BADGER, director of international student and scholar services, co-authored an article, "Myths and Realities for the Undocumented Students Attending U.S. Colleges and Universities," in the winter 2002 issue of Journal of College Admission. 2/14/02

ELLEN BADGER, director of International Student and Scholar Services, had an article "Betwixt and Between: Undocumented Aliens and Access to U.S. Higher Education," re-published in the Fall 2000 International Educator. The article first appeared in the May 15 edition of Bender's Immigration Bulletin. 3/8/01

Ellen H. Badger, director of International Student & Scholar Services; Diane Smyk, special programs coordinator; and Maria Sabatino, international student adviser, attended the bi-regional NAFSA conference in Montreal. Badger chaired and presented at a session titled "Influencing Decision Makers, From the Campus to the Federal Level," and presented at the Newcomers Session. Smyk presented at a session titled "Health, Safety and Insurance Resources for Study Abroad 12/7/00

ELLEN BADGER, director of International Student and Scholar Services, had an article published in Bender's Immigration Bulletin's May 15 edition. The article, "They Can't Go Home Again: Undocumented Aliens and Access to U.S. Higher Education," examined federal laws pertaining to undocumented aliens attending colleges and universities. 6/22/00

ELLEN BADGER, director of International Student and Scholar Services, attended the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference "Women's Right to Education: Building Global Leadership for the 21st Century" at the United Nations in New York City in February.3/9/00

ELLEN BADGER, director of international student and scholar services, was elected to a three-year term as chair of the membership committee of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Her term is to begin in July, after the NAFSA Annual Conference.1/20/00

ELLEN BADGER, director of International Student and Scholar Services, was the co-author of an article titled "An OSEAS Partnership, Israel Style," which appeared in the April/May issue of the NAFSA: Association of International Educators newsletter. Badger also chaired a workshop titled, "U.S. Student Visa Issues: Transatlantic Perspectives," during the 6th annual Europe Regional Conference for Overseas Educational Advisors in Budapest, Hungary last month. 9/3/98

Several members of Binghamton University's Office of Undergraduate Admissions received awards for excellence in admissions practices at the annual SUNYCAP conference for admissions professionals. BRIAN HAZLETT was recognized for excellence in meeting the needs of a special population; JENAE SCHMIDT was recognized for excellence in recruitment of international students; CHRISTOPHER LEWIS was recognized for excellence in the design and implementation of an email communication system; HAROLYN PASQUALE was recognized for outstanding contribution to the design and improvement of office operations and procedures; and BEN BALKAYA was recognized for excellence in the design and implementation of a program to meet the needs of a special applicant group. 7/22/04

Services for Students with Disabilities held its 2007 Faculty/Staff Recognition Reception on April 23. Students registered with the office honored 12 faculty and staff members by offering personal expressions of appreciation for their outstanding support, encouragement and inspiration. Those recognized included: Katherine Arnoldi, Susan Bane, Rachel Coker, Elizabeth Droz, Mary Haupt, Wendy Martinek, Angelo Mastrangelo, Dianne Oakes, Richard Steflik, Michael Wesko, Diane Wiener and Patricia Wrobel. 4/26/07

Susan Bane, professor of chemistry, Rudravajhala Ravindra, research scientist in chemistry and graduate student Natasha Shanker are co-authors of a paper presented at the 227th annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in March. The paper presented information on how the authors have succeeded in enhancing the structure of taxol to make it more effective in killing cancer cells. 6/17/04

Jeff Barker, associate professor of geological science, was among the geologists interviewed in the September 28 issue of The Gazette (Montreal) in regards to the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that hit Taiwan in the middle of September, which killed more than 2,000 people. Barker is quoted as saying that "This could be the piece of information to explain what's happening geologically in Taiwan." Barker was also quoted in a September 26 article in The Columbus Dispatch about the Taiwan earthquake. 11/11/99

Binghamton University captured 24 awards at the 17th Annual Genesis Awards Ceremony held by the Communications Association of the Southern Tier in April. First place for: Brochures/Catalogs – Capabilities/Facilities, Art Museum Brochure; Displays/Exhibits - “8 Reasons Why;” Brochures/Catalogs – Fundraising, “Give a Gift Every Year;” Annual Reports - Binghamton Research; Periodicals/Newsletters – Print, Binghamton University Magazine Fall 2006; Public Relations – Single Piece, “Shelter from the Storm;” News Writing - “Biologist Discovery;” Photography – Series, “Demon Alcohol;” Outstanding Student Contribution - Gaian Tableau. Second place for: Overall Organizational Identity - Campus Recreation Campaign; Brochures/Catalogs – Fundraising, Leadership Society Brochure; Magazine Advertising – Single Ad, Alumni ad, “The Numbers are Impressive;” Self-Promotion - Binghamton Research; News Writing - “Campus responds to community crisis;” Feature Writing - “A Great Divide;” Photography – Individual, “In Deep;” Photography – Series, “Basketball Tournament.” Third place for: Posters - Aspire Higher; Special Event Promotion - Leadership Weekend Promotion; Annual Reports - Binghamton University Foundation Annual Report 2005-06; Feature Writing - “Bringing the Heat;” Photography – Series, “Annual Report;” World Wide Web - School of Education; Potpourri - Research Podcast “Digital Fingerprints.” Employees who contributed to these awards included Susan Barker, Jonathan Cohen, Rachel Coker, Greg Delviscio, Katie Ellis, Gail Glover, Sandra Kazinetz, Elaine Moran, David Skyrca, Ashok Subramanian, Martha Terry and John Wojcio. 6/21/07

Binghamton University won seven awards in the 22nd annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by , edited by Rachel Coker and designed by University Publications, received a bronze award. Merit awards were presented to “Shelter from the Storm,” the public relations effort related to the June 2006 flood led by media relations director Gail Glover; an alumni thank you advertisement designed by Terry; the Binghamton University Foundation’s annual report, written by former senior writer Gary Frank and designed by art director David Skyrca; and Binghamton Research, led by the editorial team of Susan Barker, executive director of research advancement, Katie Ellis, director of communications, and former publications director Denise Czuprynski and designed by Terry. 3/1/07

Communicators from Binghamton University brought home the gold at the recent Communication Association of the Southern Tier (CAST) Genesis 15 awards banquet. The Binghamton University Viewbook, Foundation fundraising brochure, the 2003-2004 Annual Report, Inside BU and Discover-e newsletter were just a few of the publications that took first place. Recognized for their efforts were: Chris Ritter, associate vice president of communications and marketing; Katie Ellis, director of communications; Gail Glover, director of media relations; Denise Czuprynski, director of publications; David Skyrca, publications art director; Susan Barker, executive director of research advancement; Ashok Subramanian, creative and information services director for research advancement; Sandra Paniccia, assistant director for enrollment marketing; Martha Terry, visual communications specialist; and Anita Doll, former director of marketing for enrollment management. 9/29/05

Several awards were received by campus staff at the SUNY CUAD Awards for Excellence ceremony during the annual conference held last month in Cooperstown: SUSAN BARKER, executive director of research advancement and ASHOK SUBRAMANIAN, creative and information services director for research advancement – best of category in News/Media Relations or University Relations for Destination Discovery ’05. 7/21/05

Miriam Bartschi, consultant, and Molly McGowan, senior consultant, both with the Center for Quality, presented at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Region 1 Conference. Their pre-conference workshop, "An Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry," addressed the basics of Appreciative Inquiry and StrengthsQuest. In addition, the theory and application of Appreciative Inquiry was investigated for a strengths-based approach to change. 12/13/07

Several staff members from the Center for Quality, MIRIAM BARTSCHI, quality facilitator; SUSAN HOLDEN, keyboard specialist; KENNETH HOLMES, interim director of residential life and quality facilitator; CHRIS KNICKERBOCKER, director; MOLLY NEARING, senior quality facilitator; and SUSAN RYAN, former EH&S training coordinator and quality facilitator, made presentations at the SUNY Environmental Health and Safety fall conference in Lake Placid. 12/5/02

CHRIS KNICKERBOCKER, director of the Center for Quality, and MOLLY NEARING, senior quality facilitator, attended the annual National Consortium of Continuous Improvement in Higher Education conference in Vancouver, Canada. Knickerbocker and Nearing co-presented "Building a Quality Community" showcasing how Binghamton University has developed its continuous quality improvement initiative. Nearing was elected to the executive council and was re-elected to serve on the programming committee. Knickerbocker was re-elected to serve on the marketing and membership committee. MIRIAM BARTSCHI, quality facilitator, and Knickerbocker, presented "Binghamton's Center for Quality: Continuous Improvement in Academia" at the annual SUNY Human Resource Conference in Lake Placid.

Several staff members from the Center for Quality, including MIRIAM BARTISCI, quality facilitator; MOLLY NEARING, senior quality facilitator; CHRISTINA KNICKERBOCKER, director, and ANGIE WOWK, adjunct facilitator, recently attended training at the Penn State Quality Expo on "Balanced Scorecard," a process improvement tool used to evaluate services and develop action plans. The program was sponsored by the National Consortium of Continuous Improvement in Higher Education. In June, Nearing and JIM SPRING, who recently retired as director of the center, presented at a Rutgers University workshop on the topic, "Organizational Effectiveness, Baldridge Goes to College." The pair discussed how the Malcom Baldridge National quality Award principles can be modified for use in educational institutions. Earlier in the spring, Nearing and Spring presented worksops at Onondaga Community College and at The Four County Library Stystem. 8/23/01

Aldo Bernardo and Karen Barzman have been awarded certificates of recognition by the prestigious Centro Internazionale di Studi e Ricerche "Il Melograno," an association of Italian university professors dedicated to fostering and disseminating research and studies in Italian literature, art and culture. Professor Sandro Sticca, who has been president of the Centro for the last 30 years, will present the award to the honorees. Bernardo, a distinguished service professor emeritus of Italian and comparitive literature, was honored for his intellectual legacy to the study of Italian literature, especially the works of Dante and Petrarch. Barzman, associate professor of art history, was honored for her work in the field of Italian medieval and Renaissance art. 11/17/05

BERNARD M. BASS, distinguished professor emeritus of management, has been named winner of the 2002 Walter F. Ulmer Jr. Applied Research Award by the Center for Creative Leadership. The award recognizes individuals in the leadership field for exemplary applied research. Bass also has had a 1996 article "Is There Universality in the Full Range Model of Leadership," accepted for publication in an electronic textbook, Principles and Practices in Public Administration, published by the Marcel Dekker Publishing Co. as part of its public administration and public policy series. 10/3/02

Bernard M. Bass, distinguished professor emeritus of management, was a keynote speaker at the III International Conference on School Management at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain in September. His presentation was titled "The Future of Leadership in Learning Organizations." 11/30/00

BRUCE AVOLIO, professor of management, and BERNARD BASS, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management, recently traveled to Karlstad, Sweden to participate in a global conference on leadership and to inaugurate the 7th affiliate Center for Leadership Studies. Conference participants represented the following countries: the United States, Israel, South Africa, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Australia. The 3-day conference ended with the inauguration of the center. The next global conference is scheduled for South Africa in 2001. Also, on June 15, Avolio was the guest speaker at the 1999 CEO Breakfast Series sponsored by the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives. His presentation title was "Transformational Leadership: A Model for Strategic Change." 9/2/99

BERNARD M. BASS, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management and founding director of the Center for Leadership Studies, conducted a seminar for Gallup Senior Scientists in Lincoln, Neb., on April 20 on "The Ethics of Transformational Leadership and the Differences between Authentic and Pseudotransformational Leaders." On April 28, he addressed the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., on "Cognitive, Social and Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership" and on April 29 he was a keynote speaker at the Western Psychological Association Convention in Irvine, Calif. His speech was titled "Predicting Transformational and Transactional Leadership Behavior." 5/20/99

BERNARD M. BASS, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the School of Management, conducted a seminar, "Transformational Leadership: It's Whys and Wherefores," for senior executives at Victoria University's Center for Learning Studies in Wellington, New Zealand in February. In Melbourne, Australia, he discussed plans and programs with the Australian Consortium for Leadership Studies. He also led a faculty seminar on transformational leadership at Monash University in Melbourne and spoke to an interdisciplinary business ethics faculty about "Ethics, Character and Authentic Transformational Leadership," at Melbourne's Victoria University. 4/22/99

The Division of Student Affairs Colleague of the Year Award went to Eileen Bauer-Hagerbaumer, employer relations manager from the Career Development Center. She was recognized for efforts to assist students, employers and colleagues in the Employer Services area. These services include job and internship postings, the on-campus recruitment program and managing the job and internship fairs and nursing forums. 8/30/07

When a Career Fair is Successful, Students are, Too by Bill McCarthy, associate director of the Career Development Center, and Eileen Bauer-Hagerbaumer, CDC’s employer relations manager, appeared in the late fall edition of Bridges, the electronic newsletter of The Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers.EACE is the largest regional college/employer network in the country with about 1,200 members representing 817 colleges, 258 employers and 27 associates from Maine to Virginia. 2/28/08

The Career Development Center received the SUNYCDO award for Excellence in Career Planning Programs for “Peer Mock Interviews: A Collaboration Between CDC and Campus Activities.” SCOTT BENNETT, EILEEN BAUER-HAGERBAUMER, DEBBIE CLINTON-CALLAGHAN and NANCY PAUL spearheaded the collaboration and KIM TRELA was instrumental in working with the XLCs. 7/21/05

The University’s Leaders and Learners Club was recently named President’s Distinguished, the highest level of accomplishmentor a Toastmasters Club. Leaders and Learners garnered the title this year by completing nine out of the 10 goals set by the headquarters of Toastmasters International. Earlier this year, the club received the Ralph Smedley Membership Award, named for the founder of Toastmasters. The club’s officers are Dana Stecker, president; Hilton Baxter, vice president of education; Tony Poole, vice president of membership; Treasurer Jiten Dedhia (with help from James Orin); Alethea Gibbons, secretary; Sergeant-at- Arms Darlene Manchester and Rebecca Indik, vice president of public relations. Additional assistance was provided by Ashok Subramanian, past president. This is the second consecutive year the club has earned the title of President’s Distinguished. 9/7/06

The campus Leaders and Learners Toastmasters Club has been awarded the President’s Distinguished Award from its parent organization. Club members had to complete nine of 10 goals to win the honor, but achieved all 10. The group’s leadership team includes EMMANUEL AKINYELE, resident director; HILTON BAXTER, staff assistant, Center for Learning and Teaching; DARLENE MANCHESTER, call center manager and ASHOK SUBRAMANIAN, creative and information services director for research advancement. 8/25/05

HILTON BAXTER, of the Center for Learning and Teaching, received first place in Toastmasters International Area 9 evaluation and humorous speech contest on October 6. The contest was hosted by the honors students from the School of Management who have formed a toastmasters club sponsored by Pricewaterhousecoopers. Baxter is a member of the Endicott Toastmasters and will advance to competition in the Southern Division contest in November. 10/24/02

Bethany Beecher, the learning disabilities specialist in Services for Students with Disabilities, passed her qualifying exam last spring to become a certified rehabilitation counselor. In November, she received a professional development grant to attend a spring 2006 conference at Yale University, titled “Students with Asperger’s Syndrome, Autism and Related Conditions Attending College.” 2/2/06

Jeffrey Horowitz, Rene Coderre, Chris Cullinane, Jen Hapgood, Susie Beederman, Wendy Nastasi and Malindra Ratnayake attended the Northeast Association for College and University Housing Officers’ annual conference in Castleton, Vt. Cullinane presented “The Incredibly True Adventure of a Housing System Development,” about the steps taken to make Binghamton’s online housing program come alive. Beederman and Nastasi presented “Res Life on a Diet,” which explored the biology and psychology of our bodies while focusing on how residential life culture affects our bodies. Beederman also received a scholarship to attend the Regional Entry Level Institute at Westfield State College, Mass., this summer. Hapgood received the 2007 Women’s Issues Outstanding Achievement Award. Horowitz was given the Distinguished Service Award for an individual who has been a member of NEACUHO for an extended period of time and has contributed significantly to its direction, administration and governance. At the end of the conference, Coderre was elected the group’s treasurer, Hapgood was elected Western District representative and Horowitz was appointed corporate relations chair. 7/19/07

Susie M. Beederman, resident director in Hinman College, has been chosen to participate in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Association of College and University Housing Officers' Regional Entry Level Institute this summer. The institute provides new professionals in residential life and housing an opportunity for professional development under the guidance of seasoned professionals. Beederman was awarded a scholarship to support her attendance. 5/10/07

The Educational Opportunity Program has announced the recipients of this year’s Faculty/Staff Recognition Awards, which acknowledge support for the EOP mission and students.  This year’s recipients are: Jean Meyer, clerk, Business Office; Amber Stallman, secretary, Registrar’s Office; Milton Chester, director, Judicial Affairs; David Hagerbaumer, director, Campus Life; Ariel Belasen, teaching assistant, Economics; James Deys, teaching assistant, English, General Literature and Rhetoric; Jillian Mason-Possemato, teaching assistant, English, General Literature and Rhetoric; Daria Sevastianova, teaching assistant, Economics; Joshua Spizman, mathematics instructor, EOP Summer Program; Thomas Cousins, associate director, Counseling Center; Rose Frierman, director, Alumni and Parent Operations, Alumni and Parent Relations; Andrea Wawrzusin, associate registrar, Registrar. 5/3/07

CAROL M. BELL, assistant director of the Technology Training Center and SYLVIA M. HALL, director of human resources, presented an invited a three-day training and development program to the staff of SUNY System Administration in Albany from on March 25, 26 and April 1. The program covered the basic tenets of leadership, communication, conflict resolution and valuing diversity. 4/11/02

The Educational Opportunity Program has announced the recipients of this year’s Faculty/Staff Recognition Awards, which acknowledge support for the EOP mission and students. This year’s recipients are: Professional Staff: Scott Bennett, counselor, Career Development Center; Kathleen Brunt, associate director of Harpur Academic Advising; Karima Legette, coordinator of the McNair Scholars Program; William G. McCarthy, associate director, Career Development Center; Tanya Robinson, assistant director, Academic Programs, Off Campus College; Heather Struck, pre-law director/adviser, Harpur Academic Advising. 4/27/06

The Career Development Center received the SUNYCDO award for Excellence in Career Planning Programs for “Peer Mock Interviews: A Collaboration Between CDC and Campus Activities.” SCOTT BENNETT, EILEEN BAUER-HAGERBAUMER, DEBBIE CLINTON-CALLAGHAN and NANCY PAUL spearheaded the collaboration and KIM TRELA was instrumental in working with the XLCs. 7/21/05

Master's of music alumni Julia Ebner, Todd Geer, Melisse Weber, Amber Alarcon, Soon Young Park and Ian Bentley also performed. 2/20/08

Aldo Bernardo and Karen Barzman have been awarded certificates of recognition by the prestigious Centro Internazionale di Studi e Ricerche "Il Melograno," an association of Italian university professors dedicated to fostering and disseminating research and studies in Italian literature, art and culture. Professor Sandro Sticca, who has been president of the Centro for the last 30 years, will present the award to the honorees. Bernardo, a distinguished service professor emeritus of Italian and comparitive literature, was honored for his intellectual legacy to the study of Italian literature, especially the works of Dante and Petrarch. Barzman, associate professor of art history, was honored for her work in the field of Italian medieval and Renaissance art. 11/17/05

Italica Press of New York City has reissued Emeritus Professor Aldo S. Bernardo’s five-volume translation of the two major collections of Latin letters of the lyric poet Francis Petrarch: Letters on Familiar Matters and Letters of Old Age. Saul Levin and Rita Bernardo were co-translators of the Letters of Old Age. Aldo Bernardo was a founder of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and an early chairman of the Humanities Division. 9/22/05

Two works by ALDO S. BERNARDO, distinguished service professor emeritus of Italian and comparative literature, will be reissued. Petrarch, Scipio and the "Africa:" The Birth of Humanism's Dream (John Hopkins, 1963), will be included in an on-line searchable database along with 50,000 other key publications as part of an arts and sciences cyberspace project. Portions of a second book, Petrarch's Letters on Familiar Matters (John Hopkins, 1985) will be reprinted in The Longman Anthology of World Literature and The Longman Anthology of Wevetn Literature published by Questia Media, Inc. 8/23/01

Music Department adjunct faculty who participated included Duane Skrabalak, conductor and artistic director; Peter Sicilian, stage director; and Judy Berry-Smith, assistant stage director. 2/20/08

Martin Bidney, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, has authored A Poetic Dialogue with Adam Mickiewicz:  The "Crimean Sonnets" Translated, with Sonnet Preface and Sonnet Replies (Bonn:  Bernstein-Verlag, 2007). The 106-page book contains 23 lyric translations from Polish and five from Russian, plus 48 original sonnets written by Bidney. 11/1/07

Martin Bidney, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, has published a book of verse translations, Lyrical Tales and Poems of Jewish Life by Saul Tchernikhovsky (Keshet Press, 2006), containing three idylls or story poems, three lyrical hymns to nature spirits and a “Translator’s Introduction in Twelve Sonnets.” The translations were made from the Russian versions of the Hebrew poet’s friend Vladislav Khodasevich. 11/16/06

Martin Bidney, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, has published an article, Peace and Pathos in the Sea Epiphanies of Rupert Brooke: Contours of Narcissistic Desire, in the current issue of English Literature in Transition 1880-1920. 9/22/05

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, is the author of an article, "Epiphany in Autobiography: The Quantum Changes of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy," published in the current edition of the Journal of Clinical Psychology/In Session. 4/29/04

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, is the author of an essay, "The Secretive-Playful Epiphanies of Robert Frost: Solitude, Companionship, and the Ambivalent Imagination," published in The Wadsworth Casebook for Reading, Research, and Writing (Wadsworth/Thomson: Boston, 2003), ed. Robert C. Petersen, reprinted from Papers on Language and Literature (2002). He also presented a bilingual reading of his translations of lyrics by Nikolai Gumiliov at the American Literary Translators Association meeting on November 14, in Boston. 1/15/04

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has an article, "War of the Winds: Shelley, Hardy, and Harold Bloom," in Victorian Poetry (Summer 2003). His essay "'A Dream' as Key to a Reverie Pattern in Matthew Arnold: Interactions of Water and Fire" appears in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, edited by Linda Pavlovski (Detroit: Gale Research, 2003), reprinted fromVictorian Poetry (1988). He has published 12 translations of Russian lyrics (Ivanov, Tiutchev, Lermontov, Pushkin) in the current number of The Paterson Literary Review. 9/4/03

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, gave two conference presentations. At the American Literary Translators' Association conference in Chicago on October 19, he offered a bilingual reading from his translation of Russian poet Nikolai Gumilev's "The Discovery of America." At the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies conference in Tampa, Fla., on November 15, he gave a paper, "Remembering/Reinventing Blake in E. P. Thompson's Poetry: Rethinking the Alienation of Cultural Capital." 4/10/03

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has published an article, "Slowed-Down Time and the Fear of History: The Medievalist Visions of William Blake and William Morris," in the fall-winter issue of Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies.10/24/02

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has published an article, "The Secretive-Playful Epiphanies of Robert Frost: Solitude, Companionship, and the Ambivalent Imagination," in the summer issue of Papers on Language and Literature. 10/3/02

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has a letter included in Letters to J.D. Salinger edited by Chris Kubica and Will Hochman, just published by University of Wisconsin Press. 4/11/02

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has published an article, "Philosophy and the Victorian Literary Aesthetic," in a collection, A Companion to the Victorian Novel, published by Greenwood Press this year. 2/14/02

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, published an article " 'Controlled Panic' Mastering the Terrors of Dissolution and Isolation in Elizabeth Biship's Epiphanies," in the journal, Style. 8/23/01

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has published several articles: "Creating a Feminist-Communitarian Romanticism in Beloved: Tony Morrison's New Uses for Blake, Keats, and Wordswoth," in the summer issue of Papers on Language and Literature and "The Aestheticist Epiphanies of J. D. Salinger" Bright-Hued Circles, Spheres, and Patches; 'Elemental' Joy and Pain," in the spring issue of Style (117-131). 11/16/00

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, and English Department graduate students Kyoko Amano, Eva Tettenborn, and Liana Vrajitoru have coauthored an article, "Teaching the Toolbox: Strategies for an Introductory Theory and Criticism Course, " in the fall 1999 issue of CEA Critic, a special issue on Teaching Theory to Undergraduates. Bidney has also published "Andreas-Salome's Devil and Lermontov's Demon" in the winter 2000 issue of Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studeis, a special number dedicated to the work of Lou Andreas-Salome. 8/24/00

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has published an essay, "Failed Verticals, Fatal Horizontals, Unreachable Circles of Light: Philip Larkin's Epiphanies," in Moments of Moment: Aspects of the Literary Epiphany, ed. Wim Tigges (Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi Press, 1999), 353-74. 8/26/99

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has published an article, Virtuoso Translations as Visions of Water and Fire: The Elemental Sublime in Swinburnes Arthurian Tale and Balmonts Medieval Georgian Epic, in the current (winter 1998) issue of Modern Language Quarterly. 1/21/99

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has published three signed articles in Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, ed. Donald D. Cummings and J.R. LeMaster (New York and London: Garland, 1998). The articles are on Sherwood Anderson, William Blake and Whitman in Russia and other Slavic countries. Bidney has also has an article, "Spirit-bird, Bowshot, Water-snake, Corpses, Cosmic Love: Reshaping the Coleridge Legacy in Dickey's Deliverance," originally published in Papers in Language and Literature (1995), newly reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism Yearbook for 1995, ed. Debbie Schmitt (Detroit: Gale Research, 1998), CLC-109: 275-81, also available on GaleNet. 10/15/98

MARTIN BIDNEY, professor of English and comparative literature, has published an article, "Scenes of Clerical Life and Trifles of High-Order Clerical Life: Satirical and Empathetic Humor in George Eliot and Nikolai Leskov," in George Eliot-George Henry Lewes Studies 36-37 (September 1999): 1-28. 10/7/99

Martin Bidney, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, has published two essays: “Fire, Flutter, Fall, and Scatter: A Structure in the Epiphanies of Hawthorne’s Tales” in Texas Studies in Literature and Language (Spring 2008); and “From Two Worlds to God and the Poets: David Daiches’ Role as Critical Mediator,” in David Daiches: A Celebration of His Life and Work, edited by William Baker and Michael Lister (Brighton and Portland: Sussex Academic Press, 2008). Bidney also recently published “On the Feeling Invested in Objects: Gonzalez’s Sculptures and Stewart’s Narratives of Longing” in Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature (March 2009). The journal piece contains full-page images of six sculptures by Ronald Gonzalez, professor of art. 4/24/08

LINDA BIEMER, dean of the School of Education and Human Development, in February attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, where she was a panelist for a session titled "When Policy and Professional Agendas Collide: The Case of State and Federal Accountability Mandates." In March, Biemer gave the keynote address at the spring conference of the Capital Area School Development Association held at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. She talked about the new State Education Department requirements for teacher preparation. She was also the speaker at the Elmira College annual induction ceremony of Kappa Delta Pi, international honor society in education. Her talk was titled: "1900-2000: How Far Have We Come? How Far Do We Still Have to Go?" 4/15/99

Jonathan Biggers, Link Professor and assistant professor of music, received a glowing review in the February 28 issue of the Kansas City Star for his performance at Bales Recital Hall at the University of Kansas. The review stated that "instrument and acoustics met their match in Jonathan Biggers This was playing of authority and eloquence." 9/16/99

Binghamton University participated in UNYTECH 06, the Universities of Upstate New York Venture Forum, Sept. 19 and 20 in Rochester. According to the Aug. 17 issue of Buffalo Business First, the forum seeks to connect university-based start-ups with potential investors. 2/1/07

Binghamton University tied for 86th in this year’s U.S. News & World Report ranking of “America’s Best Colleges,” according to Washingtonpost.com and a News Watch 50 report on Aug. 18. 2/1/07

Anne Clark, associate professor of biological sciences, appeared Aug. 23 in the Ithaca Times. During the West Nile scare in 2002 and 2003, the outbreak destroyed about 40 percent of the marked crow population studied by Clark and her colleague, Kevin McGowan. The article also cited Binghamton University for its research on the virus with the state health department. 2/1/07

On Aug. 28, Inside Higher Ed named Binghamton University as one of three State University of New York campuses that were beginning an online undergraduate program in electrical engineering. 2/1/07

Binghamton University was mentioned in the August 9 edition of The New York Times article about Princeton Review tutoring of high school students for the SATs. Binghamton's scores (Math 619 and Verbal 595) were included in a list of high-scoring schools. 11/11/99

Binghamton University was mentioned in the September 1 issue of The San Diego Union-Tribune in an article about a study published in the journal Brain Research. The study was done by a research group at Binghamton University investigating the toxic effects on neurons and blood vessels in the brain when rats drank water with 2.1 parts-per-million fluoride. The article was about the health effects of flouridated water. 11/11/99

The Binghamton University Art Museum was mentioned in the September issue of Car & Travel magazine in an article highlighting the “From Neurology to Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud’s Drawings and Diagrams of the Mind” exhibit, which was on display Sept. 8-Nov. 17.

Timothy Perry, professor and chair of the Department of Music, and the Binghamton University Orchestra hosted the Northeast Division Conference and Festival of the College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) on Feb. 24 and 25. A dozen college, university and conservatory conductors from the 11-state region attended, along with 30 orchestral students from Skidmore College, Hofstra University and Moravian College. The program included a class on orchestral bowing problems and solutions led by Binghamton faculty members Janey Choi, violin, and Roberta Crawford, viola. In May, Perry will begin a two-year term as president of CODA’s Northeast Division and member of the CODA Executive Committee. 3/22/07

Binghamton University student-athletes raised over $32,800 this year for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® through the Up ’til Dawn program by organizing student-athletes in a letter-sending event. The Binghamton University athletics department was one of the top two universities in New York State in letters sent and funds raised. 5/17/07

Martin Bidney, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, has an article, "'The Legend of Jubal' as Romanticism Refashioned: Struggles of a Spirit in George Eliot's Musical Midrash," in the September 2007 issue of George Eliot--George Henry Lewes Studies. 10/4/07

Martin Bidney, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, has published an article titled "Double Darkness, Border of Bonelight: The Problem of Solipsism in Howard Nemerov's Epiphanies," in the current issue of Interdisciplinary Literary Studies. 10/27/05

CHARLES W. BISCHOFF, professor of economics, and IN-BONG KANG, assistant professor of economics, published an article, "Bayesian VAR Forecasts Fail to Live Up to Their Promise", in the July 2000 edition of Business Economics. 3/29/01

HERBERT BIX, professor of history and sociology, spoke at the conference, "Hiroshima in the 21st Century: Will We Repeat the Past?" held at American University in Washington, D.C. on December 13. Bix spoke on "Unilateralism and the Faith that Undergirds American Violence." The conference was sponsored by the Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy and American University's Nuclear Studies Institute. 1/15/04

HERBERT BIX, professor of sociology and history, will be honored at the "Literary Lights" Dinner given by associates of the Boston Public Library on Sunday, April 14.. A Massachusetts native, Bix has won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction for Hirihito and the Making of Modern Japan. Earlier this month, Bix was honored by the University of Massachusetts with its Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award was presented April 2 in the Great Hall of the Massachusetts State House. He graduated from the school in 1960. 4/11/02

HERBERT BIX, professor of history and sociology, published an op-ed piece "Peace treaty locked Japan into a flawed present" in the September 7 edition of the Los Angeles Times. 10/11/01

NATALIE BLEDMAN and COLIN LORD of Undergraduate Admissions, STEVE DUARTE of the Equal Opportunity Program, and SUSIE WILLIAMS, formerly of EOP, presented a workshop titled "Re-envisioning Affirmative Action for Educational Opportunity Programs-Before the Millennium" at the Fifth Biennial Tri-State Consortium of Opportuinty Programs in Higher Education in Philadelphia in March. 4/22/99

MARK BLUMLER, associate professor of geography, was an invited participant at a conference on "New Directions in Middle East Geography" at the University of Texas April 4-5. He presented a paper, "Livestock Grazing and Middle Eastern Ecosystems." 5/8/03

MARK BLUMLER, assistant professor of geography, participated in a "conference within a conference" on teaching about the Middle East at the National Council on Geographic Education Annual Meeting in Boston in November. He presented a paper, "Teaching about Middle Eastern Ethnicity and Cultural Difference." He also joined several Armenian scholars in a symposium on land degradation and desertification at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Pittsburgh on April 5. In May, Blumler traveled to Yerevan, Armenia, to participate in a scientific conference of the International Geographical Union's Biogeography Study Group. 6/22/00

MARK BLUMLER, assistant professor of geography, was quoted in a November issue of Science that focused on the slow birth of agriculture. His comments were included along with those of a number of other experts, all studying aspects of when crop cultivation began. 4/29/99

MARK BLUMLER, an assistant professor of geography, participated in September in an international workshop in Groningen, the Netherlands, on the transition from foraging to farming in Southwest Asia where he presented a paper, Wild Cereal Ecology and Agricultural Origins. Blumlers recent publications include: Biogeography of Land Use Impacts in the Near East in New Lessons from Natures Geography: Biogeographical Landscapes and Conservation in Developing Countries, edited by K.S. Zimmerer and K.R. Young (University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1999) and Introgression of Durum into Wild Emmer and the Agricultural Origin Question in The Origins of Agriculture and the Domestication of Crop Plants in the Near East: The Harlem Symposium, edited by A.B. Damania and J. Valkoun. 1/28/99

Binghamton University was recently recognized with four awards from the Admissions Marketing Network. The Binghamton University Foundation Annual Report 2004-05 received a silver award. David Skyrca, Gary Frank, Chris Ritter, Marcia Craner, Mary Woolson, Sheila Doyle, Cindy Lupo, John Wojcio, Sandy Kazinetz and Denise Czyprynski worked on the project. The Binghamton University Alumni Art Calendar 2006 also took silver. Martha Terry, Rose Frierman, Jackie Hogan, Marcia Steinbrecher, Marcia Craner, David Skyrca, John Wojcio, Sandy Kazinetz and Denise Czyprynski contributed. The School of Management case statement, Reaching Higher, received a merit award. Martha Terry, Upinder Dhillon, George Bobinski, Sandy Kazinetz, John Wojcio, Chris Ritter, David Skyrca and Denise Czyprynski worked on the project. The From the President newsletter also received a merit award. Rachel Coker, Katie Ellis, David Skyrca, Martha Terry and John Wojcio contributed. 3/30/06

GEORGE BOBINSKI, associate dean of the School of Management, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Executive MBA Council, a worldwide organization of 200 universities and colleges who offer executive MBA programs. 12/5/02

GEORGE BOBINSKI, associate dean of the School of Management, gave an invited presentation on best practices and teaching methods at the fall Executive MBA Council Conference in Philadelphia. 2/14/02

GEORGE BOBINSKI, associate dean of the School of Management, gave an invited presentation on best practices, faculty and curriculum performance and teaching methods at the fall Executive MBA Council Conference in Philadelphia. The council identified the SOM as one of five schools nationwide to consistently perform at a high level in its benchmarking survey. 12/13/01

GEORGE BOBINSKI, assistant professor in the School of Management; DIANA DAVIES, senior staff assistant in the International Programs office; SANFORD GABIN, visiting associate professor of political science; WAYNE JONES, associate professor of chemistry; ALFRED LEWIS, associate provost for planning and budget; MICHAEL LOGAN, teaching assistant in English; NATSU SATO, lecturer in German, Russian and East Asian Languages; SALVADOR VIZCARRONDO, assistant director of Upward Bound; and ALVIN VOS, associate professor of English, have been included in the fifth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1998. Teachers included in the volume were selected by one or more former students who themselves were listed in either Who's Who Among American High School Students or The National Dean's List. 11/19/98

Debra Bohunicky, a clinical nursing instructor in the Decker School of Nursing with a specialty in psychiatric nursing and mental health, has been elected to Who’s Who in Health Sciences Education 2006. She was a professor of psychiatric nursing at North Seattle Community College and had a private practice in clinical hypnotherapy in Seattle before her 2005 relocation to Binghamton. Bohunicky is working on her doctorate in educational psychology. 8/24/06

Officers Douglas Bonawitz, Bonnie Hanna, Robert Meddleton and Mark Smith were honored for Excellent Service. Bonawitz disarmed a man with a knife who had threatened employees; the other officers helped to subdue the man. 9/14/06

Library faculty members Abigail Bordeaux and Frank Mols recently gave presentations on electronic resource license agreements and electronic resources use statistics at the "Navigating the Electronic Resources Maze" conference sponsored by NYlink. Staff members Sandy Card, Randall Miles, Frank Mols and Tal-ee Roberts gave presentations at the SUNY Aleph Users' Group Meeting held at Upstate Health Services Center on September 19. Aleph is the software that supports the Libraries' BearCat online catalog. 1/15/04

KAREN BOULAS, coordinator of University Scholarships, presented on "Learn how financial aid fits into the NCAA Division I and II athletics. Hear about rules and regulations that make the Title IV look easy. Make sure your school is in compliance" at the annual conference of the State University of New York Financial Aid Personnel (SUNYFAP) on April 12-14 in Glens Falls. 4/27/00

David Vose, Information Commons coordinator, and Kate Bouman, reference librarian and subject specialist for human development, social work and education, gave a presentation, “Visual Search: Implementing a Grokker Plug-in for the Aleph OPAC,” at the annual conference of the State University of New York Library Association in June. 9/6/07

Bern Mulligan, reference librarian and subject specialist for English and philosophy, and Kate Bouman, reference librarian and subject specialist for human development, social work and education, gave a presentation, “Critical Research Practices@BU: Faculty, Librarians, and Camtasia Too” at the annual conference of the State University of New York Library Association in June. 8/30/07

NIKOLAOS BOURBAKIS, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society "10 Years AI research Award," for outstanding contributions to intelligent methods applicable in machine vision. Previous recipients were Distinguished Professor B. Wah of the University of Illinois-Urbana and Professor J.Tsai of the University of Illinois-Chicago.

NIKOLAOS BOURBAKIS, professor of electrical engineering and associate director of the Center for Intelligent Systems, has received the IEEE Computer Society Intelligence and Systems Award for 1998 for his outstanding contribution and leadership to IEEE International Joint Symposia on Intelligent Systems. He also received the IEEE Computer Society TAI Service Award for 1998 for 10 years of leadership in the IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence. 11/12/98

NIKOLAOS BOURBAKIS, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society "10 Years AI research Award," for outstanding contributions to intelligent methods applicable in machine vision. Previous recipients were Distinguished Professor B. Wah of the University of Illinois-Urbana and Professor J.Tsai of the University of Illinois-Chicago. 12/9/99

DAVID R. BRACKETT, assistant professor of music, will present a lecture, "What a Difference a Name Makes: Two Instances of African-American Music" at the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University and at the annual meeting for the Society for American Music. These lectures will appear as an essay in the forthcoming volume, The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction. Bracket's recent publications include an article, "Banjos, Bionics and Compilation Scores: The Movies Go Country," in the fall 2001 issue of American Music, and a chapter, "Where's It At? Postmodern Theory and the Contemporary Musical Field," in Postmodern Music/Postmodern Thought. 2/14/02

Jian Zhou, assistant professor of accounting, had several papers accepted for presentation at the 2006 American Accounting Association’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.: “Auditor Quality, Audit Committee Quality, and Internal Control Weakness,” with Yan Zhang and Nan Zhou at Binghamton University; “To Form or Not to Form a Governance Committee,” with Henry Huang at Butler University and Gerald J. Lobo at University of Houston; “An Exploratory Study of the Effects of the European Union 8th Directive on Company Law on Audit Committees: Evidence from EU Companies Listed on the U.S. Stock Exchanges,” with Louis Braiotta at Binghamton; and “The Impact of Corporate Governance on Discretionary Accruals Change around the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,” with Lobo and Wei Zhang at Clarkson University. 7/20/06

LOUIS BRAIOTTA, associate professor of accounting, will be presented the Dr. Emanuel Saxe Outstanding CPA in Education Award by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants at its annual meeting in May. Representing nearly 30,000 CPAs, the NYSSCPA is the oldest and largest state accounting organization in the nation. 5/8/03

LOUIS BRAIOTTA, associate professor of accounting, attended the Emerging Issues in International Accounting Meeting in Niagara Falls, Canada, in August. A distinguished fellow of the Center for International Accounting Education and Research, he also participated in a roundtable discussion. 12/13/01

LOUIS BRAIOTTA, professor of management and a certified public accountant, had his book, The Audit Committee Handbook, Third Edition, reviewed in the June 22 edition of Directors & Boards. The reviewer cited the book as being comprehensive, practical and up to date on current professional standards. 5/3/01

KATHLEEN BRATTON, professor of political science, with Kerry L. Haynie of Rutgers, recently published "Agenda Setting and Legislative Success in State Legislatures: The Effects of Gender and Race" in the Journal of Politics. The article examines the link between the gender and race of state legislative representatives and their policy priorities and success. 10/7/99

Professor Ben Brewster, Professors Emeritus Luise-Charlotte and Wolfgang Kappe and doctoral candidate Elizabeth Wilcox, all of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, attended a conference held last month at the University of Auburn-Montgomery to mark the 70th birthday of algebraist Derek J. S. Robinson. Brewster gave a talk on “Pronormality and local pronormality in direct products” and Luise-Charlotte Kappe spoke on “A journey through groups, loops, rings and semigroups.” 4/24/08

Jean Brewster, Mort Goldberg and Dan McKinney, adjunct instructors from the Department of Mathematical Sciences, will join calculus instructors from across the United States and abroad in evaluating students’ work on the free-response section of Educational Testing Service’s Advanced Placement calculus exam. More than 260,000 students are expected to take the exam in May. 4/10/08

GISELA BRINKER-GABLER, professor of comparative literature and women's studies, was the keynote speaker at the Ninth Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference at the University of California at Berkeley in March. She presented a paper:"Sexing the Body: The Bio-Politics of Sexual Construction." In April, at the Kentudky Foreign Language Conference at the University of Kentucky at Lexington, she gave the luncheon address on the topic of "The Translator/Critic in the Age of Globalization." At the same conference she presented an invited paper on "Back to the Future: Some Thoughts on Feminist Utopian Thinking in the Age of Globalization." Additionally, Brinker-Galber's article on the German-Jewish poet Else Laker-Schueler, titled "The Primitive and the Modern" was published in German Women and Fascism, a collection published by the SUNY Press in 2000, and her book German Women Poets: From the 16th Centurey to the Present was included in "Sophie: A Digital Library of Early German-Language Women's Writing." 10/4/01

GISELA BRINKER-GABLER, professor of comparative literature, spent the fall semester as the Kaethe-Leichter Visiting Professor for Women's and Gender Research at the University of Vienna, Austria. She was the second scholar invited to this newly established distinguished visiting professorship, endowed by the Austrian Government, to promote international and interdisciplinary women's and gender research. Also, she was invited as Ida Cordella Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor to the University of Iowa where she presented three lectures: "Renaming the Human: Lou Andreas-Salome's Becoming Woman;" "Polyglot Spaces, Polyglot Practices - The Politics and Poetics of Multilingual Textual Production;" and "Reading Other/Wise: Woman, National Allegory and a Space In-Between in Leila Abouzeid's 'The Year of the Elephant: A Maroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence.'" Brinker-Gabler published the following book chapters: "The Primitive and the Modern: Gottfried Benn and Else Lasker-Schueler" in Else Lasker-Schueler. Ansichten und Perspektiven (Eds. E.Schuerer and S. Hedgepeth, Francke Verlag,Tuebingen/Basel 1999) and "Differenzietheit versus Undifferenziertheit. Identitaet, Geschlecht und Moderne" in Moderne Identitaeten (Eds. D. Goltschnigg and A.Bolterauer, Passagen Verlag,Vienna 1999). Her essay, "Renaming the Human: Lou Andreas-Salome's Becoming Woman," appeared in a special theme issue of Philosopher, Writer and Psychoanalysist of SEMINAR in February. 5/25/00

Margaret Pribulick, a doctoral student, and Pam Stewart Fahs, associate professor of nursing, presented a paper titled Promoting Heart Health in Rural Women: The Half-way Perspective on an Intervention Study at the Charting New Frontiers in Rural Women’s Health Conference, held in August in Washington, D.C., by the Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health. The paper was presented on behalf of the Women’s Health Care Partnership of Binghamton University. Other students and faculty on the paper included Elizabeth Austin, Mary X. Britten, Ann Fronczek, Theresa Grabo, Gary James, Yvonne Johnston, Donna Morgan, Mary Ann Nemcek, Judith Quaranta, Gale Spencer and Fran Srnka-Debnar. 10/4/07

KAREN BROMLEY, professor of education, and LINDA IRWIN-DEVITIS, associate professor of education, presented at the College Reading Association annual conference in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Bromley's paper was titled "Student Insights about Collaborative Literary Response." Irwin-DeVitis presented a paper on "What Happened to Nancy Drew?: Literacy and Identity and Adolescent Series Books."

KAREN BROMLEY, professor of education, recently attended the annual conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in San Francisco, where she presented a paper on "Graphic Organizers: Building Bridges Among Curriculum Instruction and Assessment."4/22/99

KAREN BROMLEY, professor of education, attended the College Reading Association Conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She presented a paper on "Graphic Organizers, Think-Alouds." 12/3/98

KAREN BROMLEY, professor of education, has been presenting a series of workshops on graphic organizers this fall for the Broome Teacher Center. Graphic organizers are visual-verbal tools for planning, instruction and assessment. They support reading, writing and thinking across the curriculum. 11/4/99

Malgosia E. Krasuska, associate professor in the Decker School of Nursing, and Laura Bronstein, chair of the Department of Social Work, along with Upstate Medical University’s Melanie Kalman and other collaborators, have received a grant of more than $4,000 through the State University of New York’s Conversations in the Disciplines program for a May 2008 conference to be titled Interdisciplinary Perspective on End of Life and Palliative Care. “Conversations” funds intercampus conferences where SUNY faculty and visiting scholars examine new trends, review promising findings and better acquaint themselves with professional developments in their fields and on other campuses. 10/4/07

The Educational Opportunity Program has announced the recipients of this year’s Faculty/Staff Recognition Awards, which acknowledge support for the EOP mission and students. This year’s recipients are: Graduate Students: Eric Arguello, graduate intern, EOP; Matthew Brophy, rhetoric instructor, EOP Summer Program; Iskra Hernandez, graduate intern, EOP; Sean Murray, instructor, English, general literature and rhetoric. 4/27/06

Binghamton University received 13 awards at the annual State University of New York Council for University Advancement conference, more than any other campus. Best of Category awards went to: Sandra Paniccia, assistant director of enrollment management, in the category of Student Recruitment Publications, Individual, Search Publications and Other Related Fliers and Brochures for You’re the 1 We Want. Contributors were Paniccia, Sandra Starke, Cheryl Brown and Media Logic. 8/24/06

Several members of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions presented at the annual SUNYCAP conference in Corning in June. SUNYCAP is the SUNY organization of college admissions professionals. CHERYL BROWN, director of admissions, presented on the "ABC's of Strategic Enrollment Management," JEFFREY GATES and CHRISTOPHER LEWIS, assistant directors, presented on "Recruitment 101 to 550," and Gates presented on "Managing Admissions Volunteers." 7/22/04

Cheryl Brown, director of undergraduate admissions, appeared in ZD Net Germany on Aug. 17 in an article about colleges creating social networks to increase communication among students.

David L. Brown, adjunct professor in the Decker School of Nursing and professor of development sociology at Cornell University, was elected as a doctor honoris causa of the University of Rousse on Oct. 2 in a ceremony held in Rousse, Bulgaria. Working with a team of almost 30 faculty members from Cornell and Rousse, Brown developed on- and off-campus educational programs in the area of regional development. 11/1/07

Elizabeth Brown, Science Library coordinator, gave two invited presentations at the Special Libraries Association annual conference, held in June in Denver. At the Physics Roundtable meeting, she presented “Connecting to Students; Launching Instant Messaging Reference at Binghamton University.” The other presentation session was titled “Chemistry for the Unpolarized: How to Find Spectra Information.” 9/27/07

Elizabeth Brown, Science Library coordinator and subject specialist for chemistry, math and physics, Edward Shephard, head of collection development, and Erin Rushton, Science Library reference librarian and subject specialist for biological sciences, bioengineering, nursing and women’s studies, gave a panel presentation titled “Funding for the Future: Binghamton University’s Collections Resource Allocation Process” at the annual conference of the State University of New York Library Association in June. 9/20/07

Elizabeth Brown, Science Library coordinator and subject specialist for chemistry, math and physics, gave two presentations at the national annual conference of the Special Libraries Association in Denver, Colo.: “Connecting to Students: Launching an Instant Messaging Service at Binghamton University” and “How to Find Spectroscopic Information.” 9/6/07

At its annual conference in January, Howard G. Brown, professor of history, received the American Historical Association’s 2006 Leo Gershoy Award for his book Ending the French Revolution: Violence, Justice and Repression from the Terror to Napoleon (University of Virginia Press). The Gershoy Award, established in 1975, is given annually to the best book on 17th- and 18th-century European history.The published citation for the award reads: “Drawing on exhaustive archival research, Howard Brown shows the extent to which a heavily militarized ‘security state’ emerged in France well before Napoleon’s seizure of power in 1799. He also offers a powerful argument that this state, far from representing the repression of liberal politics, arose in symbiotic relation to those politics.The result is a book that fundamentally revises our understanding of how the French Revolution ended, and also speaks, in a disquieting way, to the present day.” His book will also be the subject of a “featured review” in an upcoming issue of the American Historical Review, the flagship journal of the history profession in the United States.

James Brownridge, radiation safety officer in the Department of Physics, gave the opening talk at the CAARI 2006: 19th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry in August at the University of North Texas Sandia National Laboratories. His speech was titled “Pyroelectric Accelerators and Tabletop Fusion.” CAARI brings together scientists who use particle accelerators in their research and industrial applications. 8/24/06

JAMES D. BROWNRIDGE, nuclear instrumentation and radiation safety specialist, is the co-author of the article "Time Dependence of X-ray Yield for Two Crystal X-ray Generators" in a recent issue of the Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Journal (Vol. 420-437). His co-authors are S.M. Shafroth and W. Kruger from the physics and astronomy department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C. 5/20/99

The Educational Opportunity Program has announced the recipients of this year’s Faculty/Staff Recognition Awards, which acknowledge support for the EOP mission and students. This year’s recipients are: Professional Staff: Scott Bennett, counselor, Career Development Center; Kathleen Brunt, associate director of Harpur Academic Advising; Karima Legette, coordinator of the McNair Scholars Program; William G. McCarthy, associate director, Career Development Center; Tanya Robinson, assistant director, Academic Programs, Off Campus College; Heather Struck, pre-law director/adviser, Harpur Academic Advising. 4/27/06

RICH HERB and CHUCK PERSUN, Sodexho Campus Services chefs, each took first place in a recent dessert competition held to benefit Literacy Volunteers of Broome and Tioga Counties. With assistance from Tina Bulman, head of the Campus Bakery, Herb won the "temptingly tasty" prize for his Chocolate Ganache Cake with Godiva-Marinated Berries in an Almond Tulle Cup. Persun won the "professional presentation" prize for his Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake. 2/27/03

Richard Bundy, supervising plumber in Physical Facilities, received the STAR Award in June. The STAR Award celebrates specific acts of exemplary service and ongoing dedication to the principles of quality service. Winners receive a pin, a $50 check and a letter from President Lois B. DeFleur. Bundy was nominated by Susan Williams and Clyde Robinson, with supporting letters from Wayne Schneider, Jerry Wilcox and Vince Huyck. 7/19/07

CONNIE B. BURCH, assistant professor of education, had her article titled "When Students Who Are Preservice Teachers Don't Want to Engage," published in the May 1 issue of the Journal of Teacher Education. 11/4/99

The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations and the Binghamton Foundation were commended by Robert Burdenski, an internationally recognized annual giving consultant, for the direct mail brochure titled Students for a short time, Alumni for a lifetime. The brochure was an insert within the cap and gown packet that each graduating senior received, introducing them to the Alumni Association and the Foundation, two Binghamton University organizations with which alumni can have a lifelong relationship. Burdenski congratulated Binghamton for understanding the value of combining these messages into one educational mail piece. 10/12/06

EDWARD BURNS, professor of education, and ROBERT CARPENTER, associate professor of education, conducted a workshop for the staff of the Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC) and special education teachers and administrators from BOCES and Binghamton and Union-Endicott school districts on "Transition Issues and New Special Education Legislation." The workshop was funded under a three-year State Education Department grant to STIC to improve transition from school to post-school life for students with disabilities. 10/15/98

CHARLES BURROUGHS, director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and professor of art history, presented an invited lecture titled "Alberti in polemica sul tema 'origine,' con riferimento al De re aedificatoria" (Alberti's polemics on the theme of origin, with reference to his treatise on architecture) at the conference titled "Leon Battista Alberti Teorico delle Arti" (Leon Battista Alberti theorist of the arts) October 23-25 at the Centro Studi Leon Battista Alberti in Mantua, Italy. 1/15/04

CHARLES BURROUGHS, pro-fessor of art history and director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, is the author of the following recently published works: The Italian Renaissance Palace Facade: Structures of Authority, Surfaces of Sense, Cambridge University Press; "Monuments of Marsyas: Flayed Wall and Echoing Space in the New Sacristy, Florence," Artibus et Historiae 44: 31-49; "Opacity and Transparence: Networks and Enclaves in the Rome of Pope Sixtus V," Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics 41: 56-71. He also published a review of Claudia Conforti and Richard Tuttle, eds., Storia dell'architettura italiana: il secondo Cinquecento (History of Italian Architecture: The Later Sixteenth Century), Milan: Electa, 2000, in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 61: 233-235. 9/19/02

CHARLES BURROUGHS, director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and associate professor of art history, is the author of "Spaces of arbitration and the organization of space in late-medieval Italian cities," in Medieval Practices of Space, edited by Barbara Hanawalt and Michal Kobialka (University of Minnesota Press, 2000). 8/24/00

CHARLES BURROUGHS, director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and associate professor of art history, is the author of "Hieroglyphs in the Street: Architectural Emblematics and the Idea of the Facade in Early Sixteenth-Century Palace Design" in a book edited by Peter M. Daly and Hans J. Boker, The Emblem and Architecture: Studies in Applied Emblematics from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries. Imago Figurata, vol.2. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1999, pp.57-82. 9/23/99

CHARLES BURROUGHS, director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and associate professor of art history, is the author of the article "Grammar and Expression in Renaissance Italian Architecture: Brunelleschi and Alberti," Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics 34 (1998): 39-63. 4/22/99

CHARLES BURROUGHS, director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, is the author of the article "The Altar and the City: Botticelli's 'Mannerism' and the Reform of Sacred Art" in Artibus et Historiae. 9/3/98

Officer Dennis Bush was honored for Meritorious Service in connection with an arrest he made for weapons possession. 9/14/06

ROXANNE SHANK, KAREN MCCARTHY, TYRE BUSH, JACKIE ROCKMAN, COLIN LORD and COLLEEN MORRIS of the Admissions Office participated in this summer's State University of New York College Admission Professionals (SUNYCAP) conference in Lake Placid. SUNYCAP provides opportunities for professional development for its constituents. Lord won a SUNYCAP Achievement Award. Morris completed a two-year term as chair of the Nominations Committee. McCarthy and Lord presented a workshop called, "PowerPoint and Your Information Sessions." They presented techniques and statistical information on how to prepare a Web page and PowerPoint presentation. Lord, Morris and Hank Shuford of the University at Albany, presented on "Strategies for the Recruitment and Retention for Students of Color." 9/9/99

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DEBORAH CAHALAN, assistant professor of anthropology, has received a diplomacy felloship through the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She will be working on post-socialist changes in Armenian agriculture with the U.S Department of Agriculture. 8/24/00

Master's of music students who performed included Jonathan Moots, who played the lead role of Morales; LaToya Lewis in the lead role of Micaela; Micheal Callas as Zuniga; Danielle Knox as Frasquita and Ariana Zbrzezny as Mercedes. 2/20/08

Sandy Card, head of cataloging for the Binghamton University Libraries, was a member of the “Ask the Experts” panel discussion and led the Cataloging Special Interest Group discussion at the 2007 Ex Libris Users of North America (ELUNA) conference in Spearfish, N.D. 8/23/07

Library faculty members Abigail Bordeaux and Frank Mols recently gave presentations on electronic resource license agreements and electronic resources use statistics at the "Navigating the Electronic Resources Maze" conference sponsored by NYlink. Staff members Sandy Card, Randall Miles, Frank Mols and Tal-ee Roberts gave presentations at the SUNY Aleph Users' Group Meeting held at Upstate Health Services Center on September 19. Aleph is the software that supports the Libraries' BearCat online catalog. 1/15/04

SANDY CARD and ANDY PERRY, University Libraries staff members, received the Friends of SUNY Librarians Association Award at the annual conference in early June at SUNY Stony Brook in recognition of their efforts to assist other campuses with the implementation of the Aleph 500 library management system. Binghamton "went live" with Aleph 500 (the new BearCat online catalog) in January 2002. 9/4/03

CHARLES A. CARPENTER, professor emeritus in English, has published his latest book, Modern British, Irish, and American Drama: A Descriptive Chronology, 1865-1965, on the Web. The work, currently the equivalent of a 350-page reference book, will be supplemented and refined by Carpenter in the future. Carpenter's fourth publication since his retirement from full-time teaching in 1995 is available at bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ccarpen. 5/8/03

CHARLES A. CARPENTER, professor of English, published a new book, Dramatists and the Bomb: American and British Playwrights Confront the Nuclear Age, 1945-1964 (Greenwood Press 1999). His new book, Dramas of the Nuclear Age: A Descriptive List of English-Language Plays (Edwin Mellen Press), will be published later this year or early in 2000.

CHARLES A. CARPENTER, professor of English, published a new book, Dramatists and the Bomb: American and British Playwrights Confront the Nuclear Age, 1945-1964 (Greenwood Press 1999). His new book, Dramas of the Nuclear Age: A Descriptive List of English-Language Plays (Edwin Mellen Press), will be published later this year or early in 2000. (12/2/99)

EDWARD BURNS, professor of education, and ROBERT CARPENTER, associate professor of education, conducted a workshop for the staff of the Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC) and special education teachers and administrators from BOCES and Binghamton and Union-Endicott school districts on "Transition Issues and New Special Education Legislation." The workshop was funded under a three-year State Education Department grant to STIC to improve transition from school to post-school life for students with disabilities.10/15/98

Rita Carr, a cleaner in Physical Facilities, received the STAR Award in May. The STAR Award celebrates specific acts of exemplary service and ongoing dedication to the principles of quality service. Winners receive a pin, a $50 check and a letter from President Lois B. DeFleur. Carr was nominated by Susan Beederman, a resident director in Hinman College. 6/15/06

Elizabeth Carter, interim assistant vice president for student services, received a 2007 Outstanding Student Affairs Award from the SUNY Office of University Life. The award recognizes and encourages outstanding educational programs that engage students and have a positive impact on campus life. Carter was recognized for her role in the Discovery Program, which addresses the struggles some first-year students experience as they transition to college life. 2/7/08

George D. Catalano, professor of bioengineering and director of the Scholars Program, recently published a book titled Gifts from Yukon, which details his relationship with a beloved Alaskan malamute. Proceeds from the sale of the book support the Washington Alaskan Malamute Adoption League. 10/4/07

George Catalano will be honored as one of seven finalists for the 13th annual Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities in January 2008. Catalano, professor of bioengineering and director of the Binghamton Scholars Program, will join the other finalists for a panel discussion during the conference. Campus Compact will present the Ehrlich Award to a professor at Louisiana State University. Campus Compact, a coalition of nearly 1,100 college and university presidents, is a leader in building civic engagement into campus and academic life. 7/19/07

GEORGE CATALANO, director of engineering design, has been awarded a NASA Faculty Fellowship for summer research at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City. His research, which began last year, is an exploration of the effects of Earth's rotation on deep ocean convection and turbulence. 5/20/04

GEORGE CATALANO, director of the Division of Engineering Discovery and Design in the Watson School, was named a NASA Fellow at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City. His project there this summer will focus on modeling deep ocean currents and their effects on the global climate, continuing his scholarly work in turbulent fluid mechanics. 5/15/03

THOMAS CHANDY, SALIGRAMA AGNIHOTHRI and NAGA SIVASUBRAMANIAM, School of Management, had their article "Competing in Industrial Markets: Rethinking the Service Advantage" accepted by the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management for presentation at the forthcoming Academy of Management Annual Conference in Seattle, August 1-6. Chandy has also had a paper accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the Strategic Management Society. He and his co-authors will present "Firm-Level Factors Influencing the Post-IPO Survival of Dot-Coms: Development and Test of a Multi-Theoretic Model" at the November conference. Agnihothri also chaired a research session on "Training and Scheduling of Personnel in Services" and presented a research paper, "Analysis of Worker Cross-Training Decisions for a Service System with Two Customer Types," at the national conference of the Production and Operations Management Society in Savannah, Ga., in April. 5/8/03

Professor Ben Brewster, Professors Emeritus Luise-Charlotte and Wolfgang Kappe and doctoral candidate Elizabeth Wilcox, all of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, attended a conference held last month at the University of Auburn-Montgomery to mark the 70th birthday of algebraist Derek J. S. Robinson. Brewster gave a talk on “Pronormality and local pronormality in direct products” and Luise-Charlotte Kappe spoke on “A journey through groups, loops, rings and semigroups.” 4/24/08

The Binghamton University Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, a national honor society for business students in AACSB affiliated programs, recently was presented a Premier Certificate at the Recent Mid-Atlantic Business Dean's Meeting in New York City. Under the presidency of Professor Subimal (Chat) Chatterjee, associate professor of marketing at the School of Management, this was the second consecutive year that the chapter has been recognized as a premier chapter. 1/15/04

SUBIMAL CHATTERJEE, associate professor of management, presented a paper, "Communicating Quality Through Signals and Substantive Messages," at the Association for Consumer Research Meeting October 12-14 in Austin, Texas. 12/13/01

Manas Chatterji, professor of management, organized or co-organized several conferences in India and Australia last August: The Regional Science Association International’s Indian Section met for New Frontiers in Regional Science. RSAI is an international association devoted to applications of social sciences, engineering and management for regional development. Chatterji established its Indian section and the Chinese and Northeast United States sections (NERSA) at the School of Management. Three events focused on peace science and peace studies, one at the Department of History, University of Kolkata (Calcutta), India; another in the School of International Studies, Jawahrlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and a third at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research. The Australasian Conference on Security, Peace Economics and Peace Science was held at the University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Chatterji has established a research center at Sydney: Mahatma Gandhi Center for Conflict Prevention and Management. 11/1/07

Manas Chatterji, professor of management, was a keynote speaker at the 10th annual International Conference on Economics and Security, held in June at City Liberal Studies College, Thessaloniki, Greece. The title of the paper is “Peace, Security and Disaster Management.” He presented a paper titled “Regional Science: Its Past and New Frontiers” at the fifth Spatial Econometrics and Statistics Workshop in June at the University of Grenoble, France; and another titled “Use of Peace Science in India-Pakistan Conflict” at the 10th Annual Jan Tinbergen Peace Science Conference, held in June at the University of Amsterdam. He also presented a paper titled “Defense and Peace Economics” at the 16th World Congress of Sociology of the International Sociological Association in Durban, South Africa, in July. In Durban, he organized a seminar on the Role of Social Sciences in Conflict Management, Peace and Security in the School of Economics and Finance at the University of Kwazulu- Natal. Chatterji spoke about globalization and international management at the Second International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, held in June at YASAR University in Turkey. That month, he also addressed a faculty seminar at the University of Rome-Tar Vergara and spoke at the National University of Distance Education in Madrid, Spain. 10/5/06

Earlier this year, Manas Chatterji, professor of management, was the co-organizer and keynote speaker for an international meeting on spatial innovation and development in Bangalore, India, as well as co-organizer and keynote speaker on conflict and peace in South Asia in Jaipur, India. He also was co-organizer and keynote speaker for the International Conference on Disaster Management, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and a plenary speaker for a tsunami disaster meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. 9/21/06

Manas Chatterji, a professor in the School of Management, is the general editor of an Elsevier book series on conflict management, peace economics and development. Two books have been published, Eurasia : A New Peace Agenda and Military Missions and their Implications Reconsidered. Other titles are forthcoming. He is also the co-editor of the books Economic Globalization in Asia and Economics of Globalization. 5/25/06

Manas Chatterji, professor in the School of Management, recently helped to organize several international meetings. He also served as a keynote speaker during the meetings: the Second International Conference on Conflict and Peace in South Asia, held Dec. 28-30 in Jaipur, India; the International Meeting on Technology Management, held Jan. 6-8 in Bangalore, India; and the Second International Conference on Disaster Management, held Jan. 11-12 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 3/30/06

MANAS CHATTERJI, professor of management, has been appointed general editor of a book series on contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development by Elsevier Publishing Co. of Netherlands. 4/29/04

MANAS CHATTERJI, professor of management, recently co-organized an international meeting on Digital Economy and Urbanization at Peking University. He also spoke on peace economics and peace science at the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing. 4/22/04

MANAS CHATTERJI, professor of management, organized a meeting on Conflict Management, Peace and Development in South Asia at National Law University, Jodhpur, India in January. While in India, he was also a speaker at the conference on Innovation, Technology and Regional Development held in New Delhi and for the Thakur Institute of Management and Research. 3/25/04

MANAS CHATTERJI, professor of management, presented "Towards a Game Theoretical Model of Politics in Congressional Conference Committee" at the European Peace Science Association Conference, at the Tinbergen Institute, University of Amsterdam, Holland, in June, and "Entrepreneurship and Regional Science in an Era of Globalization and Security Concerns" at the International Symposium on Entrepreneurship, Spatial Industrial Clusters and Interfirm Networks at the University of Trollhatta, Sweden, also that month. He was also invited for an informal presentation and program development at the University of Rome; the University of Finance and Banking, Frankfurt; the World Health Organization, Geneva; the U.N. Institute of Disarmament, Geneva; the Graduate School of International Studies, Geneva; and the University of Geneva. 10/23/03

MANAS CHATTERJI, professor of management, recently presented his research at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies and the Institute of International Economic and Political Studies in Russia. His presentations were made at the behest of the vice president of the Russian Academy of Science. Chatterji had been a consultant for Russia's economic transition and organized an international meeting on Management Education in Countries in Transition jointly with Abel Aganbeygan, formerly, chief economic advisor to ex-president of the former Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. 2/13/03

MANAS CHATTERJI, professor of management, is the editor and a contributor to the book Conflict Management in Water Resources recently published in the United Kingdom. He is also the author of an article, "Regional Cooperation of Baltic States: Implications for the Membership in the European Union," included in the book, Regional Development Recon-sidered, published in Germany. 10/3/02

MANAS CHATTERJI, professor of management, organized an international conference on Globalization, Economic Reform and Development in the Asia-Pacific Region in Sydney, Australia, in July. He was awarded a Peace Award at an international meeting held recently in Germany for his "outstanding work and contribution towards the cause of world peace." The meeting was held in cooperation with UNESCO.

MANAS CHATTERJI, professor of management, organized an international conference on Globalization, Economic Reform and Development in the Asia-Pacific Region in Sydney, Australia, in July. He was awarded a Peace Award at an international meeting held recently in Germany for his "outstanding work and contribution towards the cause of world peace." The meeting was held in cooperation with UNESCO. 12/9/99

DENNIS CHAVEZ, director of Financial Aid and Employment, has been elected to serve a three-year term on the College Board's Regional Assembly Council. 7/22/04

ZU-YAN CHEN, associate professor of Chinese Language and Literature, recently gave a talk titled "Shao Yong's (1011-77) Great Chant on Observing Weiqi Games, and Its Epistemological Implications," at the plenary session of the Third International Symposium on Tang and Song Poetry in Xi'an, China. 9/30/04

The Educational Opportunity Program has announced the recipients of this year’s Faculty/Staff Recognition Awards, which acknowledge support for the EOP mission and students.  This year’s recipients are: Jean Meyer, clerk, Business Office; Amber Stallman, secretary, Registrar’s Office; Milton Chester, director, Judicial Affairs; David Hagerbaumer, director, Campus Life; Ariel Belasen, teaching assistant, Economics; James Deys, teaching assistant, English, General Literature and Rhetoric; Jillian Mason-Possemato, teaching assistant, English, General Literature and Rhetoric; Daria Sevastianova, teaching assistant, Economics; Joshua Spizman, mathematics instructor, EOP Summer Program; Thomas Cousins, associate director, Counseling Center; Rose Frierman, director, Alumni and Parent Operations, Alumni and Parent Relations; Andrea Wawrzusin, associate registrar, Registrar. 5/3/07

DONALD A. CHIER, captain of University Police, was awarded the U.S. Army's Legion of Merit by Maj. Gen. Thomas Miller, commander of the U.S. Army-Japan. The award was given him on his retirement from a nearly 30-year career with the Army Reserves. Chier was cited for distinguished performance when his unit was activated following the events of September 11, 2001. He spent seven months in Japan as provost sergeant for the Ninth Theater Support Command. 2/27/03

Timothy Perry, professor and chair of the Department of Music, and the Binghamton University Orchestra hosted the Northeast Division Conference and Festival of the College Orchestra Directors Association (CODA) on Feb. 24 and 25. A dozen college, university and conservatory conductors from the 11-state region attended, along with 30 orchestral students from Skidmore College, Hofstra University and Moravian College. The program included a class on orchestral bowing problems and solutions led by Binghamton faculty members Janey Choi, violin, and Roberta Crawford, viola. In May, Perry will begin a two-year term as president of CODA’s Northeast Division and member of the CODA Executive Committee. 3/22/07

Three instructors received the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching during a dinner party earlier this month. Kenneth Christianson, an adjunct lecturer for the past eight years in the Department of Economics; Joseph McCann, adjunct lecturer in the Psychology Department since 2000; and Michael Sharp, who has been with the English Department since 1999, were given certificates and monetary awards. Highlights of their nominations included the following details: Christianson brings creativity and energy to the classroom, inspiring a love for the subject of economics. McCann, who is both a psychologist and a lawyer, melds science scholarship and legal expertise into real-world experience for his students. Sharp, whose specialties are medieval literature and crime fiction, has also engaged students in learning in a real and lasting way. 9/28/06

Joseph Church, associate professor of English, has several articles forthcoming in academic journals: “A Problem of Conception and Creation in Hawthorne’s ‘The Artist of the Beautiful’” in The Nathaniel Hawthorne Review; “An Abuse of Art in Chopin’s The Awakening” in American Literary Realism; “Uncanny Moments” in Stephen Crane Review; and “‘To Make Venus Vanish’: Misogyny as Motive in Poe’s ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’” in American Transcendental Quarterly. 4/6/06

JOSEPH CHURCH, associate professor of English, has published an article, "Romantic Flight in Jewett's 'White Heron'," in the current issue of Studies in American Fiction. 10/3/02

JOSEPH CHURCH, associate professor in English, has published articles in several publications: "The Healing Arts of Jewett's Country Doctor," in the current issue of the Colby Quarterly; "Spectacular Narratives," in the current issue of Stephen Crane Studies; and "In Black and White: The Reader's Part in Chesnutt's "The Gray Wolf's Ha'nt," in the next issue of ATO: 19C American Literature and Culture. 12/10/98

Joseph Church, associate professor of English, has an essay, “Naturalism, Egotism, and the Teaching of Crane’s Maggie,” forthcoming in the next issue of American Literary Naturalism. Another article he wrote, “The Determined Stranger in Crane’s Blue Hotel‚” has been selected by Harold Bloom for inclusion in Stephen Crane: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide, part of Bloom’s series on major short story writers.

Anne Clark, associate professor of biological sciences, appeared Aug. 23 in the Ithaca Times. During the West Nile scare in 2002 and 2003, the outbreak destroyed about 40 percent of the marked crow population studied by Clark and her colleague, Kevin McGowan. The article also cited Binghamton University for its research on the virus with the state health department. 2/01/07

GERALDINE CLARK, keyboard specialist in Undergraduate Admissions, won first prize in the Oneonta First Night 2001 Logo Design Contest. Her design, which will appear on Oneonta's First Night buttons, can be seen at www.community-mine.com/firstnight. She also won an honorable mention for her photo, "Spillway" at the Whitney Point reservoir, in the Broome County Joyce Smith Environmental Photography Show and Competition and it will be on display with the other winners at the Art Mission on Washington Street in Binghamton through June 29. 5/25/00

Marleen Clark, keyboard specialist II in Physical Education and Athletics, received the STAR Award in March. The STAR Award celebrates specific acts of exemplary service and ongoing dedication to the principles of quality service. Winners receive a pin, a $50 check and a letter from President Lois B. DeFleur. Clark was nominated by Daniel King. 4/19/07

ARTHUR CLEMENTS, professor of English, recently published a new book of poetry, The Book of Madness and Love. Also, he is completing the manuscript for another co-authored project: 500 Years of Distinguished Italian-American Accomplishments. 4/27/00

The Career Development Center received the SUNYCDO award for Excellence in Career Planning Programs for “Peer Mock Interviews: A Collaboration Between CDC and Campus Activities.” SCOTT BENNETT, EILEEN BAUER-HAGERBAUMER, DEBBIE CLINTON-CALLAGHAN and NANCY PAUL spearheaded the collaboration and KIM TRELA was instrumental in working with the XLCs. 7/21/05

CARROL COATES, professor of French, has completed a translation (in collaboration with Edwidge Danticat) of Jacques Stephen Alexis,' In the Flicker of an Eyelid (L'espace d'un cillement), that will be published by the University Press of Virginia in November. In May, Coates presented a paper, "A l'ombre du pere: Dany Laferriere et Magloire Saint-Aude" at the annual meeting of the International Council for Francophone Studies in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 11/21/02

CARROL F. COATES, professor of French and comparative literature, was quoted in the July 17 issue of the Baltimore Sun in an article titled "Spirits of Dance" regarding a dance troupe which performs dances based on Voodoo rituals. 5/3/01

Jeffrey Horowitz, Rene Coderre, Chris Cullinane, Jen Hapgood, Susie Beederman, Wendy Nastasi and Malindra Ratnayake attended the Northeast Association for College and University Housing Officers’ annual conference in Castleton, Vt. Cullinane presented “The Incredibly True Adventure of a Housing System Development,” about the steps taken to make Binghamton’s online housing program come alive. Beederman and Nastasi presented “Res Life on a Diet,” which explored the biology and psychology of our bodies while focusing on how residential life culture affects our bodies. Beederman also received a scholarship to attend the Regional Entry Level Institute at Westfield State College, Mass., this summer. Hapgood received the 2007 Women’s Issues Outstanding Achievement Award. Horowitz was given the Distinguished Service Award for an individual who has been a member of NEACUHO for an extended period of time and has contributed significantly to its direction, administration and governance. At the end of the conference, Coderre was elected the group’s treasurer, Hapgood was elected Western District representative and Horowitz was appointed corporate relations chair. 7/19/07

Binghamton University captured 24 awards at the 17th Annual Genesis Awards Ceremony held by the Communications Association of the Southern Tier in April. First place for: Brochures/Catalogs – Capabilities/Facilities, Art Museum Brochure; Displays/Exhibits - “8 Reasons Why;” Brochures/Catalogs – Fundraising, “Give a Gift Every Year;” Annual Reports - Binghamton Research; Periodicals/Newsletters – Print, Binghamton University Magazine Fall 2006; Public Relations – Single Piece, “Shelter from the Storm;” News Writing - “Biologist Discovery;” Photography – Series, “Demon Alcohol;” Outstanding Student Contribution - Gaian Tableau. Second place for: Overall Organizational Identity - Campus Recreation Campaign; Brochures/Catalogs – Fundraising, Leadership Society Brochure; Magazine Advertising – Single Ad, Alumni ad, “The Numbers are Impressive;” Self-Promotion - Binghamton Research; News Writing - “Campus responds to community crisis;” Feature Writing - “A Great Divide;” Photography – Individual, “In Deep;” Photography – Series, “Basketball Tournament.” Third place for: Posters - Aspire Higher; Special Event Promotion - Leadership Weekend Promotion; Annual Reports - Binghamton University Foundation Annual Report 2005-06; Feature Writing - “Bringing the Heat;” Photography – Series, “Annual Report;” World Wide Web - School of Education; Potpourri - Research Podcast “Digital Fingerprints.” Employees who contributed to these awards included Susan Barker, Jonathan Cohen, Rachel Coker, Greg Delviscio, Katie Ellis, Gail Glover, Sandra Kazinetz, Elaine Moran, David Skyrca, Ashok Subramanian, Martha Terry and John Wojcio. 6/21/07

Staff members in University Publications recently received three American Inhouse Design Awards from Graphic Design USA, a national magazine for design professionals. The annual report, the strategic plan brochure and the Aspire Higher poster were among 4,000 entries to the magazine's contest. About 15 percent received recognition. The annual report and the strategic plan brochure were designed by art director David Skyrca, with photography by Jonathan Cohen. Former senior writer Gary Frank wrote the annual report, while magazine editor Elaine Moran wrote the strategic plan brochure. The poster was designed by Martha Terry, visual communications specialist. Writer Sandra Kazinetz and copy editor John Wojcio were on the creative team that helped to develop the poster. 5/3/07

Binghamton University received 13 awards at the annual State University of New York Council for University Advancement conference, more than any other campus. Judges Citation awards went to: Jonathan Cohen, University photographer, in the category of Individual Photography, for work for Binghamton University Magazine and Inside BU. 8/24/06

University photographer Jonathan Cohen won two awards in the University Photographers Association of America 2006 Print Competition. Cohen took first place in the personal vision category for a photo he took in Vermont and received an honorable mention in the sports category for a picture he took during diving team practice. 7/20/06

Binghamton University was honored with several prizes at the 16th annual Genesis Awards program, sponsored by the Communications Association of the Southern Tier. First-place honors went to Brochures/Catalogs: Fundraising, Library Case Statement; Self-Promotion: Binghamton Research; Public Relations Single Piece: Alumni Art Calendar; Periodicals/Newsletters (Print): Inside BU; Photography (Individual): Jonathan Cohen’s “Let it Pour;” Periodicals/Newsletters (Digital): Discover-e and World Wide Web: Division of Research Website. Second-place honors went to Self-Promotion: Anderson Center Season Brochure; Brochures/Catalogs (Fundraising): School of Management Case Statement; Annual Reports: Foundation Annual Report 2004-05; Direct Mail/Direct Response: MBA in NYC brochure; Photography (Individual): Jonathan Cohen’s “Moon Over Clock Tower;” and Displays/Exhibits: “Looking at Things Differently” Division of Research Display. Third-place honors went to Ad Specialty Items: Peer Mailing 2005; Special Event Promotion: Advocacy Day 2005; Feature Writing: “The Tale He Had to Tell;” World Wide Web: Archaeological Field School Website; and Periodicals/Newsletters (Print): SUNYCUAD Direct (submitted by designer Martha Terry). 5/11/06

Binghamton University captured 24 awards at the 17th Annual Genesis Awards Ceremony held by the Communications Association of the Southern Tier in April. First place for: Brochures/Catalogs – Capabilities/Facilities, Art Museum Brochure; Displays/Exhibits - “8 Reasons Why;” Brochures/Catalogs – Fundraising, “Give a Gift Every Year;” Annual Reports - Binghamton Research; Periodicals/Newsletters – Print, Binghamton University Magazine Fall 2006; Public Relations – Single Piece, “Shelter from the Storm;” News Writing - “Biologist Discovery;” Photography – Series, “Demon Alcohol;” Outstanding Student Contribution - Gaian Tableau. Second place for: Overall Organizational Identity - Campus Recreation Campaign; Brochures/Catalogs – Fundraising, Leadership Society Brochure; Magazine Advertising – Single Ad, Alumni ad, “The Numbers are Impressive;” Self-Promotion - Binghamton Research; News Writing - “Campus responds to community crisis;” Feature Writing - “A Great Divide;” Photography – Individual, “In Deep;” Photography – Series, “Basketball Tournament.” Third place for: Posters - Aspire Higher; Special Event Promotion - Leadership Weekend Promotion; Annual Reports - Binghamton University Foundation Annual Report 2005-06; Feature Writing - “Bringing the Heat;” Photography – Series, “Annual Report;” World Wide Web - School of Education; Potpourri - Research Podcast “Digital Fingerprints.” Employees who contributed to these awards included Susan Barker, Jonathan Cohen, Rachel Coker, Greg Delviscio, Katie Ellis, Gail Glover, Sandra Kazinetz, Elaine Moran, David Skyrca, Ashok Subramanian, Martha Terry and John Wojcio. 6/21/07

Services for Students with Disabilities held its 2007 Faculty/Staff Recognition Reception on April 23. Students registered with the office honored 12 faculty and staff members by offering personal expressions of appreciation for their outstanding support, encouragement and inspiration. Those recognized included: Katherine Arnoldi, Susan Bane, Rachel Coker, Elizabeth Droz, Mary Haupt, Wendy Martinek, Angelo Mastrangelo, Dianne Oakes, Richard Steflik, Michael Wesko, Diane Wiener and Patricia Wrobel. 4/26/07

Binghamton University won seven awards in the 22nd annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report. The University’s total recruitment package, created by Media Logic; and an admissions poster featuring the words Aspire Higher, designed by visual communications specialist Martha Terry, received gold awards. From the President, edited by Rachel Coker and designed by University Publications, received a bronze award. Merit awards were presented to “Shelter from the Storm,” the public relations effort related to the June 2006 flood led by media relations director Gail Glover; an alumni thank you advertisement designed by Terry; the Binghamton University Foundation’s annual report, written by former senior writer Gary Frank and designed by art director David Skyrca; and Binghamton Research, led by the editorial team of Susan Barker, executive director of research advancement, Katie Ellis, director of communications, and former publications director Denise Czuprynski and designed by Terry. 3/1/07

Binghamton University received 13 awards at the annual State University of New York Council for University Advancement conference, more than any other campus. Judges Citation awards went to: Rachel Coker, editor of Inside BU, in the category of Four-Color Magapapers for Inside BU. Contributors were Coker, Cohen and Katie Ellis. 8/24/06

Binghamton University was recently recognized with four awards from the Admissions Marketing Network. The Binghamton University Foundation Annual Report 2004-05 received a silver award. David Skyrca, Gary Frank, Chris Ritter, Marcia Craner, Mary Woolson, Sheila Doyle, Cindy Lupo, John Wojcio, Sandy Kazinetz and Denise Czyprynski worked on the project. The Binghamton University Alumni Art Calendar 2006 also took silver. Martha Terry, Rose Frierman, Jackie Hogan, Marcia Steinbrecher, Marcia Craner, David Skyrca, John Wojcio, Sandy Kazinetz and Denise Czyprynski contributed. The School of Management case statement, Reaching Higher, received a merit award. Martha Terry, Upinder Dhillon, George Bobinski, Sandy Kazinetz, John Wojcio, Chris Ritter, David Skyrca and Denise Czyprynski worked on the project. The From the President newsletter also received a merit award. Rachel Coker, Katie Ellis, David Skyrca, Martha Terry and John Wojcio contributed. 3/30/06

Binghamton University won seven awards in the 22nd annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report. The University’s total recruitment package, created by Media Logic; and an admissions poster featuring the words Aspire Higher, designed by visual communications specialist Martha Terry, received gold awards. From the President, edited by Rachel Coker and designed by University Publications, received a bronze award. Merit awards were presented to “Shelter from the Storm,” the public relations effort related to the June 2006 flood led by media relations director Gail Glover; an alumni thank you advertisement designed by Terry; the Binghamton University Foundation’s annual report, written by former senior writer Gary Frank and designed by art director David Skyrca; and Binghamton Research, led by the editorial team of Susan Barker, executive director of research advancement, Katie Ellis, director of communications, and former publications director Denise Czuprynski and designed by Terry.

Jaimee Wriston Colbert, assistant professor of English, recently chaired, moderated and presented in a panel at the Associated Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Austin. The panel was called Loving the Unlovable -- Killers and other Disenfranchised: Writing and Teaching the Complex Character. Colbert also has a new book under contract with Bookmark Press of the University of Missouri, Kansas City. The book, a stories cycle, is titled Dream Lives of Butterflies. 4/6/06

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life recently recognized Hillel at Binghamton Executive Director Gary Coleman as a 2005 Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence. Coleman came to Hillel at Binghamton in 2001 after working as an informal Jewish educator, community organizer and nonprofit director in Israel for 20 years. Coleman and eight others were honored during Hillel’s International Professional Staff Conference in Stamford, Conn. The award is the highest honor that a Hillel professional can receive. 1/19/06

Ed2Go, a network of more than 1,500 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Australia that offers online courses, recognized Debra Collett-O’Brien, noncredit online program manager for Continuing Education and Outreach, when naming Binghamton University its Top Gainer for the first quarter of 2006. Binghamton’s non-credit, online enrollments increased 1,762 percent during this period. For her efforts, Collett-O’Brien received a letter, certificate and paper weight. 7/