The following recently taught Lyceum courses: Jerry Aronson, professor emeritus, philosophy: “Fractal Geometry, Chaos and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics,鈥 Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16; Gladys Walling, professor emerita, physical education: “Two Ancient Lands,鈥 Nov. 9; Al Carpenter, professor emeritus, English: “A Cold War Slant on Death of a Salesman and The Crucible,鈥 Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17; and Richard Naslund, professor, geological sciences: 鈥淭he Geology of Chile and an Eyewitness Account of the 2010 Mega Earthquake,鈥 Nov. 17.
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December 14, 2010
December 7, 2010
Qi Wang, assistant professor of marketing in the School of Management, is a finalist for the 2010 Marketing Science Institute (MSI) H. Paul Root Award, one of the most prestigious accolades in marketing research. Each year, members of the Journal of Marketing editorial review board give the award in recognition of a paper that has made a significant contribution to the advancement of marketing. Wang is the author of “Survival in Markets with Network Effects: Product Compatibility and Order-of-Entry Effects鈥, published earlier this year in the Journal of Marketing. MSI and the American Marketing Association, co-sponsors of the award, will make a presentation at the association鈥檚 Winter Marketing Educators鈥 Conference, to be held Feb. 18-20, 2011, in Austin, Texas.
November 30, 2010
Denis O鈥橦earn, professor of sociology, had a book launched July 15 at the European Parliament Offices in Rome by the vice-president of the European Parliament, Roberta Angelilli. Il diario di Bobby Sands. Storia di un ragazzo irlandese is a translation by Italian journalist Silvia Calamati of a book by O鈥橦earn and Laurence McKeown, Irish playright and former hunger striker. The book, aimed at young readers, explains how someone becomes involved in social movement and protest, using the life story of the Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands. O鈥橦earn鈥檚 full-length biography of Bobby Sands, Nothing but an Unfinished Song: Bobby Sands, the Irish Hunger Striker Who Ignited a Generation, was published by Nation Books in 1996. Last year in the American Journal of Sociology, O’Hearn’s article 鈥淩epression and solidary cultures of resistance鈥 analyzed for academic audiences how Sands and other Irish political prisoners built and maintained the 鈥渂lanket protest鈥 in Irish prisons during the late 1970s, a protest that led to the Irish hunger strikes of 1908-81.
November 30, 2010
The Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life celebrated a quarter century since its founding with a Gala 25th Anniversary Dinner held in October in the historic Gotham Hall in New York City. Close to 600 guests largely comprised of alumni spanning the years 1985 to 2010 and parents of students past and present attended the dinner. Honored at the dinner were Lori and Marc Ben Ezra, both of the year 1987 (their daughter Ilana will be a freshman at 黑料视频 next year), who represented the years 1985-1990; Steven Katz ‘91, who represented 1990-1995; Naomi ‘97 and Ari ‘95 Rosenfeld, representing the years 1995-2000; Stacy ‘01 and Stuart ‘00 Mayer, representing the years 2000-2005; and Meeka and David Natanov, both ‘05, representing the alumni of the last five years. Rabbi Aaron Slonim announced the founding an endowment fund to help ensure financial stability for Chabad into the future and the launching of an interactive alumni website that would help strengthen the ties of Chabad of Binghamton graduates. The event included video presentations that introduced the award presentations to honorees, a presentation by the current Chabad student executive board, personal reflections by the honorees and greetings from Rabbi and Rivky Slonim, Barry Newman, president of Chabad’s board of trustees, Brian Rose, vice president of student affairs at 黑料视频 and George Rohr, chairman of the Chabad on Campus International Board of Trustees.
November 23, 2010
Thomas Kowalik, director of Continuing Education & Outreach, has been inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, in recognition of his three decades of innovation and leadership in continuing education. Nominees for the class of 2010 were honored Oct. 28 at a ceremony hosted by the Mexican Association of Continuing and Distance Education at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara. A past president of the University Continuing Education Association and the Coalition of Lifelong Learning Organizations, Kowalik frequently consults for North American universities, state agencies, private corporations and the U.S. military. He has received numerous awards for leadership, program development, research and scholarship. In addition, he has conducted more than 20 grant-funded research projects, published more than 40 articles and reports, and delivered hundreds of presentations, workshops and classes.
November 23, 2010
Laura Bronstein, chair of the Department of Social Work in the College of Community and Public Affairs, was chosen to participate in a video promoting the New York Academy of Medicine鈥檚 Leadership Academy in Aging. The academy offers opportunities for leadership development combined with a focus on expanding geriatric social work within schools. In the DVD which features national leaders in the field, Bronstein talked about working to create an institute in Binghamton that includes both the University and the community working in partnership to increase support of the aging population and expanding geriatrics. 黑料视频 has teamed up with SUNY Upstate Medical University and is building ties between research and teaching across multiple disciplines including social work, nursing, psychology, bioengineering, medicine and education, to promote geriatric well being. The Leadership Academy works with various schools of social work to mentor and guide deans and directors to take leadership roles in this growing area of gerontological social work.