Izabella Lokshina, Management, Marketing and Information Systems, presented a research paper titled ³Algorithms for Accelerated Rare Event Simulation with Markov Chain Modelling in Communications Networks² at the 11th Annual Industrial Simulation Conference (ISC’2013) that was held at Ghent University, Belgium on May 23, 2013. The event was organized by the European Technology Institute (ETI), sponsored by the European Simulation Society (EUROSIS) [...]

Joshua J. Frye, Communication Arts, recently presented a paper during the 12th Biennial Conference on Communication and the Environment (COCE), held at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden.  The paper was entitled “The Rhetorical Construction of Food Waste in US Public Discourse” and applied frame theory to analyze the array of [...]

Veronica Diver, Communication Arts/ALS, was elected Vice-President Membership of the Oneonta Toastmasters at their June 10th meeting. She takes office on July 1st. Oneonta Toastmasters meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month and provides a welcoming environment to those interested in improving their leadership and communication skills. For more information, please email [...]

The National Science Foundation’s Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM Program awarded a $194,129 grant to the Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of SUNY Oneonta in support of “Revolution In Physiology Education: RIPE for Change.” Under the direction of Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Keith Schillo, the project was one of about 125 selected from [...]

Izabella Lokshina, Management, Marketing and Information Systems, published a research article in the International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation, Vol. 4, No 4, 2012, a prestigious academicrefereed journal, published in the UK with an eight percent acceptance rate. The article, titled “Accelerated Rare Event Simulation with Markov Chain Modelling in Wireless Communication Networks” [...]

Cindy Lassonde, Krislynn Dengler, and Gwen Frank presented in a day-long institute at the International Reading Conference in San Antonio, Texas, this spring. The sold-out preconference institute–Best Practices for Literacy Leaders–was attended by international literacy leaders from across the nation, Canada, and Australia. The day was planned and organized by Lassonde and Kristine Tucker, a [...]

Bill Harcleroad, Director of Campus Activities, presented an education workshop entitled LEAD@Oneonta: a different path to leadership at the New York Leadership Educator’s Conference (NYLEC) on Monday June 3rd at SUNY Brockport. In addition to being selected as a presentation, the program was recognized as one of three “Innovative Programs” presented. Innovative programs are defined [...]

William A. Starna, Emeritus Anthropology, reviewed Speculators in Empire: Iroquoia and the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, by William J. Campbell (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012) in Journal of American History 100, 1(2013):184.

Achim Köddermann, Philosophy, by invitation, presented work on applied philosophy at a Conference on Rural Housing, and chaired with Uzbekistan’s First Deputy Prime Minister R. Azimov, Minister of Finance. As invited guest presenter, Dr. Köddermann focused on the Construction of a Civil Society: Mahallas as Uzbek model against erosion of rural livelihoods and for a stable partnership between [...]

Bill Simons, History, served as Co-Director of the recent Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture. The Symposium, an annual academic baseball conference co-sponsored by SUNY Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, celebrated its 25th anniversary at the May 29-31, 2013, session. The Symposium met at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in [...]