Erin Barr, assistant professor of history and social studies education, will present "We Are Aiding to Sustain a Revolution" on Thursday, November 21, at 7:00 p.m. at the Buffalo Irish Center, 245 Abbott Road, Buffalo. The lecture addresses the neglected and untold stories of Irish American women's involvement in politics during the nineteenth century. This is a free community event open to all, and presents an opportunity to connect Buffalo's past to its present through shared history. More information is available on the Buffalo Irish Center website.

Bridget MarĂ­a Chesterton, professor of history and social studies education, has published an article titled "In GuaranĂ­ Lands: Paraguay as a Brazilian Tourist Destination in the Magazines and Newspapers of Brasil and Paraguay during the Stroessner Years" in Revista Historia AutĂłnoma in Madrid, Spain, 25: 348-366.

An article by Elizabeth "Betty" Cappella, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor emerita of higher education administration; Geraldine Bard, professor emerita of English; Christopher Hulsman, senior assistant librarian, Butler Library; and alumna Melissa Blattner, titled "Promoting Altruism through Literacy, Volunteerism, and Service-Learning Programs to Enhance Social Justice, Equity, and Peace," was accepted for presentation at the Oxford International Educational Research Symposium to be held in March 2025. Each presenter affiliated with the university will focus on different aspects of Projects Flight's highly regarded literacy programs that promote social justice. Project Flight, a not-for-profit agency that started at Buffalo State University, has been in operation since 1993 and has received numerous awards and recognition locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally. The following referred abstract was accepted for inclusion in the Oxford Symposium.

Project Flight is a not-for-profit 501(C)(3) organization with award-winning programs that promote altruism using literacy, volunteerism, and service learning to enhance social justice, equity, and peace. We recognize that the promise of literacy is an inalienable right, and that the legacy of literacy is democracy and freedom. Students and families who are more disproportionately affected are people of color, families in poverty, or people from diverse backgrounds. Literacy is one of the major civil rights issues of our time. Programs that create systemic change that integrates compassion and humanity through leadership, education, and empowerment through peace, literacy, and compassionate action are what's needed moving forward. Some of our programs have helped start schools in impoverished areas, donated over 6 million books here and abroad, started programs that use literacy to promote volunteerism and service learning to enhance social justice, and created peace libraries that have been nationally recognized.

Mark Warford, associate professor of modern and classical languages, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Ceoltas Ceoltoiri Eireann-North America's North Atlantic Region at the Irish Cultural Centre of Greater Boston on October 26 in recognition of his work in the promotion of Irish traditional music.

Valentin Brimkov, SUNY Distinguished Professor of mathematics, was ranked for his research productivity in the top 0.1% in the discipline of image analysis (out of 69,627 scholars) and in the top 0.71% for all scientific fields (out of 28,929,092 scholars) by ScholarGPS, a California-based company that uses a database of over 200 million publications, 3 billion citations, and data science techniques to rank scholars from over 55,000 institutions worldwide.

Daniel Wentland, lecturer in the Business Department, published the book Stop and Think: Ending the Political Game. The book highlights that economic handouts through political programs are ineffective. Embedded in the economic way of thinking is the realization that increases in productivity result in more output and income. The book was featured at the Southern Management Association (SMA) Conference and is a great supplemental resource for students in any course in management or economics.

Tiffany Bromfield, associate director of residence life and inclusion, received the best presentation award at the 70th annual Northeast Association of College and University Housing Officers (NEACUHO) Conference, held October 16-18 in Mystic, Connecticut. Her presentation "Crocs or Not: Supervising Gen Z" discussed working in a multigenerational workplace and strategies for successful supervision of the rising generation from the perspective of a millennial manager.

Dwight Hennessy, professor and chair of the Psychology Department, was a recent invited guest speaker on the flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association, Speaking of Psychology, Episode 299: "Road Rage, Traffic Jams, and Why Driving Stresses Us Out." This weekly podcast series highlights some of the latest and most relevant psychological research in the field, with an emphasis on helping listeners apply the science of psychology to their everyday lives.

Deborah Silverman, associate professor and chair of the Communication Department, was elected to a two-year term as secretary of the national Commission on Public Relations Education (CPRE) for 2025 and 2026 at CPRE's annual meeting October 14 in Fullerton, California. Dr. Silverman is serving as commission secretary in 2024, the commission's first year as a 501(c)(3) organization. CPRE provides recommendations on undergraduate and graduate PR curriculum, through periodic reports, to public relations programs at colleges and universities across the U.S.

Margaret M. "Maggie" Herb, associate professor of English, has been elected vice president of the International Writing Centers Association. She will serve a two-year term, followed by a two-year term as president. 

She also attended the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, held in Tacoma, Washington, October 18-20, presenting on the panel "Writing Centers in an Age of Austerity and Precarity: The Impact of Institutional Upheaval on the Working Lives of Peer Tutors" and cohosting the roundtable "Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going: A Roundtable Discussion on the Working Conditions of Peer Tutors."