S. Marlon Gayadeen, associate professor; Scott W. Phillips, professor; and James J. Sobol, chair and associate professor, of the Criminal Justice Department, published the peer-reviewed article “Further Mitigating the Academic-Law Enforcement Research Divide” in the Journal of Applied Social Science (December 2021). The study aimed to advance collaborative efforts between the academic and law enforcement communities. Data for the current study derived from written documents and interviews. Results indicate that one individual who possesses the appreciative cultural and social capital can successfully mobilize collaborative research agendas between academics and police officers. These forms of capital (i.e., cultural and social) offer a new outlook on negotiating the obstacles that inhibit successful research collaboration between both professions.

Arjun Pathak, assistant professor of physics, published the peer-reviewed scientific article “Effect of Dilute Magnetism in a Topological Insulator” in Frontiers in Materials, Quantum Materials, 8, 706658 (2021), one of the leading journals that publish the novel physical property of materials. The article reports how one can design the unusual magnetic, electrical, and novel quantum properties from nonmagnetic trivial materials by doping with a small amount of specific magnetic ions for future quantum computing and quantum information technology. Dr. Pathak synthesized the materials and performed the electrical and magnetic transport characterizations.

Catherine Cardina, associate professor of health, nutrition, and dietetics, published a research article, "Physical Educators’ Attitudes Toward the Teaching Profession and Perceptions of School Climate," in the Physical Educator 78 (6), 561–582. The paper’s coauthor is Clancy Seymour, associate professor of kinesiology at Canisius College.

Arjun Pathak, assistant professor of physics, published the peer-reviewed scientific article “Enhanced B-site Cation Ordering and Improved Magnetic Properties: Role of A-site Bi Substitution in La2NiMnO6 Double Perovskites” in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 896, 162713 (2022), one of the best journals in interdisciplinary materials science and solid-state chemistry and physics. The article, coauthored by two Buffalo State College students—Devanshi Malaviya, computer information systems major, and Jackson Kubik, physics major—along with other collaborators, reports the fundamental physics and discusses the potential device applications of double perovskite oxides materials. The present work is a detailed analysis of the structure, valence state, magnetic properties, and critical behavior of single-phase Bi-substituted La2NiMnO6 double perovskites. Dr. Pathak is also a corresponding author of the manuscript.

A presentation proposal by Denise Harris, director of the Career Development Center, titled "Supervising through a Feminist Pedagogical Lens," has been accepted. She will present next summer at the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Global Conference.

Arjun Pathak, assistant professor of physics, published the peer-reviewed scientific article “Effect of Atomic Disorder on Electronic, Magnetic and Electron-Transport Properties of Ti2MnAl” (in press) in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds (JALCOM), one of the best journals in interdisciplinary materials science and solids-state chemistry and physics. The article, coauthored by Randall Filippone, electrical engineering technology major at Buffalo State, along with other collaborators, reports the comprehensive computational and experimental study to shed light on understanding the material for the spintronic application, where one can deploy the spin of electrons rather than the current generated by their motion, thereby enhance the efficiency of devices. Dr. Pathak and Mr. Filippone measured the magnetic and electrical resistivity of Ti2MnAl and verified the property that was predicted by theoretical calculations.

Daniel Cunningham, professor emeritus of mathematics, has signed a contract with De Gruyter to publish his latest book, Mathematical Logic: An Introduction. The first chapter reviews the foundational topics that are typically covered in a sophomore introduction to proof course. Chapter 2 studies the language of propositional logic. Chapter 3 investigates the more powerful language of first order logic and the notion of a formal deduction in first order logic. We prove Gödel's Completeness Theorem, a fundamental result, which asserts that a first-order sentence is valid if and only if it is deducible. Chapter 4 establishes Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and investigates the computability concept. Mathematical logic plays a fundamental role in computer science. One of the key areas of logic that are particularly significant to computer science is computability theory. 

De Gruyter publishes first-class scholarship and has done so for more than 270 years. An international, independent publisher headquartered in Berlin—and with further offices in Boston, Beijing, Basel, Vienna, Warsaw, and Munich—it publishes over 1,300 new book titles each year and more than 900 journals in the humanities, social sciences, medicine, mathematics, engineering, computer sciences, natural sciences, and law.

Modern mathematical logic has its origins in the dream of Leibniz (the inventor of calculus) for a universal symbolic calculus that could encompass all mental activity of a logically rigorous nature, in particular, all of mathematics. This vision was too grandiose for Leibniz to realize. His writings on the subject were largely forgotten and had little influence on the actual course of events. It took Boole, Frege, Peano, Russell and Whitehead, Hilbert, Skolem, Gödel, Tarski, and their followers, armed with more powerful abstract methods, to realize a significant part of Leibniz's dream.

Carolyn Guzski, associate professor of music, curated the exhibit American Opera at the Met, currently on view in the Metropolitan Opera's Founders Hall throughout the 2021–2022 season. The exhibit accompanied the Met's re-opening with the new American opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Terence Blanchard.

SUNY Buffalo State College, in partnership with the Institute for European Union Studies at SUNY, has received a three-year Erasmus+ grant to promote knowledge and enhance visibility of the EU throughout New York State. Laurie Buonanno, professor, and Atta Ceesay, associate professor and chair of the Political Science and Public Administration Department, are co-principal investigators. The SUNY Model European Union (SUNYMEU), which Buffalo State will host in April 2022 for the first time in SUNYMEU's 35-year history, will be partially supported by Erasmus+ funding.

Deborah Silverman, department chair and associate professor of communication, was a panelist for a virtual Career Day at Herbert H. Lehman High School in the Bronx on November 24. Lehman High School guidance counselors organized the virtual event to acquaint juniors and seniors with careers in a wide variety of fields. Dr. Silverman, a former journalist and public relations professional, joined panelists who are marketing professionals, financial coaches, entrepreneurs, and music producers.