Gerald Mead, lecturer in the Art and Design Department, was commissioned to write essays for two recent books on the work of Western New York artists: the introductory essay, “Girls Think of Everything,” for Coni Minneci’s Mothers of Invention: Real Women Who Rock, published by Meibohm Fine Arts; and the introduction for Russell Ram: 50 Years, published by Buffalo Arts Publishing. Both publications were produced to accompany solo exhibitions of the artists’ work. Mead’s article “Remembering John Pfahl” appeared in Cornelia Magazine (Issue 3, spring 2020), published by the Buffalo Institute of Contemporary Art.

Nancy Weekly, Burchfield scholar, head of collections, and Charles Cary Rumsey curator at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, was invited by Andrew Schoelkopf, owner of the art gallery Menconi + Schoelkopf, to write a catalog essay and present a webinar about the life and work of American artist Charles E. Burchfield in conjunction with his gallery’s current exhibition Charles E. Burchfield: Inexhaustible. The exhibition is on view through April 16 at 22 East 80th Street, in New York City and available online. The video presentation was recorded and is viewable on Vimeo.

Sarah Beth Hinderliter, assistant professor of art history at James Madison University, and Steve Peraza, assistant professor of history and social studies education, have co-edited a collection of essays titled More Than Our Pain: Affect and Emotion in the Era of Black Lives Matter, published in 2021 by SUNY Press.

Timothy Gordon, vice president for student affairs, has been elected to a two-year term (June 2021–June 2023) as president of the SUNY Council of Chief Student Affairs Officers. This group serves as a liaison to SUNY System Administration on student-focused concerns and works to share best practices, strategies, and information with those serving in the chief student affairs officer role across the SUNY system.

Gavin Leighton, assistant professor of biology, has published the article "Sociality and Migration Predict Hybridization across Birds" in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (March 2021). The article investigates the behavioral traits that influence the likelihood of hybridization across birds. The authors found that both the length of social bonds and the presence of migration affect the likelihood of hybridization and, consequently, the evolutionary trajectories of species.

Kerry Renzoni, associate professor of music, published the blog post "Singing and Moving in the Time of COVID-19" on the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) website. The coauthored post is available on the NAEYC website.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his paper "Relationship and Effects of Community Problems on Anxiety and Suicide: A Case-Control Psychological Autopsy Study" in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 209 (1): 17–22. The paper's coauthors were Juncheng Lyu and Ding Li.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his paper "Using Contemporary Psychometric Methods to Construct and Validate Scores on a Short-Form Version of the Psychological Strain Scales" in the Journal of Affective Disorders 281: 1–8. The paper's coauthors were Jenny Mei Yiu, Huen, Augustine Osman, Bob Lew, and Paul Siu Fai Yip.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his paper "Suicide Rates Declined in China: The Social, Cultural and Economic Factors" in the Archives of Preventive Medicine 5 (1): 72–74.

Zhang Jie, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for China Studies, published his paper "The Strain Theory of Suicide Part II" in the journal Suicidology (????????????) 11 (3): 84–100 (in Russian).