Bradley F. Gearhart, lecturer in the Earth Sciences and Science Education Department and New York State Master Teacher Program; and Dan MacIsaac, associate professor of physics, published the cover article for the January 2020 issue of the Physics Teacher, “A Practical Classroom iPad Shadowgraph System” 58 (1): 8–11. The article traces the modification of R&D apparatus and imaging techniques from the Western New York industrial labs of Praxair (now Linde) Corporation for Buffalo Public Schools high school physics classrooms. Article photographs image “invisible” gas phenomena such as air convection; the cover photo features a shadowgraph image of Gearhart’s own breath exhalation in air. A preprint is freely available from ResearchGate.

Kim Chinquee's collection of fiction WETSUIT, published by the nationally-known publisher, Ravenna Press, was favorably reviewed by award-winning writer Aimee Parkinson in the current issue of RAIN TAXI: ”Kim Chinquee’s Wetsuit takes hold of the reader, making one feel there is a fine line between fiction and real- ity. Precisely written in a clean, clear, minimal- ist style, these brief stories are about the ways we protect ourselves from pain while immersing ourselves in life the way a fierce swimmer immerses herself in the deepest of waters. These flash fictions stand on their own, but if one envisions the women in the stories as the same woman, they also have a sense of continuity, so it is easy to read the book as an episodic short novel with flash chapters."  http://www.raintaxi.com/rain-taxi-review/print-edition/?fbclid=IwAR1dynN...

Heidi Dietz Faletti, associate professor emerita of English, read her paper "The Infernal Mechanisms of Greed and Lust in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita" at the 17th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, held at the University of Granada, in Grenada, Spain, July 3–5.

Laura Klenk and Dianne McCarthy, associate professors of elementary education, literacy, and educational leadership; and Thomas Reigstad, professor emeritus of English, attended the Item Review Conference for the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations, sponsored by the New York State Education Department and the Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson, December 9 and 10 in Albany, New York.

Along with other educators from around the state, they scrutinized item bank expansion questions for possible use in future state teacher certification exams. They reviewed test items for content accuracy, adherence to development criteria, and overall quality. Dr. Klenk reviewed items for the Literacy Content Specialty Test, Dr. McCarthy reviewed items for the Multi-Subject: Teachers of Early Childhood Test, and Dr. Reigstad reviewed items for the English Language Arts Test.

Carolyn Guzski, associate professor of music, co-curated the exhibit Black Voices at the Met, currently on view in the Metropolitan Opera's Founders Hall throughout the 2019–2020 season. The exhibit accompanied a new production of Porgy and Bess that opened the Met's 135th season in September.

Michael Johnson, associate professor of modern and classical languages, presented "Braving the Phainomena: Exploring Visual Structures in the Classical Mythology Classroom" at the 56th Annual Institute of the Classical Association of the Empire State, held at the University at Albany, in Albany, New York, October 25 and 26. He also read his paper "Every Myth Is Awesome: Ancient Building Bricks in the Lego Movies" in the SF/Fantasy track at the 30th annual conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 7–9. 

A publication by Daniel Cunningham, professor of mathematics, is recognized in the anthology The Best Writing on Mathematics 2019 (M. Pitici, ed.; Princeton University Press, 2019). "This annual anthology brings together the year’s finest mathematics writing from around the world." Cunningham's published article "Why Does Trigonometric Substitution Work?" is identified in the anthology under the section Notable Writings.

Stephen F. Saracino, professor of metalsmithing in the Art and Design Department, has been invited to participate in a curated contemporary metals exhibition to be held at Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio.

Constructed Answer is an exhibition inspired by tragedy, trauma, and violence that celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit. The exhibit was curated in response to a commemorative medallion made by Philadelphia College of Art students (now University of the Arts) in honor of the students who died at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. In recognition of this anniversary, the entire university is developing programming to encourage a dialogue on violence, trauma, and the resiliency of individuals.

Professor Saracino will exhibit three of his works: Columbine Survival Bracelet, Lockerbie Flight Bracelet, and War Trophy. Nation Building. 3rd Place. The exhibition will take place in the main gallery of the Center for the Visual Arts on the Kent campus from January 24 through February 28, 2020.

Columbine Survival Bracelet
Sterling silver, mokume gane
6 x 3 x 8 in.
2005

Lockerbie Flight Bracelet
5 x 9 x 4 in.
Sterling silver
1995

War Trophy. Nation Building. 3rd Place (detail)
Sterling silver
9 x 4 x 6 in.
2014

Frances Gage, associate professor of art history, presented the paper "'She made beholders laugh': Old Age, Allegrezza and the Early Modern Care of the Self" at the conference "The Philosophical Image: Art, Wisdom, and the Care of the Self in the Premodern World, 1200–1700" (PDF, 38 KB) held at Johns Hopkins University November 14–16.

Jodelle Magner, associate professor of mathematics, and Susan McMillen, professor of mathematics, presented "168 Solutions: Developing Algebraic Thinking with Number Tiles," a session targeted at middle and high school mathematics teachers, at the 69th annual fall conference of the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS), held in Rochester, New York, November 15 and 16.

AMTNYS was founded in 1951 and currently has about 2,100 members statewide. Members of AMTNYS include teachers at the elementary, middle, secondary, and college levels as well as others interested in mathematics and mathematics education.