The book Set Theory: A First Course by Daniel W. Cunningham, professor of mathematics, was published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) for the American and European markets in 2016. CUP and the Chinese publisher Harbin Institute of Technology Press (HITP) have recently agreed to co-publish a China edition of Cunningham's book for the Chinese market. Under the co-publication arrangement, HITP will provide the resources required for the marketing and promotion, as well as warehousing and distribution, of the China edition. The target publication date for the China edition is August 2020.

Jonathan Hulbert, director of leadership and organizational development, has received the 2019 Workforce Game Changers Award from Workforce magazine. Game Changers Awards recognize high-potential young professionals under the age of 40 who are dedicated to advancing the human resources profession through innovative people-management practices. Mr. Hulbert will be featured in the July-August issue of Workforce magazine as a Top 40 Workforce Game Changer for 2019.

Win Min Thant, education coordinator for the Buffalo State Community Academic Center, was honored by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown at City Hall on March 29 during the Women’s History Month celebration “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence.” Ms. Thant is also pursuing a graduate degree at Buffalo State through the multidisciplinary studies program individualized track, focusing on multicultural education.

Curtis Brickhouse, director of student affairs operations, is one of several professionals featured in the article “Voices of Color: Housing Professionals Share Their Stories, Tell Their Truths,” which appears in the January-February issue of Talking Stick magazine 36 (3): 14–26. This bimonthly publication of the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International focuses on the latest in housing news, innovation, and professional development information.

Bruce Sun, associate professor of mathematics, has published the paper "Identification of Technical Analysis Patterns with Smoothing Splines for Bitcoin Prices" in the Journal of Applied Statistics (2019, DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2019.1580251). The article's coauthors are Tony Zhang, Nikolay Miller, and Yiming Yang.

Susan McMillen, professor of mathematics, and Pixita del Prado Hill, professor, and Ellen Friedland, associate professor emerita in the Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership Department, co-edited the online book Integrating Math across the K-6 Curriculum, published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2018). The book is a compilation of articles and associated lesson plans with activity sheets focused on lessons that integrate math in science, social studies, and the arts.

Meghan Pereira, director of instructional design and training for Information Technology Services, has received the SUNY FACT² Award for Excellence in Instructional Support. This award recognizes full- or part-time instructional support staff members who employ innovative uses of educational technologies to meaningfully improve teaching and learning, either individually or in collaboration with teaching faculty, in the strategic application of the curriculum within SUNY. Ms. Pereira was chosen for having demonstrated excellence through her instructional support practices, and her ability to recognize pedagogical opportunities and devise strategies for infusing the curriculum with innovative uses of technology that align with learning outcomes. She will accept the award at the SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology (CIT) in May.

Thomas Reigstad, professor emeritus of English, gave an illustrated presentation, "Mark Twain and the Coal Question," on March 13 at the Buffalo History Museum. The lecture described Twain's longstanding conflicted relationship with his father-in-law's successful coal business. The museum mounted a special exhibit in the auditorium on Twain's connection to Buffalo in conjunction with the talk.

Dr. Reigstad was also named to the Application Review Committee for the New York State Master Teacher Program. He will spend two days next week (March 25–29) judging as many as 500 applications from P–12 STEM teachers across the state. Applicants must demonstrate deep mastery of the three program knowledge domains: STEM content; pedagogy; and students, families, and their communities. Application components include résumés, transcripts, personal statements, annual performance reviews, letters of recommendation, and Praxis subject assessments.

Camille Holmgren, interim department chair and associate professor of geography and planning, published the paper "Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata) Ploidy History along Its Diploid-Tetraploid Boundary in Southeastern Arizona–Southwestern New Mexico, USA" in the Journal of Arid Environments 164 (2019): 7–11. Coauthors are Kimberly Hunter of Salisbury University and Julio Betancourt of the United States Geological Survey.

Stephen Saracino, professor of art and design, has been selected by nationally renowned exhibition curator Gail Brown to be part of an exhibit titled Mastery in Jewelry & Metals: Irresistible Offerings! celebrating the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) 50th anniversary as an organization. Ms. Brown chose 42 metalsmiths to participate in the exhibition that will be held at Gallery 2052 in North Chicago in conjunction with the SNAG convention. The exhibit will run from May 1 until the end of June. Mr. Saracino's artwork chosen by Ms. Brown is titled Pineapple of Anguish.

Mr. Saracino’s work is referenced from an existing medieval torture device titled "The Pear of Anguish." It contains exacting technical and psychological sensitivities from the grotesque original and was designed to become a "transformation upgrade," allowing for a more contemporaneous reaction to the human torture used by the Bush administration in the 2001 Iraq War. The work has been included in two other national invitational exhibits over the past four years.

Pineapple of Anguish
Sterling silver, mokume gane
11 x 3˝ x 3˝ in.
2014