Stephen Saracino, professor of design and metalsmithing, has been invited to exhibit a piece of his work, Iowa House Bill 2811, in the national invitational exhibition I.M.A.G.I.N.E. Peace Now, at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition opens Thursday, February 23, and runs through Saturday, June 10.

Iowa House Bill 2281
Brass
Diaper made from Iowa state flags, Purple Heart
16 x 10 x 9 in.
2016

Peter M. Carey, chief of University Police, is one of 11 finalists in the Campus Safety Magazine's 10th annual Campus Safety Director of the Year awards program. The winners and runners-up will be honored at the Campus Safety Conference in Philadelphia in July. Chief Carey's profile is posted on the magazine's website.

Taronish Irani, licensed psychologist in the Counseling Center, is the coauthor of a newly published book, Explaining Suicide: Patterns, Motivations, and What Notes Reveal (Academic Press, 2017).

The rate of suicide across all age groups except the elderly is at its highest level in nearly 30 years. Suicide notes have long been thought to be valuable resources for understanding suicide motivation, but up to now, the small sample sizes available have made in-depth analysis difficult. This book represents the first large-scale analysis of suicide motivation across multiple ages in the same period. This was made possible via a unique dataset of all suicide notes collected by the coroner’s office in southwestern Ohio from 2000 to 2009.

Aaron Moss, assistant professor of theater, presented the workshop "Acting in Sitcoms and Dramas" at the New York State Theatre Education Association's 20th annual student conference, held in Callicoon, New York, January 6–8. The conference was attended by over 800 students and high school teachers from across New York State, and more than 100 people attended Mr. Moss's workshop.

Kathleen Falconer, lecturer of mathematics, has accepted the position of visiting scholar to the Institut für Physik und ihre Didaktik at the University of Cologne and will spend the majority of the spring and summer 2017 semesters in Germany.

Daniel W. Cunningham, professor of mathematics, has been identified as a featured author in the 2017 Cambridge University Press Mathematics Catalogue (PDF, 13 MB; p. 4 of 56). This recognition increases the international reputation of SUNY Buffalo State and its Mathematics Department.

An article by Mark Warford, chair and associate professor of modern and classical languages, titled "Testing a Diffusion of Innovations in Education Model (DIEM), will be published in an upcoming volume of Leading–Edge Research in Public Sector Innovation: Structure, Dynamics, Values, and Outcomes (E. Glor and M. Rivera, eds.; Peter Lang Publishing).

Stephen F. Saracino, professor of design, has been invited to exhibit as a featured artist in the international exhibition Guns, Violence & and Justice, which will be held at the Ornamental Metal Museum, in Memphis, Tennessee, January 15–April 30, 2017.

The eight works by Saracino included in the exhibit are as follows:

Columbine Survival Bracelet, Airport Terror Ring, Green Line Sedan, Lockerbie Flight Bracelet, Third World Civilian Ring, War Trophy. Nation Building. 3rd Place (pictured; sterling silver, 2015), Pineapple of Anguish, and Purple Heart Humvee Ring.

Christina Kennison, lecturer of English and writing in Academic Support Programs, has published her article "Students' Writing Can Be Better: Encouragement and Time to Pursue Self Leads to Engagement and Better Writing, Resulting in Possible Increased Writing Levels Nationally" in the inaugural issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Literacy Innovation (spring 2016; PDF, 1 MB).

In her article, Kennison draws upon a wide variety of current research and her own experiences, beginning with the discussion of why students' writing must progress, and then presents a nuanced examination of the reasons why students may feel held back in their academic writing, as well as her own strategies for helping students engage in the writing process.

Kennison is also an author of speculative fiction for children and adults, as well as an editor for the Roycroft Print Shop in East Aurora.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives has received the 2016 Annual Archives Award for Program Excellence in a Historical Record Repository from the New York State Archives and Archives Partnership Trust. The award is presented annually to an organization in the state that exemplifies excellence in an archival program. The award was presented to curator and manager of archives Tullis Johnson and archivist Heather Gring at a ceremony at the Cultural Education Center in Albany in October.

This award recognizes the Burchfield Penney Archives for its outstanding work to collect, preserve, and provide access to materials that document the creative community in Western New York, including maintaining the records of more than 2,700 regional artists and preserving and making accessible the records of regional arts organizations. Among this material are records relating to the artist and namesake of the center, Charles Burchfield, and organizations like the Buffalo Society of Artists, Artpark, and the Art Institute of Buffalo.

The annual Archives Awards program takes place in October, during American Archives Month, and recognizes outstanding efforts in archives and records management work in New York State by a broad range of individuals and organizations.

Read the full news release on the Burchfield Penney website.