Patrick Ravines, Director and Associate Professor in Art Conservation, was co-chair for the 2nd International Conference on Surface Metrology and presented a paper entitled "Surface metrology applied to the study of the earliest photographic process, the daguerreotype" held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, from 25-27 October 2010. Also, Paula Artal-Isbrand (alum 1994) presented a paper on "An Examination of Decorative Surface Techniques on a 5th Century BCE Red-Figure Greek Vase Using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and Confocal Microscopy".

Michelle S. Bae, assistant professor, Art Education, wrote a book chapter “Go Cyworld!: Korean Diasporic Girls Producing New Korean Femininity” which has been published in Girl Wide Web 2.0: Revisiting Girls, the Internet, and the Negotiation of Identity (October 2010), edited by Sharon Mazzarella, published by Peter Lang.

Joseph Marren, associate professor, Communication, presented the paper “The Mertonian Journalist: The Impact of One Monk's Philosophy on Ethics and Practices” at the Western New York-Western Pennsylvania Regional Meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association on October 30.

John Thompson, associate professor, Computer Information Systems, presented concurrent sessions, “Desktop Web Conferencing: Synchronous Learning From/to Anywhere in the World” and “Best Practices in Online Discussions: Insights From 10 Years’ Experience Teaching Online Courses,” at the 16th annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning held in Orlando, Florida, November 4–5.

Jeffrey Zacko-Smith, assistant professor, Creative Studies, gave two presentations, “Creative Leadership: Welcome to the 21st Century” and “(Re)Defining Authentic Leadership,” at the annual meeting of the International Leadership Association (ILA) in Boston in October. Both were part of the ILA's ongoing investigation of emerging leadership theory and practice.

Artwork created by Gerald Mead, lecturer, Design, was acquired by the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction in Fort Worth, Texas. He was a co-recipient of a 2010 Bronze Excalibur Award from the Buffalo Niagara Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for “Handmade in Buffalo,”  a publication he authored for the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau. A solo exhibition of his work was presented at Exhibit A gallery in Corning, New York (July 16–August 27), and he was included in a four-artist exhibition at the Kirkland Art Center in Clinton, New York (June 27–August 25).

Deborah A. Silverman, assistant professor, Communication, presented, with Jonathan Slater of SUNY Plattsburgh, a peer-reviewed pedagogical poster, “Integrating Ethics into the Undergraduate Public Relations Curriculum,” at the Public Relations Society of America Educators Academy Research and Poster Session on October 16 in Washington, D.C. Silverman and Slater also led a panel discussion of public relations ethics with practitioners Emmanuel Tchividjian and Kevin Saghy at the national Public Relations Student Society of America conference in Washington, D.C., on October 18.

Susan M. Baldwin, assistant professor and internship program coordinator for the Health and Wellness Department, conducted a 5-hour School Health Index needs assessment tool training workshop, representing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to school administrators in the School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 1. The workshop was among the initiatives resulting from the City of Philadelphia's recent Putting Prevention to Work in Communities award, a major federal grant funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
 

Stephen F. Saracino, professor of metalsmithing in the Design Department, has been invited to lecture November 6–14 during a weeklong symposium on topics relating to terrorism at Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia. He will be presenting a lecture “Art and Terrorism: An Artist’s Response” at two symposia sponsored by the World Culture against Terrorism and one sponsored by Moscow State's Arts and Science of Arts: Theory and Practice Symposium.”

Sister Charlene Fontana, SSJ, assistant to the director of student life, and Sister Marianne Ferguson, OSF, professor of philosophy and humanities, were honored by E. O. Smith, distinguished service professor, History and Social Studies, and the Buffalo State College Monroe Fordham Regional History Center at the 2010 Cure of Ars Awards Dinner on October 19 at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The event paid tribute to women religious of the Diocese of Buffalo, which includes 22 religious orders of women. Sister Charlene Fontana belongs to the Sisters of St. Joseph; Sister Marianne Ferguson belongs to the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Community.