Bridget Chesterton, assistant professor of history and social studies education, and Carlos Gomez Florentín, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Stony Brook University, will have a chapter titled "El Centenario como momento historico" (The Centennial as a Historical Moment) published in the forthcoming El Bicentenatrio: Desafío y Legado (The Bicentennial: Challenge and Legacy). The article reflects on how the centennial celebration in Paraguay was celebrated in the Paraguayan countryside. This celebration by the Paraguayan populous was forgotten by elites in Paraguay. The article returns the celebration to its proper place in Paraguayan history.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center's April M&T Second Friday was recognized on April 17 at the fourth annual Good Going Awards, sponsored by the NFTA and supported by Ecology and Environment Inc., the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, GrowWNY, and the WNY Environmental Alliance. The event received the Earth Day Community Outreach Award for the organization that "best develops and implements an Earth Day program or activities for the community."

In conjunction with the exhibition Edible Complex, the Burchfield Penney hosted a “live exhibition of our food culture.” Nearly 20 farms, vineyards, and nonprofits attended this event to share their histories and stories and sample and sell their products. Nearly 1,000 guests attended our first M&T Second Friday on April 13!

The night included a screening of the Lexington Cooperative’s DVD “Locally Grown; three educational presentations, by the Massachusetts Avenue Project, Garden of Stewardship, and the Pelion Community Garden at City Honors School; and a book signing by Adam Goetz, Nickel City Chef.

The museum offered this event to showcase the vibrancy of the local and sustainable food movement in Western New York. Our participants are devoted to creating a healthier, smarter, and more-connected place to live. As the first LEED-certified museum in the state and as devotees of naturalist Charles E. Burchfield, the Burchfield Penney supports efforts to improve the local economy and the health of our residents and environment. We are eager to continue to serve as a forum for these discussions.

We are grateful for the support of M&T Bank, Yelp, and our participants:

Arrowhead Spring Vineyards, Blackman Homestead Farm, Edible Buffalo, Farmers and Artisans, Field & Fork Network, First Light Farm and Creamery, Garden of Stewardship, Go Veggies, Hill ’n’ Hollow, Lexington Co-operative Market, Massachusetts Avenue Project, Nickel City Chef, Oles Family Farm, Pelion Community Garden at City Honors School, Singer Farm Naturals, Singer Farms, Stand Fast Farm, Western New York Book Arts Center, Winery at Marjim Manor, and White Cow Dairy.

Carolyn Guzski, assistant professor of music, received the Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship from the Society for American Music at its annual meeting, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, March 14–18. The award supports Guzski's research project Race at the Opera: Artists of Color at the Metropolitan, 1916–1926.

Kimberly Blessing, department chair and associate professor of philosophy and humanities, presented “Atheism and Meaningfulness in Life” at the Western New York-Western Pennsylvania regional meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, held at Saint John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, on April 21.

The exhibition What Josephine Saw: Twentieth-Century Visions of Rural Anatolia, curated by Kimberly Hart, assistant professor of anthropology, will open on June 11 in Istanbul, Turkey, at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations. The accompanying catalog, published by Koç University Press, will have versions in English and Turkish. The project is the culmination of a six-year study of the Powell photographic archives at the RCAC and Harvard University. The catalog includes pieces by a number of scholars and friends of Josephine Powell's and a piece by the curator of the Powell archive at Harvard, Jeff Spurr.

Sharon Cramer, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of exceptional education, was invited to contribute an article to the Winter 2012 issue (vol. 87, no. 3) of College and University, a journal published by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO). The issue featured a "leadership series" of three articles to promote leadership development of enrollment management specialists. Cramer's article, "Mentoring the Next Generation of AACRAO Leaders: Taking Advantage of Routines, Exceptions, and Challenges for Developing Leadership Skills," incorporates interviews of enrollment management members regarding experiences at Buffalo State.

Heidi Dietz Faletti, associate professor of English, read her paper "Words as Destabilized Signifiers in Godard's Vivre sa vie and Made in U.S.A." for the session "Image and Language: Godard and the Problem of Expression" at the 43rd annual convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), held in Rochester, New York, March 15–18.

Michael Johnson, associate professor of modern and classical languages, read his paper "A Socratic Mystery from the Early Thirteenth Century" at the 18th biennial New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, held at the New College of Florida in Sarasota, Florida, March 8–10.

Maria Garrity, systems programmer with Computing and Technology Services, was team captain for Team Campus Trendsetters, which won first place for the fastest faculty-staff team in the 15th annual Bengal 5K Scholarship Run on Saturday, March 31. For the ninth year in a row, team member Andrew T. Garrity, programmer/analyst with Computing and Technology Services, won first place in the faculty-staff category. Other team members were Judi Basinski, Ralph Chille, Kim Chmielewicz, Don Erwin, Rock Doyle, Leonard Goerss, Churchill Gwan, John Hejna, Denise Kennedy, Val Lehman, Gloria Lupkin, Ivar Lupkin, Ted Marsowicz, Neil Palmer, Bryan Penberthy, Lynne Penberthy, Sheila Pragel, Roxanne Sarver, Scott Simon, JoAnna Stergion, Rebecca Tutko, Michael Woodruff, and Ottilie Woodruff.

The Bengal 5K benefits the Alumni Association’s Legacy Scholarship Fund and the Armed Services Scholarship Fund. Legacy scholarships are awarded annually to deserving students who are the children or grandchildren of Buffalo State graduates. Armed Services scholarships provide funding for student-veterans at Buffalo State.

Rafika Merini, associate professor of French in the Modern and Classical Languages Department, read a multilingual research paper titled "A Linguistic Plethora in the Pained Universe of Love" at the 43rd annual convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association, held in Rochester, New York, March 15–18.