Faculty-Staff Achievements, May 21, 2018
Activities
David Howson
David Howson, teaching professor of arts administration, has been appointed to the theater panel. The panel is in charge of reviewing grant applications for theater companies across the state and awarding part of the $41M in NYSCA state-appropriated funds.
Evan Mack
Evan Mack, teaching professor of music, will have two of his works performed during the in Troy at the beginning of June. At 7:30 p.m. on June 1, the Albany Symphony Orchestra ensemble will perform Mack's song cycle Preach Sister, Preach at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at RPI. At 7:30 p.m. on June 3, the orchestra, featuring the Finger Lakes Guitar Quartet (which includes ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty Joel Brown and Brett Grigsby) will premiere Mack's new work Forever Wild at . For the finale, Mack says, "" to join in.
Maria McColl
Maria McColl, associate director of institutes in the Office of the Dean of Special Programs,
has been appointed to the dance program panel.
Publications and Exhibitions
Sara Lagalwar
Sara Lagalwar, assistant professor of neuroscience, had a paper accepted for publication by the
journal Neurobiology of Disease titled "" with co-authors Nicholas Toker '15 (now a neuroscience Ph.D. student at the University
of Vermont) and colleagues from the University of Minnesota and Baylor College of
Medicine. The study investigates novel molecular and genetic changes in the Purkinje
neurons of the cerebellum during disease that underlie ataxia, defined as dysfunction
of balance and motor coordination.
In the News
Sheldon Solomon
Sheldon Solomon, professor of psychology, was interviewed for a May 21 story on the BBC's The Why Factor program titled "." The program aired on the BBC World Service and will be available for listening
online.
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