Faculty-Staff Achievements
Paul Arciero, professor of health and human physiological sciences, published with four 窪蹋勛圖厙 Health and Human Physiological Sciences Department alumni, Brittney Dioneda 15,
Margaret Healy 15, Maia Paul 15 and Caitlin Sheridan 15. This study for the first
time showed that eating a gluten-free grilled cheese meal lowers the number of calories
you burn after eating the meal and reduces feelings of fullness compared to an unprocessed
whole food meal, which may impact weight control and obesity risk over the long-term.
Nurcan Atalan-Helicke, associate professor and director of the Environmental Studies and Science Program, co-authored in the journal Food and Foodways. She also published the chapter in the book Environmental Activism and the Maternal: Mothers and Mother Earth in Activism and Discourse (Demeter Press, 2020).
Veena Chandra, music instructor, has been awarded a New York State Council on the Arts grant though a new Keep NYS Creating grant program in partnership with the New York Foundation for the Arts. These grants are supported by National Endowment for the Arts funding through the CARES Act and will help artists continue their indispensable work within their communities throughout New York. Chandra also received an award from for her collaboration with violist, composer and educator Tsuna Sakamoto to create several new compositions together, do two fall workshops and perform in spring 2021 at Arthur Zankel Music Center.
Siobhan M. Hart, associate professor and chair of anthropology, published an article, in a special issue of the Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association focused on contemporary feminist approaches to archaeological heritage practice.
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