Faculty-Staff Achievements
A book co-edited by Lisa Aronson, professor of art history emerita, has received the 2020 Arnold Rubin Prize for Outstanding Multi-Authored Volume from the Arts Council of the African Association (ACASA). The book, 鈥�,鈥� was co-edited by Martha Anderson and published by Indiana University Press in 2017.
David Domozych, professor of Biology, and Li Kozel, 黑料吃瓜网 Microscopy Imaging Center coordinator, published a paper entitled, "" in Protoplasma (May 2021). The paper describes the subcellular effects of water limitation on plant cells and the evolution of land plants from green algae over 500 million years ago.
John Galt, assistant professor of art, is exhibiting his work at the following shows: 鈥淢etal
in Bloom, Chris Serra and John Galt,鈥� Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts, through May 30; 鈥淢ade in New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York, June 12- Aug. 7; and the 鈥�67th Finger Lakes
Exhibition,鈥� Rochester, New York, Aug. 14-Oct. 17. His work was also displayed at
鈥淧ivot,鈥� South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts, April 8-May 22.
David Howson, senior teaching professor and Arthur Zankel Executive Director of Arts Administration, was the moderator for "," part of the Virtual Studio Chat series of conversations at the Hyde Collection on May 19. Howson interviewed Belinda Col贸n, curator of the Arts Center of the Capital Region, and Ra猫 Frasier, owner and creator of the fashion brand Art Money. The conversation focused on how the arts can inform community, connection and social justice.
Along with Evan Mack, Howson has been named a Mellon Periclean Faculty Leader for next academic year. The grant provides $4,000 for a course to be taught in fall 2021 or spring 2022.
Howson and Mack鈥檚 course will focus on public schools in the Adirondacks: Students
will learn about rural poverty and barriers to educational access, gain skills develop
assessment tools for public school music programs, and build foundational support
through strategic partnerships and grassroots outreach.
Evan Mack, senior teaching professor of music, was interviewed on WAMC to promote 鈥�,鈥� an instrument drive for students in the North Country, an underserved region. Along
with David Howson, Mack has been named a Mellon Periclean Faculty Leader for next academic year. The
grant provides $4,000 for a course to be taught in fall 2021 or spring 2022. Howson
and Mack鈥檚 course will focus on public schools in the Adirondacks: Students will learn
about rural poverty and barriers to educational access, gain skills develop assessment
tools for public school music programs, and build foundational support through strategic
partnerships and grassroots outreach.
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