Faculty-Staff Achievements
Kris Covey, assistant professor of environmental studies and sciences, has been elected to the
board of trustees of the Adirondack Nature Conservancy. The Nature Conservancy is
the largest environmental organization in the country. Founded in 1971, the Adirondack
affiliate has conserved more than 577,000 acres of land in New York state.
David Domozych, professor of biology, has received research funding from the National Science Foundation: The most recent NSF grant, for $573,372, will support Spatiotemporal mapping of the membrane trafficking networks involved in secretion and autophagy in the unicellular zygnematophyte, Penium margaritaceum. That grant runs through 2024. Another grant, for $621,026, concludes next year and is for "Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive Spectrometry Attachment for High Resolution Imaging at 窪蹋勛圖厙.
Heather Hurst 97, associate professor of anthropology, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant. Her project is titled . Co-directed with Franco Rossi, it will create an interactive online platform to present 3D models of Mayan artworks that document the spread of cultural and scholarly knowledge across the region.
Jina Mao, associate professor of the management and business department, published in the journal Organization.
Megan Mercier, director of alumni and volunteer engagement in the Office of Alumni Relations and College Events, has been selected to serve as president of the . The organization aims to strengthen colleagueship and networking with professional peers and promotes best practices in alumni relations work among member institutions.
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