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School of Arts and Sciences

Students Make a Difference in Haiti with Project-Based Learning

Earlier this summer, the two most recent groups of students to travel to Haiti – 24 students in all – completed 10 days of work-intensive learning at the Haiti Health Ministry in Leogane. Read Article

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State Program Helps Displaced Workers Secure Full-Time Employment

An ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State training program for CNC precision machining has helped six displaced workers in Allegany County secure full-time employment in CNC machining. Read Article

New Student Convocation -- 2012

Hundreds gathered to hear opening remarks and welcome the incoming class of 1,300 students who join the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ community from around the state and around the world. Read Article

Streater Creating a Buzz at Raider Camp

Updated 8/21: Former ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State football player Rod Streater is creating a buzz around the Oakland Raiders and the NFL after his performance in his first preseason game vs. the Dallas Cowboys. Streater, an undrafted free agent, spent a year as a safety and a year at wide receiver wearing the Pioneer blue & gold before transferring to Temple University for his final two years of college eligibility. Read Article

Automotive Students Prepare for Record Run at Bonneville Salt Flats

Ten students and four faculty members from the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State Automotive Trades Department are traveling to the famous Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah this week to attempt to break the land speed record for 1 liter automobiles. Read Article

Kellogg's Article Appears in Literary Journal

Dr. Richard Kellogg, professor emeritus of psychology at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State, is the author of an article appearing in the most recent issue of THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION, a quarterly literary journal. Titled "Philip Wylie: The Crusader of Science Fiction," the article discusses how author Philip Gordon Wylie (1902-1971) incorporated important social issues into his novels of speculative fiction. Read Article

New York Students Honored at National SkillsUSA Championships for Skilled Work Force

Jonathan Maragni, from Ithaca and a student at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State School of Applied Technology (Wellsville), was awarded the college/postsecondary gold medal in Electrical Construction Wiring. Read Article

Dautremont-Smith Featured in Book on Sustainability

Julian Dautremont-Smith, chief sustainability officer at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State, recently contributed to a book project of Widener Law Distinguished Professor John C. Dernbach that supports the national movement for more sustainable products, practices, lifestyles, and policies. The project is the only nongovernmental effort in the U.S. to comprehensively assess the nation’s sustainability activities. Read Article

President Anderson Named to Steering Committee of Presidents’ Climate Commitment

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State President John M. Anderson has been named to the Steering Committee of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). He joins over 20 other college presidents and chancellors in serving on the primary governance body of the organization. Read Article

University Police Department Receives NYS Accreditation

The New York State University Police Department at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State was recently awarded official status as an Accredited Law Enforcement Agency by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services’ Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. Read Article