News Release Archives: April 2008

Studies of language, lightning, South American social movements, air pollution and wind power will take place thanks to five SUNY Oswego Student-Faculty Collaborative Challenge Grants. More...

Under a $132,346 grant from the National Science Foundation’s program for developing global scientists, Dr. Shashi Kanbur of SUNY Oswego’s physics department will take a group of upstate physics and computer science students to Brazil this summer. More...

Chuck Weeks, SUNY Oswego’s director of residence life and housing, has received the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service. More...

Several SUNY Oswego students have earned Empire State Diversity Honors Scholarships. The scholarship program is designed to attract and retain undergraduates at SUNY campuses who demonstrate high academic achievement and contribute to the diversity of the student body. More...

SUNY Oswego faculty members Dr. Elizabeth Dunne Schmitt of the economics department and Dr. Barry Friedman of the marketing and management department are co-winners of the President’s Award for Teaching Excellence for 2007-08. More...

Dr. Brooks Gump of SUNY Oswego’s psychology department has earned the SUNY Oswego President’s Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity and Research for 2007-08. More...

The traditional Torchlight ceremony, symbolizing the passing of knowledge, will be among the highlights of this year’s Commencement Eve celebration on Friday, May 16 More...

The SUNY Oswego Recorder Consort will perform “In Merrie Old England” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Church of the Resurrection, 120 W. Fifth St. in Oswego. More...

Singer Sally Bowles (senior Sara Weiler) and writer Cliff Bradshaw (freshman Samuel Austin) are lovers in a dangerous time when “Cabaret” continues its campus run this weekend. More...

Shashi Kanbur of Oswego’s physics and earth sciences department will step in to deliver Quest’s keynote address, “The Bi-Partisan Big Bang Theory of the Universe,” at 1 p.m. April 23 in the Campus Center auditorium. More...

Ten SUNY Oswego students attended the recent annual meeting of Geological Society of America’s Northeastern section in Buffalo. More...

SUNY Oswego is gearing up for the biggest and most diverse Quest yet, with around 180 contributions marking the college’s annual daylong symposium of scholarly and creative activities by faculty, staff and students on Wednesday, April 23. More...

The popular and passionate musical “Cabaret” runs through next weekend in Waterman Theatre in Tyler Hall. This Tony Award-winning musical has entertained audiences for over 40 years since its debut on Broadway in 1966. More...

Steven E. Abraham, a professor of marketing and management at SUNY Oswego, has received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities for his research bridging law and business. More...

The Institute for Professional and Organizational Development at SUNY Oswego is currently offering American Management Association professional courses and certificate programs designed to build or enhance professional knowledge, skills and leadership at the Oswego State Education Center in Phoenix. More...

In addition to being a Broadway hit and longtime musical staple, “Cabaret”—SUNY Oswego’s spring production—offers a look at a tense, telling time in pre-World War II Europe. More...

In “Understanding Islam,” three representatives of that faith will speak at 7 p.m. April 24 in Room 105 of Lanigan Hall at SUNY Oswego. President Deborah F. Stanley issued the following statement Monday. More...

World Trade Center attack survivor Sgt. John McLoughlin, who graduated from SUNY Oswego in 1975, will visit campus April 30 to share his inspirational story with students and the community. More...

SUNY Oswego will celebrate 40 years of creative writing with student readings and an appearance by emeritus Professor Lewis Turco at Quest on April 23. More...

Honors Convocation, SUNY Oswego’s annual ceremony recognizing students’ outstanding academic achievements, will move to the convocation hall of the Campus Center this year for the first time. More...

The approved 2008-09 state budget includes $69.5 million for a new science building at SUNY Oswego. The strategic initiative funding supports the third phase of improvements to the college’s 1960s-era science facilities. More...

SUNY Oswego’s broadcasting program will contribute two panels to the college’s Quest activities April 23: “Look Mom! I’m Going to Jail!: The Myths and Realities of Illegally Downloading Music and Video” and “Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Sportscaster?” More...

The Oswego Jazz Project will celebrate the release of its new album, “And the Time Is Now,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in the second floor banquet room of King Arthur’s Steakhouse in downtown Oswego. More...

Tyler Art Gallery will showcase the original work of SUNY Oswego art students in the Spring Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, which will run from May 2 to 16. More...

The graying of America’s population is resulting in a shortage of people trained to meet the needs of these older adults. SUNY Oswego will mark national Careers in Aging Week on April 18 with an open discussion with a panel of professionals in gerontology. More...

SUNY Oswego music faculty member Aaron Reece’s Quest performance/presentation “Unresolved Mystery: The Search for Bach’s Keyboard Temperament” will probe a historical musical puzzle. More...

SUNY Oswego’s Penfield Library and Penfield Library Associates will hold their annual book sale fundraiser in the basement of the library Monday, April 21, to Wednesday, April 23. More...

Dr. Tim Delaney uses the world’s most popular animated dysfunctional family to illustrate lessons on sociology, philosophy, psychology and pop culture in his new book “Simpsonology: There’s a Little Bit of Springfield in All of Us.” More...

SUNY Oswego political science Professor Bruce Altschuler, an author and widely quoted expert on elections, will ask “Isn’t There a Better Way to Pick Our President?” as the keynote speaker at Quest on April 23. More...