SUNY Oswego students Oghenetega (Tega) Adjoh and Sarah Dorme are among the 12 exceptional young leaders from across New York and Massachusetts named to the National Grid Foundation’s inaugural Youth Advisory Council (YAC). This groundbreaking initiative aims to amplify the voices of young changemakers and shape the foundation’s future social impact efforts, particularly in the areas of STEM education and literacy. The YAC will meet virtually, four times a year over a two-year term, participating in sessions designed to enhance their leadership skills in community engagement and philanthropic best practices. Read full story.
Olukayode Bakare -- a visiting scholar in the global and international studies program from May 2025 to January 2026 -- had his paper, "Counterbalancing and Ethnic Stacking for Regime Stability and Autocracy in Post-1989 Sudan: Counting the Benefits and Danger of Coup-Proofing under Omar Bashir’s Regime" accepted for publication in the African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review. He has published on Nigeria's foreign policy but has focused his research at Oswego on explaining the uptick in coups in Africa's Sahel region. He also presented a lecture "Reshaping U.S. strategic interests amid a new Cold War in the African Sahel" to Oswego's POL 155 class in November, which was also the subject of his recent London School of Economics blog post "U.S. influence is waning in Africa's Sahel, but new partnerships could rebuild influence to counter Russia and China." Bakare has a Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. He also has published via that channel on the U.S. pondering intervention in Nigeria, and what it means for the country and how leadership policies and social exclusion might drive radicalization in northeast Nigeria.
Cinema and screen studies professor Tiffany Deater created a three-video installation observing the natural world, appearing at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. The series of video essays, collectively titled “What Lives Underneath,” opened in November and will appear at the museum until Jan. 4, 2026. Read full story.
Barry A. Friedman of the College of Business and Entrepreneurship continues his international research collaboration with the publication of “Digital entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan: exploring alertness, opportunity recognition, exploitation and the mediating role of social media use” in the International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets. His findings have implications for fostering digital opportunity recognition and exploitation in emerging economies, highlighting the role of social media use and alertness for digital entrepreneurs.
Juliet Giglio, professor and director of the creative writing program, and husband Keith Giglio co-wrote and produced the play "Dis the Season" for the CNY Arts Center in Fulton, which had four showings this December. Their work on this is the second time the couple has written and produced a play for Upstate New York, following the one-act play they wrote for the Oswego Players last year. From CNY Arts: "'Dis The Season' is about four estranged sisters once known to the world as the Christmas Thornes, a famous singing group, who were ordered by their late mother's will to spend Christmas together at their childhood home in order to earn their mother's fortune. But when old rivalries resurface they must learn to become a family and love unconditionally before they lose each other forever."
Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy Shashi Kanbur was on the Scientific Organizing Committee for the "Stellar Variability: Taking the Pulse of the Universe" conference at IUCAA (Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics) in Pune, India. At the late-November conference, nany of the invited and contributing speakers were Kanbur's former students and ongoing research collaborators.
Freshman creative writing major Kayde Knorr published “Dating Straight Boys” in the New York Times Tiny Love Stories series on Nov. 19, with the piece the title to the roundup of micro essays published that day. It started as an assignment in Sari Fordham’s “Introduction to Nonfiction” class, with Fordham encouraging the submission. Read full story.
Lindsay McCluskey, associate professor of public relations and advisement coordinator for the Department of Communication Studies, was featured as an expert in The Palladium Times/Oswego County News Now in a November article about politics and the government shutdown.
Benjamin Ogwo, chair and professor of the Career and Technical Education Department, was appointed as principal evaluator for the evaluation of UNICEF's Global Work on Acquisition of Transferable Skills among Adolescents and Young People. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works worldwide to protect children's rights and ensure their well-being. Through its Global Learning Strategy, UNICEF supports countries in equipping children, adolescents and young people with transferable skills that enable them to become responsible, engaged, and productive citizens in an increasingly complex global economy. Read full story.
University Police Scott Swayze recently was elected third vice president of the SUNY Police Chief's Association. The association represents the police executives at 29 locations across New York State overseeing approximately 700 officers at each of the SUNY state-operated campuses.
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