Student and faculty research projects in Jewett Hall biology classes are being greatly enhanced by the gift of a new Syngene gel documentation system, thanks to a donation by Dr. Christopher Mirabelli, '77, who has held senior research and development positions in the pharmaceutical industry.

Hailed as “a deftly zany absurdist comedy” and as “comic genius” by critics, “Fuddy Meers” will open Friday, Nov. 6 and run through Saturday, Nov. 14 in Bartlett Theatre at Rockefeller Arts Center. It is a Department of Theatre and Dance production for the Walter Gloor Mainstage Series.

The SUNY Fredonia School of Music, in cooperation with the Department of Theatre and Dance, will present four performances of “La Bohème” in Marvel Theatre at Rockefeller Arts Center. Performance dates and times are Nov. 12, 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, In the second of a four-concert series, “The Complete Works of Beethoven for Violin and Piano,” violin professor Maureen Yuen joins forces with piano professor Sean Duggan. Part three of the series will be presented on Wednesday, November 1, and the final concert of the series will be on Sunday, January 31, 2010.

The second Brown Bag Lecture in the College of Arts & Humanities will bring to life the thrills, chills, and backstage events involved in mounting an opera. The panel discussion entitled, “Putting It Together: The Art and Scholarship of Staging La Bohème,” will showcase selections from the opera set to open on November 12th on campus in Marvel Theatre. The talk will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 4, noon, in Diers Recital Hall in Mason Hall (this is a new location for the series).

SUNY Fredonia will host two poets, Dr. Ross Gay and Mr. Patrick Rosal, as part of the Mary Louise White Visiting Series. The poetry reading will be held at room 202 in McEwen Hall on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.

The second of seven statewide conversations on the SUNY-wide strategic plan that will guide SUNY for the next five years is planned at the University at Buffalo on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 8 to 2 p.m. at the Center for the Arts. An Open Forum to receive testimony and statements from any and all individuals will start the proceedings.

Alumnus Mark D. Orgren will address the question, “Why Fredonia is the nation’s ‘ground zero’ in the battle for clean, abundant, affordable energy,” i...
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The Graduate Studies Office and Faculty Student Association are sponsoring a Graduate Student Symposium Conversations across the Disciplines...
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Friday, Oct. 30 12:00-1:00 p.m. Discussion/lecture - "Managing a Professional Contemporary Dance Company in Guatemala - The Challenges an...
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The Women’s Studies Program will sponsor the Women Take Aim Film Series this fall, with the first movie slated for Tuesday, Oct. 27. All films will be...
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Full day of activities begins at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, in Mason Hall for the Fifth Annual String Experience at SUNY Fredonia's School of Musi...
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Above: A workshop at 2008 Double Reed Day. Please note: registration for 2009 is closed.  Sunday, November 1, 2009 ...
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Natalie Gerber Natalie Gerber (English) participated in a recording for a program on PoemTalk, a nationally broadcast radio progra...
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Birger Vanwesenbeeck is one of three editors of the book just published by McFarland & Co., "William Gaddis, "The Last of Something" Critical...
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“Continuum: The MacKrell Collage Archive” by Gerald Mead will be featured in the art gallery at Rockefeller Arts Center. The exhibit will open Friday, Oct. 30 with a reception in the art gallery lobby beginning at 7 p.m.

The Fredonia Academic Community Engagement (FACE) Center is hosting a live webinar and campus community discussion on civic agency and the struggle for the future of higher education on Tuesday, Nov. 3 (Election Day) from 2:30 to 4:30 pm in S104 of the Williams Center.

Fredonia placed third among 11 teams at the Northeast Preliminary International Collegiate Programming Contest was held on campus Saturday, Oct. 17. The University of Rochester and Hobart College took first and second place.

Dr. Neil Feit, recipient of the 2009 William T. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award at SUNY Fredonia, will present the lecture, “Mental Representation and the Self,” on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. in McEwen Hall Room 209. The lecture will be followed by a reception and the public is invited to attend.

The fall 2009 conference of the Seaway Section of the Mathematical Association of America will be held at SUNY Fredonia on Friday, October 23 and Satu...
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