Dr. Bond Benton continues to find ways to mix work and fun, as shown in three recent successes which range from comic book heroes to “professional” wrestling, and even Godzilla — an article co-published with Communication Dept. colleague Tracy Marafiote.

Dr. Markus Vink from the Dept. of History has been invited and has accepted to serve as an Advisory Board Member of the Indian Ocean Studies Series published by the Ohio University Press.

Shannon McRae, associate professor of English and American Studies coordinator, has been funded by the NEH to attend a workshop at the  Newberry Library in Chicago, where she will gather research material for her current book project on 20th century American spiritual tourism.

Steinberg recommends including medieval Jewish and Arabic poetry in courses on medieval literature, in part to illustrate moments of intercultural and interfaith exchange during the Middle Ages. These serve as models for forging cultural connections today.

English Department faculty Adrienne McCormick, Jeanette McVicker and Katrina Hamilton will present papers during a panel titled, “Mapping London: Englishness and Otherness in Literary, Journalistic, and Filmic Narratives," at the Annual Literary London Conference at the University of London July 17 - 19.

David Kinkela, associate professor of History and director of the Honors Program, is one of three editors of the new book,  "Nation-States and the Global Environment: New Approaches to International Environmental History,” published by Oxford University Press.

Figure skating teacher's assistant, junior coach and former student Christina Walczyk has been selected by Disney on Ice as a figure skater in its national tour. Walczyk was the only one who passed through the rigorous auditions held in Toronto recently. She was one among contestants from all over the United States and Canada.

“The Memoirs of Antoine Kope,” a documentary film project now under development by SUNY Fredonia Film professor Nefin Dinc, received the Binger Lab Award at the Istanbul Film Festival. The film will be based on the memoirs of an Austro-Hungarian foot soldier stationed in Istanbul during World War I and was one of 12 projects – selected from among 159 applications – to be presented during a two-day workshop before an international jury at the festival held April 5-12. The film will be released during the centennial of the “Great War.”

Dr. James Ivey, professor of theater at SUNY Fredonia, will present a lecture/demonstration devoted to his recent trip to Bali, Indonesia on Friday, April 19, at 3 p.m. at McEwen G-25. Ivey spent most of January in Ubud, Bali, studying the Balinese culture.

The team of Christopher Shartrand and Jeremy Topolski was among 5,636 worldwide to participate in the 2013 Mathematical Contest in Modeling, sponsored by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications. They recently learned their solution was judged "Meritorious," putting them in the top 16% of all competitors.

English professor Emily VanDette has received the Helen F. Faust Women Writers Research Travel Grant from the Penn State University Libraries. The grant will support VanDette's research this summer at its Special Collections Library for her new project, "Six Scribbling Women and the Politics of Literary Reputation."

Birger Vanwesenbeeck, associate professor of English, has just been accepted to participate in a seminar at the Summer Institute for Literary Studies at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina this June.

English professor Aimee Nezhukumatathil served as a member of the Biracial Women Poets panel at the annual Association of Writing Program’s national conference held March 7-9 in Boston.

Dr. Raymond Belliotti, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Fredonia, reconstructs and critically examines two widely deviating sets of teachings about how to lead an exemplary human life in “Jesus or Nietzsche: How Should We Live Our Lives?”  The book, Belliotti’s 14th, was published by Rodopi Editions in Ethical Theory and Practice, a special series in its Value Inquiry Book Series.

Community Metaphor is a community based art project and model that is designed to engage community members in reflection about improving our communities. Tucker is asking participation from anyone from high school students, college students to anyone is the community.

Two seniors will have the honor of presenting papers at the 18th annual SUNY Oneonta Undergraduate Philosophy Conference on April 11-13.