Faculty & Staff Accomplishments
We are excited to share recent accomplishments from faculty and staff members at our campuses around the world.
Accomplishments are listed by date of achievement in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first.
Ron Goldberg
Enrollment Management and Strategic CommunicationsRon Goldberg, web content editor in the Office of Enrollment Management and Strategic Communications, was the featured interview on segment of on September 1, 2022. Goldberg discussed the government response to monkeypox and how it compared with the response to the AIDS epidemic, as well as AIDS activism and his new book, Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts and SciencesEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., president emeritus and professor of English in the Department of Humanities, published his 鈥渞eview鈥� of George Eliot鈥檚 Middlemarch in the Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction, Vol. 53, no. 2, 2022, pp. 299-303. The article, published on September 1, 2022, celebrated the occasion of the novel's 150th anniversary of publication. Guilano's Lewis Carroll: The Worlds of His Alices was earlier in the year by Jan Susina in Victorian Studies, Spring 2022 (64:3), 499-502.
Becky Frieden
ITSBecky Frieden, senior director, enterprise applications and decision support systems, was interviewed by The Tambellini Group, the leading independent technology research, analyst, and advisory firm dedicated exclusively to higher education, on August 12, 2022, as part of their series. In her interview, Frieden talks about how she leverages the intersection of technology and people to make good business decisions and to make students' lives better.
Niharika Nath
College of Arts and SciencesNiharika Nath, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a book chapter entitled "" with co-author Sara A. Myers, in , on August 11, 2022.
Karen Vahey
EnrollmentKaren Vahey, Ed.D., dean of admissions and financial aid, has been selected to serve on the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) for the 2022-2023 academic year. The appointment was announced on August 10, 2022. This committee will be tasked with helping NACAC operationalize the recommendations included in the NACAC-NASFAA report, "Toward a More Equitable Future for Postsecondary Access," focusing on the inclusion of students in the development of college admission counseling policies and practices, particularly where questions of equity are involved. The committee will create a framework for institutions to use in identifying student populations for inclusion, structuring conversations with students, and integrating student recommendations into policy and practice.
Radoslaw Nowak
School of ManagementRadoslaw (Radek) Nowak, Ph.D., associate professor of human resource studies, presented his paper, at the , the most prestigious annual academic conference in the area of business and management, virtually, on August 8, 2022. In his research, Nowak investigates the effect of speed in strategic decision-making—how quickly firms implement key changes in their business strategy—and how it impacts organizational performance.
Claude Gagna
CAS / Biological and Chemical SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a peer-reviewed abstract in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (i.e., Society for Investigative Dermatology, 2022 Annual Meeting) entitled , on August 1, 2022. Data from this research project shows, for the first time, the presence and distribution of three totally different structures of DNA molecules within normal human skin. These DNAs (canonical, alternative, and multistranded DNAs) were characterized simultaneously within the nucleus of cells, allowing for studies on gene expression between different forms of DNA.
Ron Goldberg
Enrollment Management and Strategic CommunicationsRon Goldberg, web content editor in the Office of Enrollment Management and Strategic Communications, was one of four leading HIV/AIDS activists interviewed and quoted in the article
Paulana Lamonier
SCEAPaulana Lamonier, social media strategist in the Department of Enrollment Management and Strategic Communications, is featured in Sports Illustrated as part of their series, "Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women in Sports." Lamonier's profile, "Paulana Lamonier Is Smashing the Stereotype That Black People Don鈥檛 Swim," was published on July 22, 2022, and focuses on her work with her organization, .
SHINU KURIAKOSE
School of Health ProfessionsShinu Kuriakose, DHSc, PA-C, associate professor of physician assistant studies, published an article, "Assessing the Effect of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Didactic Education and Mental Health of Physician Assistant Students in the New York City Region," in the Journal of Physician Assistant Studies on July 20, 2022. The article was written in collaboration with Stony Brook and Hofstra Universities.