News, Events & Student Links, College of Arts & Sciences

According To Dr. Preifer: "On January 22nd, 2008, the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) hosted the inaugural Undergraduate Research Exposition to showcase undergraduate research throughout New York state. Conference attendance was competitive with selection by a panel of CICU faculty. Two science entries, one history and one English abstract were selected from Niagara University. From the English department Zachary Mills presented a study titled “An Awful Doom:” The Distortion of Transmission in Rappaccini’s Daughter” sponsored By Dr. Paula Kot. From the history department, Joseph Fitzpatrick, Robert Hengesbach, Tiffany Rockwood and Kayleigh Scannell presented a paper titled “A House is Not a Home”: The Legacy of Housing Discrimination in Niagara Falls, New York, sponsored by Dr. Seneca Vaught. From the biology department, Christopher Greene, Megan Gombert, and Cara Lucas presented their research entitled, "Effects of Gene Polymorphisms in the Renin-Angiotensin System on the Progression of Coronary Artery Disease". This research is supervised by Dr. Robert Greene, Dr. Deborah Leonard, and Dr. Michael Merhige. From the chemistry department, Mallory van Dongen and Jeffery St. Denis presented their research entitled, "Assay Development of Para-Substituted Phenols for QSAR Study and Further Synthesis". This research is supervised by Dr. Ronny Priefer, Dr. Walter Steiner, and Dr. Mary McCourt. While in Albany, Mr. Edward Reinfurt of the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovations (NYSTAR) and Mr. Abraham Lackman, President of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, spoke about the promising future of funding for academic research in the sciences. In addition Senator George Maziarz came by to discuss the research with the students and take a few photos."

Photos (Click Here)

Additional Article about the Trip (Click Here)

Niagara Gazette Article "NU Students Show Off In Capital"

Niagara University Senior, Anthony Cirilla, publishes his 3rd Novel

Check back soon for a link to the January 2008 issue of On Campus (page 5) which includes an article about Anthony Cirilla's newly published 3rd book, Mercy of the Sword Saint.

Anthony Cirilla was also highlighted in a March 2006 issue of On Campus.

Timon Talks Research Series

Fridays in November at 2:30

Bisgrove 320

The series is an opportunity to present, discuss, and critique faculty research in all disciplines. We will also be organizing a slate of presentations for the spring semester, and would like faculty volunteers. Refreshments will be served. The initial schedule is as follows:

Monday, November 2nd, 3:00 p.m. November 2: Dustin Berna, A Revolutionary Perspective on Social Movements: The Causes of Islamic Fundamentalism
Monday, November 9th, 3:00 p.m. November 9: Jamie Pimlott, Candidates, Competition, Cash: the three Cs of Descriptive Representation
Monday, November 16th, 3:00 p.m. November 16: Stefanie Wicchart, British Policy towards Kurdish Nationalism and Separatism in Iraq and Iran, 1941-1946
Monday, November 30th, 3:00 p.m. November 30: Robert Kane and David Reilly, Making Democracy Safe for the World: Assessing Conflict and Democratization in Imperial Japan

For more information contact Dr. Dave Reilly at dreilly@niagara.edu

Special Theater Convocation recognizing excellence in theater and

honoring: David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, and Scott Ellis

Monday, November 19th, 3:00 p.m.

Alumni Chapel

It is free and open to the public. Click here for more details

“Terrorism: Then and Now” discussion with Pasquale “Pat” D’Amuro - NU Alumnus and former executive assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism/counterintelligence division

Oct. 26 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Niagara University’s Castellani Art Museum.

Pasquale “Pat” D’Amuro, former executive assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism/counterintelligence division, will discuss “Terrorism: Then and Now” on Oct. 26 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Niagara University’s Castellani Art Museum.

His talk is free and open to the public.

“Accelerating the Pace of Environmental Protection While Continuing to Grow Our Economic Competitiveness” - Alan J. Steinberg

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:00 p.m.

Castellani Art Museum Main Gallery

The Environmental Leadership Institute and Niagara University present:
“Accelerating the Pace of Environmental Protection While Continuing to Grow Our Economic Competitiveness”

Alan J. Steinberg - USEPA Region 2 Administrator

Mr. Steinberg (B.S., LL.M, J.D.) is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator for New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and 7 Tribal Nations.

So you want to go to graduate school (Writing English & Literature)?

October 25th, 2007 at 4-5pm - Bada Bean Coffeehouse

Sponsored by Writing Studies at NU

Interested in studying writing or literature a few more years? See yourself as a professor? A creative writer? Stop by Bada Bean Cafe at 4:00 to learn more about PhD programs in English and Rhetoric and Composition, MFA programs in Writing, and the like. Many people don't know PhD students typically get free tuition and health coverage throughout their degree--plus a $17-20K stipend every year (stipend=you don't pay it back!) to get them through.

RSVP to Joseph Little jlittle@niagara.edu if you're planning on coming. No car? You can hitch a ride with one of us. More information availble on Facebook (login required)

Nursing Alumni Council Reception for Alumni and Students

October 6th, 2007 at 1pm - Dunleavy Hall 127

1 p.m. following the Sigma Theta Tau Induction

Dunleavy Hall, Room 127

Open to All Nursing Alumni and Current Nursing Students!

"Jonathan Pascoe Receives Terrence Crowe Memorial Scholarship Award"

Click here for more information.

150th Anniversary Speaker Series -- Presented By the The Niagara University Research Council

"The Faculty Research Presentations organized to help celebrate Niagara University’s 150th anniversary are a sample of the research being done by Niagara’s faculty. We welcome all the students, faculty and the community to attend."

Seven out of the eight presentations are being given by Arts & Sciences Faculty.

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Thursday, February 22, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm (Heritage Room--Clet Hall)
Dr. Timothy Osberg, Professor of Psychology

Irrational Food Beliefs: Hidden Barrier to Weight Loss and Maintenance?

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Wednesday, March 7, 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm (Library Rare Book Room)
Dr. Abdiweli Ali, Assistant Professor of Economics

Determinants of Crime in Virginia
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Tuesday, March 20 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm (St. Vincent's Hall, Room 406)
Dr. Stephen Petersen, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
The Possibility of Artificial Intelligence
Is AI possible? Could sophisticated metal machines someday have thoughts, emotions, or feelings? Whether you think the answer is yes or no, there are good arguments against your view - which makes this a controversial and fascinating topic.

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Thursday, April 12, 3 pm to 4 pm (Library Rare Book Room)
Dr. James Delaney, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Fr. Bruce Taggert, P.hd., OCarm., Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
The Role of Philosophy Departments in Contemporary Catholic Higher Education

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Thursday, April 19, 3 pm to 4 pm (St. Vincent's Hall, Room 406)
Dr. Ashely Fogle, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

Political Entertainment and Youth Political Engagement.

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Thursday, April 19, 7 pm to 8 pm (Library Rare Book Room)
Dr. John Wang, Assistant Professor of Physics

The Big Bang Hullabaloo and the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Tuesday, April 24, 3 pm to 4 pm (Library Rare Book Room)
Dr. Zdenka Gredel-Manuele, Professor of History

The Jews of Of Bamberg

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Thursday, April 26, 3 pm to 4 pm (Library Rare Book Room)
Dr. Curtis Richardson, Assistant Professor of History

The Geopolitics of Oil and Natural Gas in Russia and Central Asia

Click Here for additional information regarding the presentations, presenters & dates.

"Niagara University Army ROTC Honored as Best Small School in 1st Brigade"

Although ROTC serves the entire NU community, it is housed within the College of Arts & Sciences. Click Here for more details about its top ranking among small schools in New York and New England.

"NU Student Candace Miller Named Junior Fellow of American Academy of Political and Social Science"

Click here for more information.

Model Majors added to the Liberal Arts B.A. Program

New model majors have been developed for the interdisciplinary Liberal Arts program. These include Art History, Gerontology, and Writing Studies. Additional model majors are under development. Click here for more information.

Article in the Niagara Gazette Regarding NU & the Environment

"ENVIRONMENT: Niagara University looks to promote an urban green: College officials hoping to create “urban islands” in the city"
- Aaron Besecker - Niagara Gazette, December 11th, 2006

Niagara Gazette Article Regarding A Recent Alum

"A youthful outlook on Main Street: Zach Casale, 22, is taking on the neighborhood"

- Denise Jewell, Niagara Gazette - November 10th, 2006

Theatre Alumni Article in the Eagle Magazine

Niagara and the Great White Way: Broadway Lumnaries Offer Advice to Aspiring Actors

- Lisa McMahon, Fall 2006 Eagle Magazine - Scroll to pages 20-21

Visiting Professor from Columbia Presents Lecture

“Orality in the Myth of Yurupary” The Tukano Indians in South America.

Castellani Art Museum - November 7, 2006 at 4:30 pm

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages proudly presents a lecture by

ERNESTO CARRIAZO-OSORIO of the Javeriana Jesuit University in Bogotá, Colombia

Title of his lecture: “Orality in the Myth of Yurupary—from Vaupés, the Colombian Northwest Amazon—or the Exegesis of the Unknowable: a Comparative Study Among the Texts by Count Stradelli, don Antonio Guzmán, and Gerardo Reichel Dolmatoff.” Dolmatoff defends the legitimacy of his version primarily based on the knowledge disclosed to him by don Antonio Guzmán, a native polyglot Tukano Indian from Vaupés, Colombia. Nonetheless, 7 years after Dolmatoff’s publication with CSWR, don Antonio Guzmán himself reappears as a vindicated primary source in this monograph. This confirms that some lines in Dolmatoff’s English translation of the myth and their respective explications are strongly distorted by Freudian ideas that do not belong at all to the Tukano Indians’ world view.

Annual Lecture Series Established: Religion in the Modern World

Niagara University’s Department of Religious Studies is very pleased to announce the establishment of an annual lecture series on the topic of Religion in the Modern World.

The Henry and Grace McNulty lectures have been established through a generous grant from Father Thomas P. McGourty, C.M., retired professor of Religious Studies. The series will focus on the role of religion in the modern world, with special interest in issues of social justice and inter-religious dialogue. Please stay tuned for future announcements regarding the inaugural lecture of this new series.

Matt Jackson-McCabe - mjmccabe@niagara.edu

Meet the Newest Faculty

We would like to welcome our newest faculty members for the 2006-2007 Academic Year! Check back soon for information about the new professors and make sure to extend to them your warmest NU welcome. In the meanwhile, you can get to know the faculty who joined us over the past few years.

Click here to learn about your new professors!

MA Interdisciplinary Studies Program Approved - July 2006

We are happy to announce that the NYS Department of Education approved a new Masters program in Interdisciplinary Studies. The program offers an opportunity to integrate a variety of methodological perspectives and modes of inquiry. By combining these approaches students construct an innovative curriculum that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries, often to answer a specific question or to address a theme of interest to the individual student. Click here for more information about the program.

BS Nursing Completion Program Approved - June 2006

We have received official notification that our BS Nursing completion program has received NYS Department of Education approval. We are delighted to be “open for business” to begin educating nurses in the Niagara tradition. Classes will begin in Fall 2006 semester. We are ready and anxious to begin processing applicants.

150 Stories about Niagara - Call for Stories

"To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Niagara University, students in the Writing Studies Minor invite the NU community (alumni, faculty, staff, students—everyone!) to submit entertaining, inspirational, and educational stories about their experiences at NU."

Click here for more details

Undergraduate Research - Conference Photos

Photos from the 2006 Undergraduate Research Conference are now available online.

The students did a fantastic job with their poster and panel presentations. Click here to check them out.

26th Annual Day of Recognition Honorees May 4, 2006

FACULTY AWARDS

Excellence in Teaching - Dr. Ronnie Preifer

Excellence in Part-Time Teaching - Professor Bindig

Excellence in Scholarship - Dr. Matt Jackson-McCabe

Excellence in Service - Dr. Carolyn Morell

STUDENT AWARDS

Click Here for a Complete List

A&S Alumna on American Idol

Check out Becky O'Donohue on the official site and send some support her way.

http://www.idolonfox.com/contestants/becky_odonohue/

"This is a surreal experience and I'm so excited to get the opportunity to make all of you proud. Love, **BECKY**"

New Minor - Statistics

For more information contact Dr. Marlo Brown in the Math Department.

New Minor - Design/Tech

For more information contact Professor Maureen Stevens in the Theatre Department.

Bernice Poss Award presented to Dr. McGlen

Dr. Nancy E. McGlen, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences received the Bernice L. Poss Award on April 22, 2005

The award was presented to Dr. McGlen by the Western New York Network of Women Leaders in Higher Education in recognition of her noteworthy involvement in organizing and planning activities for the advancement of women professions; commitment to and participation in community services and programs for women, and professionalism, support for women colleagues, and compassion in her own daily conduct.

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