‘Green Chemistry’ Wins Professor Bennett Rare Patent By LIBBY CUDMORE If Dr. Jacqueline Bennett had left the lab, she would have missed the “gold glitter” reaction she’d been waiting for. “I was writing and I looked up to see gold glitter falling out of the test tube,” said the SUNY Oneonta associate professor of chemistry. “I thought I was hallucinating.” She quickly repeated the test, then again, then again. “I had to convince myself it was real,” she said. That…
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SUNY Oneonta of the Future: Big Data U By JIM KEVLIN Last year, sociology professor Brian Lowe’s “Animals and Society” class read Jon Mooallem’s “Wild Ones,” where the author draws conclusions about how humans are coming to grips with the extinction of wild animals, polar bears, a type of butterfly and whooping cranes in particular. “Its central theme,” as the review in Mother Jones had it, “has more to do with the qualities we project onto animals than the creatures…
Mohawk Valley Commission OKs Oneonta Projects The $11 million Upper Susquehanna Regional Ag Center. CADE’s related $200,000 Agricultural Microenterprise Program. The IDA’s Susquehanna Regional Center for Jobs on the fifth floor of 189 Main, a collaboration with SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College. The Big Three of the City of Oneonta’s projects seeking state economic-development funding in a round Governor Cuomo is expected to announce in September have received approval at the regional level. The Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Commission…
SUNY Opens Doors; Students’ Success Most Gratifying, President Avows By JIM KEVLIN Asked to recall a memorable story as she begins her seventh year as SUNY Oneonta’s president, Nancy Kleniewski told about a student – let’s call her Kate – who entered under the EOP program. (That stands for Educational Opportunity Program.) Kate planned to study fashion, but during her first semester “she took a chemistry class. The chemistry professor” – Bill Vining – “realized how smart she was and,…
Gibson, Eldridge Announce Schedule Of 4 Debates, None In Otsego County U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, and his Democratic challenger, Sean Eldridge, today released a schedule of four debates, none in Otsego County. “We thank the many venues and sponsors that offered to host debates for our campaigns, and look forward to having multiple, substantive debates on the issues,” said Kevin Crumb and Gabrielle Quintana Greenfield,campaign managers for Chris Gibson and Sean Eldridge respectively, in a joint statement. The schedule…
SUNY Cuts Ribbon On Fitzelle Hall FITZELLE HALL, SUNY’S WINDOW ON THE FUTURE…
Window On Future: $26M Brings ‘Modern Pedagogy’ to Future By LIBBY CUDMORE In the wide, open expanse of the lounge, students can grab a quick, locally sourced sandwich or a customized Chobani yogurt and relax. In the brightly lit labs, students can build the latest robots and design tomorrow’s computer programming. And in the small, intimate corners, study groups can draw charts and make notes on the whiteboard walls. This is The New Fitzelle Hall, and it’s officially open for…
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Pothole Killer Completes 1st Week Of Experiment On Village Streets COOPERSTOWN – Pothole Killers of Fairless Hills, Pa., today completed its first week of killing Cooperstown’s potholes. The Pothole Killer you may have seen working its way up and down Chestnut Street in recent days will shift to the other two main approaches to the village next week – Lake Street and Glen Avenue. The initiative – contracting out pothole repair – was proposed by Village Trustee Jim Dean, and…
Mayor Katz Says Village Employees Not Exempt From Parking Regulations COOPERSTOWN – A letter to the editor in allotsego.com’s sister newspapers this week, saying village employees are flouting parking regulations, brought a quick response from Mayor Jeff Katz. “The village policy is that village employees are held to the law,” said Katz. “If that’s not happening, then village government will look into it and address it.” He added, “I’ve paid parking tickets.” The letter, from resident Stephen Mahlum, who is…