‘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 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…
2 Deans Appointed, Fulfilling SUNY Oneonta 5-Division Plan ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta will begin the academic year with two new founding deans, Jan Bowers and Joao Sedycias, completing a reorganization into five academic divisions begun last fall. Also appointed is Terrence Mitchell as the college’s first chief diversity officer. Classes begin Monday for the 2014-15 academic year.…
SUNY Oneonta’s Jacqueline Bennett Receives Patent For ‘Green’ Process ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta’s Dr. Jacqueline Bennett has received a patent for her invention of a new chemical process that’s safer, greener and more efficient than traditional methods used to make imines, a class of chemical compounds that has household and industrial applications. Chemical processes used to create essential materials often consume large quantities of relatively toxic compounds that are later disposed of as hazardous waste. Bennett’s research focuses on finding…