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SUNY NAMES ALBANY SCHOLAR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR
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.Ronald'AyBosco; professor of English at the University at Albany, has been named a
Distinguished Service Professor by the State University of New York.
Conferred by the SUNY Board of Trustees, the Distinguished Service Professorship is a
rank above full professor and is given to a professor of distinguished reputation for service to
the campus, the State University of New York, the state and nation.
Professor Bosco is a 17-year member of the faculty, teaching some 25 undergraduate and
graduate courses in that time and receiving highly favorable evaluations from students. His
contributions to the graduate program have included service as chair of the Graduate Advisory
Committee for four years, and Director of Graduate Study for five. He was a major author of
the existing M.A. and D.A. programs in English, as well as of the Ph.D. proposal now before
the State Education Department.
In addition to serving on virtually every major committee within his department and the
College of Humanities and Fine Arts, Professor Bosco has made estimable contributions to
university governance over the years. He served an unprecedented two terms as chair of the
University Senate, and has twice sat as the representative of the faculty on the University
Council. He currently heads the University’s Council on Tenure and Promotion.
As chair of the Senate he strove to achieve a comprehensive University posture in regard
to academic integrity in terms of both student and faculty conduct, and initiated the processes
that have led to the recent revision of the General Education curriculum and the
soon-to-be-completed organization of a new College of Arts and Sciences.
His service on advisory committees, such as the President’s Task Force on Writing, the
Commencement Committee, the Middle States Advisory Committee, and University Budget
Panel has been extensive. As co-chair of the Task Force to Review the University Mission, he
was a principal author of Albany’s new Mission Statement, which was adopted in May.
Professor Bosco chaired the organization of Senate Chairs from throughout the SUNY
system in 1983-84, leading the successful initiative to have faculty By-Laws installed and
abided by presidents at each campus.
One of the most prominent scholars in the country on the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
and on American Puritan homiletics and poetics, Professor Bosco has published 11 books,
served on the editorial boards of every major Emerson edition since 1977, helped to found the
national Ralph Waldo Emerson Society, and been general editor of two of his own series, The
Sermon in America, 1620-1800 and Early American Literary and Historical Manuscripts.
Ralph H. Orth, distinguished scholar at the University of Vermont and first president of
the Emerson Society, has praised Bosco’s work on Emerson and on writers of the Colonial
Period. "Either of these two fields would give most of us more than enough to do, but Professor
Bosco’s indefatigable industry allows him to work in both," said Professor Orth. "How he finds
time to do all this and also take part in faculty and administration affairs at the University at
Albany is something I have never been able to discover."
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Contact: Lisa James (518) 442-3093
University at Albany and RPI Professors to Participate in
National Fellowship Program
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) has chosen
three high school teachers from the Capital District, from among 32 nationwide, to
participate in its Fellowship Program. Two researchers from the University at Albany and
one from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), who also are members of ASBMB, will
act as sponsors and spend the summer working on research projects in their laboratories
with this year’s Fellows.
The 1992 teacher fellows and their sponsors are: Richard Arnold of Guilderland
High School and sponsor Richard Cunningham from the University at Albany; Emily
Hilko of Galway Central School and sponsorDaniel Wulltdean of the University’s
College of Science and Mathematics; and David Smith of Troy High School and sponsor
Joyce Diwan of RPI. Each teacher fellow will receive a $6,000 grant for the summer.
Each sponsor is also awarded $500 for expenses.
Cunningham and Wulff of the University at Albany plan to donate their $500 to
the teachers’ school districts for the improvement of science programs. Arnold, a physics
and chemistry teacher at Guilderland, will teach a research course in physics at his high
school next year and this summer’s experience will provide a valuable opportunity to
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learn how research is actually done. Hilko, a biology teacher at Galway, plans to assist
the effort to expand recombinant DNA laboratories in high schools in the Capital District.
ASBMB, based in Bethesda, Md., awards fellowships each year to teachers all
over the United States in order to help create bridges between high schools and research
groups. Linda Austin, a biology teacher at Greenwich, was an ASBMB Fellow in 1989
and worked with Wulff. Recently, she has been instrumental in bringing recombinant
DNA workshops to high school teachers in the Capital District and is currently directing
these workshops.
ASBMB is a professional society for biochemists and biologists, with thousands
of members nationwide. Its mission is to promote the goals of research.
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University at Albany’s Next Summer Science Lecture Series to
Feature Wildlife Biologist
Kemeny « senior wildlife biologist, will discuss "Wildlife Management’s
Adirondack Success Story," at the University at Albany’s next Summer Séience Lecture”
Series. The event will be held on Tuesday, July 14, at 8 p.m. at the Whiteface Mountain
Field Station on Memorial Highway in Wilmington, N.Y. The lecture is free and open to
the public.
Kogut works in the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 5 at
Raybrook. His interests lie in endangered species, restoration, and protection of fresh
water, wetlands and other critical wildlife habits. In his presentation, he will discuss these
factors as they relate to the Adirondacks.
The Science Lecture Series is sponsored by the University’s Atmospheric
Sciences Research Center (ASRC) and organized by well-known area meteorologist Ray
Falconer. The ASRC lectures will be presented by leading scientists and other authorities,
experts in their field, who will interpret some of the many facets of modern science and
Whiteface Mountain. A report on the latest weather, using colored projections, will be
presented before each lecture.
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Insects of the North Country Topic of Next Summer Science
Lecture Series at University at Albany
A discussion on "Butterflies and Other Insects of the North Country" will be the focus of
the University at Albany’s next Summer Science Lecture Series. The event will be held
on Tuesday, July 21, at 8 p.m. at the Whiteface Mountain Field Station on Memorial
Highway in Wilmington, N.Y. The lecture is free and open to the public.
JK (cumin: freelance photographer from Glens Falls, will deliver the
lecture. He will discuss the great variety of insect species to be found in the North
Country ranging from the most beautiful to the most bizarre. In addition, he has
outstanding color slides to illustrate and enhance his lecture.
The Summer Science Lecture Series is sponsored by the University’s
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) and organized by well known area
meteorologist Ray Falconer. The lectures will be presented by leading scientists and other
authorities, experts in their field, who will interpret some of the many facets of modern
science and of Whiteface Mountain. A report on the latest weather, using colored
projections, will be presented before each lecture.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: —. Christine Hanson McKnight, 518-442-3091, or Thomas J. Kinney, 518-442-5700
MEET AND INTERVIEW CAMP LIBERTY STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY
Members of the press are invited this Thursday, July 16, to meet youngsters from the South
Bronx and the Arbor Hill section of Albany who are students at Camp,Liberty, an educational
enrichment program for children at risk, located at the University at Albany.
This informal media event will be from 11 a.m. to noon at Dutch Quadrangle on
the uptown campus of the University at 1400 Washington Ave. The students, who are 10 to
13 years old, will work at microcomputers and participate in other learning activities. Also
attending will be University President H. Patrick Swygert; Mary Jo Bane, commissioner of
the New York State Department of Social Services; and Richard Nathan, provost of the
University’s Rockefeller College.
Camp Liberty was developed in 1989 by the New York State Department of
Social Services. Now administered by the Rockefeller College Professional Development
Program at the University, it provides an enriched educational program consisting of a
residential summer camp and year-round activities designed to provide basic skills, build
self-esteem, teach the value of education, raise the children’s educational aspirations and
increase school effort. The project involves parents in creating a climate for their children to
foster learning and school success. Camp Liberty is a Decade of the Child program,
continuing the state’s,commitment to policies designed to provide better services for children
and families.
The program serves up to 180 youngsters from across New York State each
year. During their two weeks at the University at Albany, the students live in residence halls
on campus and are exposed to an IBM computer lab, carefully selected readings and field
trips to such places as the Schenectady Planetarium and the Albany County Airport.
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Iditarod Race is Topic of University at Albany’s Next .
Summer Science Lecture Series
An informative lecture on "The Great Iditarod Sled-Dog Race" will highlight the
University at Albany’s next Summer Science Lecture Series. The event will be held on
Tuesday, July 28, at 8 p.m. at the Whiteface Mountain Field Station, located on
Memorial Highway in Wilmington, N.Y. The lecture is free and open to the public.
\/ | Kenneth Hamm, an attorney who lived in Alaska for 13 years, will be the
featured speaker. He has an exciting story to tell about his participation in the famous
race from Anchorage to Nome, travelling through Alaska’s wilderness while being pulled
by 18 sled dogs.
The Summer Science Lecture Series is sponsored by the University’s
Atmospheric Science Research Center and organized by well-known area meteorologist
Ray Falconer. This is the fourth of the seven lectures in the series. The discussions will
be presented by leading scientists, experts in their field, who will interpret some of the
many facets of modern science and of beautiful Whiteface Mountain. A report on the
latest weather, using colored projections, will be presented before each lecture.
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Box Turtle is Topic of University at Albany’s Next
Summer Science Lecture Series
A lecture on "The Disappearing Box Turtle in the Adirondacks" will be the topic of the
University at Albany’s next Summer'Science Lecture Series.’ The event will be held on
Tuesday, August 4, at 8 p.m., at the Whiteface Mountain Field Station on Memorial
Highway i in Wilmington, N.Y. It is free and open to the public.
S l Kenneth Wiley, a professor of Art at the North Country Community College, will
be the featured speaker. He has raised and cared for box turtles for 15 years, learning
their habits and traits. He will discuss the types of box turtles and why they are becoming
an endangered species now after being plentiful in earlier years. Wiley lectures in a
humorous manner that is enjoyable for all ages.
The Summer Science Lecture Series is sponsored by the University’s
Atmospheric Sciénce Research Center and organized by well-known area meteorologist
Ray Falconer. This is the fifth of the seven lectures in the series. The discussions will be
presented by leading scientists, experts in their field, who will interpret some of the many
facets of modern science and of beautiful Whiteface Mountain. A report on the latest
weather, using colored projections, will be presented before each lecture.
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Swygert: $10,000,000 Grant Means Jobs, Economic Development
ALBANY, NY, July 31, 1992 -- President H. Patrick Swygert said today that a af
$10,000,000 grant for the University at Albany’s i
, recommended by Governor Mario Cuomo and approved Thursday
y the Legislature, will generate more than 150 permanent jobs and $6,500,000 in economic
activity in the Capital Region each year.
Center funding was included in the Higher Education Applied Technology Act,
which authorized the state Urban Development Corporation to issue a total of $75 million in
bonds over the next three years to support a variety of high-technology projects at colleges
and universities across New York State. Capital Region schools receiving grants were the
University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
"This funding will allow us to build a 75,000-square-foot center to house our
world-renowned Department of Atmospheric Science and Atmospheric Sciences Research
Center, a new Center for Advanced Materials, our X-ray optics research program, and
high-technology business development and incubation programs," Swygert said.
The first business to occupy the center will be X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc., a private
company that has already won more than $2,000,000 in federal grants, and is a direct result of
University at Albany faculty research in the field. A group of local business leaders, led by
Key Corp chairman Victor Riley, has begun a drive to raise $2,000,000 in private funds to
furnish and equip the center.
Swygert praised Governor Cuomo for his "support for the project, and his support
for the important role that the University of Albany plays in the economic vitality of the
Capital Region and State." He also expressed his gratitude to several area legislators,
including Assemblyman Ronald Canestrari (D-Cohoes) and Senators Hugh Farley
(R-Niskayuna), Joseph Bruno (R-Brunswick) and Howard Nolan (D-Albany), for their strong
efforts on behalf of the project; and to Speaker Saul Weprin and Senate Majority Leader
Ralph Marino for their leadership.
"Finally," he said, "I thank the Capital Region business community, led by Victor
Riley, without whose strong support and belief this project could not have been possible."
(Note to Editors: President Swygert will be available today for comment on the Center for
Environmental Sciences and Technology Management grant. To arrange an interview, contact
Joel Blumenthal at University Relations, 518-442-3070)
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