Browsing the topic Member Institutions
Lobbying in Western New York
By Jason | Filed under ARIA Member Institutions State Government legislature
Leaders of NYSHEI member institutions in Western New York recently visited the offices of ARIA sponsors. The delegation specifically applauded the efforts of Assemblyman Robin Schimminger and Senator William Stachowski, the lead sponsors of ARIA.
Pictured, from left to right, are David Schoen, Library Director of Niagara University, H. Austin Booth, Collections Director of the University at Buffalo, Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, Maryruth Glogowski, Assistant Vice President for Library and Instructional Technology at Buffalo State College, Randy Gadikian, Library Director of SUNY Fredonia, and Joel Cohen, Associate Vice President for Library and Informational Services at Canisius College.
NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer also joined they group as they traveled around Erie County to personally encourage state legislators to continue pressing ARIA at the State Capitol.
SUNY Adirondack Launches
By Jason | Filed under Member Institutions
Adirondack Community College is now SUNY Adirondack.
“The new SUNY Adirondack brand allows us to further connect the outstanding academic reputation of the nation’s largest university with the quality and affordable programs we’ve been providing for nearly 50 years,” said Mark Parfitt, SUNY Adirondack’s director of marketing and community relations. “We’re confident we can work with our SUNY partners to create a premier four-year college experience in the lower Adirondack and northern Capital regions.”
Read the full story.
The funding includes:
- $603,633 in National Science Foundation grants for Mohammad Younis, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Younis works to understand the vibrations and mechanics of miniscule electro-mechanical systems. Applications for research include protecting the hard disk of a laptop computer to deploying a side-impact air bag.
- $550,584 in National Science Foundation grants for Eriks Rozners, associate professor of chemistry. Rozners studies ribonucleic acids, or RNA, and seeks a way to chemically modify RNA. The research could lead to new therapeutic measures such as antibiotics or anticancer drugs.
- $360,120 in National Institute of General Medical Sciences grants for Koji Lum, associate professor of anthropology and biological sciences. Lum studies how the malaria parasite evolved resistance to the once-effective medication chloroquine.
- $191,250 in National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism grants for Michael Nizhnikov, a postdoctoral associate in the psychology department. He studies why infants exposed to alcohol have a higher incidence of alcohol abuse later in life.
- $126,226 in National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke grants for Lisa Savage, professor of psychology. Savage is studying the brain’s cortex, including how it adapts to damage to other regions of the brain. Research could help with treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
- $156,922 in National Science Foundation grants for Adrian Vasiu, associate professor of mathematics. Vasiu is a numbers theorist who studies Shimura varieties, and will write several papers and two books to be used by graduate students.
- $233,427 in National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders grants for Patricia Di Lorenzo, professor of psychology. She studies how neurons communicate with each other in the brain. Her research could help with treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and could also help in the development of brain-machine interfaces like artificial limbs.
Thomson Reuters Trial for NYSHEI Members
By Jason | Filed under Member Institutions corporate partners
Through a cooperative arrangement between Nylink and NYSHEI, Thomson Reuters is offering a trial for NYSHEI members to a suite of resources on the Web of Knowledge platform, including Web of Science, Biosis, Journal Citation Reports, Conference Proceedings and Endnote Web.
Thanks are owed to Donna Dixon of Nylink for making all arrangements.
If you have questions about any of these resources, trial access, and for pricing and further information, please contact Lauren Seltzer at Thomson Reuters.
Rochester Regional Meeting
By Jason | Filed under Member Institutions
NYSHEI Board Member and RIT Assistant Provost Chandra McKenzie yesterday hosted a NYSHEI regional meeting.
Gathered at the main library on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology, librarians from RIT, the University of Rochester, Nazareth College, SUNY Geneseo, Monroe Community College and St. John Fisher College were briefed by NYSHEI Executive Director Jason Kramer.
Foremost on the agenda was the Academic Research Information Access (ARIA) act. Mr. Kramer conveyed that passage of ARIA is a possibility when the Senate returns to session in September. ARIA has already passed the Assembly with unanimous support.
Other subjects discussed were state procurement, coordinated collection development, and the legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Richard Brodsky that would affect library collection management policies.
Ten more regional meetings are already scheduled. Please be sure to attend your local meeting to remain abreast of public policy issues affecting your library.