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First Brown Bag explores role of science in society

Reading Time: 2 minutesDAN ORZECHOWSKI Special to The Leader Taking the CCC-required science courses can appear to be a waste of time for many non-science majors. Why would a history major ever need to know the process of photosynthesis? This year’s Brown Bag Lecture Series is titled “Detours on the Information Highway.” This......
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Faculty Spotlight: Ferguson utilizes largest grant in Biology Department history

Reading Time: 3 minutes    CAMRY DEAN Staff Writer   In 2012, professor Scott Ferguson of the Biology Department was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his research project, “Genetic Analysis of Gurken Translational Control.” The $250,000 grant, the largest ever awarded to a Fredonia Biology faculty member, has helped......
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Mathematics professor recognized in Hall of Fame

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Reading Time: 3 minutesANGELINA DOHRE Special to the Leader Robert Rogers, mathematics professor, was inducted into the New York State Mathematics Educators’ Hall of Fame on Sept. 23. Rogers grew up in Cheektowaga, New York, and after graduating high school, he attended Buffalo State and chose to major in mathematics with a certification......
Life & Arts

A global issue brought home: ‘SEVEN’ comes to Fredonia to shed light on the global abuses against women

Reading Time: 2 minutes  SHENECA SHARPE Staff Writer   The innovative production of “SEVEN,” featuring some of Fredonia’s and Jamestown’s very own, such as President Virginia Horvath and Jamestown Community College Vice President for Academic Affairs Marilyn Zagora, will be shown in Rosch Recital Hall for the first time. The first act of......
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Alumna Browning returns for Writers@Work events

Reading Time: 2 minutes  JACOB SANTOS Special to the Leader   Last year, the idea came to establish a collaboration of various departments at SUNY Fredonia to expose and strengthen the importance of professional writing in the workplace. Members of the University also wanted to allow Fredonia alumni with professional careers to meet......
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Black Student Union hosts candlelight vigil: Students commemorate black lives lost to police brutality

Reading Time: 4 minutesJAMES LILLIN Staff Writer Fredonia’s Black Student Union hosted a candlelight vigil on Sept. 28 to remember and celebrate the lives lost to police brutality, as well as to push for change on both a campus and a national level. Attendees were asked to wear all-black in solidarity with the......
Opinion

Campus View: Go visit Iceland

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCAMRY DEAN Staff Writer For the past two summers, I’ve been able to say that I’ve been in two places at one time. Literally. Last June, I traveled to England with Fredonia’s Literary London program. We visited the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, and I made it a goal to......
Life & Arts

‘The most famous Fredonian’: Zweig celebration returns to campus

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMOLLY VANDENBERG Special to The Leader Following the recent surge of interest in the Austrian Jewish author Stefan Zweig, the Zweig lecture series is returning to Fredonia this Fall. “Zweig at Fredonia 2016,” planned for Oct. 3–5, will feature some unique Zweig-related events on campus. This is the fourth time......
Life & Arts

If you quit, you can’t

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Reading Time: 3 minutes  LERON WELLINGTON Staff Writer Fame and accolades are pretty great, but the person behind them is usually the most interesting part. That is definitely the case with Rita Moreno, who delivered the annual Convocation Address last Wednesday. Her presentation, titled “If You Quit, You Can’t,” showed us the sharp......

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