Aaron Pacitti, Ph.D. on soaring gas prices (FOX 23 news)
New Academic Building in the News
Plans for the forthcoming academic building, 3 Middlefield Road, were profiled by The Business Review and and the Troy Record.
Mary Lawyer on College Admissions/College Coaches (FOX 23 News)
GED/college prep program gets a boost from Siena (The Evangelist)
First-Year Seminar Students help with GED Prep in Albany’s South End
A Siena College physics professor was part of a international team of scientists that announced findings this month about some of the least-understood building blocks of the universe.
Assistant Professor John Cummings, along with Kyle Turck, a senior physics major, were contributors to the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, based in China.
The experiment seeks to investigate a subatomic particle called a neutrino thought to be capable of moving faster than light and difficult for scientists to detect.
AnonymousChem prof Lucas Tucker, Ph.D. was the lead scientist for Court Grip™
A press conference was held Tuesday, January 24 to announce the Siena-Court Grip™ connection. Court Grip™, a traction enhancing product, is endorsed by Dwyane Wade, Brandon Jennings and Steve Nash. Former Siena Star Prosper Karangwa tried it out for the media. Here is a compilation of the news stories:
Fox23 (Local professor helps design cutting-edge technology for basketball players)
The Record (Siena professor helps hoop players get a grip)
Times Union (Siena chemistry prof helps players get a grip)
WNYT (Siena professor creates Court Grip)
YNN (Siena professor creates product for basketball players)
Psych prof Karen Boswell, Ph.D., talks to YNN about cell phone ban in cars.
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending the ban nationally.
Siena takes part in Remembrance Day National Roll Call (YNN story)
Students and staff at Siena College take part in a nationwide event in honor of Veterans Day.
“The Remembrance Day National Roll Call” is a way to honor all of those who served in the military, both past and present. The names of more than 6,000 men and women who lost their lives while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan were read aloud.
One school official said it’s important, especially on Veterans Day, to remember the sacrifices made, and thats it’s especially important on college campuses.
Campus Programs and Student Activities Assoc. Dir. Jen Fraley said, “We enjoy freedoms that many others do not and the young people here at Siena really value that and understand the gravity of what those sacrifices are.”
178 campuses across the country participated in Remembrance Day National Roll Call.
