Jonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, had his article, “Babe Ruth's New York at 100,” published in Public Books on March 26, 2020. Goldman's article, speaks on the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees and its impact on modern culture. The article was then listed by History News Network's in its Roundup Top Ten for March 27, 2020. Goldman's article is an offshoot of his ISRC-Grant-sponsored project, “New York 1920: When We Became Modern.”

Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his chapter “Artificial Slaves in the Renaissance and the Dangers of Independent Innovation,” published in AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines edited by Stephen Cave, Kanta Dihal, and Sarah Dillon on March 5, 2020. This chapter not only traces the advent of proto-AI in fictional and non-fictional Renaissance literature but also its points of contact with today's AI and related social concerns.

Jonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was the subject for a feature article "Jonathan Goldman: Bump And Let It Slide," that was published on February 27, 2020 in All About Jazz magazine.

Kate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, was invited to speak at the 16th Annual International Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference in Spokane, Washington on February 27, 2020. O’Hara’s talk, “Working Toward a Culturally Sustainable Pedagogy,” related the micro and macro efforts to create culturally sustainable pedagogical practices in higher education. The presentation included narrative and visual accounts of curriculum design, high impact practices, and institution-wide initiatives.

Kate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, was invited to facilitate an interactive session at the Association for Experiential Education, Northeast Regional Conference at Franklin Pierce University, in Rindge, New Hampshire on February 22, 2020. O’Hara discussed the benefits of implementing engaging, student-centered practices, culturally responsive teaching practices, and high-impact practices such as service learning and capstone courses in higher education curriculum.

Andrew Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, was interviewed by News 12 Long Island on February 15, 2020, about a phone scam that resulted in the loss of money from a senior citizen couple.

Andrew Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, appeared on a Fox News Channel panelon February 15, 2020, discussing recent threats against NYPD by MS-13 gang members.

Jamel Vanderburg, adjunct instructor of interdisciplinary studies, received the Brilliance Award on February 14, 2020 from Young People For. Vanderburg was given this award in honor of his dedication to civic engagement in the community and youth development.

Ben Ovryn, professor of physics, had his research article, "Modeling membrane nanotube morphology: the role of heterogeneity in composition and material properties," published in Scientific Reports, an open access, multidisciplinary journal from Nature Publishing Group, on February 13, 2020. His research, done in collaboration with scientists at University of California, is a theoretical description of the biophysical mechanisms that give rise to shaped membrane nanotubes. The results demonstrate that a delicate balance between the mechanical properties of the plasma membrane and local protein density governs the morphology of the membrane nanotube.

Claude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a peer-reviewed journal article abstract titled “Use of Microct Scanner to Characterize the Histotechnological Processing of Bone using Different Tissue Fixatives: Relationship to DNA Preservation (Immunohistochemistry)” in The Biophysics Journal on February 7, 2020. The article discusses how different tissue fixatives can be used to preserve different conformations of nucleic acids, such as right-handed double-stranded B-DNA and left-handed double-stranded Z-DNA.