Faculty & Staff Accomplishments
We are excited to share recent accomplishments from faculty and staff members at our campuses around the world.
Accomplishments are listed by date of achievement in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts and SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a peer-reviewed journal article, Editors and Journals: Part III- "Sto Tavo (Who is in Charge)?" on October 22, 2024. The article addresses various issues related to publishing peer-reviewed journal articles by academics, researchers, editors, and journals.
Evan Shieh
School of Architecture and DesignEvan Shieh, M.AUD., assistant professor of architecture, received the 2024 Stretto Alumni Achievement Award at the inaugural gala of the Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra, held at the Watershed Institute on October 19, 2024. A 2003–2007 alumnus, Shieh was a violin concertmaster, soloist, and assistant conductor with Stretto. The award recognizes alumni for embodying the organization's mission in their achievements and sharing those values with others in the community.
Evan Shieh
School of Architecture and DesignEvan Shieh, M.AUD., assistant professor of architecture, and Farzana Gandhi, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, gave a joint lecture at the 2024 New York City Architecture Biennale, which was held across a three-day event, October 17 – 19, 2024. Shieh and Gandhi spoke on Day 3 of the Biennale around the theme of "Technology," speaking on the role of technology in their recent research and practice, and the common ground and values that overlap between their work in different topical contexts.
Wenyao Hu
School of ManagementWenyao Hu, Ph.D., CFA, , assistant professor of accounting and finance at the School of Management, presented "The Power of Language: Does Vocabulary Richness Provide Value to Investors?" at the "Financial Management Association International" (FMA) Annual Meeting held in Grapevine, Texas, October 16 – 19, 2024. Hu introduced a new linguistic feature into the business context—vocabulary richness—which measures the range of vocabulary used by executives during earnings conference calls. His findings suggest that high vocabulary richness significantly enhances the initial market reaction by helping market participants better understand the conveyed information.
Wenyao Hu
School of ManagementWenyao Hu, Ph.D., CFA, assistant professor of accounting and finance at the School of Management, authored an article titled "How Artificial Intelligence Incidents Affect Banks and Financial Services Firms? A Study of Five Firms," published October 18, 2024, in Finance Research Letters, an ABDC A-level journal. This study investigates the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) incidents on the banking and financial industries and finds that firms with AI incidents face higher bankruptcy risks and lower operational cash flows.
Dongsei Kim
School of Architecture and DesignDongsei Kim, M.Des., associate professor of architecture, was invited to present his paper, “Architecture at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ): Speculative Architectural Methods as Imagining New Cosmopolitan Polities,” at (Un)Defining Korean Architecture: Modernity, Stories, and Transformation , the third annual Korean Studies Symposium at the University at Buffalo, on October 18, 2024.
George M Salayka
Department of Computer ScienceGeorge M. Salayka, M.S.,, teaching assistant professor of computer science, participated as a fellow in the Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development (EUFD) National Workshop program on October 15, 2024, creating resources that will help them and intercollegiate colleagues advance the community's mission to integrate entrepreneurial mindset into practices that benefit their students, their institutions, and greater society.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts and SciencesEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., president emeritus and professor of English in the Department of Humanities, published two articles in Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction. The first was published on March 18, 2024: “An Interview with James R. Kincaid, an English professor masquerading as an author (or the other way around)," in vol. 55, no. 1 (2024), 69-77. The second was published on October 15, 2024: “Far from the Madding Crowd at 150: Seven Reflections,” in vol. 55, no. 2 (2024), 219-259.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignThe work of Alessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation endowed chair and professor in the School of Architecture and Design, was showcaased in a dedicated exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on the occasion of the country's Biennale di Architettura, in October 2024. During the exhibition opening, Melis was also invited to serve as a jury member for the Santo Domingo Biennale and to deliver a Lectio Magistralis at the Ibero-American University in Santo Domingo.
Alessandro Melis
School of Architecture and DesignAlessandro Melis, Ph.D., IDC Foundation Endowed Chair and Professor in the School of Architecture and Design, was invited as a Keynote Speaker at the Iberoamerican University for the LAB Santo Domingo in November. He was invited as an honored speaker by the Italian Embassy on the occasion of the Dominican Republic Biennal.