Ithaca College

This past Friday, Nov. 14, School of Music Dean Karl Paulnack met with students at Indiana University to discuss themes of self-discovery and awareness as they pertain to individual career paths. 

Part of the institution's student-led career development endeavor Project Jumpstart, the luncheon—co-presented by renowned concertmaster and educator Jorja Fleezanis—and the evening workshop allowed attending students to explore personal career goals in a way that synchronized with who they truly are. 

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The following is an ITS System Alert for all users.

Public Safety in partnership with ITS is investigating a phishing scheme perpetrated on one of our students.  The student reported that a pop-up message fraudulently representing Apogee asked her to call them and were attempting to gain access to their computer by installing software to hack into her computer (and our) systems.

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Register for the Biomaterials, Medicine, and Health Course to learn more about materials that we use on and in the human body to enhance health and wellness.  

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Chris Sperry, the Director of Curriculum and Staff Development for Project Look Sharp, has recently written an article for Social Education Magazine entitled WWI Through Constructivist Media Decoding. This article looks at teaching about WWI through interactive decoding (analyzing) of propaganda posters from different countries. It lays out the theory and practice of media analysis for teaching critical thinking, questioning strategies, media literacy and core social studies content. 

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On Wednesday, November 19, join us in Business 111 at 7 p.m. for a special event with Thomas Shevory and Donald Beachler, co-authors of When Good Companies Go Bad.

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Join the Society of Professional Journalists Monday, November 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Park 223 (lounge) to Skype with Jessica Bard, a weekend anchor, reporter and producer for WETM 18 News in Elmira.  Jessica landed her reporting job directly out of college, a difficult task in today’s market. She’ll be sharing advice on how students can start preparing themselves to do the same, as well as what to expect during the first few months on the job.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation, please email ithacaspj@gmail.com as far in advance as possible.

Curious about the separation of church and state? How religion gets covered in news media? How to think carefully and critically about religion as it manifests in our public lives?

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Katalin Lustyik, associate professor in the Department of Media Arts, Sciences, and Studies, gave an invited talk at the Budapest Business School, Hungary on November 11.

The talk, focusing on her current research project, is entitled "Children and Media in the 21st century: research perspectives."

 The finals for the 4th Annual Business Idea Competition, sponsored by the School of Business, are this Thursday, November 20, at 5:30 p.m. in Textor 101. This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff, as well as general public.

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An information session for the short term study abroad trip to China, from May 18-June 2, 2015, is planned for Tuesday, November 18th, from 12:10 - 1 pm in Business 204.

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First Class letter mail and periodicals (except for Circle Apartment residents) will be held at the Mail Center located in the Public Safety/General Services building. You may stop down between 8am and 5pm, Nov. 24-26 to check for mail.

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Get the shot, not the Flu!!

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The Office of Career Services will not have drop-in times available on Monday, November 24 through Friday, November 28 due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Drop-ins will begin again on Monday, December 1, 2014.

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If students wish to fulfill requirements of the ICC using study abroad coursework credit, they may submit a petition request.

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Kerline Batista (Sport Media Class of 2016) published her research on the consequences of parental absences from children’s participation in sports.  Her blog appears in the website in One Million for Work Flexibility.

Batista read over 30 articles and book chapters in the process of writing this editorial, documenting that parental presence at children’s sporting events is an important vehicle for family bonding. And yet, many parents labor in jobs that do not provide for the types of flexibility that make this possible. This work was performed in Stephen Sweet’s sociology course “Work and Family.”

Read the article here:

http://www.workflexibility.org/millennial-voice-build-memories-not-resumes-analysis-decrease-parental-attendance-youth-sport/

Diethyl 4-(biphenyl-4-yl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate 
Acta Cryst. (2014), (E70), o791, Steiger, Monacelli, Li, Hunting and Natale.

The crystal structure of diethyl 4-(biphenyl-4-yl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate was solved using Ithaca College’s single crystal X-ray diffractometer. The compound was synthesized by our collaborators at the University of Montana.

1,4-dihydropyridines (DHPs) are an extensively studied class of compounds that are known predominantly for their L-type gated calcium channel modulation. There have been extensive structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies done on DHPs that have revealed the basic structural requirements for robust binding affinity to calcium channels. Other studies in the field have shown DHPs bind to multiple receptors, most notably the multiple drug resistant protein 1 (MDR1).

Monday, November 17, 2014, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. (Register here)
Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center
Facilitated by Shaianne Osterreich, Associate Professor and Ithaca Seminar Coordinator; Danette Johnson, Vice Provost; Susan Adams Delaney, Assistant Professor

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Friday, November 21, 2014, 2 - 3 p.m. (Register here)
Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Handwerker Gallery, Gannett Center

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