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
CAS / Biological and Chemical SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a peer-reviewed abstract in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (i.e., Society for Investigative Dermatology, 2022 Annual Meeting) entitled , on August 1, 2022. Data from this research project shows, for the first time, the presence and distribution of three totally different structures of DNA molecules within normal human skin. These DNAs (canonical, alternative, and multistranded DNAs) were characterized simultaneously within the nucleus of cells, allowing for studies on gene expression between different forms of DNA.
Ron Goldberg
Enrollment Management and Strategic CommunicationsRon Goldberg, web content editor in the Office of Enrollment Management and Strategic Communications, was one of four leading HIV/AIDS activists interviewed and quoted in the article
Paulana Lamonier
SCEAPaulana Lamonier, social media strategist in the Department of Enrollment Management and Strategic Communications, is featured in Sports Illustrated as part of their series, "Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women in Sports." Lamonier's profile, "Paulana Lamonier Is Smashing the Stereotype That Black People Don鈥檛 Swim," was published on July 22, 2022, and focuses on her work with her organization, .
SHINU KURIAKOSE
School of Health ProfessionsShinu Kuriakose, DHSc, PA-C, associate professor of physician assistant studies, published an article, "Assessing the Effect of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Didactic Education and Mental Health of Physician Assistant Students in the New York City Region," in the Journal of Physician Assistant Studies on July 20, 2022. The article was written in collaboration with Stony Brook and Hofstra Universities.
Melda Yildiz
CAS/ EducationMelda N. Yildiz, Ed.D., associate professor of education, had her article, "Algorithmic Social Justice through Participatory Action Research: Media Binds or Blinds?," published in
Claude Gagna
CAS / Biological and Chemical SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a response to "Expanding the Histone Code," the lead story of the June 6, 2022 edition of Chemical and Engineering News, in the Letters to the Editor, Reactions Section of the same publication on July 14, 2022. His letter, entitled focuses on how the research community of molecular biologists and chemists needs to expand its view of double-stranded DNA beyond that of Watson and Crick's canonical B-DNA molecule and consider exotic, alternative, and multistranded DNA structures when trying to crack the human histone code.
Becky Frieden
ITSBecky Frieden, senior director of enterprise applications and decision support systems, led an EDUCAUSE Webinar, on July 14, 2022. When officials at 91社区 wanted to quickly evolve the institution's infrastructure to make data more available, they faced strategic questions around financial aid and recruitment but lacked the data infrastructure and technology to answer them. In this webinar, Frieden shared 91社区鈥檚 analytics journey as it moved from on-premise to the cloud, allowing the university to take a deep dive into its data to answer questions such as whether we were recruiting students likely to be successful and how unmet financial need impacts student retention.
Dongsei Kim
School of Architecture, Department of ArchitectureDongsei Kim, M.Des., assistant professor of architecture, had his research mapping of the Korean Demilitarized Zone selected as one of forty international works in the , located at Nolan Park 14, Pratt Institute鈥檚 School of Architecture GAUD Outpost on Governors Island in New York City. Research assistant Elise Park (BArch '25) assisted Kim with the mapping. The exhibit, curated by Jonathan A. Scelsa, David Erdman, and Tulay Atak (Pratt Institute), engages 鈥渁rchitectural images of land in the age of climate crisis,鈥� and is open to the public from July 8 through September 1, 2022.
Dongsei Kim
School of Architecture, Department of ArchitectureDongsei Kim, M.Des., assistant professor of architecture, participated in a roundtable discussion titled 鈥淓xperimental Analysis鈥� and led a workshop, 鈥淓xperiencing the Inaccessible: Imagining Future Scenarios for the Joint Security Area with Virtual Reality,鈥� at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)鈥檚 2022 Teachers Summit: held at Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, NY, on July 7-8, 2022.
Claude Gagna
CAS - Biological and Chemical SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, published a peer-reviewed abstract in investigative ophthalmology & visual sciences (ARVO Annual Meeting) entitled on July 1, 2022. This project reveals, for the first time, the distribution of three different structures of nucleic acids within the normal adult crystalline lens of the eye globe. This novel "omics" method reveals how each of the three DNAs plays a different role in gene expression.