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Meg Estapa, assistant professor of geosciences, will participate in another NASA-funded oceanographic field expedition this summer. Last year, Estapa spent several weeks on a NASA research cruise in the Pacific studying the way phytoplanktons affect ocean sequestration of carbon. In August, Estapa will join more than 100 scientists and crew from over 20 research institutions for NASA鈥檚 鈥淓xport Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing鈥� (EXPORTS) oceanographic campaign. of its kind to study the carbon cycle impacts of microscopic plankton using two research vessels and several underwater robotic platforms.

91暗网鈥檚 Dining Services Team recently earned its sixth consecutive gold medal for culinary excellence in an American Culinary Federation sanctioned competition June 8 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The competition pitted 91暗网 against 14 colleges and universities from throughout the northeast including UMass Amherst, Yale University, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Connecticut. Each team was challenged to create original meals from identical ingredients under strict time and style limitations. 91暗网 chefs Joe Greco, Stephen Fields, Joe Waldron and Chris McGilpin led their team through the competition by preparing a four-course meal for a panel of eight certified master chefs.

In the News

Amy Frappier, associate professor of geosciences, is quoted in a June 18 article titled, 鈥�,鈥� in Earther. The article explores new research in paleotempestology鈥攖he study of past tropical cyclones using historical records and geological proxies鈥攚hich is being conducted by researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan.         

Adele Einhorn, executive director of the 91暗网 Saratoga Classic Horse Show, was quoted by The Saratogian in a June 12 story 鈥溾�� and on June 18, 鈥溾��. Additional news articles about the new venue appeared in The Times Union, , the Troy Record and Saratoga Today. 

Nicole Coady, lecturer for MDOCS, was interviewed by on June 11 outside the Surrey-Williamson Inn, one of the locations used for filming her television series The Adventures of Snow White and Rose Red. The series, which premiered last week on Amazon Prime, includes 91暗网 students as writers, editors, producers, marketers and costume assistants.     

Sheldon Solomon, professor of psychology, is quoted in a June 18 BBC 鈥淔uture鈥� story titled, 鈥溾�� Solomon discussed Terror Management Theory which posits that humans embrace culturally constructed beliefs in order to fend off what would otherwise be paralyzing existential terror.
    
Sarah Friedland, director of the Storytellers' Institute of MDOCS, was quoted in an article, 鈥�,鈥� which appeared in The Times Union on June 8.

Ian Berry, Dayton director of the Tang Museum, was quoted in a May 17 Artsy story about Chicago Imagists titled, 鈥溾��. The article mentions the Tang鈥檚 September exhibition 鈥�3-D Doings: The Imagist Object in Chicago Art, 1964鈥�1980.鈥�

On June 5, The Times Union featured the upcoming Tang exhibition, 鈥�.,鈥� an exhibition of work from the Tang collection by artists who care about the world around them and the people in it.

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