October 2016 Spotlight

October 13, 2016

Eames Armstrong, MFA ’16, curated the exhibit Noise, Body, Music at VisArts in Rockville, Md.

Herman Burney performed with alto saxophonist Marshall Keys at the Grace Episcopal Church in Washington, DC,  as part of its Music on the Lawn series.

Diane Cline and Nicholas Vonortas presented a lecture and discussion on Social Networks and Innovation in Ancient Greece and the Modern World” at the Embassy of Greece in Washington D.C.

Cynthia Core received a $38,527 grant from the National Institutes of Health to research early dual language development in children from Spanish-speaking families.

Georgia Deal was a featured artist in the exhibitions Tally at the Causey Contemporary in New York City and Southern Charms at the Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University.

Elizabeth Field and her classical string trio Vivaldi Project performed as part of the Midtown Concerts series at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City.

Buzzfeed Book Editor William Isaac Fitzgerald, BA ’05, appeared on The Today Show

Joseph Gorin received the Community Partner Award from the Capital Area Immigrant Right Coalition.

Primož Kovačič, MA ’14, published the article “The Importance of Community Mapping” in the online journal Innovations.

Yonatan Lupu was awarded a $72,789 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project on violence, non-violence and the effects of human rights law.

Harris Mylonas co-authored the article “Threats to Territorial Integrity, National Mass Schooling, and Linguistic Commonality” in Comparative Political Studies.

Jonathan Ostrower, BA ’06, was named an aviation editor for CNN.

Nina Seavey’s documentary Parables of War won a Gold Award at the Spotlight International Short Film Competition and nominated for Best Documentary Short at the IndieCapitol Film Awards. It was also the centerpiece presentation at the Semper Fi Fund Fundraiser for severely injured Marine Corps Wounded Warriors. 

Akos Vertes co-authored “Large-Scale Metabolite Analysis of Standards and Human Serum by Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry from Silicon Nanopost Arrays” in the journal Analytical Chemistry with postdoctoral scientist Andrew R. Korte and chemistry graduate student Sylwia A. Stopka.

Ning Yu performed with the Yarn/Wire quartet at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, N.Y.