Dateline
Today's Dateline, November 20
Grading Information Update
The Registrar’s Office announces that grading for fall 2009 in Banner is now available. Faculty can begin posting final semester grades. The deadline to submit grades online is 8:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. After this deadline, faculty will only be able to submit grades manually by filling out individual change of grade forms for each student in their classes. If you need a refresher on how to submit grades, visit http://www2.binghamton.edu/banner/grading.html for detailed instructions and step-by-step video. Academic standing updates must be submitted by close of business Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010.
Information for Faculty and Staff about CDC’s Credentials Service
The end of the semester is typically a time when students request letters of recommendation. The Career Development Center reminds faculty and staff that the Credentials Service remains fully operational until July 2010 for students who opened a file before September 2009. Recommendation letters are being accepted for those file holders. More information about the phasing out of the Credentials Service and what this means for faculty, staff and students is available at http://www2.binghamton.edu/career-development-center/faculty/cdc-transitioning-credentials-service.html.
Tickling Leo Film Features Alumnus
The Binghamton University Alumni Association presents Jeremy Davidson, aka Jeremy Greenberg ’94, in Tickling Leo at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Endicott Performing Arts Center, 102 Washington Avenue, Endicott. Written and directed by Greenberg. Q & A session with him and film producer Mary Stuart Masterson to follow. Buffet dinner and cash bar to follow at Nirchi’s on the Avenue, hosted by the Alumni Association. $20 per person includes ticket to screening and buffet dinner. Order tickets online at https://www.bconnectalumni.binghamton.edu/default.aspx?Page=EVNTEventDetail&EventID=1078 or call 777-2424 with questions.
October Light Continues Tonight
The Theatre Department presents October Light, on stage Nov. 20-22, in the Anderson Center Chamber Hall. Staged in celebration of the Anderson Center’s 25th anniversary season, October Light is written by John Bielenberg and based on one of John Gardner's masterworks. The penniless widow of a once-wealthy dentist, Sally Abbot now lives in the Vermont farmhouse of her older brother, James Page. Polar opposites in nearly every way, their clash of values turns a bitter corner when the exacting and resolute James takes a shotgun to his sister's color television set. The play uses the turbulent siblings as a stepping-off point from which it expands upon the lives of their extended families and the rural community that surrounds them. It also engages larger issues of how liberals and conservatives define themselves and considers those moments when life transcends all their arguments. Directed by Tom Kremer. Performances are at 8 p.m. Nov. 20-21, and 2 p.m. Nov. 22. Tickets are $18, general admission; $16, faculty/staff/senior citizens; $10 students and available by calling 777-ARTS. Group discounts available.
Chemistry Colloquium Today
Two students speakers will be featured at 4 p.m. today, Nov. 20, in SL-212. Megan L. Roppolo will discuss “Cytotoxicity of Vanadium Oxide Nanotubes and Their Bulk Counterparts” and Anthony Tomcykoski will speak on “Ruii Phenanthroline Chemosensors Containing Hemilabile Ligands in Response to Neutral Donor Molecules.” Refreshments at 3:30 p.m.
Evidence of Environmental Change Topic of Talk Today
Naomi Levin, Johns Hopkins University, will present the lecture "Isotopic Records of Environmental Change in Plio-Pleistocene East Africa" from 4-5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, in S1-162. Hosted by the Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies. Contact lowenst@binghamton.edu for information.
Psychology Colloquium Monday
Joaquin Lugo from Baylor College of Medicine will be speaking at noon Monday, Nov. 23, in Clearview Hall, Room 49. The title of talk is “The Role of Dendritic Ion Channels and Signaling Pathways in Epilepsy and Cognitive Behavior.”
Binghamton University on YouTube
Check out Hoopfest, the latest video posted to the University’s YouTube page, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqJvhfuHsNk.
