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 Dr. Richard Schnell believes in utopias. He always has, and he thinks he may have found one — at least temporarily. “Often, they don’t last,” Schnell said. “But a government that measures its worth in gross national happiness rather than gross national product will capture my mind and my heart every time.” Read more.
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 The Maritime Archaic people who lived roughly 3,200 to 8,000 years ago in the Canadian Eastern Subarctic were living on the edge: the edge of inhabitable landscapes as the glaciers retreated; the borders of the earth as it disappeared into the cold North Atlantic waters; and the outer limits of human population on the North American continent. Read more.
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 From sea exploration and housework to immigration and revolt, SUNY Plattsburgh’s history department is publishing prolifically. Read more.
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 After taking one look at her office, a visitor can be sure of one thing: Dr. Kathy Lavoie likes bats. After all, her shelves teem with stuffed animal versions of the mammal. Read more.
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 A new permanent gallery in Feinberg Library will ensure that the Holocaust will never be forgotten at SUNY Plattsburgh. Read more.
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 In Macdonough Hall alone, there are the toilets that flush in the night when no one’s around; the radios that turn themselves on; the eyes staring out of dark storage rooms; doors that unlock themselves; and the bathroom lights that flicker on and off. Read more.
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 A faculty member in the Center for Earth and Environmental Science never met road kill she didn’t like. Or at least want to acknowledge. Read more.
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 The Long Island native didn’t start out as an educator. In fact, his interest in biology and marine life led him to a degree in oceanography and a stint with the government as an oceanographer. It wasn’t until he was invited to be a guest speaker at a small middle school in Bay St. Louis, Miss., that he unearthed a desire to teach. Read more.
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 The State University of New York has recognized eight members of SUNY Plattsburgh’s faculty and staff through the 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence. Read more.
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 The satisfaction a novelist feels when typing those two words — The End — is hard to quantify. For Doug Skopp, it was nothing short of a miracle. Read more.
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 SUNY Plattsburgh Professor Dr. Tom Morrisey Explores Young Adult Dystopian Fiction. Read more.
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 For Professor Justin Gustainis, 2011 was a banner year — not just in the communication department, where he’s celebrating 29 years on faculty — but in the realm of fiction writing. Read more.
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 When Dr. Bryan Higgins decided to pursue a teaching career in human geography, he could think of no better place than SUNY Plattsburgh. Read more.
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 Diane Fine did well in school. She excelled in math, history, science, English. So when she told her high school guidance counselor that she planned to study the arts in college, the counselor appeared shocked.. Read more.
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 The professor has played trombone with a who’s who of American music: Tony Bennett, Tito Puente, Blondie, Bo Diddley and Michael Jackson. He’s worked on more than a hundred recordings as a composer, arranger and performer. He’s even played for President Clinton and had top 10 hits in Italy, Japan and Colombia. Read more.
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 Sandra Latourelle ’70 G’76, an adjunct lecturer of biological sciences, recently received a teaching award from the National Association of Biology Teachers, which honored her for her creativity and innovation. Read more.
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 Renowned translator of Portuguese poetry shows students how translation matters. Read more.
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 President Obama recognizes Dr. Nancy Elwess at White House ceremony. Read more.
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 Dr. Mark Cohen changed the way scientists understand history. Read more.
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 Dr. Gordon Pollard is the latest SUNY Plattsburgh professor to join to the ranks of the State University of New York distinguished teaching professors. Read more.
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 Seven SUNY Plattsburgh faculty and staff members have won the Chancellor's Award for Excellence from the State University of New York this year. Read more.
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 Dr. Chris Martine is excited about botany. The assistant professor of biology is doing his part to help others catch that excitement, through an online video series called "Growing Better." Read more.
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 Dr. James Armstrong was promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, a rank above Professor. This year's awards were bestowed on just nine faculty members from the 64 campuses in the SUNY system. Read more.
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 SUNY Plattsburgh faculty and staff members honored for excellence. Read more.
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 Dr. Richard Robbins (Anthropology) and Dr. Nancy Elwess (Biological Sciences) are recognized as top teacher-scholars. Read more.
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 On a typical North Country sunny summer afternoon, Dr. David Franzi, who was promoted to the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor of Earth and Environmental Science in 2005, is probably not in his office on campus at SUNY Plattsburgh. No, he's most likely at the W.H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute near Chazy, N.Y. Read more.
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 With her book, "Margaret Cavendish and the Exiles of the Mind ," Dr. Battigelli became the first biographer to explore in-depth this mid-17th-century English writer's intellectual life. Read more.
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