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Faculty-Staff Achievements

April 26, 2023

’s Burgess Café team recently earned the café its fifth consecutive Best of Saratoga Springs award from Saratoga Today and qualified it for the 2023 Saratoga Springs Business Hall of Fame. Contributing to the accomplishment were (first row, from left) Debbie Hoyos, customer attendant/short order cook; Stacey Tourtellot, assistant supervisor of retail operations; John Winnek, supervisor of retail operations; (second row) Clint Stomski, customer attendant/short order cook; Shawn Constable, customer attendant/short order cook; and Tim Bruno, customer attendant/short order cook.  

Paul Arciero, professor of human physiological sciences, was quoted by  on how the benefits of walking 8,000 steps just one to two days a week has been linked to significant health benefits. He was also  regarding the best time to go to the gym 

Aurelia Ball, associate professor of chemistry, published a paper with collaborators who included Anna Carhart '22, AJ Adkins '21, and Adriana Cuibus '24. The paper, "," was published in Protein Science.

Jason Breves, associate professor and chair of biology, presented research conducted with Sierra Richardson ’23 and Ellie Runiewicz ’24 on the physiology of Atlantic salmon at the recent American Physiology Summit conference in Long Beach, California.

Marketa Halova Wolfe, associate professor of economics, published the article “” in the Eastern Economics Journal. 

Rebecca Johnson, professor and chair of the Psychology Department, published a paper with Megan Wootten ’20, Abby Spear ’23, and Ashley Smolensky ’23 on "," in the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research.

Laurie Rabinowitz, assistant professor of education studies, co-presented the paper "Fifth Graders as Disruptors: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in the Fantasy Writers Workshop" at the American Education Research Association conference on April 16 in Chicago. 


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