In some form or another, we all look back on the past, but Assistant Professor of Digital Media Ryan Lizardi makes it his mission to look at how we get caught in the thralls of nostalgia, and how clear the vision of our own past is. In his new book, Mediated Nostalgia: Individual Memory and […]

Family man. Researcher. Teacher. Each of these words could be used to describe Narayan Sharma, assistant professor of biochemistry. If you ask Sharma himself, though, he likes to use one term in particular: lifelong learner. “I came from Nepal where I was a high school teacher, but I always like to gain new knowledge. I’m […]

Ilulian Gherasoiu was amazed when he first saw the 1966 science fiction film “Fantastic Voyage” in which a submarine is shrunk to microscopic size and travels through a human body. And the idea of technology becoming increasingly smaller has stayed with him. Now, as assistant professor of electrical engineering at SUNY Poly, Gherasoiu is fascinated […]

Once upon a time, Kazuko Behrens navigated the busy streets of Manhattan and the hustle and bustle of the Wall Street scene. She soon discovered that Wall Street was not all it was cracked up to be; and as her disenchantment with that life began to grow, so did her interest and desire to do […]

The landscape of commerce changes every day, and that change has been moving at lightning speed since the advent of the Internet and e-commerce. It’s a world that Naren Peddibhotla, assistant professor of technology management, knows well. After a decade in sales, marketing and other professional pursuits in the business world, Peddibhotla is now devoted […]

Ibrahim Yucel is serious when it comes to playing games. Games and digital culture aren’t just for fun for Yucel, assistant professor of Communication and Information Design at SUNY Poly since 2011. He has turned a lifelong passion into a career of research and education. “Many people think of games as a mere child’s toy. […]

Kathryn Stam, associate professor of anthropology, will be one of eight honorees at the YWCA of the Mohawk Valley’s 26th anniversary Salute to Outstanding Women event April 3 at Hart’s Hill Inn, Whitesboro. A Fulbright Scholar, Stam teaches courses in anthropology, sociology, cultural diversity, and the social and ethical aspects of information technology. Her qualitative […]