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CEMERS, an interdisciplinary research unit established in 1966, promotes innovative research and scholarly exchange in medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies. For additional information, please email us (cemers@binghamton.edu) or visit our website (cemers.binghamton.edu).
Tara Nelson, Select Works, 21 min
Tuesday, April 4, 2024, Lecture Hall 6, 7:00 pm, Free Admission
Tara Nelson is a filmmaker, curator, programmer, and lecturer working with film and digital media. At Visual Studies Workshop, Tara oversees the cataloging, preservation, and interpretation of the VSW collections. She is the lead programmer for the VSW Salon and the Managing Editor of VSW Press.
Luther Price (January26, 1962 – June 13, 2020) was a prolific artist whose work explored the deepest, darkest corners of the human experience. Working in film, performance,sculpture, photography, and mixed media, his haunting images were often composed from found elements, thickly layered with ink, paint, glue, tape, and bodily fluids. Price's films are sculptural compositions in which images of eviscerated bodies, raw meat, hardcore gay porn, and laughing clowns occupy the same psychic space as quiet scenes of street corners, blue skies, and empty clothes lines.
Luther Price’s stunning work with slides is documented in New Utopia and Light Fracture by Luther Price, a 2023 VSW Press publication featuring copious images derived from the depths of Price’s 35mm collages as well as intimate email correspondence from Price to VSW editor Tate Shaw 2017–18 and an essay by Ed Halter of Light Industry, Brooklyn. In celebration of this publication, Tara Nelson, VSW Curator and Managing Editor for the VSW Press is presenting two sets of Price’s double-projected slides—New Utopia and Light Fracture (both 2017), which Luther Price donated to the VSW archives in 2017.Tara will speak on the publication, the slides, and on Price.
David Carl Toulson, Instructor and Director of Opera
John Isenberg, Musical Director and Accompanist
Members of the workshop: Michael Breslin, Robert Dakwar, Jessica Dugatkin, Liam Flatley, Laura Forero, Andrea Gilebarto, Cali Jacobs, Val Lasser, Daisy Lawrence, Kyle McAfee, Matthew Merolla, Victoria Popritkin, Ava Portmore, Madisyn Rivera, Itzel Robles, Abigail Sprague, Juan Tello, Kiara Walker
Part of the Creative Writing Events series coordinated by the department of English, General Literature and Rhetoric. Creative Writing press and event inquiries can be directed to Suzanne Richardson, Assistant to the Director of Creative Writing: sricha18@binghamton.edu
HARPUR CINEMA SPRING 2023
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves)
In his one-of-a-kind fiction/documentary hybrid Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, the pioneering William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York’s Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they’re making. A couple enacts a breakup scenario over and over, a documentary crew films a crew filming the crew, locals wander casually into the frame: the project defies easy description. Yet this wildly innovative sixties counterculture landmark remains one of the most tightly focused and insightful movies ever made about making movies.
Programmed by Cinema Professors Kenneth White and Brian Wall
Lecture Hall 6, unless otherwise noted
7:30pm on Friday and Sunday
$4 Single Admission
*Tickets will be for sale at the door from 7:00pm on the evening of the screening. Free admission to students currently enrolled in CINE 121.
HARPUR CINEMA SPRING 2023
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves)
In his one-of-a-kind fiction/documentary hybrid Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, the pioneering William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York’s Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they’re making. A couple enacts a breakup scenario over and over, a documentary crew films a crew filming the crew, locals wander casually into the frame: the project defies easy description. Yet this wildly innovative sixties counterculture landmark remains one of the most tightly focused and insightful movies ever made about making movies.
Programmed by Cinema Professors Kenneth White and Brian Wall
Lecture Hall 6, unless otherwise noted
7:30pm on Friday and Sunday
$4 Single Admission
*Tickets will be for sale at the door from 7:00pm on the evening of the screening. Free admission to students currently enrolled in CINE 121.
Abstract
This talk informs the topic of human-virus coevolution by presenting two cases of
immune response-driven microevolution in viruses. First, we will discuss how APOBEC3
enzymes, a group of innate antiviral immune response molecules, may be responsible
for the rapid evolution of Monkeypox Virus observed during the recent global outbreak.
According to our analysis of 294 Monkeypox Virus genomes representing four
outbreaks, 87.61% of observed mutations had the APOBEC3 “signature”, suggesting
the likelihood of APOBEC3-driven accelerated evolution of this virus. In the second
case, we will discuss the possible effect of vaccination on the evolution of the SARS-
CoV-2 (COVID19 virus). Through comparison of the mutation rates of the Beta variant
(B.1.351) before and throughout the mass vaccination period against COVID-19, we
report a strong correlation between increase in global vaccination rate and the
accelerated mutation rate of the Beta variant of SARS-CoV-2. Our findings support the
hypothesis that vaccination as a selective pressure can lead to accelerated evolution of
rapidly mutating viruses. Overall, while further research is required to investigate the
causal relationship between immune response and observed changes in mutation rates,
these two scenarios provide examples of the possible immune response-driven
microevolution in human viruses.
Bio
Michel Shamoon-Pour is a molecular anthropologist specializing in population genetics
and paleogenomics. He is a Research Assistant Professor with the Binghamton
University's First-Year Research Immersion Program. His research primarily focuses on
two areas of genetic histories of the Middle East and Caucasus populations, and tick-
borne diseases. A microbiologist by training, Shamoon-Pour's research and teaching
also focuses on host-pathogen coevolution, particularly human-virus and microbiome-
pathogen interactions. As an educator, he emphasizes the health impact of
socioeconomic disparities and systemic racism in the United States.
CEMERS, an interdisciplinary research unit established in 1966, promotes innovative research and scholarly exchange in medieval, Renaissance, and early modern studies. For additional information, please email us (cemers@binghamton.edu) or visit our website (cemers.binghamton.edu).
How to get started after school in the fields of Music, Visual Art, Entertainment, Cinema, Acting, and Writing
April 11 4:30 - 6:30
Room FA 258
*Prof Practice Panel
Thomas Goodheart | Career development for the aspiring professional singer.
Colin Lyons | Artist residencies and/or exhibition proposals
Daniel Sonnen | How professional entertainment technician contracts work. How to deal with taxes/payroll. Pro/cons becoming a member of IATSE/ union employee.
Tomonari Nishikawa | Tips for Submitting to Film Festivals – Nishikawa has shown his films at numerous film festivals, including Berlinale, Hong Kong International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, London Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, and Toronto International Film Festival. He will share his experience and provide tips for submitting to film festivals.
Brandon A. Wright | Acting and directing professionally. We can touch on topics like touring vs regional theatre, various markets (NYC/LA/Chicago), representation, and professional prep (auditioning, resumés).
Joseph Weil | TBD
Students only $10. Faculty & staff $15
Book by Craig Lucas
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Directed by Tommy Iafrate
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
This production of The Light in the Piazza takes place in the Binghamton University Art Museum, and audience members will need to move around in order to view scenes staged in different locations within the museum. Because patrons will be moving somewhat frequently, much like when viewing art at an art museum, they should be prepared to stand for the duration of the 2.5-hour performance. If an audience member requires seating, a limited number of chairs will be provided in a place that will allow them to see most - but not all - of the action of the production.
Art History Graduate Student Union Conference
Binghamton University
Friday 12 April
Kenneth C. Lindsay Study Room
Binghamton University Art Museum
Fine Arts 179
featuring keynote speaker Vialcary Crisóstomo Tejada (Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Rochester)
Hailed for his “mature musicianship and superb comic timing” while possessing a dark yet vibrant timbre with both an extensive vocal and dramatic range, bass-baritone ANDREW ALLAN HIERS brings a unique color and character to each and every role he undertakes. An alumnus of the Merola Opera program and Opera Colorado's Resident Artist program, where he performed Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola) and Falstaff (Falstaff), respectively, Mr. Hiers is no stranger to big stages and leading roles. He studied with Thomas Goodheart during his graduate studies at SUNY Binghamton (MM Opera, 2017), performing King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors and the title role in Gianni Schicchi. He was Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Kind Rene in Iolanta, Judge Turpin in Sweeny Todd, and Doctor Grenvil in La traviata with Tri-Cities Opera. Originally from West Palm Beach, Mr. Hiers studied with David Okerlund at Florida State University. He currently lives in Merritt Island and performs prominently with several opera companies across the Sunshine State. His next upcoming performance will be Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor with St. Pete Opera alongside his partner, soprano Chelsea Lehnea before they both sing in Anna di Resburgo with Teatro Nuovo this summer in NYC. Mr. Hiers was recently featured in the PBS documentary “Iron Opera” available to watch on YouTube. In addition to social media, you can follow Andrew’s musical journey by visiting www.andrewallanhiers.com
HARPUR CINEMA SPRING 2023
Boat People (Ann Hui)
One of the major works of the Hong Kong New Wave, Ann Hui’s Boat People is a work of indelible humanity and searing political resonance. Invited to document the progress of postwar Vietnamese society, a Japanese photojournalist (George Lam) initially finds a picture-perfect image of communist contentment. But when he begins looking beneath the idealized surface the government wants him to see, he discovers a world of poverty and brutality that shocks him into helping a desperate family escape. Winner of five Hong Kong Film Awards—including best picture and director—Hui’s masterpiece gives harrowing expression to the experiences of those living under authoritarian oppression.
Programmed by Cinema Professors Kenneth White and Brian Wall
Lecture Hall 6, unless otherwise noted
7:30pm on Friday and Sunday
$4 Single Admission
*Tickets will be for sale at the door from 7:00pm on the evening of the screening. Free admission to students currently enrolled in CINE 121.
Students only $10. Faculty & staff $15
Book by Craig Lucas
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Directed by Tommy Iafrate
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
This production of The Light in the Piazza takes place in the Binghamton University Art Museum, and audience members will need to move around in order to view scenes staged in different locations within the museum. Because patrons will be moving somewhat frequently, much like when viewing art at an art museum, they should be prepared to stand for the duration of the 2.5-hour performance. If an audience member requires seating, a limited number of chairs will be provided in a place that will allow them to see most - but not all - of the action of the production.
Hailed for his “mature musicianship and superb comic timing” while possessing a dark yet vibrant timbre with both an extensive vocal and dramatic range, bass-baritone ANDREW ALLAN HIERS brings a unique color and character to each and every role he undertakes. An alumnus of the Merola Opera program and Opera Colorado's Resident Artist program, where he performed Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola) and Falstaff (Falstaff), respectively, Mr. Hiers is no stranger to big stages and leading roles. He studied with Thomas Goodheart during his graduate studies at SUNY Binghamton (MM Opera, 2017), performing King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors and the title role in Gianni Schicchi. He was Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Kind Rene in Iolanta, Judge Turpin in Sweeny Todd, and Doctor Grenvil in La traviata with Tri-Cities Opera. Originally from West Palm Beach, Mr. Hiers studied with David Okerlund at Florida State University. He currently lives in Merritt Island and performs prominently with several opera companies across the Sunshine State. His next upcoming performance will be Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor with St. Pete Opera alongside his partner, soprano Chelsea Lehnea before they both sing in Anna di Resburgo with Teatro Nuovo this summer in NYC. Mr. Hiers was recently featured in the PBS documentary “Iron Opera” available to watch on YouTube. In addition to social media, you can follow Andrew’s musical journey by visiting www.andrewallanhiers.com
The event’s main goal is to unite students, classes, researchers, conservation organizations and community members to document local biodiversity and the environment on campus. The free nature identification app iNaturalist will be used to collect data during this event. At the last EcoBlitz, we had 28 tables from student groups, classes, researchers, lab groups and local parks — including Binghamton University Sustainability Hub, Broome County Parks, National Audubon Student Conservation Chapter, Cornell Herpetological Society, BUgs!, Wild Waders (both biology graduate student lab groups) and Ross Park Zoo.
The EcoBlitz event features tours with naturalists and scientists to collect data and a variety of nature-themed activities for all age groups hosted by student groups, research groups and community partners. Our Kickoff event will have tours, activity/information tables and opportunities to log data.
If you would like to receive general information about this event or to volunteer at the Kickoff event, or if you are interested in hosting a table, running a nature tour or having your class be involved, fill out the interest form at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVIV9hHD4vjPqB-JToqnYDxaHYRsi5gH3GPFnGGmmuPoXCBw/viewform
Questions can be sent to binghamtonecoblitz@gmail.com. Click the link below to learn more or RSVP for the event: https://cglink.me/2eQ/r2261776
Students only $10. Faculty & staff $15
Book by Craig Lucas
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Directed by Tommy Iafrate
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
This production of The Light in the Piazza takes place in the Binghamton University Art Museum, and audience members will need to move around in order to view scenes staged in different locations within the museum. Because patrons will be moving somewhat frequently, much like when viewing art at an art museum, they should be prepared to stand for the duration of the 2.5-hour performance. If an audience member requires seating, a limited number of chairs will be provided in a place that will allow them to see most - but not all - of the action of the production.
Students only $10. Faculty & staff $15
Book by Craig Lucas
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Directed by Tommy Iafrate
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
This production of The Light in the Piazza takes place in the Binghamton University Art Museum, and audience members will need to move around in order to view scenes staged in different locations within the museum. Because patrons will be moving somewhat frequently, much like when viewing art at an art museum, they should be prepared to stand for the duration of the 2.5-hour performance. If an audience member requires seating, a limited number of chairs will be provided in a place that will allow them to see most - but not all - of the action of the production.
Students only $10. Faculty & staff $15
Book by Craig Lucas
Music & Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Directed by Tommy Iafrate
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
This production of The Light in the Piazza takes place in the Binghamton University Art Museum, and audience members will need to move around in order to view scenes staged in different locations within the museum. Because patrons will be moving somewhat frequently, much like when viewing art at an art museum, they should be prepared to stand for the duration of the 2.5-hour performance. If an audience member requires seating, a limited number of chairs will be provided in a place that will allow them to see most - but not all - of the action of the production.
HARPUR CINEMA SPRING 2023
Boat People (Ann Hui)
One of the major works of the Hong Kong New Wave, Ann Hui’s Boat People is a work of indelible humanity and searing political resonance. Invited to document the progress of postwar Vietnamese society, a Japanese photojournalist (George Lam) initially finds a picture-perfect image of communist contentment. But when he begins looking beneath the idealized surface the government wants him to see, he discovers a world of poverty and brutality that shocks him into helping a desperate family escape. Winner of five Hong Kong Film Awards—including best picture and director—Hui’s masterpiece gives harrowing expression to the experiences of those living under authoritarian oppression.
Programmed by Cinema Professors Kenneth White and Brian Wall
Lecture Hall 6, unless otherwise noted
7:30pm on Friday and Sunday
$4 Single Admission
*Tickets will be for sale at the door from 7:00pm on the evening of the screening. Free admission to students currently enrolled in CINE 121.
Abstract
Starch digestion is a cornerstone of human nutrition. The amylase enzyme, which digests starch, plays a key role in starch metabolism. Indeed, the copy number of the human amylase gene has been associated with metabolic diseases and adaptation to agricultural diets. Previous studies suggested that duplications of the salivary amylase gene are of recent origin. In the course of characterizing 51 distinct amylase haplotypes across 98 individuals employing long-read DNA sequencing and optical mapping methods, we detected four 31mers linked to duplication of the amylase locus. Analyses with these 31mers suggest that the first duplication of the amylase locus occurred more than 700,000 years ago before the split between modern humans and Neanderthals. After the original duplication events, amplification of the AMY1 genes likely occurred via nonallelic homologous recombination in a manner that consistently results in an odd number of copies per chromosome. These findings suggest that amylase haplotypes may have been primed for bursts of natural-selection associated duplications that coincided with the incorporation of starch into human diets.
Bio
Omer Gokcumen is a professor in the Biological Sciences Department at University at Buffalo. His research focuses on evolutionary and anthropological genomics — studying how humans evolved and how they differ from nonhuman primates and mammals. He received his B.S. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Bogazici University in Istanbul in 2002. He then earned her Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Pennslyvania in 2008. After a 5-year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Gokcumen started his laboratory in Buffalo in 2013. He and his team have published over 50 articles in several areas of human and mammalian evolutionary genomics. His research has been recognized by several awards and featured in several popular outlets, including NYT, BBC, Guardian, Scientific American, New Scientist, and NPR.
Registration is encouraged but not required for the workshop and seminar; email Rachel Coker at rcoker@binghamton.edu to sign up.
Registration is encouraged but not required for the workshop and seminar; email Rachel Coker at rcoker@binghamton.edu to sign up.
Please save the date: Tuesday, April 16, at 5:00pm with a reception to follow. Location TBA.
Light refreshments will be provided. Location: Alpern Room, Library North 2200.
Sponsored by the Department of Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (MEAMS) with support from the Center for Middle East and North Africa Studies (CMENAS).
Minjong Jun is a Ph.D. candidate in Leadership and Organizational Science for the School of Management at Binghamton University. He is doing research on strategic HRM (AMO bundles, system complementarity, training & turnover), human capital resource (emergence process and its links to HRM system), and leadership (strategic leadership, shared leadership, leader-follower congruence) through leveraging advanced statistical methodologies such as multilevel modeling, computational modeling, polynomial regression analysis, and panel analysis. He serves as a research assistant for the Bernard M. & Ruth R. Bass Center for Leadership Studies. Also, he specializes in computational tools and modeling by earning an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Complex System Science and Engineering from the Systems Science and Industrial Engineering department of Binghamton University.
Hybrid (EB T1 and Zoom; link below)
https://binghamton.zoom.us/j/98463329955?pwd=NlhLSzl4NitKR0JmdlA0SndqUjV2dz09
Creative Writing: Common Ground Reading
Join the Common Ground reading series and experience live readings from undergraduate & graduate writers.
This installment is a dissertation focused reading for graduating creative writing students.
Graduate Thesis: Acting project
I Used to Have a Dream
Written, performed, and staged by Alnara Tleugazinova
Advisor: Elizabeth Mozer
Acting coach: Jane Elliott
Music coach: Olivia Dilworth
A comedy drama representing the Dream of an ordinary person forced to challenge herself to find the spirit within to break through obstacles and find her way back.
8 PM April 19 and 20 and 2 PM April 21
Location: Studio B
FREE
Graduate Thesis: Acting project
I Used to Have a Dream
Written, performed, and staged by Alnara Tleugazinova
Advisor: Elizabeth Mozer
Acting coach: Jane Elliott
Music coach: Olivia Dilworth
A comedy drama representing the Dream of an ordinary person forced to challenge herself to find the spirit within to break through obstacles and find her way back.
8 PM April 19 and 20 and 2 PM April 21
Location: Studio B
FREE
Graduate Thesis: Acting project
I Used to Have a Dream
Written, performed, and staged by Alnara Tleugazinova
Advisor: Elizabeth Mozer
Acting coach: Jane Elliott
Music coach: Olivia Dilworth
A comedy drama representing the Dream of an ordinary person forced to challenge herself to find the spirit within to break through obstacles and find her way back.
8 PM April 19 and 20 and 2 PM April 21
Location: Studio B
FREE
Creative Writing & Music: Word of Mouth
In this third annual collaboration between the Binghamton University Music Department and Creative Writing Program, composers, writers and performers creategenre-defying compositions that celebrate poetry, music and the singing voice.
The performance will coincide with the Binghamton University Art Museum's exhibition, PaintedExchanges: Artists and Printmakers.
Reception: Friday, April 26, 6-9PM
Open: April 27-28, 12-4PM
Location: Spool Contemporary, 138 Baldwin Street, Johnson City, NY 13790
In this pop-up exhibition, the students have created work that finds its lens and inspiration in Hammons' wit, sarcasm, compassion, and complex practices, but their work moves beyond these elements to engage questions of identity, culture, ritual, and art making. Support for these projects was generously provided by Art Bridges.
Dept. of Music presents: Carmina Burana
Featuring the University Symphony Orchestra and Choirs.
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One of the world’s most celebrated illusionists, Rob Lake’s (roblake.com) mind-blowing illusions dazzle and entertain millions across network television, in Times Square, on the Vegas strip, in Atlantic City and before sold-out audiences in casinos, arenas and theatres worldwide. Named “The World's Greatest Illusionist” by NBC, Lake is internationally renowned for his mesmerizing and award-winning illusion spectacular.
In 2008, Lake became the youngest magician in history to receive the holy grail of the magic world — The Merlin Award – as “International Stage Magician of the Year.” This award is magic’s highest honor and the industry equivalent of an Oscar.
Lake serves as magic consultant for network TV series, feature films, commercials, theme parks, and theatrical shows. His magical creations can be seen in theatrical productions across the globe, including multiple upcoming Broadway productions, Harry Potter philharmonic arena tours, The Phantom of the Opera, and Disney’s Beauty & the Beast.
Lake headlines in venues around the world bringing his physics- and sometimes even death-defying illusions to audiences across the United States and in more than 40 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East, including performances at The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Caesars Palace Coliseum in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe, and as the resident headliner at the iconic Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas.
Lake dedicates time, support and his voice to causes he holds near and dear to his heart – supporting members of the military and Animal Rescue. In fact, his own furry companion Roger, a Yorkie mutt, was once a rescue dog, and has become a popular part of his show, as well.
Faturing opera arias performed by student vocalists and new songs from the Word of Mouth collaboration between the Department of Music and Creative Writing Program
Casadesus Recital Hall — or outdoors if weather permits
Bartle Library Tower (outdoor event, weather dependent)
Binghamton University Art Museum, Lower Galleries, Lindsay Room
LH-6
Studio A
Pedal Powered Theater (Nate Wheatley and Tommy Iafrate)
Natural Causes a play project, Artists: Elizabeth Mozer and students.
Casadesus Recital Hall
Hub New Music performs with Students from the Department of Music
FA, throughout 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Floors
5/3 - 5/10/24 | M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission
Exhibition Opening 5/3/24 | 5 - 7 p.m.
John Arthur Café
FA Memorial Courtyard & Grand Corridor
Studio B
Students from the BFA in Musical Theatre will be performing their final projects
Rosefsky Gallery
John Arthur Café
Hosted by Director of Creative Writing, Tina Chang & Professor Joe Weil
5/3 - 5/10/24 | M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission
5/3 - 5/10/24 | M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission
Käthe Kollwitz: Timeless Desolation
2/1/24–5/11/24
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Lower galleries | Free Admission
Käthe Kollwitz: Timeless Desolation, curated by Toby Olson ’25, Art History and Sculpture majors, German and Russian Studies minor.
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The Intimate Photographic Style of Larry Fink
2/1/24–5/11/24
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Lower galleries | Free Admission
The Intimate Photographic Style of Larry Fink, curated by Jason Anglum '24, History and Physics majors.
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