9/11 Memorial Ceremony

Clarkson University will conduct a 9/11 Memorial Ceremony this Tuesday. Details follow below:

On September 11, 2001, over 3,000 people were killed in terrorist attacks on American soil, including four alumni of Clarkson University. Dan Parker, '07, a local firefighter who traveled to New York City to assist in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack, will offer remarks during Clarkson's ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. This ceremony will be held on Tuesday, September 11, between 8:30 and 9 a.m. at the 9/11 Memorial (between Rowley and the ERC). If the weather is inclement, the ceremony will be held in the Barben Rooms (Cheel Campus Center, 2nd floor). For more information, please contact Christina Lesyk, University Event Coordinator, at clesyk@clarkson.edu or at 268-6425.

Clarkson Hockey TV Coverage

Media Advisory: Should the Clarkson Golden Knights Men's Ice Hockey team win this afternoon, they will play again tomorrow, Saturday, March 24, starting at 6 p.m., midway through the St. Lawrence game. Time Warner will join the Clarkson game in progress, after the SLU game on Channel 26.

However, for Clarkson fans, Time Warner has made a second channel available, so that they can watch the Clarkson game in its entirety.

At 6 p.m. on Saturday, you can find the Eastern Regional Final on Channel 96 in Watertown/North Country (Potsdam) and on Channel 76 in the immediate Syracuse area.

If Clarkson should not advance, Time Warner will pick up the East Regional Final in progress (around 7 p.m.) on Channel 26, and not provide the Channel 96 feed.

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Reminder about today's hockey action:

Clarkson plays in the NCAA East Regional from Rochester today at 2:30 p.m. on Time Warner Sports Channel 26 in the Potsdam area. If you're in another part of New York state, the game is being carried on the FSN NY network on other cable systems. Consult your local cable guide for the channel number.

Ribbon Cutting for New Nanotechnology Company

Media Advisory: News media are invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the official opening of ND Fusion, a new nanotechnology company, 1 p.m., Tuesday, December 5 at 149 Maple Street in Potsdam (former offices of Waste Stream Management, Inc.).

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will include brief remarks by NanoDynamics CEO Keith Blakely, Clarkson President Tony Collins, CAMP Director S.V. Babu and St. Lawrence Country Industrial Development Agency Director Ray Fountain. A demostration of the process intensification technology will be conducted by Professor Jachuck. Many University, industry and community officials have also been invited. Light refreshments will be served.

ND Fusion is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nanodynamics Inc. and is the brain child of Keith Blakely, CEO of NanoDynamics, and Clarkson University Professor Roshan Jachuck. The company, with its R&D hub in Potsdam, will develop smart, fast and efficient process technology relevant to the bio-energy (bio diesel and ethanol), chemicals, polymers, pharmaceuticals, household products and bio processing industries. The company will also be involved in marketing state-of-the-art chemical reactor systems for a wide range of industrial sectors.

NanoDynamics has been actively engaged in research and development with Clarkson since it was founded in 2002. Potsdam was selectectd for the location of ND Fusion to ensure the continuing support of Clarkson's internationally renowned nanotechnology research and the expertise of its faculty.

Professors with Blogs Talk Postponed

The Liberal Arts Colloquium on blogs, scheduled to be presented tomorrow, Friday, November 10, by Professor Joe Duemer, has been postponed. I will notify you after the talk has been rescheduled.

Professors with Blogs, Oh My!

Media Advisory: The Liberal Arts Colloquium Series presents Joseph Duemer, Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences Department, who will speak on Friday, November 10, in Bertrand H. Snell Hall Room 214 at 4 p.m. on "Professors with Blogs, Oh My!" Refreshments will be served.

About the talk: Weblogs as a form are more than a decade old, but have only been taken up by American higher education in the last few years. Weblogs--"blogs" for short--began as a way for computer system administrators to easily post updated information for their colleagues, with the most recent update at the top. Before long, however, blogs evolved into lists of annotated bookmarks pointing readers toward interesting places in cyberspace. Eventually, blogs branched out in several directions, becoming everything from very personal on-line journals to collections of photographs, and even academic discussion. Each kind of weblog has its own formal requirements and rhetorical conventions and it is now possible to speak of weblogs as a genre of writing that includes several sub genres.

There are two sorts of academic weblogs--those intended for student use and those in which faculty discuss their disciplines, their own work, or academic life in general. This presentation will discuss both sorts of weblogs, though the focus will be on the second kind, blogs written by academics about their own work. The presentation will conclude with a brief discussion of the technology that makes weblogs possible.

John Bean's Antarctica Blog

The Antarctica blog, which we told you about in Thursday's news release is quickly being populated with interesting blogs and great photos from Antarctica. Be sure to check it out!

Mock Dorm Room Fire

Media Advisory: On Friday, November 3, there will be a demonstration burn of a mock dorm room in the lower Cheel Center parking lot at 3 p.m. The dorm room will be on display in front of the Cheel center from 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Potsdam Fire Department will ignite the room and demonstrate a real-life fire situation.

The students in charge of the project worked closely with the fire department and Clarkson's Risk Management Department to ensure that the "burn" meets all campus and village safety requirements. The fire is being conducted because the RAs and students feel that fire safety is an important issue for the campus and community. The demonstration will provide a realistic perspective on the actual effects of fire and the severity of a relaxed attitude of fire safety. The mock dorm room and contents have been constructed to simulate an actual campus dorm room.

A majority of the materials for the room were donated by Triple "A" Building Center, and Clarkson's Maintenance Department. The remainder of the materials were paid for by the Executive Dorm Council, Hamlin Powers Dorm Council, and Residence Life.

The media is encouraged to attend this important fire demonstration. Please contact us to advise if you will attend.