Faculty-Staff Achievements
A study co-authored by Paul Arciero, professor of 
health and human physiological sciences, was published in the Journal of Strength
and Conditioning Research. The study, was a collaboration between the Health and Human Physiological Sciences Department
at Skidmore and the Neuromuscular Research Laboratory/Warrior Human Performance Research
Center, Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh.
Sarah DiPasquale, assistant professor of dance, 
published a paper, in the Journal of Dance Education. She describes the Bridges to Skidmore course she
designed in the Dance Department, which invites community members with developmental
and intellectual disabilities to engage in an integrative dance class.
David Domozych, professor of biology, Li Sun, 
coordinator of the Skidmore Microscopy Imaging Center, Reagan Reed ’20, Eric Kang
’21 and researchers from Cornell University co-authored a research paper, in Frontiers in Plant Science. Domozych and Sun also co-authored two chapters in
“The Plant Cell Wall: Methods in Molecular Biology,” Volume 2149: along with Eleanore Ritter ’18, Anna Lietz ’17 and Berke Tinaz ’16, and
Bernard Possidente, professor of biology,
and Sarita Lagalwar, associate professor of neuroscience, in collaboration with colleagues at the Lighting
Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, published an article, in Scientific Reports, Vol. 10. The research was supported by a grant to Skidmore
College from the Florence Petrlik Family Foundation.
Denise Smith, Tisch Family Distinguished Professor 
of Health and Human Physiological Sciences and director of the First Responder Health
and Safety Laboratory at Skidmore, was one of the leading scientists on a series of
studies that earned a prestigious award from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for improving firefighter health and safety across the United States and abroad.
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