Betty Daniel, chair of the Department of Economics, is a visiting professor of economics at Williams College. Daniel has been a recipient of the Chancellor's Research Recognition Award. She has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, University of New South Wales, Dartmouth College, and the University of California – Santa Cruz. She has served the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as a visiting scholar and economist.

Charlie Vatalaro, director of Recording and Broadcast Services, played the saxophone at the opening act for B.B. King and Ernie Williams in concert at the Palace Theatre Jan. 28. On Jan. 29 he played with Williams at Boston's Symphony Hall. In December, he was a featured saxophone soloist with the Empire State Youth Orchestra and Chorale at the annual Melodies of Christmas show at Proctor's in Schenectady. He was also featured on the same show with the Ernie Williams Band.

Tony Cresswell, deputy director of the Center for Technology in Government, had a paper he wrote with co-authors Marjin Janssen and Luis Luna Reyes selected as Best Paper at the eChallenges e-2005 conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in October. The topic of the paper is Modeling Methods for Information Integration: Comparative Cases in eGovernment. The annual conference is supported by the European Commission and regularly attracts more than 550 delegates from leading commercial, government, and research organizations around the world to share knowledge and experience.

Jeryl L. Mumpower, professor of Public Affairs and Policy, was elected vice president of the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences, of Washington, D.C. Federation efforts focus primarily on legislative advocacy and education, and the communication of information to scientists about developments in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.

Vincent Reda, senior writer in the Office of Media and Marketing, is quoted in a new book by Bruce Jenkins, Goodbye: In Search of Gordon Jenkins, North Atlantic Books (November, 2005), 341 pages. Reda is quoted with an assessment of one of the major Sinatra-Jenkins collaborations, the "All Alone"; album. Reda holds a bachelor's degree in English, graduating magna cum laude from the University at Albany in 1974. A reporter and arts critic for more than 20 years with Capital Region newspapers and magazines, he has lectured on the American Popular Song and performed in local theater.