Summary: The development of standardized disaster medicine curricula for frontline providers is lacking in the international platform. This report describes the approach utilized by the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate, an Academic Medical Center in New York. SUNY offers one of the few disaster medicine fellowships in the United States, which also accepts international applicants and non-emergency Medicine (EM) physicians. Previous examples of non-traditional graduates from the program include the Director of the SUNY Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, a Critical Care specialist in India, and an EM physician in Ghana. Each of the non-traditional graduates completes a “virtual” version of the traditional Disaster Medicine Fellowship. The curriculum includes topic-based modules during which the fellows attend online courses, create and/or update their home institutions’ disaster protocols, create and deliver training to their institution’s staff, conduct disaster drills for their community, produce original research, and participate with local disaster response partners. With each topic-based module, the program’s benefits extend beyond the fellow gaining pertinent knowledge. Intentionally, the curriculum design enables the institution and community where the fellow works to gain staff training, updated disaster protocols, and increased coordination among local response agencies. The two main goals of the SUNY Global Disaster Medicine fellowship are to increase access to a global disaster medical curriculum and to strengthen the emergency preparedness for communities that have fellows in the program. The next steps for this program are creating a formal annual virtual class of ten participants from an academic medical center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The proposal has been signed by leaders from both centers and is scheduled to begin in July 2025. Beyond that, future goals are to expand this program to multiple academic centers globally that do not currently have access to a disaster medical fellowship program.

ABSTRACT Ensuring the authenticity of digital images is essential in forensic investigations, media, and scientific research, where these images serve as critical evidence. This necessity leads to the development of digital image forgery detection (DIF). This study reviewed DIF articles from 2005 to 2024. It performs a comprehensive evaluation and bibliometric analysis of DIF methodologies, aiming to uncover trends, technological advancements, and thematic progressions. The study utilized Scopus data to illustrate key DIF methodologies, citation trends, and thematic changes. It offers fresh insights by showcasing the rising prevalence of deep learning‐based DIF techniques post‐2018 and the emergence of hybrid models that integrate traditional and AI‐driven methods to bolster detection robustness and precision. The review highlights that China and the United States are leading the field, with significant contributions from institutions such as the South China University of Technology and the State University of New York at Albany. The bibliometric analysis reveals three key trends: a marked increase in deep learning‐based DIF methods since 2018, indicating a shift away from traditional feature‐based techniques; strengthening collaboration between industry and academia, especially in China and the US, fueling significant advancements; and a heightened focus on real‐world forgeries, such as deepfakes, emphasizing the necessity for more adaptable detection tools. It highlights challenges like the lack of substantial and varied benchmark datasets. This comprehensive study also suggests enhancing DIF accuracy and applicability across different domains. This article is categorized under: Algorithmic Development > Multimedia Technologies > Computational Intelligence

Objective:The advantages and acceptance of resident-led subspecialty journal clubs are understudied. The study aimed to implement a resident-led virtual subspecialty journal club in a pediatric residency program to assess its perceived benefits and acceptability.Materials and Methods: This prospective pilot study, conducted from January 2023 to June 2024, involved all pediatric residents at the institution State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate, Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York. It consisted of 2 phases: implementation of a resident-led, attending-supervised virtual journal club and a subsequent resident survey. The biweekly journal club reviewed a range of articles—including basic science, clinical trials, and systematic reviews—focused on neonatology and infant health. After 20 sessions, an anonymous online survey was distributed to residents across all postgraduate years to assess perceived educational benefits.Results:Out of 84 residents, 73 responded to the survey, and 83.5% (61/73) attended at least 1 session. More than 60% of residents indicated that the journal club facilitated staying updated on literature and improving medical knowledge. Over half of the residents noted that the journal club aided in understanding methodology, statistics, and bolstered confidence in reviewing literature.Conclusion:The resident-led journal club garnered positive feedback, with most residents reporting multiple perceived benefits.

This study aims to show how she examines the sorrow and anguish of Black women in her books. To ascertain how these standards, repress individuals, this study will also analyze the story and customs of African American culture. According to many researches conceder The Bluest Eye Morrison’s first novel, the story talks about a victim of white class culture and its advertising. Pocola Breedlove, a young, lonely black girl in the late 1940s living in Ohio, the subject of its insistence to achieve the target. Morrison tells the story of two significant American families. The narrative of two African American families residing in Lorain the MacTeers and the Breed are in love. Holly, Pauline, Sammy, and Pocola are the first family that Breed adores. The Breed's ideals of individuality, community, responsibility, and beauty have all been gone. They are unable to establish appropriate and typical relationships with their peers and the community. The white norms of community, culture, and beauty have won them over. The white class of community, culture, and beauty have won them over. Breed Love's failure in life and identity as a result of the loss of Black morality, ethnicity, and beauty. This research examines one of the most significant American novelists of the 20th century. Toni was born in northern Ohio in 1931. Morrison was anticipated to excel in school because he was an exceptional reader and storyteller from a young age. Morrison enrolled at Howard University after graduating from Lorain High School in 1949. In 1953, after earning a B.A. in English, Morrison started writing her second book in 1969 while she was an associate professor of English at the State University of New York at Purchase. In 1973, Sula was published. During her tenure as a visiting lecturer at Yale University from 1975 to 1977, Morrison published Song of Solomon, her third book. Morrison won the New York State Governor's Art Award in 1986 and served as a visiting lecturer at Bard College in 1988. Tar Babby was published at the State University of New York at Albany from 1984 to 1989. Her subsequent book, Beloved, won the Robert F. Kennedy Award and the 1987 National Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It was also nominated for the 1987 National Book Award and the 1987 National Book Critics Award. In addition to receiving the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature and the National Organisation for Women's "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Award," she also holds honorary degrees from Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Bryn Nawr College, and Oberlin College. Morrison has taught humanities at Princeton University since 1989. The family's mother abandons them, attaches herself to a white family to help with chores, and takes sanctuary there as well. Morrison started writing her second book in 1969 while she was an associate professor of English at the State University of New York at Purchase. In 1973, Sula was published. During her tenure as a visiting lecturer at Yale University from 1975 to 1977, Morrison published Song of Solomon, her third book. Morrison won the New York State Governor's Art Award in 1986 and served as a visiting lecturer at Bard College in 1988. Tar Babby was published at the State University of New York at Albany from 1984 to 1989. Her subsequent book, Beloved, won the Robert F. Kennedy Award and the 1987 National Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It was also nominated for the 1987 National Book Award and the 1987 National Book Critics Award. Paradise, her most recent book, wasIn addition to receiving the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature and the National Organization for Women's "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Award," she also holds honorary degrees from Columbia, Yale, Dartmouth, Bryn Nawr College, and Oberlin College. Morrison has taught humanities at Princeton University since 1989. The family's mother abandons them, attaches herself to a white family to help with chores, and takes sanctuary there as well. The father, Cholly, rapes his own daughter, Pecolla, age 11, and then flees because he feels negative freedom. In spite of her own brown eyes and dark beauty, Pocolla falls in love with a pair of blue eyes and eventually loses her temper. The story's second family consists of four members:The father, mother, and two children, Frieda and Claudia, make up the second family in the narrative. In addition to protecting themselves against the white hegemonic system's ideals of beauty and community, they have placed their faith in their own black norms and standards and work to support one another, especially Pecola, who is an outcast and insane member of their black community.

ABSTRACT This essay reflects on the author’s experiences throughout their first year as Music & Arts Librarian at the State University of New York at Fredonia. The author seeks to apply their formal training in music while navigating expanding responsibilities in theater, dance, and visual arts. Additionally, they must become familiar with disciplines outside of the arts. The author explores new approaches to outreach, collection development, and instruction.

CASE NAME: Hamada v. State University of New York at Farmingdale, No. 23‐cv‐6786 (E.D. N.Y. 03/25/25).

Advanced three-dimensional extended reality (XR) technologies are highly suitable for cultural heritage research and education. XR tools enable the creation of realistic virtual or augmented reality applications for curating and disseminating information about cultural artifacts and sites. Developing XR applications for cultural heritage requires interdisciplinary collaboration involving strong teamwork and soft skills to manage user requirements, system specifications, and design cycles. Given the diverse end-users, achieving high precision, accuracy, and efficiency in information management and user experience is crucial. Human–computer interaction (HCI) design and evaluation methods are essential for ensuring usability and return on investment. This article presents ten case studies of cultural heritage software projects, illustrating the interdisciplinary work between computer science and HCI design. Students from institutions such as the State University of New York (USA), Glasgow School of Art (UK), University of Granada (Spain), University of Málaga (Spain), Duy Tan University (Vietnam), Imperial College London (UK), Research University Institute of Communication & Computer Systems (Greece), Technical University of Košice (Slovakia), and Indiana University (USA) contributed to creating, assessing, and improving the usability of these diverse cultural heritage applications. The results include a structured typology of CH XR application scenarios, detailed insights into design and evaluation practices across ten international use cases, and a development framework that supports interdisciplinary collaboration and stakeholder integration in phygital cultural heritage projects.

Case name: Hamada v. State University of New York at Farmingdale, No. 23‐cv‐6786 (E.D. N.Y. 03/25/25).

The focus of the paper is on the book by the American scholar Stephen L. Dyson Ancient Marbles to American Shores: Classical Archaeology in the United States (1998), devoted to the emergence and shaping of this field in the United States. The author of this fundamental work is a professor of classical philology, president of the American Institute of Archaeology from 1995 to 1998, professor of Wesleyan University and the State University of New York at Buffalo, and over the course of his career director of numerous research projects in Italy. His research interests cover a wide range of issues in the history and archaeology of Rome and Roman Italy. He has taught numerous courses for undergraduates and graduate students, including those of a historiographical nature. The book in question is, without exaggeration, the first synthetic work tackling the complex process of the formation of classical archaeology in the United States. Dyson analyzes the work of leading American scholars, describes their achievement, particularly fruits of the study of ancient Greek and Roman sites and remains, and the role of institutions such as museums and universities in the professionalization of classical archaeology in the US. Some of Dyson’s arguments concerning the stages, trends, issues, and prospects in the development of classical archaeology in the US provoke reflection, including on the state of affairs in Ukrainian research and education. In particular, the author of the paper draws attention to the importance of intergenerational continuity in this kind of scholarship, the role of state institutions and programs, and the state of higher education in history, where such specialists are trained. The paper concludes with some considerations regarding the future of classical archaeology in Ukraine.

The purpose of this paper is to connect the basic Cold war’s elements, such as East – West confrontation, possibility of World War Three and cinema, to represent an authentic picture of 1960s society’s anxiety. Atomic power is a basis for an armament race and the following modernization in the Capitalist and Communist countries. The super power leaders’ must maintain a constant connection between themselves in order to avoid atomic Armageddon. The next step is to initiate a peaceful cooperation between the Americans and the Soviets. Cinema gives an opportunity for everyone around the world to learn new knowledge in an unconventional way. After that, they can express opinion based on experience and sometimes even on propaganda and educational movie content. The phenomenon of “atomic cinema” is set, which can be included in several film categories, because atomic bomb can affect life in all dimensions. The case study of two movies “Fail-safe” and “Ice Station Zebra” is important to illustrate paranoia and tensions during and after the Cuban missiles crisis. Protagonists’ choices and actions reflect not only in immediate conflict between them, but also on the world around them. Fantasy and reality couldn’t be easily distinguished, because of the specific relationship between cinema and life itself. Библиография: Властанова, Магдалена. “Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb – Комунизмът като реална или имагинерна заплаха за САЩ през 60-те години на XX век.” Анамнеза, Год. XV, кн. 4, (2020): 28-43. Address Before the General Assembly of the United Nations on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. New York City. December 08, 1953. The American Presidency Project. (27.01.2023) https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-before-the-general-assembly-the-united-nations-peaceful-uses-atomic-energy-new Adler, Renata, Vincent Canby, Howard Thompson. “The Screen: ‘Ice Station Zebra’ at the Cinerama.” The New York Times, (21 December 1968). (02.01.2023)https://www.nytimes.com/1968/12/21/archives/the-screen-ice-station-zebra-at-the-cinerama.html An Act for the Development and Control of Atomic Energy. August 1, 1946, Pub. L. 79–585. Atomic Energy Act of 1954. 30 August 1954. Pub. L. 83-703. Cantelon, Philip L., Richard G. Hewlett, Robert C. Williams (eds.). The American Atom: A Documentary History of Nuclear Policies from the Discovery of Fission to the Present. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. Collins, Austin. “Watching Fail Safe at the End of the World.” Vanity Fair. (8 May 2020.)(07.01.2023) https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/shut-in-movie-club-fail-safe-coronavirus DeRosa, John P. Narrativized Strategic Choice. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020: 52-55. Ebert, Roger. Ice Station Zebra. Review. (21 April 1969). (02.01.2023) https://web.archive.org/web/20151001131743/http:/www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ice-station-zebra-1969 Ebiri, Bilge. “Fail Safe: Very Little Left of the World.” Criterion. (29 January 2020). (26.01.2023) https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6801-fail-safe-very-little-left-of-the-world Espinal, Megan. “Fail safe 1964, 2000.” Saturday Evening Post. (22 February 2013). (24.01.2023) https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/02/fail-safe-1964-2000/ Fail Safe. Sidney Lumet. American Film Institute. (06.01.2023) https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/22481 Harpole, Charles Henry. History of the American Cinema. California: University of California Press, 2003: 169-185. Ice Station Zebra. John Sturges. American Film Institute. (06.01.2023)https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/22940?fbclid=IwAR3A_lotiIrz9Kt7W2-Z73JFLhOgLaHi7nYWgStXzuYjXCWD7pjIy6xBbro Jacobs, Robert. “Radiation as Cultural Talisman: Nuclear Weapons Testing and American Popular Culture in the Early Cold War.” The Asia Pacific Journal, Vol. 10, Issue 26, № 1, (17 June 2012). Jacobs, Robert, Mick Broderick. “Nuke York, New York Nuclear Holocaust in the American Imagination from Hiroshima to 9/11.” The Asian Pacific Journal, Vol. 10, Issue 11, № 6, (5 March 2012). Kotlowitz, Robert. “Performing Arts. Ice Station Zebra.” Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 238, (January- June 1969): 374. Miller, Byron S. A Law is Passed – The Atomic Energy Act of 1946. The University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 15, № 4, 1948. National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE). The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. Stanford University. (06.01.2023) https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/ Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. 5 August 1963. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. (26.01.2023) https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/nuclear-test-ban-treaty Orwell, George. “You and the Atomic Bomb” Tribune, (October 19, 1945). (24.01.2023) https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/ABomb/english/e_abomb Seed, David. American Science Fiction and the Cold War: Literature and Film. London: Routledge, 2013: 1-14. Shapiro, Jerome F. Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film. New York: Routledge, 2002. Sherrod, Robert (ed.) “Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick” Saturday Evening Post, vol. 235, № 36, (13 October 1962). Sherrod, Robert (ed.) "Fail-Safe" Part Two by Burdick & Wheeler.” Saturday Evening Post, vol. 235, № 37, (20 October 1962). Sherrod, Robert (ed.) “Fail-Safe-conclusion (Burdick)” Saturday Evening Post, vol. 235, № 38, (27 October 1962). Smith, Austin. “Clooney’s ‘Fail safe’ Fails – in Spite of Success. Live Cold War Drama Has no Point Today.” New York Post, (April 10, 2000). 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Esta seção traz uma entrevista com Paula Halperin, especialista em História do Cinema e da Televisão no Brasil e na Argentina, entre as décadas de 1950 e 1980, e suas relações com a esfera pública. Possui doutorado em Latin American History pela University of Maryland (2010). Atualmente, é professora visitante da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) e, Diretora da Escola de Cinema e Comunicação no Purchase College, SUNY (State University of New York), onde também é professora associada de História Latino-Americana e Cinema. Por seus estudos nas áreas de cinema e teledramaturgia, e por ser uma das autoras de um capítulo do livro Ensino de História & Teledramaturgia (2024), a convidamos para esta entrevista, realizada virtualmente em julho de 2024, em que foram abordados temas relativos ao impacto das novelas no Brasil, as mudanças e transformações na escrita dramatúrgica e no público e como seria possível pensar as novelas como ferramenta de ensino na sala de aula de História

Article Istvan Kecskes, Distinguished Professor of the State University of New York, affectionate friend and mentor was published on March 1, 2025 in the journal Intercultural Pragmatics (volume 22, issue 1).

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During COVID-19 “lockdown” most high school and college students experienced a sudden ending of face-to-face classes and were forced into multiple, rapidly prepared online courses. These experiences produced students more knowledgeable about online education than ever before. With this came a degree of certainty regarding their future educational delivery preferences. This survey (2021–2024) examined the attitudes and barriers associated with online course selection at a university within the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Using an introductory nutrition course, 658 surveys were exclusively collected from the face-to-face sections of a Natural Science course. Only 30.2% of these students reported a preference for online courses. Respondents reported similar percentages on Course Difficulty (48.5% online vs. 51.5% face-to-face) and which course required more Work/Time (43.2% online vs. 56.8% face-to-face). Previous negative online experiences were affirmed by 27.4% of the students. Importantly, only 14.5% self-reported a better academic performance in online courses. Major online avoidance variables were boredom (53.1%), inferior learning (52.9%), and communication limitations (43.0%). Surprisingly, 67.7% stated they would consider taking future online courses. Understanding post-COVID-19 student attitudes and barriers provides useful information and should be part of any comprehensive approach to future online education design and implementation.

Internships are educationally powerful practice-runs for the world of work and civic participation after college. But in too many cases these experiences are out of reach, for the students whose off-campus responsibilities -- or just transportation challenges -- get in the way. Learn how SUNY Binghamton extends the reach of this high-impact practice, and hear directly from students about the benefits.

Abstract: This article presents and discusses survey responses of library and information science (LIS) journal editors in chief, building on a fall 2023 panel on the role of generative AI in LIS publishing hosted by the University at Albany, State University of New York. The survey explores the AI-related policies of LIS journals and various journal support mechanisms regarding AI (e.g., AI detection tools, peer reviewer guidelines, copyediting processes, and more), as well as editor in chief perspectives and attitudes toward generative AI within the context of scholarly publishing. Results from this survey contribute to a larger conversation about generative AI, academic research, and scholarly journals and their leadership, as well as bridging into the impacts of generative AI within the community of LIS practitioners but also within LIS professional service contexts.

To determine associations of childhood emotional and physical abuse and neglect with the incidence of menstrual irregularity, male pattern hair growth, and possible PCOS. Cross-sectional Study at University. 410 individuals, 18-45 years old. Survey. A questionnaire was administered to students, faculty, and staff at a regional State University of New York (SUNY) campus. Data on sociodemographic factors, menstrual dysfunction (irregularity, male pattern hair growth, and PCOS), and experiences of childhood abuse and neglect were collected. Participants were sub-grouped into those with menstrual irregularity (MI: defined as >35 days between one period's beginning and the next, or ≤8 cycles/year, or absent periods altogether), or male pattern hair growth (MHG: defined as excess hair on the upper lip, chin, chest, abdomen, buttocks, or back), both (MI+MHG), or those who did have neither (Unaffected). Family income status yielded some association with the presence of MI, MHG, or MI+MHG. There were significant correlations between individuals reporting MI, MHG, and MI+MHG and reported experiences of feeling loved by their caregiver (p value = 0.0029988), experiencing verbal abuse (p value = 0.0000004293), experiencing physical neglect (p value = 0.030228), feeling emotionally disconnected from their caregiver (p value = 0.0006138), and not having a peaceful home (p value = 0.00005760630462), vis-à-vis Unaffected individuals. Almost all respondents with a prior diagnosis of PCOS (97.6%) reported MI and/or MHG. All childhood experiences of abuse and neglect, except the loss of a parent, were significantly associated with features suggestive of PCOS. Larger, unbiased population studies across different demographics, are needed.

As many readers know, I have spent a lifetime trying to help establish and grow the bioeconomy. While I am proud of what my students, my wonderful colleagues, and I have accomplished, I have recently been rethinking my approach to sustainable bioeconomy, particularly its bioenergy sector. Perhaps these thoughts will be useful to you as you advance the bioeconomy in your own areas of interest. My bioeconomy career has been based on three central priorities: (1) providing abundant energy to enable human prosperity, (2) ensuring that this energy is provided sustainably, and (3) designing bioenergy systems so that the agricultural/forestry communities providing the biomass will prosper. Rethinking my approach to bioenergy has been catalyzed by interactions with two distinguished colleagues: Dr Charles Forsberg (Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Dr Charles (‘Charlie’) Hall (Systems Ecology, State University of New York, retired). I have learned much from both Charles and Charlie. I am grateful to them for their generosity toward me and their careful thinking based on bedrock facts. Both men follow facts to logical conclusions … wherever such facts may lead. So, why have I been hanging out with a nuke guy and a systems guy? I will tell you. First, Dr Forsberg and I have collaborated to analyze the potential for converting cellulosic biomass into direct replacements for existing petroleum-derived fuel – as enabled by massive inputs of heat, electricity, and hydrogen from nuclear power systems. Our work has led to several scholarly papers and articles in trade magazines. Methane conversion to liquid hydrocarbon fuels has already been demonstrated at commercial scale, so I have emphasized anaerobic digestion to methane in the example above. However, I believe that the use of liquid (as ‘bio-oil’) and solid (as biomass pellets) feedstocks produced for the biorefinery at rural depots is also a viable approach needing further study and development. I also wish to acknowledge my debt to Dr Charles Hall, a pioneer of net energy analysis. Years ago, I wrote an editorial in this journal critical of net energy, also called energy return on energy invested (EROI). I was wrong. I apologize to Dr Hall and to others involved in the net energy field. I now believe that scale, carbon intensity, and net energy are the three critical metrics that should govern future development of sustainable biofuels. Indeed, they should guide the development of all energy sources. The importance of scale and carbon intensity is self-evident. Net energy may need some explanation. It always ‘costs’ some energy to produce and provide energy to its end users. That ‘energy cost of energy’ is not available for other uses. Net energy is therefore the difference between the energy cost of energy and the total amount of energy provided by a given energy system. Net energy enables all other energy uses enjoyed by humankind. The greater the available net energy, the more energy can be devoted to other activities (e.g., education, health care, culture, and leisure) beyond energy production. For example, if the net energy is 99%, then only one unit of energy is required to supply 99 units of energy to society. If the net energy is 90%, then one unit of energy only supplies 9 units of energy to society. A minimum net energy of 90% is probably required to maintain industrial society in something like its current form. We must design bioenergy systems to achieve high net energy, within the other constraints of scale and carbon intensity. I recently retired from a long (almost 50 years) and enjoyable academic career in teaching and research. One constraint of a life in academic research is that the researcher must find willing sponsors. Sponsors for research on integrating nuclear energy with cellulosic biofuel production do not currently exist. Nor are there research sponsors for better understanding the net energy of bioenergy systems. I hope both fields will receive more funding attention … they need and deserve it. So, I find myself at a turning point in my life, not just my career. I no longer need to support a laboratory or graduate students, so I am now free to pursue important research for which there is little or no financial support. In collaboration with others, I will therefore be focusing my future research attention on regenerative agroenergy systems, trying to understand better how such highly integrated systems might be designed and implemented to provide human food/animal feed as well as large-scale, low-carbon biofuels with high net energy. Wish me well! Professor Bruce Dale is the editor-in-chief of Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. Bruce E. Dale Bruce E. Dale, Ph.D. University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University, USA.

Purpose: This article first introduces and contextualizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Research Data Framework (RDaF) and then explores its application in a local context. Setting/Participants: The State University of New York (SUNY) System, both at a system-wide level and at two individual SUNY campuses, developed an approach to applying RDaF to improve research data management (RDM) practices. Brief Description: As institutions work to establish sound, coordinated services and infrastructure that meet local needs, they look to strategic guidance and established best practices for doing so responsibly and successfully. Modeled after their Cybersecurity and Privacy Frameworks, NIST began developing RDaF in 2019 to address pressing research data community needs. The RDaF provides a comprehensive, structured approach to be used by diverse stakeholders to better understand the benefits, risks, and costs of research data management (RDM). Results/Outcome: NIST continues to work with other organizations on RDaF’s utility in different contexts, and SUNY’s application offers both a use case and lessons learned that may offer other institutions a practical, grounded approach for leveraging the power of RDaF to improve their RDM strategy. Conclusions: RDaF’s comprehensive guidance offers a robust, flexible framework for building thorough RDM strategy, whatever an organization's institutional readiness.

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