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Date & Time: Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Virtual
Intended Audience: Open Event
Supporting LGBTQ+ youth has never been more important as they are increasingly marginalized across the United States. Leveraging both interpersonal skills and advocacy strategies, we will discuss the pressing needs of LGBTQ+ youth across the United States and the dynamics that most impact them. This session, with Jack Kavanaugh, MS '15, Executive Director of GLYS WNY, will help identify strategies to advocate for and support the LGBTQ+ youth in your lives, both personal and professional, and build a stronger support network for young people to find themselves.
Jack Kavanaugh is a social worker with over 15 years experience in youth programs and nonprofits. Jack brings his passion for supporting LGBTQ+ youth and a deep roots in Western New York to provide GLYS the resources and support needed to provide excellent services and advocacy for our youth and their families. Kavanaugh attended Goucher College in Baltimore, where he majored in religion with focuses on African American and women's studies. Returning to Western New York, Kavanaugh began exploring career opportunities as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at Bennett High School. As he met more people doing the things he wanted to do, he realized that while their jobs were diverse, a common denominator among those individuals was a social work degree. In addition to his full-time job, Kavanaugh is a faculty liaison for the School of Social Work, providing support for students and their field partners.
For more information and to register, please visit the Event Registration page or the UB Calendar link. For questions, contact UB Alumni Lifelong Learning at 716-645-3312 or via email at alumnilifelonglearning@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by Alumni Lifelong Learning.
Date & Time: Friday, July 21, 2024 - Sunday, July 23, 2024
Location: Diefendorf Hall, South Campus (Friday and Saturday sessions are in-person, Sunday sessions are virtual)
Intended Audience: Open Event (Community educators, parents, school-aged students, librarians, museum curators, or anyone who loves to learn about Black history)
The Teaching Black History Conference is the signature event of the UB Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education. It convenes hundreds of teachers for interactive learning sessions focused on imparting the best curricular and instructional practices surrounding Black history education. This year’s conference theme is “Black to the Future: Afro-futurism as Black History.” Join to reimagine the world without racism and antiblackness. The conference work will focus on reconceptualizing the past and present through writing about the future. We will push the boundaries of learning, using our knowledge of the past as commentary for Black people’s future, not one of despair but one that reimagines what it means to be Black in a society that historically was meant for us not to survive. Friday sessions will be held in-person and Sunday sessions will be held virtually. Attendees are eligible for 24 professional development credits.
For more information and to register, please visit the Event Registration Page or UB Calendar Link. For questions, please contact Dr. LaGarrett King at 716-645-2455 or via email at lagarret@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by the UB Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education, Fund II Foundation, Gibbs Smith Education, and Wayne State University Press.
Date & Time: Monday, August 19, 2024 - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Location: Center for the Arts (North Campus), the Strong National Museum of Play (Rochester)
Intended Audience: Open Event
Are you interested in Japanese game culture? How about exploring the largest collection of Japanese video games at The Strong National Museum of Play? Do you want to be a spectator of an epic Esports Match between the University at Buffalo and Rochester Institute of Technology? Then submit a proposal to the Replaying Japan International Game Studies Conference happening in August 2024!
Since 2012, the Replaying Japan conference has hosted researchers from various fields conducting research on Japanese and Asian game culture. In August 2024, New York State (Western New York) will become a hub for Game Studies scholars as Replaying Japan makes its way to Buffalo, alongside the Video Game Preservation Conference, which will take place at The Strong Museum of Play in Rochester. In celebration of this synergy between cities and conferences, the 12th International Japan Game Studies Conference will be held at The University at Buffalo, SUNY (North Campus) in Buffalo, New York, USA, and in tandem with The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, USA.
With collaborators and/or cosponsors from local and international institutions and organizations, this year’s conference will bring together a wide range of researchers and creators from around the globe to present their work on topics related to the theme of preservation, innovation and new directions in Japanese Game Studies in a post-Covid world. We invite researchers and students to submit paper proposals related to this theme.
For more information and to register, please visit the Event Registration Page or UB Calendar Link. For questions, please contact Prof. Mimi Okabe at 716-645-1286 or via email at tsugumio@buffalo.edu.
Sponsored by the UB Asian Studies Program, Asia Research Institute, College of Arts and Sciences Events Team, Department of Media Study, Department of Art, Department of Linguistics, Department of History, Department of English, Level Up, Red Jacket, Buffalo Esports, the Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester Institute of Technology, RIT Esports, Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, Prince Takamado Center (University of Alberta), Japan Culture Center of Western New York, Visit Buffalo, and Visit Rochester.
The Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC) is committed to supporting all students on campus. By focusing on personal identity, advocacy and other critical issues that are facing society today, the IDC helps students broaden their perspectives and gain a deeper understanding of our ever-changing world. To find out more about their upcoming events, visit the IDC Events Calendar.
Sponsored by the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Date & Time: Multiple offerings and dates, see more details below
Location: Virtual
Intended Audience: Open Event
These one-hour sessions are part of the “Strengthening Our Resilience” (SOR) Program of Native American Community Services and are designed for those who are new to trauma-informed care. They will provide brief overviews of Native cultures, health challenges facing many communities, historical traumas, and suggestions for how to engage with Native American peoples more respectfully. There will be 3 sessions at the following days and times, please register at the respective links below:
For any questions or concerns please contact Pete Hill, Special Initiatives Director (NACS) at phill@nacswny.org.
Sponsored by the Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties, Inc. (NACS) and the New York State Office of Addiction Services & Supports (OASAS).
Date & Time: Multiple offerings and dates, see more details below
Location: Virtual
Intended Audience: Open Event
These one-hour sessions are part of the “Strengthening Our Resilience” (SOR) Program of Native American Community Services and are designed for those already trained in trauma-informed care. They will provide brief overviews of Native cultures, health challenges facing many communities, historical traumas, and suggestions for how to engage with Native American peoples more respectfully. There will be 3 sessions at the following days and times, please register at the respective links below:
For any questions or concerns please contact Pete Hill, Special Initiatives Director (NACS) at phill@nacswny.org.
Sponsored by the Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara Counties, Inc. (NACS) and the New York State Office of Addiction Services & Supports (OASAS).
Date & Time: Submit anytime
Intended Audience: UB Students, Faculty and Staff
The University Archives is launching a project to encourage students, faculty and staff to document their personal experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak and contribute them to the University Archives. Students have been impacted by great change to their learning environments, living situations, employment, and social connections. Faculty have adapted the ways in which they deliver course materials and interact with students. Staff have adjusted to changes in their work environments, both at home and on campus, all while coping with momentous change in daily routines, family life, and personal health and safety. By collecting and preserving these perspectives the University Archives supports the research mission of the university, allowing future students, researchers, and scholars to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, an undoubtedly transformative event in the history of student life and the academic experience at UB. Visit University Archives webpage for more information.
Sponsored by University Libraries
These workshops were led by Dr. Anne Etgen, Professor Emerita in the Department of Neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and nationally recognized expert in recruiting and retaining diverse faculty. We encourage this resource for all Department Chairs and faculty who plan to serve on search committees. Below are descriptions of the three workshops. Click here to view them on UB Edge.
Sponsored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence
Presents evidence that workforce diversity is a driving force for excellence and innovation, and discusses factors that contribute to limiting diversity, including implicit or unconscious bias. Finally, describes evidence-based strategies that can overcome the bias in the faculty search process. Click here to view on UB Edge.
Outlines strategies that facilitate the academic success, promotion and retention of faculty. Topics discussed include strong mentoring programs, faculty cluster hiring (cohort model), activities and resources to reduce isolation, increase community building and networking, and to foster career, research, and professional advancement. Click here to view on UB Edge.
Discusses the role of departmental and institutional climate as a barrier to achieving faculty diversity. Climate comprises people’s shared perception of the quality, fairness and inclusivity of the environment in which they work. Improving departmental and institutional climate, with clear signals from leadership that diversity, equity and inclusion are core values, can enhance the work environment for all members of the academic community. Click here to view on UB Edge.