Gardella
to receive Schoellkopf Medal
Joseph A. Gardella Jr., professor of chemistry and biomaterials, and
associate dean for external affairs for the College of Arts and Sciences,
has been selected to receive the 2002 Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal from
the Western New York Section of the American Chemical Society.
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The
award, which honors an individual in the Niagara Frontier for outstanding
work and service in the fields of chemistry or chemical engineering,
will be presented to Gardella at the group's annual dinner on May 30.
In
making the selection, the jury cited Gardella "for professional contributions
that have impacted the lives of many in the Western New York community
by facilitating interactions between citizen organizations, local businesses,
industry and government, and providing environmental expertise."
He
also was recognized "for innovations in polymer surface science research
with various biomedical applications, and for excellence in the teaching
of chemistry and outstanding mentorship."
A
UB faculty member since 1982, Gardella is a member of the Environmental
Task Force and chaired the group from 1995-99. Affiliated with the Environment
and Society Institute, he is a former member of the organization's Steering
Committee.
He
has worked with numerous citizens groups, among them the Hickory Woods
Concerned Homeowners Association, whose members believe their properties,
built on the site of a former steel company, are contaminated. His undergraduate
chemistry students have analyzed air and soil samples from the South
Buffalo subdivision.
Scuto
named AVP
Donna L. Scuto, director of grants and contracts services, has been
promoted to assistant vice president for sponsored program services.
In
this position, Scuto will be responsible for coordinating post-award
grant activities of various units of University Business Services, serving
as the primary liaison with the Research Foundation System Administration
and the university community regarding Research Foundation business
systems, establishing training programs for system and compliance training,
updating and maintaining the Sponsored Programs Handbook and preparing
and distributing the monthly campus research newsletter.
Scuto
joined the UB professional staff in 1976.
Austrian
poet to read
Austrian author, poet and translator Lilian Faschinger will read from
her work from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Poetry and Rare Books Room,
420 Capen Hall, North Campus.
A
coffee reception will follow the reading, which is sponsored by the
Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender and co-sponsored
by the Graduate Group for German and Austrian Studies.
Prolific
and multi-talented, Faschinger has written four novels, two volumes
of poetry, two volumes of short stories and several radio plays.
Satirical
and feminist in tone and substance, her work challenges Austrian society
and its repressive institutions.
For
further information, contact IREWG at 829-3451.
Choreographers
to be showcased
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present "Young Choreographers
Showcase," a dance concert showcasing the department's young dancers
and choreographers, April 26-28 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center
for the Arts, North Campus. Performance times are 8 p.m. on Friday and
Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Tickets
for "Young Choreographers" are $5 and may be purchased at the CFA box
office from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and all Ticketmaster
locations. For general information, call 645-ARTS.
WBFO
to sponsor 9/11 presentation
"Living in America Post 9/11" will be the topic of a presentation at
7 p.m. Monday in the theatre in Allen Hall, South Campus, sponsored
by WBFO 88.7 FM, UB's National Public Radio affiliate.
Guests
will be Ethan Casey, who has edited two books about the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks and their aftermath; Siva Vaidhyanathan, one of the writers
of an essay in Casey's second book, "Dispatches from a Wounded World,"
and Jim Wittebols, a professor of communication studies at Niagara University
and WBFO analyst.
The
presentation will be free of charge and open to the public. It will
be broadcast live on WBFO, and also can be heard online at www.wbfo.org.
Fulbright
to open competition
The 2003-04 competition for Fulbright and related grants for graduate
study or research abroad in academic fields and for professional training
in the creative and performing arts will open on May 1.
Full
grants provide round-trip international travel, maintenance for the
tenure of the award, a research allowance and tuition waivers, if applicable.
Travel grants provide round-trip international travel and are available
to selected countries to supplement maintenance awards from other sources
that do not provide funds for international travel or to supplement
the applicant's personal funds. All grants include supplemental health
and accident insurance.
UB
students interested in applying for a Fulbright grant should contact
Mark Ashwill, Fulbright program adviser, in 224 Clemens Hall, North
Campus for brochures, application forms and further information. The
UB Fulbright program Web site can be found at http://wings.buffalo.edu/fulbright.
The deadline for receipt of applications is Sept. 20.
SUNY
signs self-audit agreement
SUNY Chancellor Robert M. King and EPA Regional Administrator Jane M.
Kenny have signed an historic environmental-audit agreement that commits
SUNY to a comprehensive, five-year environmental self-audit program.
Under
the agreement, SUNY will conduct self-audits at a mix of campuses, reaching
all campuses by the end of the agreement in February 2007. For each
violation it finds and reports, SUNY will verify to EPA that it is taking
quick action, usually within a couple of months, to both fix the problem
and prevent it from recurring. In some cases, EPA will allow SUNY to
audit a representative sample of its facilities for a particular potential
violation.
Five
students receive Nancy Welch Awards
Five UB residential students have been named recipients of the Nancy
Welch Award for developing, implementing or supporting creative and
outstanding programs and projects to benefit the university student
community.
The
award is named for the former residential coordinator of UB's Rachel
Carson College.
Brian
T. Clare, a sophomore majoring in geology and astronomy, won the first-place
award for his "Spaulbados Beach Party." Designed to provide a sense
of community viewed as lacking among Spaulding Hall residents, the program
also educated residents about the value of healthy nutrition and exercise
while attempting to cope with a long Buffalo winter.
The
second-place award went to Adam P. Haney, a sophomore communication
major who was honored for developing a "Wanna Talk About Safety?" program.
Ivan
Loh and Corrine Novak shared the third-place prize. Loh, a junior psychology
major, was honored for his "Martial Arts Demonstration" program that
educated residents about the history of martial arts and its associated
principles of non-violence.
Novak,
a senior psychology major, was honored for her "Brain Teaser" program
designed to improve residents' knowledge of American history and international
themes.
Honorable
mention went to Michael C. Bernhard, a junior majoring in English and
communication, for his "Let's Talk About Sex" program that provided
freshmen with the option of discussing sexuality issues in a face-to-face
setting in the residence hall, or by calling a health and human services
expert at WRUB radio station.
Nickerson
elected
Peter Nickerson, former chair of the UB Faculty Senate and a member
of the SUNY-wide Faculty Senate, has been elected to the SUNY senate's
executive committee for 2002-03, representing the health sciences.
A
UB faculty member for more than 30 years, Nickerson served three terms
as chair of the UB Faculty Senate (1993-95, 1997-99 and 1999-2001) and
also has served as president of the Medical Faculty Council in the School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
A
professor of pathology, Nickerson conducts research on the mechanisms
of pulmonary and systemic hypertension in experimentally induced models
of the disease.
Gift
to support engineering labs
UB alumnus and retired computer software entrepreneur Larry Peckham
and his wife, Nancy, have donated $250,000 to the School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences for the continuing development of undergraduate
laboratories.
Mark
Karwan, dean of the engineering school, said the flexibility of the
Peckhams' gift is of "paramount importance to our school" because "maintaining
up-to-date laboratories is key to the development of our students."
Karwan,
who will disperse the money according the needs of the individual laboratories,
added, "With this gift, Larry and Nancy show that they understand and
appreciate the integral role technology plays in the fields of engineering."
"I
hope we can give students the tools they need to accomplish their goals
and earn degrees," said Nancy Peckham. "The university needs to keep
pace, upgrading and matching today's constantly evolving technology."
Peckham,
who earned his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from UB in
1969, said he worked so hard to obtain the degree that it gave him confidence
to "achieve anything I wanted to."
He
worked for three years at Xerox before returning to UB to earn his MBA
in 1974. To finance his studies, Peckham started his own computer software
company, LPA Software, Inc.
After
graduating No. 1 in his MBA class, Peckham worked alone for the next
five years, developing LPA Software into an international business leader
in the fields of defect-detection software and supply-chain management
software for service parts
In
1998, a group of private investors bought a major share of the company,
renaming it Xelus, Inc. In 2000, Peckham stepped down as company chairman.
Lichtenberger
gives $250,000
H. William Lichtenberger, former chairman and CEO of the industrial-gases
company Praxair, Inc., has donated $250,000 to the School of Management
for the naming of a lecture hall in the school's new Alfiero Center.
The
H. William Lichtenberger Lecture Hall will be used for instruction of
undergraduate and graduate business students. It will be one of three
dedicated learning spaces in the three-story Alfiero Center, which will
contain facilities devoted to academic programs, student services and
student clubs. The center will be built adjacent to and connected with
the Jacobs Management Center on the North Campus, with construction
beginning in 2003.
A
1966 graduate of the UB MBA program, Lichtenberger made the gift in
recognition of the School of Management's contribution to his career
success.
"During
the course of my career, I have continually drawn upon the knowledge
and skills I gained as a student at the School of Management," Lichtenberger
said. "For that I am truly thankful. I hope this gift will help the
school in its mission to prepare future business leaders."
"The
naming of Lichtenberger Lecture Hall celebrates not only what one person
has accomplished in his career, it celebrates what each of us is able
to accomplish through hard work and pursuit of excellence," said Jerry
M. Newman, interim dean of the School of Management and SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor. "We are very thankful for Mr. Lichtenberger's generosity
and we are honored to count him among our alumni."
The
Alfiero Center, to be built at a cost of $7 million, will be named for
the family of Western New York businessman Sal Alfiero, chairman and
CEO of Protective Industries of Buffalo, who donated $2 million to the
project in 2001.
Additional
funding for the project is being provided by alumni and friends of the
School of Management as part of UB's $250 million fund-raising campaign,
one of the largest ever conducted by a public university in New York
and New England.