Arts and Culture

When trying to lie your way through any situation, keep a tight rein on your zygo maticus major and your orbicularis oculi. They'll give you away faster than a snitch. So says a University at Buffalo social psychologist, whose revolutionary research on human facial expressions in situations of high stakes deception debunks myths that have permeated police and security training for decades.

Christopher Johnson-Robertson of Buffalo, a student at City Honors High School, has been awarded first-prize in the annual poetry contest for high school students sponsored by the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present David Sedaris at 8 p.m. on Oct 10 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 5.

Joseph I. Fradin, Ph.D., of Buffalo, professor emeritus of English at the University at Buffalo, died of cancer on April 24. He was 80.

The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Hot L Baltimore on April 20-22 at 8 p.m. and April 23 at 2 p.m. in the Blackbox Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Aspiring physicists who also appreciate the arts are invited to apply for the University at Buffalo's first Physics & Arts Summer Institute for high school students, sponsored by the Department of Physics in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.

"Welcome to the Promised Land," an exhibition of paintings and drawings by David Schirm, chair of the new Department of Visual Studies at the University at Buffalo, will open in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) with a reception from 5-7 p.m. on April 20.

"Media Mixer: Sculpture from the Collection," an exhibition highlighting the University at Buffalo sculpture and print collection, will open in the UB Anderson Gallery on April 20 with a free public reception from 6-8 p.m.

"NET<3," a two-day exhibition of new work by nine media study students from the University of Buffalo is scheduled for 5-9 p.m. April 10 and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 11 in the UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, North (Amherst) Campus.

"Karel Appel: The Color of Chaos," an exhibition of graphic work from the University at Buffalo collection, will open with a reception from 6-8 p.m. on April 20 in the first floor gallery of the UB Anderson Gallery.