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Architecture lectures continue

The School of Architecture and Planning will continue its fall 2008 lecture series with international speakers whose reputations are among the most outstanding in their fields.

On Oct. 24, Richard Cleary, the Page Sutherland Page Fellow in Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, will speak at 7 p.m. in 301 Crosby Hall, South Campus.

A leading authority on urban design and the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, Cleary’s current research focuses on the work of Wright and its relationship to the development of building technology in North America.

Cleary’s talk will be co-sponsored by the Martin House Restoration Corporation.

On Oct. 29 at 5:30 p.m. Michael Teitz, the 2008-09 Nan and Will Clarkson Visiting Chair in Urban and Regional Planning, will deliver the fall 2008 Clarkson Lecture in 301 Crosby Hall.

The title of his lecture is “Planning and Economic Development: An Uneasy Partnership,” a topic relevant to Buffalo where economic development is a key priority.

Teitz, professor emeritus of city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkley, is the director of the Economy Program, as well as senior fellow and former director of research at the Public Policy Institute of California.

Benner to give Bullough lecture

Patricia E. Benner, an internationally known nurse-researcher and lecturer, will present the School of Nursing’s 12th Annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Adams Mark Hotel in downtown Buffalo.

The lecture, “Educating Nurses: Teaching and Learning a Complex Practice of Care,” is free and open to the public.

Benner is professor emerita in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the University of California-San Francisco’s School of Nursing, where she held the university’s Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality.

She is director of the National Nursing Education Research Project—the first national study of nursing education conducted during the past 30 years—sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and is co-principal investigator on a project funded by the Henry Jackson Foundation for Federal Military Research Nurses Group titled “Clinical Knowledge Development of Nurses in an Operational Environment.”

She also is a consultant with Benner Associates, which works with hospitals to find solutions to problems facing nursing in the current environment.

Humanities Institute to hold conference

“The Other Side of Reason: The History of Madness Today” is the title of the Humanities Institute’s fourth annual conference, to be held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

The conference, which is taking its inspiration from the recent publication of the complete English translation of French philosopher and critic Michel Foucault’s “History of Madness,” aims to examine various histories of madness and what “madness” means today.

A pre-conference lecture, “Humans, Aliens and Autism,” by Ian Hacking, University Professor at the University of Toronto, will take place at 4 p.m. Oct. 23 in 120 Clemens, North Campus.

The conference is free and open to the public; advanced registration is not required.

For more information and a complete conference schedule, click here.

Nostaja to speak at PSS meeting

Scott Nostaja, interim vice president for human resources and chief of staff for President John B. Simpson, will discuss UB’s Great Places to Work initiative at the Oct. 23 general membership meeting of the Professional Staff Senate, to be held at 3 p.m. in 105 Harriman Hall, South Campus.

Also speaking at the meeting will be Maria Wallace, director, and Chris Austin, assistant director, of the Office of Parking and Transportation Services.

All members of the UB professional staff are encouraged to attend.

Flu shot clinics scheduled

The Student Wellness Team will offer flu vaccine shots to UB students, faculty and staff the week of Nov. 4.

Flu shot clinics will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 4, 5 and 6 in the Student Union Social Hall, North Campus, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 7 in 105 Harriman Hall, South Campus.

Flu shots are $20—payable by cash or check only—for faculty and staff; the vaccine is free to UB students with a valid UB photo ID. Spouses, partners or dependents of faculty, staff and students are not eligible to receive the vaccine at these clinics.

Vaccines will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis. The clinics may close early based on vaccine availability. An individual's ability to receive the vaccine is subject to medical oversight (screening forms and clinical staff will be on site for evaluations.

Experts to discuss financial crisis

A panel of experts will discuss the turmoil in the U.S. financial markets at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

The panel discussion, part of the annual Gerald S. Lippes Speaker Series is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the School of Management and the Law School.

Panelists include Gaurav Patankar, global sector analyst for financial institutions at Millennium Partners, subsidiary of Millennium Management; Cristian Tiu, assistant professor in the Department of Finance and Managerial Economics, School of Management; and Jill Yellock, bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

For more information, contact Jill Phinney at 645-3204 or jmp8@buffalo.edu.

The Gerald S. Lippes Speaker Series focuses on current issues and topics related to business and finance. The series is part of a larger effort to foster an integrated understanding of the worlds of business and law, and to encourage a collaborative dialogue between business and legal professionals. Funding for the series is provided through the generous support of Gerald S. Lippes.

Expert on contemporary Islam to speak

Renowned Islamic scholar and author Akbar Ahmed, considered the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam, will speak at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in 110 Knox Hall, North Campus.

The talk, sponsored by the UB Muslim Student Association, will be free of charge and open to the public. It will be followed by a question-and-answer period and discussion.

Ahmed’s visit to Buffalo is part of his extensive “Journey into America” project, a cross-country journey he has undertaken with a group of young Americans to learn how Muslims fit into contemporary American society and how the uniquely American ideals of pluralism, openness and cultural integration have held up in post-9/11 American society.

Ahmed is the Ibn Kahaldun Chair of the Department of Islamic Studies in the American University School of International Service and a Fellow of the Brookings Institution. He is the former high commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain and has advised heads of state on Islam. His many books, films and documentaries have won prestigious awards and his books have been translated into several languages, including Chinese and Indonesian. Among his many honors was a 2004 invitation to join legendary figures in the Anthropology Hall of Fame as part of the “Anthropological Ancestors” audio-visual interview series at Cambridge University.