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Stress management workshop

Faculty and staff members can learn how to control stress by attending a free, interactive workshop being sponsored by University Human Resources and the Employee Assistance Program.

The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Dec. 10 in 324 Crofts Hall, North Campus.

The class, to be taught by Bonita Frazer, will help participants assess their stress level, as well as the source of the stress; develop multiple tools to manage their stress; and learn how to make stress management a part of their everyday lifestyle.

Class size is limited. Those interested in attending should click here.

Financial situation topic of talk

Cristian-Ioan Tiu, assistant professor of finance and managerial economics in the School of Management and a member of the investment committee of the UB Foundation, will discuss current financial market issues and how these issues directly affect UB faculty and staff at the Professional Staff Senate’s Staff Development Committee’s Fall Luncheon on Dec. 10.

The presentation, “Financial Times: Can you Explain it?,” will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus

Registration is $9 and includes the presentation and a catered lunch from Lebro’s. Seating is limited to the first 80 people who register.

For program brochure and registration form, click here and scroll down to the link.

Welte to present RIA seminar

UB’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) will close its fall seminar series on Dec. 12 with a presentation on “Results from a National Survey of Youth Gambling” by John W. Welte, senior research scientist at RIA and a national expert on the epidemiology of problem gambling and substance use.

The seminar, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 10 a.m. on the first floor of the RIA building at 1021 Main St. on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Welte’s current study examines gambling and substance abuse among youth ages 14-21. His 1998 study of U.S. adult gambling found that problem drinkers are 23 times more likely to have a gambling problem than individuals without an alcohol problem, 82 percent of American adults gambled at least once annually and individuals who live within 10 miles of a casino or in a disadvantaged neighborhood are more likely to experience a gambling problem.

For more information about the seminar, contact RIA at 887-2566.

Orders taken for baked goods

Campus Dining & Shops (CDS) has stepped in to help faculty and staff take care of their holiday baking needs.

The Bakery @ UB is taking orders for a variety of baked goods, including a 1 lb. fruit cake ($5), 8" red velvet cake ($9.75), cranberry nut bread ($4.95), 10" pumpkin pie ($7.25) and anise holiday cookies ($5.30 a dozen).

Holiday bakery order forms are available at all CDS locations until Dec. 12. For more information or to place an order by phone, call 645-7305.

Anderson Gallery to hold workshop

Karen L. Lewis, published poet, author, editor and teaching artist, will lead a poetry and art activity workshop for families and children of all ages from 1-3 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the UB Anderson Gallery, located on Martha Jackson Place, off Englewood Avenue near the South Campus.

The workshop is being held in conjunction with the Anderson Gallery’s “Ode to Michael Goldberg” exhibition.

Lewis will lead a discussion about select works of art on display in the exhibition, followed by guided poetry writing exercises. Participants will incorporate their poems into a work of art on a small canvas board using the same collage and paint application techniques mastered by Goldberg.

The cost of the session is $3; art supplies will be provided.

For further information or to reserve a space, call Ginny Lohr or Jim Snider at 829-3754.

Coupons to benefit campaign

Staff members from Student Academic Records and Financial Services are selling coupon booklets for Anderson's Frozen Custard to benefit UB's Campaign for the Community.

The booklets contain coupons for ice cream cakes, ice cream pies, cones, smoothies, meal deals, sandwiches, hot dogs, salads and even a party planner. Each booklet contains more than 20 coupons that are valid until November 2010.

The booklets are $4 each, with $3 of that going directly to the campaign.

Booklets may be purchased by contacting Mary-Camille Schwindler or Kathy Saladyga.

‘Federman@80’ on view

Works by Harvey Breverman, Bruce Jackson and Terri Katz-Kasimov are featured in a group exhibition inspired by the life and work of retired UB faculty member and SUNY Distinguished Professor Raymond Federman that is on display in the UB Anderson Gallery.

“Federman@80,” the special exhibition that opened in the Anderson Gallery in conjunction with the daylong critical symposium and celebration “Federman@80: From Surfiction to Critifiction” held at UB and Medaille College in October, continues on the second floor of the gallery through Jan. 18.

“Federman@80” features a selection of large paintings and drawings, small prints and sketchbook reproductions by Breverman portraying Federman alone and with other international literary figures who have passed through Buffalo; a selection of Jackson’s photographs of Federman—also, in some cases, with such literary figures as Michel Foucault and Leslie Fiedler; and the entire “Federman Series” created by Katz-Kasimov in collaboration with Federman and first exhibited at the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University in 2000.

Both Breverman, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Visual Studies, and Jackson, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture in the Department of English, were long-time colleagues of Federman’s on the faculty of UB, where Federman was a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of English and Melodia E. Jones Professor of Romance Languages.

“Federman@80” was organized by the UB Anderson Gallery in collaboration with Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center.

The UB Anderson Gallery, located on Martha Jackson Place off Englewood Avenue adjacent to the South Campus, is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 829-3754.

Support UB with retirement assets

Thanks to extended charitable IRA legislation, individuals age 70 ½ or older can once again make tax-efficient gifts to UB.

“Under this extended legislation, donors who are 70 ½ or older may make a gift through an IRA of up to $100,000, free of federal taxes. Previously, any lifetime distribution from an IRA, even if used to make a gift to a charity, like UB, was subject to federal taxes,” says Wendy Irving, assistant vice president for gift planning. “This gifting opportunity is ideal for individuals who are required to receive minimum distributions from an IRA, but don’t necessarily need the income,” Irving says.

“It’s well documented that UB faculty and staff have made significant contributions through their professional service and the IRA rollover provision is yet another way in which they can continue to give back in a meaningful way,” she adds.

This provision will expire on Dec. 31, 2009. For more information, call the UB Office of Gift Planning at 881-7488.