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Cigarette butt cleanup scheduled

Faculty, staff and students tired of seeing cigarette butts strewn across campus can participate in an afternoon cleanup on Wednesday.

Volunteers for “Kickin’ Butt at UB II”—the second such event this semester—should meet at noon on Nov. 4 at the farmers’ market in Founder’s Plaza outside Capen Hall, North Campus.

Participants will receive a free UBreathe Free T-shirt.

A similar cleanup on Oct. 23 drew about two dozen people who collected nine pounds of cigarette butts in less than an hour.

In conjunction with UB’s smoke-free policy, which went into effect in August and bans smoking on the three campuses except in areas of parking lots more than 100 feet from buildings, the university removed cigarette-butt collectors from spaces where smoking is no longer allowed. However, some smokers violating the new rules have been throwing cigarette butts on the ground near campus buildings.

Beginning in August 2010, the smoking prohibition will extend to all areas on university grounds.

For more information, contact Sharlynn Daun-Barnett at sd62@buffalo.edu.

HSL offers dollar book sale

Health Sciences Library Annual MEGA Dollar-A-Book Sale will run through Monday on the first floor of the Health Sciences Library in Abbot Hall, South Campus.

Books in nearly all the health and biomedical sciences areas will be available, as well as a selection from the natural sciences, social sciences, law, business and the humanities. In addition, best sellers and popular

non-fiction volumes also can be purchased.

Proceeds from the sale will help fund future purchases for the Health Sciences Library collections.

Shoppers are encouraged to bring $1 bills.

UB CORE helping the homeless

The UB CORE (Community OutReach for Employees) program is offering opportunities for UB faculty and staff to help the homeless this holiday season.

UB CORE has lined up a variety of opportunities for employees to volunteer their time:

• Learn about the Buffalo City Mission: 3:30-4 p.m., Nov. 11, 142 Crofts Hall, North Campus.

• Organizational meeting for a Habitat for Humanity women-only build: 7-8 p.m., Nov. 12, 300 N. Forest Road, Amherst.

• Friends of the Night People soup kitchen: Nov. 30. Call 645-5357 or email hr-worklifebalance@buffalo.edu to volunteer.

• Craft and snack session with the women and children of Cornerstone Manor: Dec. 15. Call 645-5357 or email hr-worklifebalance@buffalo.edu to volunteer.

• Sign up to work at the Habitat for Humanity houses on Dartmouth and Winspear avenues in University Heights: Date and time to be announced.

For more information about UB CORE, click here, call 645-5357 or email hr-worklifebalance@buffalo.edu.

IAMT session to be held downtown

The Wellness and Work/Life Balance unit of University Human Resources and the Employee Assistance Program is offering a workshop on Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique (IAMT) to UB faculty and staff who work on the Downtown Campus.

The relaxation technique, which will be taught by Bharat Jayaraman, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, helps participants reduce stress through simple yoga postures, breathing, visualization and sound.

The session will be held from 2:30-5 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Educational Opportunity Center, 465 Washington St. at the corner of Mohawk Street.

To register, contact Margot Keysor at keysor@buffalo.edu or call 849-6727, ext. 168.