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UB plans ‘smokeout’ activities
Thursday is the Great American Smokeout, and UB will hold a variety of activities to observe this annual American Cancer Society event designed to help smokers quit smoking or using other tobacco products—for at least one day—with the hope that they will quit completely. The schedule:
• UBreathe Free games, information and volunteer table: Food Court, Ellicott Complex, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sponsored by Wellness Education Services and the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• UBreathe Free information table: Harriman Hall, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sponsored by Employee Assistance Program and Wellness Education Services.
• Quit Cold Turkey Table: Student Union Lobby, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by UB Colleges Against Cancer, American Cancer Society, Wellness Education Services and the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Students who hand in their cigarettes or chew and pledge to quit smoking or using tobacco for the day will receive a free cold turkey sub; trained student volunteers will be available to help smokers formulate an “I Quit” plan.
• Public lecture, “Re-activating Physicians to Tackle the Tobacco Pandemic: How Students Can Teach Patients (and Faculty) a Few Things About Smoking,” presented by Alan Blum of the University of Alabama. 1-2 p.m., Butler Auditorium, 150 Farber Hall. Sponsored by School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
• Public lecture, “The Dental Professional’s Role in Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation: Commitment or Cop-out?” presented by Alan Blum, University of Alabama. 4:30-5:30 p.m., Butler Auditorium, 150 Farber Hall. Sponsored by School of Dental Medicine and Roswell Park Cancer Institute
For more information about Great American Smokeout activities at UB or UBreathe Free, contact Sharlynn Daun-Barnett at sd62@buffalo.edu.
Kopperud added to ‘feast’
UB clarinetist Jean Kopperud has been added to the list of performers when “A Musical Feast” presents “A Tribute to Leo Smit” at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium in the new Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave.
Admission is free.
Kopperud, associate professor in the Department of Music, will play the third movement, “Abyss of the Birds,” from Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” (1941).
Kopperud replaces Charles Wetherbee, who is unable to perform due injury.
Dance ensemble to perform
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble in "Gather 'Round...and Dance!" Dec. 3-6 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Dec. 3-5 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 6.
Company members will perform new dance works created by faculty choreographers Melanie Aceto, Jeanne Fornarola, Joyce Miller Lichtenberger and Kerry Ann Ring; guest choreographer Tim Goodman; and student choreographers Alexa Berkowitz, Amanda Glowacki, Nicole Klerer and Angela Todaro. In keeping with the diverse traditions of the company, the concert will include eclectic music ranging from John Hanks and Christian Orlo, to an original score by Drew Fornarola, as well as diverse themes ranging from the extraordinary to the sentimental: aliens and other life forms, women pirates, the role of individualism within a group and personal reality.
Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble is directed by Melanie Aceto; Joyce Miller Lichtenberger is associate director.
Tickets for "Gather 'Round...and Dance!" are $10 and may be obtained at the Center for the Arts box office and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Ticketmaster.com.
Talking Leaves to host faculty book signings
Two UB emeritus faculty members will hold book signings next month at Talking Leaves…Books’ University Heights location at 3158 Main St.
Irving Massey, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, will discuss and sign copies of his new book, “The Neural Imagination: Aesthetic and Neuroscientific Approaches to the Arts” (University of Texas Press), at 7 p.m. Dec. 2.
An event at 1 p.m. on Dec 12 will celebrate “La Bell'America: From La Rivoluzione to the Great Depression—an Italian Immigrant Family Remembered” (Leapfrog Press) by Anthony Graziano, professor emeritus of psychology. Graziano will sign copies and read from his book, a memoir tracing his family's history from Italy to America.
Both events are free and open to the public. Copies of the books will be available for purchase.
For more information, contact Jonathon Welch at Talking Leaves at 837-8554 or tleaves@tleavesbooks.com.
Women’s Club hosts soup luncheon
The UB Women’s Club will hold its annual “Soup’s On” luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 3 in the Center For Tomorrow, North Campus.
The luncheon features a menu of three soups, rolls and butter, coffee, tea and desserts. Poinsettias and wreaths, which must be ordered in advance, will be distributed at the event.
The cost is $20 if reservations are made before Nov. 23; after that, the cost rises to $25. Reservations may be made by contacting Carmella Hanley at 633-4216.
All are welcome.
The Women’s Club also will sponsor a Holiday Shopping Extravaganza from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Student Union, North Campus. Vendors will be offering a variety of items for sale to UB faculty, staff and students, as well as the general public.
The money raised at both the luncheon and shopping extravaganza will benefit the Grace Capen Academic Awards.
For more information about these activities, or the UB Women’s Club in general, contact Joan Ryan at 626-9332.
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