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‘Internationalization’ applications sought
Applications are now being accepted for grant awards from the Faculty Internationalization Fund, established last year to support international engagement by UB faculty members.
The fund supports UB faculty travel for the purpose of developing and directing a faculty-led study abroad program for UB students at a partner institution overseas, developing a sustainable research collaboration with a counterpart at a partner institution or developing a new UB course—or enhancing an existing UB course—with international content and perspectives in cooperation with an institutional partner.
The deadline for the current application cycle is Feb. 1.
Click here to download an application.
For more information, contact John J. Wood, associate vice provost for international education, at jjwood@buffalo.edu.
Faculty members join ‘feast’
UB music faculty members Jonathan Golove, cello, and Jean Kopperud, clarinet will be among the principal performers during the next edition of “A Musical Feast,” a series of chamber music, solo and chamber orchestra performances presented by violinist Charles Haupt, retired concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
The concert will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College.
Golove, visiting assistant professor, will perform with Haupt, violin, on Bohuslav Martinu’s Duo No.2 for Violin and Cello, H.371. Kopperud, associate professor, will perform Jacob Druckman’s Animus III, for clarinet and tape.
The concert also will feature the first public screening of the DVD “Shamayim,” a work for solo bass voice and eight channels of electronic sound made or modeled upon bass singer’s Nicholas Isherwood's vocal instrument. The music is by noted composer David Felder, Birge-Cary Chair in music at UB; the video was created by Emmy-award-winning artist and filmmaker Elliot Caplan, professor of media study and director of the Center for the Moving Image, an interdisciplinary initiative of the UB College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Media Study. The video was produced and developed at UB.
For more information, click here.
International accounting expert to speak
Lisa D. Filomia, on-call practice leader at Ernst & Young, will speak at the School of Management on “International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): The U.S. Landscape.”
The lecture will be held at 9 a.m. Feb. 10 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
Filomia’s visit is sponsored by the Helen and Oscar Sufrin Lectureship in Accounting, which brings distinguished business professionals to the UB School of Management to speak about accounting issues.
As Ernst & Young’s IFRS financial services leader for the United States, Filomia will discuss impact studies and conversions in which her firm has been engaged as the U.S. begins conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but reservations are required by Feb. 3 and can be made by contacting Janet Kiefer at kiefer@buffalo.edu or at 645-3290.
Funding for the lectureship is provided through the generous support of Leslie Sufrin and Gerald Sufrin, a long-time UB professor, in honor of their late parents.
Applicants sought for federal scholarships
Undergraduate and graduate students seeking employment as computer security and information assurance specialists within the federal government may apply for federal scholarship support.
Scholarships are being offered by the U.S. Department of Defense (Information Assurance Scholarship Program) and National Science Foundation (Federal Cyber Service Program).
UB students have been very successful in obtaining these scholarships, notes Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, associate professor of computer science and engineering, and director of the Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE). Six students have gone through the DoD program in the past seven years, while there currently are five students in the NSF program.
Information assurance encompasses the scientific, technical and management disciplines required to ensure computer and network security. These disciplines include, but are not limited to, mathematics, biometrics, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, computer programming, computer support, database administration, computer systems analysis, operations research, information security (assurance) and business management or administration.
The scholarships pay the full cost of tuition, fees, books, lab expenses and supplies and equipment. The DOD scholarship carries an additional stipend of $14,000 for undergraduates and $19,000 for graduate students; the NSF scholarship includes a stipend of $8,000 for undergraduates and $12,000 for graduate students, with a modest additional amount for room and board. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
The full application package can be downloaded here. The deadline for applications is Feb. 12 for the DOD scholarships and Feb. 15 for the NSF scholarships. Awards will be announced in May.
Information on the application process for both scholarships can be found on the center’s Web site.
For further information, contact Upadhyaya at 645-3180, ext. 133, or at shambhu@cse.buffalo.edu.
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