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Policy on copyrighted materials
Elias Eldayrie, chief information officer, is reminding members of the UB community that sharing copyrighted materials, including music, movie and software, is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
“Using the UB network for illegal downloading or sharing of copyright protected materials is in direct violation of both the UB IT Policy and the DMCA,” Eldayrie says.
Anyone who uses the UB network for unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials has violated copyright law and is required to complete a comprehensive online copyright course. Subsequent violations may involve disciplinary action.
“To protect yourself and our university from violating UB IT policy and federal law, please only download material from legitimate media sites that have legal agreements to sell music, software and movies,” Eldayrie says. Click here for a for a list of legal alternatives. More information regarding copyright policy is available on the
following sites:• U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
May 15 is UB Community Day
UB faculty, staff and student volunteers are being sought to join friends and neighbors in helping to beautify the neighborhoods surrounding the South Campus during the second annual UB Community Day on May 15.
The work will be done from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Afterward, a celebration will be held, with a chance to win an iPod shuffle.
For more information and to volunteer, call the UB Office of Community Relations at 829-3099, or visit the Community Relations blog.
REV-UP program to recognize volunteers
The 20th annual REV-UP Recognition Ceremony and Reception will be held at 2 p.m. May 11 in 102 Goodyear Hall, South Campus, in conjunction with the May meeting of the Emeritus Center.
Emeritus Center members also will elect new members for the board of directors at the meeting.
The speaker will be Dennis Black, vice president for student affairs, who will discuss “Seeing Things Differently.”
Black also will assist Jennifer Bowen, assistant vice president for human resources, in presenting REV-UP members with certificates of appreciation, as well as recognizing representatives from departments benefiting from REV-UP volunteers.
The ceremony will recognize 64 REV-UP members who together contributed more than 2,800 hours of volunteer service to 16 UB departments from May 2009 through April 2010.
Since the inception of the REV-UP program in March 1990, more than 60,900 hours of volunteer service have been given to UB by its retirees.
REV-UP (Retired Employee Volunteers—University Program) is a joint program of the Emeritus Center and University Human Resources.
For further information about the REV-UP program, contact Leila (Lee) Baker at 829-2271 or bakerl@buffalo.edu.
Hammonds rejoins UB
Alfred Hammonds Jr., deputy county executive for Erie County and formerly the county’s director of Six Sigma, is returning UB after helping the county become the nation's first large, metropolitan county to implement the quality-improvement program.
Hammonds will serve as assistant director of outreach for The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE), focusing on business development and economic outreach by promoting business process excellence, engineering solutions and the university as a critical community resource, according to Tim Leyh, TCIE executive director.
He also will play a key role in UB’s new Office of Economic Engagement, working with Marsha Henderson, vice president for external affairs, to facilitate access to UB’s programs, services and faculty expertise, with the goal of significantly improving economic vitality in the region and the state.
Hammonds served as senior project director for TCIE for eight years before County Executive Chris Collins recruited him in early 2008 to direct the county’s new Lean Six Sigma program. The program revolves around a problem-solving methodology that helps businesses grow through greater efficiency. He was later promoted to county deputy executive in September 2008.
Prior to working for the county and UB, Hammonds held engineering and supervisory roles at General Motors and Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems, where he led continuous improvement programs.
Hammonds earned an industrial management degree from Purdue University. He earned his Six Sigma Black Belt from TCIE, which trained him to identify and reduce process variation, waste, quality problems, needless complexities, delays and other performance inhibitors.
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