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Activist to present Perry lecture
Linda Rae Murray, chief medical officer of the Cook County, Illinois, Department of Public Health and president-elect of the American Public Health Association, will present the 22nd J. Warren Perry Lecture at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in 105 Harriman Hall, South Campus.
Murray will discuss “Living Like We are Bullet Proof: Social Justice and Health in the United States.”
The lecture, sponsored by the School of Public Health and Health Profession, is free and open to the public.
Murray has been a voice for social justice and health care as a basic human right for more than 40 years, and has spent her career serving the medically underserved. She has practiced occupational medicine in Canada and the United States, and is a general internist at Woodlawn Health Center.
She also is an attending physician in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Cook County Hospital, and is an adjunct assistant professor in the departments of Occupational & Environmental Health and Health Policy & Administration at the University of Illinois’ School of Public Health.
Murray’s lecture is made possible by a grant from the late J. Warren Perry, founding dean of the former UB School of Health Related Professions.
‘Bulls Madness’ tips off basketball season
Members of the UB community can meet the 2010-11 Bulls men’s and women’s basketball teams and tip off the upcoming season at “Bulls Madness” from 9-10:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in Alumni Arena.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will include player introductions, shooting contests, a dunk contest and team autographs. Immediately following Bulls Madness, there will be a free 3-on-3 basketball tournament for UB students.
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Town Hall to examine U.S.-China relations
In the midst of expanding economic ties but troubling trade disputes between the United States and China, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., U.S ambassador to China, will present a speech on U.S.-China relations via live interactive webcast at a China Town Hall at UB.
The event on Oct. 18 will take place in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus. It will be free and open to the public, and its format will permit Huntsman take questions from the audience.
Huntsman’s talk will be part of “China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections,” an event coordinated by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and presented simultaneously at 50 sites throughout the country.
The event is sponsored locally by the UB Confucius Institute, the UB Asian Studies Program and the International Institute of Buffalo.
It will begin with a reception at 7 p.m., followed at 7:30 p.m. by introductory remarks on key U.S. foreign-policy issues related to China by a panel of UB faculty and students. The live webcast will begin at 8 p.m., to be followed by the local panelists who will discuss Huntsman’s remarks and take questions from the audience.
UB panelists will be Roger Des Forges, professor, Department of History; Kristin Stapleton, associate professor, Department of History, and director of UB’s Asian Studies Program; Jessie Poon, professor, Department of Geography, and director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Center; and Samuel Fleming, a UB Asian studies major who spent the 2009-10 academic year studying at Beijing Normal University.
“Americans have many questions and concerns about China’s role in the world, and the U.S.-China relationship,” says Stapleton, “and the goal of this program is to give audiences across the country the chance to learn about U.S. policy in China directly from our country’s chief diplomat there.
“Our local panel of experts will be able to give insights into issues that are important to Western New Yorkers,” she adds, “and we also look forward to hearing what members of our audience have to say about the direction of U.S. policy toward China.”
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‘Taste of Italy’ planned for students
UB students eating in the Red Jacket and Richmond dining centers on Oct. 20 will have the opportunity to taste authentic Italian cuisine from Ilio DiPaolo’s, one of Buffalo’s most famous family-owned restaurants.
The event is the first scheduled in Campus Dining and Shops’ (CDS) new Guest Restaurant program, developed to help raise student awareness and understanding of food and cultures, as well as introduce them to local products.
“Around the world, food and cuisine are major aspects of cultural heritage,” says Jeff Brady, executive director for CDS. “Our Guest Restaurant program is being tailored to provide our students authentic international cuisine, while showcasing local restaurants that specialize in these dishes. Ilio DiPaolo’s is a Western New York tradition when it comes to delicious Italian food. Our students will not only get to savor Ilio’s creative dishes, but will get to experience the food as presented by members of the DiPaolo family.”
The Taste of Italy night will feature some of Ilio’s most popular dishes, including pasta fagioli (soup) and main entrées eggplant parmigiana, rigatoni and chicken Abruzzi. Also on the menu will be fresh, local Italian bread with seasoned oil, antipasto, Ilio’s Italian-style green beans and mini cannoli for dessert.
Dining hours in Red Jacket are 4:30-7:30 p.m.; Richmond will serve from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
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Zodiaque’s fall concert scheduled
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present the Zodiaque Dance Company’s fall concert, “The 37th Season,” Oct. 20-24 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Performances will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
The Zodiaque’s fall program features a spectacular run of dance infused with muscle, movement and explosive chemistry. The concert presents wildly diverse and technical works by members of the dance faculty, returning alumni and guests, including new works by Ashley Currey, Tressa Gorman Crehan, Michael Hitzel, Matt Pardo and Kerry Ring.
A highlight of the program will be Melanie Aceto’s group work, “Portage,” that was performed this past summer as part of the Inside/Out series at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, MA.
Other works to be presented include Jon Lehrer’s “Iambus” and the meditative duet “Assent” by Anne Burnidge, which will be performed at the DUMBO Dance Festival in Brooklyn.
Tickets for the Zodiaque Dance Company’s fall concert are $18 for general admission and $10 for students and seniors, and are available at the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Ticketmaster.com.
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Legal scholar to deliver Mitchell Lecture
Henry Richardson III, an international law scholar with a special interest in Africa, will deliver the 2010 Mitchell Lecture at the UB Law School.
The lecture will take place from 2-4 p.m. on Oct. 27 in 106 O’Brian Hall, North Campus. It is free and open to the public.
Richardson, professor of law at the Beasley School of Law at Temple University, will draw from his recently published book, “The Origins of African-American Interests in International Law” (Carolina Academic Press). In the book, Richardson explores the birth of the African-American international tradition and the roots of African-Americans’ stake in international law. Richardson will use the themes—both historical and contemporary—for his lecture.
“I’m going to reflect on some of the lessons, insights and implications we can draw from the historical development of African Americans’ interest in international law,” Richardson says. “With respect to their welfare, how international law in certain cases is interpreted can make a difference.”
Historically, for example, the capture and sale of Africans as slaves was condoned by international law.
“The slave trade was a grand, ugly international enterprise as it fed into the North American corner of the British Empire,” he says, “and you can only fully understand it through its international connections. In this context, African Americans’ international interests have their roots in the history of Africa and slavery well before the formal organization of the United States.”
This year’s Mitchell Lecture continues a distinguished tradition that began in 1950, thanks to a gift from Lavinia A. Mitchell in memory of her husband, James McCormick Mitchell.
An 1897 graduate of the Law School, Mitchell later served as chair of the UB Council. A reception will follow the lecture.
Previous Mitchell Lecture speakers have included Irene Khan, C. Edwin Baker, Derrick Bell, Barry Cushman, Carol Gilligan, Elizabeth Holtzman, Stewart Macaulay, Catharine McKinnon, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Richard Posner, Clyde Summers and John Payton.
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