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Simpson to address voting faculty
President John B. Simpson will deliver his final address to the voting faculty at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
A reception honoring Simpson will begin at 2 p.m., with the address to follow at 2:30 p.m.
All members of the UB community are invited to attend.
For more information, contact the Faculty Senate office at 645-2003.
Culleton to speak at ‘Muse’ series
“Scholars at Muse,” the “intellectual salon” presented on select Fridays in the Muse Restaurant in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery by the UB Humanities Institute and riverrun, will continue on Oct. 29 with a talk by Colleen Culleton, assistant professor of romance languages and literatures.
Culleton’s talk, “Hardened by the Rain: Water as a Natural Resource and Cultural Patrimony in Modern Catalonia,” will be held at 4 p.m. in the gallery at 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
The Scholars at Muse series, which will through April 2010, features lectures by UB Humanities Institute Research Fellows. Tim Dean, director of the Humanities Institute, says the series fulfills an important mission of the Humanities Institute: to create a vibrant, intellectual community among UB students, faculty and citizens of the greater Buffalo area.
For more information, contact the Humanities Institute at 645-2591.
Taiwan topic of lecture
Taiwanese diplomat Tony Ong will discuss the complex relationship Taiwan has with the United States and China at the next Asia at Noon lecture on Oct. 29.
Ong, director of the Press Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in New York, will speak on “Taiwan’s Relationship with China and the U.S.: The Unique Position of an East Asian Democracy” at noon in 280 Park Hall, North Campus.
In his talk, Ong will provide a brief history of Taiwan’s emergence as an important example of East Asian democratization, explain its complex relationships with China and the United States, and present prospects for the future of Taiwan-U.S. relations and cross-strait relations. The talk also will address Taiwan’s continuing role in the politics, economics and security of East Asia and the world.
Ong has spent more than a decade overseas and has headed several press divisions as a career information officer, most recently that of TECO-San Francisco.
The Asia at Noon lecture series is sponsored by the Asian Studies Program. For more information, call 645-3474.
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Civic engagement fellowships available
The Civic Engagement and Public Policy strategic research initiative is inviting full-time UB faculty members to apply for a second round of fellowships that advance community-based research that addresses challenges in the fields of social justice and public policy.
The initiative’s Civic Engagement Research Fellowship program supports rigorous community-based research with the potential to evolve into larger studies that will advance knowledge and make a difference in the lives of external constituencies. Fellows will receive a $3,500 research fellowship, but only one grant will be awarded to an academic department per year.
The deadline for application for round II of the 2010-11 grants is Nov. 1. Contact Laura Mangan, program coordinator, at 645-5376 for additional information. To download the application information and forms, go to the initiative’s website.
Prior recipients include ethnographic filmmaker Sarah Elder, professor of media study, for her Alaskan research project, “Surviving Climate Change: Impacts, Responses, and Strategies in an Alaskan Native Village”; Christopher Mele, associate professor of sociology, who examined the underlying public financing scheme that provide substantial subsidy to private developers of waterfront projects in Chester, Pa.; and Sara Metcalf, assistant professor of geography, who is working with the Massachusetts Avenue Project on a community agriculture project that employs participatory modeling to help match opportunities for urban farms in Buffalo with areas of greatest need.
For more information about these projects, click here.
The initiative will also award one $3,000 Community Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship per year to a UB community research partner. The fellowship will permit the community partner to work collaboratively for one month at UB with his or her faculty partner(s) on community-based research, education and grant activities. The application deadline is Nov. 15.
To download information and an application, click here.
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UB band to march in parade
The Thunder of the East, UB’s marching band, will represent UB and Western New York in the 106th Annual Santa Claus Parade in Toronto on Nov. 21.
The parade is open to the public and UB students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
The Santa Claus Parade is the longest running children's parade and one of the largest parades in the world, drawing 500,000 spectators each year. With more than 25 floats, 25 bands and 1,700 participants, the parade is broadcast across North America and as far away as New Zealand, Norway and Ireland.
The Thunder of the East is UB’s most visible performing group. A "drum-corps" style marching ensemble, the band incorporates traditional marching-band instrumentation—woodwinds, brass and percussion—with a sensational color-guard, the "Dazzlers" dance team and majorettes.
The band performs at all home football games and makes local appearances in exhibitions, competitions, parades and at some away games.
Membership is open to all UB students without audition and regardless of major.
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Music offers free concerts
Budget-conscious music lovers at UB can find much to keep them busy in November.
Students from Jean Kopperud’s “On the Edge” performance class will present the monthly Brown Bag Concert, to take place at noon Nov. 2 on the stage in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.
Now in its 12th year, the Brown Bag Concert Series is designed to showcase the talents of UB music students and faculty. The series of free, informal concerts presented over the lunch hour allows patrons to catch a glimpse of the kind of programming offered on a regular basis by the Department of Music. Participants are invited to bring their lunch and enjoy complimentary Tim Hortons coffee. Each attendee will receive a pair of complimentary tickets for a more formal concert within the following month.
Rounding out the free music events for November are a number of student recitals and performances by student ensembles. All are open to the public:
- UB Symphony: Daniel Bassin, conductor, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 8, Lippes Concert Hall.
- String Studio Recital: noon, Nov. 9, Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall, North Campus.
- Voice Studio Recital: 7:30 p.m., Nov. 15, Baird Recital Hall.
- M.M. Degree Recital: C.W. Dunbar, percussion, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 19, Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall.
- UB Concert Band and Brass ensembles: Jon Nelson, director, 11 a.m., Nov. 20, Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall.
- UB Jazz Ensembles: Dave Schiavone, director, 3 p.m., Nov. 21, Baird Recital Hall.
- String Studio Recital: noon, Nov. 30, Baird Recital Hall.
- UB Percussion Ensemble: Tom Kolor, director, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 30, Lippes Concert Hall.
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