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SUNY to launch ‘report card’
SUNY will launch the first “SUNY Report Card,” an element of the Power of SUNY strategic plan designed to evaluate and track the progress of SUNY across a spectrum of critical areas, on May 17 during a live videocast, as well as via social media.
The launch will take place from 10-11 a.m. It may be viewed live on the Power of SUNY website.
The report card will use both internally and externally validated metrics to track SUNY’s progress in key areas identified in the five-year Power of SUNY plan. Among them are alternative energy, “cradle-to-career” education, globalization, diversity, research and innovation, health and wellness, and the impact SUNY students, faculty and staff have on building stronger communities statewide.
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SUNY to recognize OEE
UB and other SUNY institutions will be recognized for their contributions to the economic revitalization of New York state during a special event later this month hosted by Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher and the New York Academy of Sciences.
“The Celebration of Research and Innovation in New York State” will be held May 26 at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City. In addition to the honorees, special guests will include members of the board of directors of the SUNY Research Foundation, SUNY trustees, state government officials and economic development representatives.
UB is being honored for its wide and diverse range of programs that “develop new businesses and help existing ones,” in particular the Office of Economic Engagement (OEE), which event organizers call “an innovative effort to help businesses navigate and access all those offerings.”
The Office of Economic Engagement’s website is organized not around the university’s various programs and offices, “but around the kinds of needs that individual businesses might bring to the door,” including leveraging UB expertise, recruiting employees and interns and renting UB facilities and equipment, event organizers say. “Click on what you need, and then the site leads you to information on the office or program(s) that might fit.”
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Tripathi announces staff additions
President Satish K. Tripathi has announced several key additions to the staff of the Office of the President.
Beth Del Genio, who served as Tripathi’s chief of staff while he was UB provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, will continue to serve as Tripathi’s chief of staff.
In her new role, Del Genio will serve as Tripathi’s senior advisor on a wide range of internal and external issues to ensure that presidential initiatives are carried out in support of the university’s mission. She also will be the Office of the President’s primary liaison with the senior leadership of the university and the SUNY system.
David A. Draper has been appointed special advisor to the president. In this position, Draper will focus his attention on Tripathi’s engagement with alumni and friends of the university.
He will continue his duties as senior director of development for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Connie Holoman, assistant vice president for university relations in the Office of the Vice President for External Affairs, will join the Office of the President as deputy to the president, overseeing the day-to-day management of the office, as well as coordinating with other university units and external constituencies on various projects. Holoman will continue to serve as the university’s chief liaison to the SUNY Board of Trustees, UB Council and other key governance and volunteer groups.
Tracey Murphy, Tripathi’s executive assistant throughout his tenure as provost, will continue in the role.
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Libraries to present series on Alcott
The UB Libraries will present a series of five reading, viewing and discussion programs designed to re-introduce audiences to author Louisa May Alcott and give them new understanding of her place in American culture.
The first event will take place from 7-9 p.m. May 12 in the Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 1565 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Stacy Hubbard and Carrie Bramen, both UB associate professors of English, will lead a discussion of Harriet Reisen’s award-winning book, “Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women,” the first complete biography of the author.
The series, sponsored by the American Library Association Public Programs Office with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, focuses on the historical and cultural context that inspired Alcott’s literary works.
Laura Taddeo, associate librarian in the Arts and Sciences Library, notes that Alcott is recognized around the world for her novel “Little Women,” but few know her as “the bold, compelling woman who grew up in the inner circle of the Transcendentalist and Abolitionist movements, served as a Civil War army nurse and led a secret literary life writing pulp fiction.”
“Her remarkable body of work includes sensational thrillers, satires, fairy tales, Gothic novels and works of domestic realism,” Taddeo says, adding that the series speakers hope to familiarize readers with many of these relatively unknown works by this American icon.
For more information on the programs, contact Taddeo at 645-7970 or ltaddeo@buffalo.edu.
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