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Anderson Gallery to present watercolors
The Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society National Exhibition will be on view May 22 through July 3 in the UB Anderson Gallery.
A public reception and awards ceremony for the artists will take place from 2-5 p.m. May 22 in the gallery.
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Founded in 1980, the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society’s primary aim is to promote, teach and exhibit transparent watercolor. It is one of a few watercolor societies today dedicated entirely to the transparent medium.
The UB Anderson Gallery, located at One Martha Jackson Place near Englewood and Kenmore avenues, is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.
For more information, call 829-3754.
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SOM keeps international accreditation
The School of Management and all of its undergraduate, master’s and doctoral business programs have maintained their accreditation by AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
To maintain accreditation, a business program must undergo a rigorous internal review every five years, during which the program must demonstrate its continued commitment to the 21 quality standards relating to faculty qualification, strategic management of resources, interactions of faculty and students, as well as a commitment to continuous improvement and achievement of learning goals in degree programs.
The School of Management has been continuously accredited by the association since 1930.
“We are very pleased with the outcome of this process,” says Arjang A. Assad, dean of the School of Management. “This prestigious accreditation is considered to be the hallmark of management education.”
Only about 600 business schools—less than 5 percent worldwide—have earned the distinction of accreditation by AACSB International, the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools.
“It takes a great deal of self-evaluation and determination to earn and maintain AACSB accreditation,” says Jerry Trapnell, vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. “Schools not only must meet specific standards of excellence, but their deans, faculty and staff must make a commitment to ongoing improvement to ensure continued delivery of high-quality education to students.”
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Addiction medicine residency is accredited
An addiction medicine fellowship developed by UB’s Department of Family Medicine is one of the nation’s first 10 postgraduate addiction medicine residencies accredited by the American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation.
The accredited residency will begin July 1.
Kevin Kunz, president of the American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation, says physician specialists in addiction medicine will bring unique skills and competencies to the treatment team, using all appropriate treatment approaches to contribute to prevention and the care of individuals and families.
“Accrediting these and future training programs will provide assurance to the American public that addiction medicine physicians have the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and treat addiction, and that trained physicians are available to address common medical or psychiatric conditions related to the use of addictive substances.”
There currently are no addiction medicine residencies among the 8,890 American Council of Graduate Medical Education accredited residency programs in the nation’s hospitals.
The addiction medicine residency accreditation process is modeled on residencies in other fields, such as cardiology and sleep medicine, says Richard Blondell, UB professor of family medicine, director of the addiction residency and chair of the foundation’s Training and Accreditation Committee. These one- or two-year programs, which have a 12-month core educational component, will include rotations through inpatient and outpatient settings, with electives to round out residents’ training.
Inpatient rotations may include a hospital-based rehabilitation program or medically managed residential program, while outpatient rotations may involve addiction medicine consult services or opioid replacement or maintenance programs.
“Addiction to prescription drugs has become a widespread problem among patients of all ages, and as a result, the need for more specialists to treat these patients has grown,” Blondell says. “We hope that these residencies allow more people who suffer with addiction to get the help they need.”
In addition to UB, the other institutions accredited to provide addiction medicine residencies are Boston University Medical Center; Geisinger Health System, Waverly, Pa.; St. Luke’s and Roosevelt hospitals, New York, N.Y.; University of Florida College of Medicine; University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; University of Maryland Medical System; University of Minnesota Medical School; and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
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