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WNED documentary to feature UB, Tripathi
UB will take center stage in “UB: Local Impact, Global Reach,” a 30-minute documentary co-produced by WNED and the university that will air on WNED-TV at 9:30 p.m. Nov. 14.
The show will take an in-depth look at Buffalo-Niagara’s largest university and introduce viewers to President Satish K. Tripathi. It will feature major UB initiatives, announcements and events that have taken place since Tripathi was named UB’s 15th president in April.
Among the subjects to be covered in the program are Tripathi’s plans for UB, how the university will continue its engagement with local and global communities, and the special contributions of UB faculty, staff and students to Western New York.
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UB to hold Veterans Day celebration
UB will recognize the work and sacrifices of veterans in Western New York and beyond during a Veteran Day celebration beginning at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Coventry Loop flag pole in front of Alumni Arena on the North Campus.
The event will open with a flag-raising ceremony at the loop, featuring the University Police honor guard, the tolling of a memorial bell and a performance of the national anthem by UB’s Thunder of the East marching band.
Following the flag-raising, attendees will gather in nearby Slee Hall for remarks. Speakers will include Dennis R. Black, vice president for university life and services, and three veteran representatives: Lynn Collis, director of UB Instructional Technology Services; UB student David Lode; and Jim McCready, commander of the 107th Airlift Wing.
UB’s student body includes 285 students who receive educational benefits through the G.I. Bill, along with other veterans who receive benefits through other programs or who fund their education by other means.
Tomorrow’s celebration will conclude a week of events at UB devoted to honoring veterans and increasing awareness about the presence of student, staff and faculty veterans on campus.
Other activities this week included an art workshop in which participants created woven drawings using images of military and academic life, and a workshop to help student veterans learn how to translate their military resume into a civilian resume.
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Tripathi, Zemsky to discuss strategy
President Satish K. Tripathi and business leader Howard A. Zemsky will be guests on “Capitol Pressroom,” the statewide public radio news magazine broadcast at 1 p.m. Friday on WBFO FM 88.7.
Tripathi and Zemsky, managing partner at Larkin Development Group, are co-chairs of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council, one of 10 councils across the state charged by Gov. Andrew Cuomo with developing a regional strategic plan for economic revitalization and competing for state funds.
They will discuss elements of the proposed plan, approved by the council yesterday, with the show’s host, Susan Arbetter.
As part of the plan, “A Strategy for Prosperity in Western New York,” the council has identified 12 priority projects that merit consideration for $40 million in capital funding and tax credits aimed at improving the regional economy.
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Film to be topic of Veterans Day program
The UB Center for Disability Studies’ annual Veterans Day program will feature a talk on “Born on the Fourth of July,” the classic American film of war and disability.
The talk, “Disability, Gender and Nationhood in Oliver Stone’s ‘Born on the Fourth of July’” will be given by Martin Norden, professor in the Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, author of “The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies,” the comprehensive study of disability and American film.
It will take place at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in 280 Park Hall, North Campus. It is free and open to the public.
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Bonne Action to perform
Bonne Action, the Oberlin Conservatory’s contemporary ensemble, will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall, North Campus.
The concert is presented by the Department of Music and the Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music
The program includes Rolf Riehm’s “FIORETTI within my bosom,” Reiko Füting’s “tanz.tanz” and “Kaddish,” Lewis Nielson’s “String Trio” and “Iskra,” and Jason Eckardt’s “Rendition.”
The members of Bonne Action—Laura Cocks, flute; Theophilus Chandler, clarinet; Holly Jenkins, violin; Carrie Frey, viola; Dylan Messina, cello; Daniel Walden, piano; and Christian Smith, percussion—believe in presenting music that changes the musical and social environment. They assume that audience members are not merely admirers of the musical works or those who perform them, but, rather, are active participants in the experience of music and are equal in all respects to the composer and performer—and just as necessary.
“We believe that this exchange relation represents an excellent model—not only for the experience of art, but for socio-political organization as well. Bonne Action is about music and community.”
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Schultz to present Oscar Silverman Reading
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Rochester native Philip Schultz will present UB’s 2011 Oscar Silverman Reading on at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 in Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall, North Campus.
The poetry reading will be free and open to the public.
Schultz has authored several books of poetry, including: “Like Wings” (1978); “Deep Within the Ravine” (1984); “My Guardian Angel Stein” (1986); “The Holy Worm of Praise” (2002); “Living in the Past” (2004); “Failure” (2007), for which he won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry; “The God of Loneliness: Selected and New Poems” (2010); and “My Dyslexia” (2011), which focuses on the difficulties Schultz faced growing up with dyslexia.
Schultz is also director of the Writer’s Studio, which he founded in 1987 with the intent to “help fiction writers and poets discover and nurture their own voices.” The New York Times has described the Writer’s Studio as “the most personal of the programs.”
The Oscar Silverman Reading is presented annually in memory of the distinguished scholar and teacher who chaired the UB Department of English from 1955-63.
From 1960-68, Silverman also directed and greatly expanded the University Libraries, and was instrumental in acquiring materials in UB's world-class collection of 20th-century poetry, in particular its Robert Graves Collection, the manuscripts of Wyndham Lewis and the James Joyce Collection, which has evolved into the finest Joyce collections in the world.
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EOC launches new website
UB’s Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) has launched a new website designed to help students and prospective students more easily access information about EOC and the programs it offers.
The new web portal gives students the ability to quickly and easily learn about EOC, its tuition-free academic and vocational-training programs, its application/enrollment process, the class-selection process and the support services it makes available to students.
Students can easily obtain information about faculty members, access to resources, guides to important contact information and current class schedules. The site also features videos of students sharing their experiences at EOC, and a streamlined feature enables students to apply online.
In addition, the site offers a video preview and updates regarding the new EOC campus currently under construction, allowing users to check in for regular construction updates and follow the progress being made on the new building.
“This website serves as an exciting prelude of things to come here at EOC,” says Danis J. Gehl, associate executive director/director of education. “The new user-friendly features and easily accessible information represent a wonderful introduction to the new experience students will find at our new home in 2013."
The new site was designed by Albarella Media, an award-winning multimedia production and consulting firm based in Buffalo.
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UB faculty to partake in ‘feast’
UB faculty members Jonathan Golove and Eric Huebner will be among the musicians performing in the first concert of the 2011-2012 season presented by A Musical Feast, the resident musical ensemble of the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
The concert, which is co-sponsored by UB’s Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music, will take place at 2 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium in the Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.
The concert will spotlight dancers with the Buffalo dance company LehrerDance. Dancers will perform the company’s “Morphic Slip” and also are featured in choreographer Jon Lehrer’s interpretation of Czech composer Leoš Janáček’s “Pohádka” (Fairy tale), with music by cellist Golove and pianist Huebner.
Huebner is soloist on Igor Stravinsky’s challenging “Trois mouvements de Petroushka,” and will perform as well on “Argentine Tango” by Buffalo-based composer Moshe Shulman.
“Argentine Tango” has been described as being both “energetic” and “melancholic” at the same time—as any genuine tango should be. In an interesting twist on tradition, the score calls for the musicians to behave and vocalize according to how the passionate music makes them feel.
Tickets for A Musical Feast are $10 for the general public and $5 for Buffalo State College students and members of the Burchfield Penney.
For more information, call 878-6011.
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