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Organists, flutists to perform
Students from the Eastman School of Music will perform on UB’s Fisk pipe organ tomorrow as the Department of Music presents Eastman Organists’ Day.
An annual highlight of UB’s concert calendar, the performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.
Organists Benton Blasingame, Isaac Lee, Chelsea Barton and John Allegar will perform a program highlighting music from the 17th century to the late 20th century.
Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for UB faculty/staff/alumni, senior citizens and students.
Tickets can be obtained at the Slee Hall box office the Center for the Arts box office and at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Ticketmaster.com.
Also next week, the flute quartet Flute Force will perform for the first time at UB in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 in Lippes Concert Hall.
The ensemble, composed of accomplished flutists Elizabeth Brown, Sheryl Henze, Rie Schmidt and Wendy Stern, will perform a program of five pieces, four of which were written specifically for Flute Force. All five pieces were written by living American composers; three will be premieres.
For more information, contact the Slee concert office at 645-2921.
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UB Wrestling works to ‘take down cancer’
The UB wrestling team will present its third annual Takedown Cancer fundraising event before its Jan. 29 match against Ohio University.
The event will include an auction and raffle, with two grand prizes of 55’ LCD HD televisions.
The wrestling match will be held at 1 p.m. in Alumni Arena, North Campus. Doors will open at 11 a.m. for those wishing to bid on as many as 100 special prizes. Bidding will end at 12:30 p.m.
Proceeds will benefit the Jeff Parker Foundation, established in memory of UB wrestler Jeff Parker, who died of cancer two years ago, and Carley’s Club, a local organization that supports children with cancer and cancer research.
The mission of the Jeff Parker Foundation is to help children with cancer who are in financial need, support scholarships for student-athletes and to support Division I wrestling.
For more information, visit the UB Athletics website.
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Elkin to offer Shakespeare update
“Thirty-seven Years of Shakespeare in Delaware Park: An Overview and Look Ahead” will be the topic of a free lecture at 8 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Saul Elkin, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the UB Department of Theatre and Dance and founder and artistic director of Shakespeare in Delaware Park, will be the speaker.
The talk, part of the Gray Matter Lecture Series, is sponsored by the Humanities Institute.
Elkin joined the UB theatre department in 1969 and served several stints as department chair. He is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
He began his career as a child actor in New York City and in the years since has acted in or directed more than 250 productions both on and off Broadway, and in films, summer and regional theaters, and briefly on the soap opera “Edge of Night.”
He appears frequently as an actor in area theaters, and was inducted in the Western New York Theatre Hall of Fame in 1995. Three years later, he was recognized by the local Arts Council as “Outstanding Individual Artist of the Year.”
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Applicants sought for federal scholarships
Undergraduate and graduate students seeking employment as computer security and information assurance specialists within the federal government may apply for federal scholarship support.
Scholarships are being offered by the U.S. Department of Defense (Information Assurance Scholarship Program) and National Science Foundation (Federal Cyber Service Program).
Information assurance encompasses the scientific, technical and management disciplines required to ensure computer and network security. These disciplines include, but are not limited to, mathematics, biometrics, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, computer programming, computer support, database administration, computer systems analysis, operations research, information security (assurance) and business management or administration.
UB students have been very successful in obtaining these scholarships, says Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, associate professor of computer science and engineering, and director of the Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE@Buffalo). Seven students have gone through the DoD program in the past nine years, and five students have gone through the NSF program. There currently are two students in the DOD program and five students in the NSF program.
The scholarships pay the full cost of tuition, fees, books, lab expenses and supplies and equipment. The DOD scholarship carries an additional stipend of $14,000 for undergraduates and $19,000 for graduate students; the NSF scholarship includes a stipend of $8,000 for undergraduates and $12,000 for graduate students, with a modest additional amount for room and board. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
The deadline for applications for both scholarships is Feb. 10. Awards will be announced in May.
Information on the application process for both scholarships can be found on the CEISARE website.
For further information, contact Upadhyaya at 645-3180, ext. 133, or at shambhu@cse.buffalo.edu.
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