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Brooks to open speakers series
Conservative political and cultural commentator David Brooks will open UB’s 26th annual Distinguished Speakers Series with a talk at 8 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Brooks is an op-ed editor at The New York Times, senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly, and a commentator on “PBS NewsHour” and “All Things Considered” on National Public Radio.
A sometimes controversial figure, both beloved and criticized by his fellow conservatives and taken to task by progressives as well, Brooks is the author of “Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There” and “On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense,” both published by Simon & Schuster.
Tickets for Brooks’ lecture may be purchased through the Center for the Arts ticket office or by visiting the CFA’s website for online ticket purchase options.
Discount vouchers are available for all current and retired UB faculty and staff through TIAA-CREF, and to all members of United University Professions (UUP). Vouchers are only valid at campus ticket offices.
UB undergraduates and GSA-represented graduate students are eligible for a free ticket, while supplies last.
For more information, visit the Distinguished Speakers Series website.
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Linda Yalem run set for Sept. 30
More than 1,500 walkers and runners are expected to participate in the 23th annual Linda Yalem Safety Run, to begin at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 30 on the North Campus.
The 5K USA Track and Field-certified course is one of the most popular races in Western New York. It is open to the casual, as well as the serious runner.
Post-race events will include food, entertainment and a kids’ dash.
The Linda Yalem Safety Run was established to promote personal safety and is named in honor of Yalem, a 22-year-old UB student who was raped and murdered in September 1990 on the Amherst bike path along the north edge of campus while training for the New York City Marathon.
Registration fees will support rape-prevention programming and personal safety awareness at UB.
The fee to participate is $23 for the general public and $18 for UB students who register online by 5 p.m. Sept. 26. The cost is $25 and $20 for those who register in person from 4-7 p.m. on Sept. 28 and from 7:30-9 a.m. on race day at Alumni Arena.
For more information or to register online, visit the Linda Yalem Safety Run website.
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Wooten to be inducted as Fellow
James A. Wooten, professor of law, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel at the organization’s 13th annual Induction Dinner and Ceremony on Sept. 15 in the Harvard Club of Boston.
Wooten teaches Contracts, Pension and Employee Benefit Law, and Federal Income Taxation. His research focuses on regulatory and tax policies affecting retirement plans, health plans and other employee-benefit plans. He is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and a fellow of the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Before joining the UB Law faculty in 1995, Wooten was an associate at Bredhoff & Kaiser, one of the nation’s leading firms in the fields of labor and employee-benefit law. He later served as Legal History Fellow at Yale Law School and as a Golieb Fellow in Legal History at New York University School of Law.
The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel Inc., a not-for-profit organization, is dedicated to elevating the standards and advancing the public’s understanding of the practice of employee-benefits law. College membership is limited to individuals who generally are recognized by their peers for expertise in the field and intellectual excellence. Membership requires a minimum of 20 years practice, as well as a demonstrated and sustained commitment to the development and pursuit of public awareness and understanding of the law of employee benefits.
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Flags at half-mast honor fallen soldier
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings—including those at UB—be flown at half-mast on Sept. 7 in honor of a New York soldier who died in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Sept. 2.
Spec. Kyle R. Rookey of Oswego died in a non-combat related incident. He was a member of the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team. The division is based at Fort Carson, Colo.
Cuomo has ordered that flags on all state buildings be lowered to half-mast in honor of and tribute to New York service members who are killed in action or die in a combat zone.
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Open figure drawing sessions set
The Student Visual Arts Organization (SVAO) in the Department of Visual Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, is sponsoring open figure drawing sessions from 6-8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays now through Dec. 5 in 218 Center for the Arts, North Campus.
No session will be held on Nov. 21 due to Thanksgiving.
The non-instructional sessions, which are open to the public, cost $5 per session. No registration is required. Easels are provided; artists must bring their own drawing materials.
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Pharmacy holds White Coat Ceremony
The 126 members of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences’ PharmD Class of 2016 took their first, public step toward becoming pharmacists when they participated in the school’s annual White Coat Ceremony, held Aug. 23 in the Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.
The White Coat Ceremony symbolizes passage into the initial stages of the profession of pharmacy practice and represents a contract for excellence in providing compassionate patient care.
The event also highlights the importance of scientific scholarship and emphasizes the highest principles of moral, ethical and legal conduct. Students taking part in this tradition are welcomed to begin study among the ranks of pharmacy professionals.
During the “Calling of the Class,” each student was called to the stage to be presented with a coat while his or her hometown was identified by Karl D. Fiebelkorn, associate dean for student affairs and professional relations.
Dean Wayne K. Anderson gave the welcome; Keith Wagner, PharmD, ’00 & MBA, ’03, director of trade and specialty accounts for Eli Lilly and Co., gave the keynote address.
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