Two events sponsored by the UB Art Department are scheduled during November.

A Multi-Media Student Arts Gala presented by Mozaik, the Undergraduate Fine Arts Club, will be held Nov. 13-16 in the atrium of the Center for the Arts. It will feature poetry readings, video screenings, sculpture, paintings, photography, music-ensemble performances, theatrical readings and dance, all produced by students in the Faculty of Arts and Letters.

The gala begins at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13, and concludes on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. The performance pieces will be presented from 6-10 p.m. on Nov. 13. Admission is free; the public is welcome.

A slide lecture on Sri Lankan culture, free of charge and open to the public, is set for Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Screening Room (Room 112) of the Center for the Arts. David Schirm, associate professor of art and a 1994-95 Senior Fulbright Scholar to Sri Lanka, will present the lecture.

UB STUDENTS TEACH COURSE IN BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION

Students from UB's Living Well Center traveled out to the community for a teaching program at North Tonawanda High School Oct. 31. Nine girls' physical education classes received instruction in breast self-examination.

These Living Well Center students have completed the American Cancer Society's Breast Cancer Detection Awareness Instructor Certification Program offered at the Center and taught by Mary Jo Berrettini, nurse educator and a certified educator for the program: Kimberly Canuaun, Jeanne Gooch, Michelle Ignaszak, Irene McKenna, Shari Melman, Nicole Sajecki, Melissa Smith, Ya Hsin Wu, Marcy Zastrow.

The programs on breast self-examination are also offered on the UB campus through the Living Well Center, Life Workshops and for groups on request. The Living Well Center is located in 223 Student Union. For more information, call 645-2837.

DUTCH TV JOURNALIST SPEAKS ON ANTI-FASCISM

Hans Brinks is a historian and Dutch television journalist whose studies of Germany's right-wing and the political doctrine of anti-fascism has earned him an elected position as an Advanced Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University's American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.

Brinks will speak at UB on Friday, Nov. 17, at 3:15 p.m. in the Pratt Conference Room, 532 Park Hall on UB's North Campus. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.

His talk, "Anti-Fascism as the Founding Myth of the German Democratic Republic, 1945-61," will be sponsored by the Graduate Group for Modern German Studies and the Department of History.

Brinks has worked as an author and scientific journalist for Dutch journals and television. He has served as a visiting scholar to Potsdam's Forschungsschwerpunkt Zeithistorische Studien and in 1994 was a research fellow at the Center for German and European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

His latest book, "Germany's Right Wing," was published in 1994. He is working on a book about the political doctrine of anti-fascism in the German Democratic Republic during the Ulbricht era.

UB LECTURER DISCUSSES CHINA'S 'YUPPIE CORPS'

Cheng Li, assistant professor of political science at Hamilton College, will present a talk on the rise of technocracy in post-Mao China on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 3:15 p.m. in 470 Park Hall, on the UB North Campus.

A former medical doctor in his native Shanghai, Li received a doctorate in political science from Princeton University. He returned to the U.S. this fall following two years as a research fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, where he studied China's coastal political economy. Li is widely published in such journals as World Politics, Asian Survey, China Quarterly and Modern China.

His visit to UB will be sponsored by the Asian Studies Program of the Department of Political Science.

ENGINEERING NAMES NEW ASSOCIATE DEANS

The UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has announced the appointment of three new associate deans. Michael E. Ryan has been named associate dean for undergraduate education. He previously was director of the Business-Industry Affiliates Program with the New York State Center for Hazardous Waste Management at UB. A faculty member since 1976, he has research interests in polymer processing, rheology, fluid mechanics, ceramic systems and environmental engineering.

Ryan has been the recipient of the Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award and the Centennial Certificate of Appreciation for contributions to the American Society for Engineering Education and the engineering profession. He has authored many research papers and book chapters and made numerous technical presentations. He earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at McGill University.

Andres Soom has been named associate dean for research and graduate education. He has served as chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering since 1990. A faculty member since 1977, he is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Soom conducts research in vibrations, acoustics, tribology and machine diagnostics.

The author or co-author of books, book chapters and scholarly journals, he holds two patents with UB colleagues on an apparatus and software combination that can detect signs of trouble in machines, primarily circuit-breaker failure.

He is a founder of UB's University on Wheels program, through which engineering faculty deliver courses on-site at area corporations. Soom graduated from McGill University and earned master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Paul S. Goodman has been named associate dean for fiscal management, a new position. He previously was assistant to the chair in the UB Department of Music, where he managed departmental resources, and was laboratory manager in the Department of Chemistry. A graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton, he earned an MBA from UB in 1992.

ALUMNI, FACULTY NAMED TO BUSINESS FIRST'S "40 UNDER FORTY"

Several UB alumni, plus two faculty members, one who is also a UB graduate, are among the "40 Under Forty" Western New Yorkers recognized by Business First for professional success and community involvement. They will be feted at a luncheon Nov. 10 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. UB alumni and faculty to be honored are:

´ Paul Candino, CEO, Erie County Medical Center, who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1984.

´ Ross Hewitt, senior research scientist, SUNY Research Foundation and UB clinical associate professor of medicine, who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1979.

´ Kenneth MacKay, president, Kenneth MacKay Architecture and president of the UB Alumni College of the School of Architecture and Planning, who received a master's degree in architecture from UB in 1985.

´ Michael Metzger, vice president of the McIntosh Group, who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1980.

´ Patricia Weeks O'Conner, administrator, Schoellkopf Health Center, who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1983 and a master's degree in social work in 1985.

´ Samuel Savarino president, ADF Construction Corp., who received a bachelor's degree from UB in 1985.

´ Edward Simmons Jr., UB clinical assistant professor of orthopaedics.

MUSICAL PRODIGIES GIVE CONCERT NOV. 12

Eight musical prodigies 9-16, who immigrated to Israel from their homes in the former USSR, perform Sunday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. in Slee Hall on the North Campus. The group, known as VIVACE!, is presented by Buffalo Hillel Foundation and The American Friends of Gifted Young Musicians.

The young pianists and violinists will be accompanied by the UBuffalo Symphony Orchestra during part of their performance. Charles Peltz is UBuffalo Symphony director; Arie Lipsky will be guest conductor.

Proceeds of the concert will benefit Buffalo Hillel Foundation and underprivileged gifted young musicians in Israel.

SILS GRAD STUDENT WINS PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLARSHIP

Patricia Uttaro, a graduate student in UB's School of Information and Library Studies, has received one of three scholarships presented this year by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association. The LITA-Geac Scholarship consists of a $2,500 stipend presented by Geac Computers, Inc., Newtonville, Mass.

George Bobinski, dean of the UB School of Information and Library Studies, said the scholarship, prestigious in the library field, was awarded based on a national competition.

Uttaro has a bachelor's degree in cultural studies and children's literature from Empire State College and plans to work with automated library services targeted to children and young adults.

UB FACULTY WIN TOP PRIZE IN FINANCIAL COMPETITION

Innovative research described by a trio of UB management faculty captured the prestigious first-place award at the recent 25th annual meeting of the Financial Management Association in New York City.

Their research in an article, "Do Stock Returns Reflect Investors' Trading Thresholds?" garnered a $2,500 prize for David Lesmond, Joseph P. Ogden, and Charles A. Trzcinka.

Lesmond is a visiting assistant professor of accounting. Ogden is an associate professor and chair in the Department of Finance and Managerial Economics. Trzcinka is an associate professor of finance and managerial economics. The paper, a product of Lesmond's doctoral dissertation, earned an additional $1,000 award in the investments category.

STATE POLICE ACADEMY GRADS JOIN PUBLIC SAFETY

Three men who graduated Oct. 27 from a 16-week program at the State Police Academy in Albany have joined UB as Public Safety officers, according to John Grela, director of UB's Department of Public Safety.

They are: Mark D. Fleetwood, Mark Gates and Michael R. Wells. Each earned an associate's degree from Erie Community College and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Buffalo State College.

The program in Albany includes coursework in campus law-enforcement operations, crisis intervention, first aid, firearms, defensive tactics, emergency vehicle operations and legal issues. The program is certified by the Bureau for Municipal Police.

WOMEN'S CLUB EVENTS INCLUDE POINSETTIA SALE

The Ninth Annual Poinsettia Sale of the UB Women's Club, is now in progress. Plants in red, white, pink and red/white combinations are available in pots and hanging baskets in sizes ranging from 3-1/2 inches to 10 inches. Sale proceeds support Grace Capen Scholarships.

Deadline for orders is Nov. 28. Pickup will be Dec. 7 at Center for Tomorrow. To order or for more information, call Winnie Doran, 839-9710.

These groups plan sessions:

Art History: Nov. 10, 11 a.m. at Albright Knox Art Gallery, lunch and tour of Children's Extravaganza; Gerry Ryder, arrangements.

Books: Nov. 13, 12:30 p.m., home of Nancy Golden; Rita Jenczka, co-hostess; discussion of books for children & young adults, led by Enid Margolis, Velina Ruckenstein, Susan Lentnek.

Dinner Theater: will see Faith Healer at Irish Classical Theater followed by dinner at Mother's Bakery Nov. 12 at 2 p.m.; Gerry Ryder, Norma Zimmerman, arrangements.

International: Nov. 21, 10 a.m., Student Union, North Campus.

Needlework: Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., home of Lois Sindoni; Work on own projects, share a light lunch; special project, origami boxes.

Evening Gourmet: Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Brunch Buffet, Meena Rustgi, hostess.

French Conversation: Nov. 17, 12:30 p.m., home of Judy Padgug, lunch and conversation.

Bridge: Nov. 20, Dandelions Restaurant, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., intermediate & advanced play; Marie Schillo, coordinator.

Bowling: Mondays, 10 a.m., Sheridan Lanes.

Tennis: Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m., at Amherst Hills Tennis Club; Marie Schillo, Ann Shub, chairs.