The UB Division of Athletics, the Alumni Association and the University Student Alumni Board are teaming up to present Alumni Night at UB Basketball Saturday, Feb. 3 in Alumni Arena.

The whole family is invited to participate in the event, which begins at 5 p.m. with a free reception before the Royals' game against Western Illinois State. Alumni and their families are invited to meet fellow graduates and student leaders for refreshments, face painting and music.

Alumni tickets also include admission to the men's basketball game at 8:15 p.m. against Western Illinois. Two basketball jerseys will be retired at halftime. For tickets, call the Stadium Ticket Office at 645-6666. Tickets are $9 (gold reserved); $7 (blue chairback reserved or general admission bleachers); $5 children's tickets are available in $7 seating areas only. Each ticket for the doubleheader is good for a free ticket to the next doubleheader Feb. 17 when the Bulls and Royals face Eastern Illinois.

Madjeski to receive Susan B. Anthony Award

Rose Mary Madjeski, clinical assistant professor in the UB School of Pharmacy, will receive the Interclub Council of Western New York's Susan B. Anthony Award Feb. 3 at a luncheon in Salvatore's Italian Gardens.

The award recognizes a woman member of an Interclub Council club who has achieved success in her field of work, and has demonstrated leadership in an area outside her own field.

Madjeski is a graduate of the UB School of Pharmacy and the Roswell Park School of Enterostomal Therapy. In 1989, she was elected the first woman president of the Pharmaceutical Association of the State of New York. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Pharmacists' Association of WNY and Managed RX. She has served on advisory committees of the Visiting Nurses Association and the Erie County Health Department.

At the Pharmacy School, she has served on the admission, student undergraduate affairs and orientation week committees.

PSYCHOLOGY STUDY SEEKS SEX ASSAULT VICTIMS

The Center for Anxiety Research in the UB Department of Psychology is looking for female sexual-assault survivors 18 and older to participate in a study of ways that women think after an assault.

The researchers, headed by doctoral candidate Jillian Shipherd, are female psychology students specializing in the needs of women who have been assaulted. Study participants will provide information that researchers expect will improve treatments for post-assault problems experienced by victims. The research involves assessments of the thoughts of assault survivors and their ability to suppress those thoughts. In particular, the researchers are investigating the role of intrusive thoughts in the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Rape Trauma Syndrome.

Participants must be at least three months post-assault and may or may not have PTSD. They may be in therapy, but it is not a requirement for participation.

The study involves completely confidential interviews conducted according to a very flexible schedule and in a safe, quiet atmosphere. Interviews will be approximately 2-1/2 hours in length and will take place in the Psychological Services Center in Park Hall on UB's North Campus.

The session will include a diagnostic interview and tasks designed to elicit information regarding thoughts, thought processing and emotions. Up-to-date information and referrals to free or low-cost area treatment resources for sexual-assault survivors will be provided to participants. To participate in the study or to obtain more information, call Jillian Shipherd, 645-3650, ext. 337.

LAW STUDENT NAMED SKADDEN FELLOW

Sara Meerse, a student in the UB Law School, is one of only 25 academically outstanding law students nationwide to be named a prestigious Skadden Fellow in a program funded by a New York City law firm.

Skadden Fellows receive an annual salary of $32,500 for each of two years to provide full-time civil legal assistance to needy clients through specific non-profit organizations around the nation. The program was established in 1989 by the international law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom through the Skadden Fellowship Foundation.

Meerse is the second UB law student honored from among hundreds from U.S. law schools who apply each year.

A 1992 graduate of the State University at Binghamton, she will earn a law degree this spring, from UB and a master's degree in social work in a joint-degree program. In August, she will begin work with Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc., Presque Isle, Maine.

Meerse, who has participated in UB clinics serving local needy clients, worked with the Maine program last summer through a fellowship with the National Association of Public Interest Law/Rural Legal Assistance Service Corps. She chose to return there under the Skadden Fellowship to work with cases involving domestic violence and related civil-suit issues, child custody, the elderly and health-related issues.

Ukrainian Dancers to perform Feb. 17

The Veriovka Ukrainian National Dance Company will be presented by the UB Center for the Arts Feb. 17 in the Center for the Arts Mainstage on the North Campus. Appearing here on its first U.S. tour, the company of 75 dancers, singers and musicians is under the artistic direction of Anatoly Avdievsky. The program of folk singing and dancing will feature 20 pieces and a thousand costume changes.

The company, which represents the art of the entire country, draws both performers and repertoire from all parts of the Ukraine. For more than 50 years it has been sharing treasured dances and music of the Ukraine in worldwide performances filled with fantasy and folk humor. Tickets are $16, $20 and $22, available at the Center for the Arts Box Office (645-ARTS) and all Ticketmaster locations.

Conference to focus on Jerusalem anniversary

Jerusalem's 3,000th anniversary and aspects of its past, present and future are the theme of the Tenth Annual Wasserman Conference to be held Feb. 11 in the Student Union on the North Campus. The event will feature speakers, workshops and a replica of the Wailing Wall on which visitors may write their names.

Student photos of their trips to Jerusalem will be displayed. They can be brought to Hillel at 40 Capen Blvd.; the Jewish Student Union, Room 311, UB Student Union; the Hillel Table in the Student Union lobby; or the Campus Center for Jewish Life, Room 210, The Commons. Deadline is 5 p.m. Feb. 7.

Presented by Hillel of Buffalo and supported by the Wasserman family of Buffalo, the conference is co-sponsored by local chapters of the American Jewish Committee and Jewish Campus Service Corps of Buffalo; the Jewish student newspaper, "ARI;" Israel Student Organization and the Jewish Student Union.

The keynote address at 2 p.m. on "The Centrality of Jerusalem in Jewish Life" will be given by Michael J. Cohen, Lazarus Philips professor of history, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Remarks by Avram Sachs, UB graduate student, Department of English; and music and dance will be part of the first portion of the conference. Events scheduled for 3-5 p.m. include:

"Politics and Modernism in Mandate-Era Jerusalem and a Present-Day No-Man's Land" and "Aesthetics and Nationalism in Present-Day Jerusalem," Daniel Bertrand Monk, assistant professor of architectural history and theory, State University at Stony Brook. He also is a visiting scholar at Columbia University's Institute of War and Peace Studies.

"Discovering One's Spirituality in Jerusalem" and "The Spirit of Jerusalem and Jerusalem the Physical," Rabbi Heshel Greenberg, lecturer, UB's Department of Classics and director, Jewish Discovery Center, Amherst.

Michael Cohen, "In Modern Palestine-Under the British Mandate" and "In Modern Israel: By Accident of War."

Thomas Idinopulos, "Jerusalem Blessed and Cursed: The Struggles of Jews, Christians and Moslems in the Holiest City" and "Pilgrimage, Piety and Power: Jerusalem Meaning for Christians." He is a professor of religious studies at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and consulting editor, "Middle East Review."

A dinner will be held at 5:45 p.m. in Pistachio's in the Student Union. The conference fee is $2, students; $6 for others. Dinner reservations must be made by Feb. 7 through Hillel and are $3, students; $6 for others. For more information call 835-3832.

Welch to sign copies of new book

Claude E. Welch Jr., professor of political science and director of the Human Rights Center at UB, will sign copies of his book, Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Strategies and Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5 at the University Bookstore, 200 Lee Entrance, North Campus. Signed copies of his book also may be reserved by calling 645-3131.

PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT FOR UB MEMORY STUDY

University at Buffalo researchers at Erie County Medical Center are seeking 300 adults ages 25-60 to take a test to evaluate memory. Participants must have at least an eighth-grade education and no degree higher than the baccalaureate level.

The written and verbal test requires about 45 minutes. Participants will be reimbursed for time and travel. Individuals interested in participating should call 898-3372 and leave name and phone number on the answering machine. The research study is being conducted by Ralph Benedict, UB associate professor of neurology, and graduate student Melissa Dobraski.

ADULTS WITH GUM DISEASE SOUGHT FOR DENTAL STUDY

Researchers in the UB School of Dental Medicine are seeking healthy adults ages 18-60 for a study of the effects of a new toothpaste on oral health. Participants must have symptoms of periodontal (gum) disease, such as red or bleeding gums after brushing. The study requires four visits to the dental school on the South Campus.

After the study is completed, participants will receive a teeth-cleaning and $100 reimbursement for time and travel. To enroll in the study or obtain more information, call 829-3940 on Wednesday or Thursday evenings from 4:30-7:30 p.m.