A symposium and panel discussions on "Where We've Come From, Where We're Going," celebrating Women's History Month are planned March 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Educational Opportunity Center, 465 Washington St. The symposium will examine the contributions of female educators of African descent.

The program includes a symposium and panel from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., "Progressive Pioneers: Black Women Educators" with Nadine Lockwood, Ilana R. Lewis and Virginia Batchelor as presenters.They are doctoral candidates in the Educational Organization, Administration and Policy program of the UB Graduate School of Education.

Lockwood will discuss Anna Julia Cooper's writings and essays, "A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South" (1892) examining possible conflict between Cooper as a feminist and a race woman.

Lewis will examine the lifespan of Fanny Jackson Coppin, studying her accomplishments as a formal and informal educator.

Batchelor will focus on the life history of Mary McLeod Bethune, a 19th century educator and international figure who believed that racial inequality would not be eradicated until black girls obtained the same educational opportunities available to white girls.

From 12:30-1:30 p.m., the program will include an Ethnic Women panel discussion, examining our multi-cultural presence, with Jewish, Hispanic and Native American women as presenters.

Refreshments will be served from 1:30-2 p.m. There will be voter registration and a book display by women writers on view from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Felder to present new work with Buffalo Philharmonic

David Felder, Birge-Cary chair in Music at UB and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Composer in Residence, will premiere his most recent work, Three Pieces for Orchestra, Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30 with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) at Kleinhans Music Hall. Both performances begin at 8 p.m. with a pre-concert talk by Felder at 7 p.m. Music Director Maximiano Valdes will conduct the orchestra

Felder completed his composition, representing the culmination of his work as resident composer, in February, dedicating the second movement to the memory of Yvar Mikhashoff. Mikhashoff, UB professor of music and a pianist and composer of international reputation, died in 1993.

One of six composers who launched the "New Residencies" program in 1993, Felder has been in residence under its auspices with the BPO, the Greater Buffalo Opera Company and WBFO 88.7 FM, UB's public radio station. The program is designed for orchestras, choruses, opera, dance and theater companies to work in partnership with local civic organizations. Felder directs the UB Music Department program in composition and serves as artistic director of UB's annual June in Buffalo festival dedicated to emerging composers of new music. Currently he is working on an orchestral piece commissioned by the American Composer's Orchestra to be premiered Nov. 26. 1996 at Carnegie Hall.

Gerhard Levy to receive honorary doctorate

The Board of Trustees of Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan will confer an honorary doctorate on Gerhard Levy, UB Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pharmaceutics, UB School of Pharmacy. The ceremony will take place April 26 in Tokyo. This is only the sixth honorary doctorate that Hoshi University has awarded.

Levy joined the university as an assistant professor in 1958 and formally retired last year, but remains on active status. This will be his fifth honorary doctorate. The author of more than 500 scholarly publications, he is internationally known for his research in pharmacokinetics, kinetics of drug action and biopharmaceutics.

Math competition set for March 19, 20

More than 100 students in grades 3-8 representing 56 WNY schools, will come to the North Campus March 19 and 20 to take part in a "Math Is Everywhere" competition in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics building.

In advance of the competition, students work on interdisciplinary problems focusing on the connection between math and its use in daily life.

When they arrive at UB they will be involved in team and individual competitions. Awards and certificates of participation will be given.

Volunteers are needed to act as hosts when the students are on campus. To volunteer, call Bonnie Bolea, 689-5241 or Tom Schroeder, 645-2455

PSS sponsors tour of nuclear medicine center

Tours of the Center for Positron Emission Tomography (PET Center) will be given April 8 and April 22 under the sponsorship of the UB Professional Staff Senate. The one-hour tours will take place at 3 p.m. in 105 Parker Hall, South Campus. Capacity is limited; to make reservations, call 838-5889 by April 1.

Established in 1987 as a joint activity of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Buffalo VA Medical Center, the multidisciplinary center is one of the most advanced in the country. PET imaging enables physicians and research scientists to visualize and quantify complex physiological processes in the human body.

The PET Center is managed under the supervision of the UB Department of Nuclear Medicine.

Meetings Trade Fair at Convention Center

UB's Office of Conferences and Special Events and the Greater Buffalo Convention and Visitors Bureau will sponsor the Fourth Annual Meetings Trade Fair March 27 from 2-6 p.m. in the Buffalo Convention Center.

The Trade Fair, free to individuals who plan meetings, will put planners in touch with members of the hospitality, industry, hotels, meeting facilities, attractions, cultural organizations and service providers.

New this year is The Learning Center, where representatives of UB's Conferences and Special Events and the Convention & Visitors Bureau will answer questions on planning meetings and conventions.

Registration deadline is March 22. For more information, call Kathy Benzel at 852-2765, ext. 221.

Fleischmann to moderate program on death penalty

The morality, effectiveness and cost of the death penalty will be the subject of the public affairs TV program, Mind Over Myth, to be broadcast March 16 on WKBW-Ch. 7.

Ilene Fleischmann, assistant dean of the UB School of Law, is producer and moderator. Guests will be:

Kevin Dillon, Erie County district attorney and an adjunct professor in the law school. Dillon is responsible for implementing the state's new death penalty law for cases arising in this jurisdiction.

Markus Dubber, associate professor of law, teaches criminal law. Earlier this month, he organized a national conference of legal scholars on the New York death penalty.

Charles Culhane, a master's candidate who spent 27 years in prison, including 33 months on death row.