Ruth D. Bryant, assistant dean in the School of Architecture and Planning, has been selected to receive the 1996 YWCA Outstanding Achievement Award. The award, one of three, will be presented at the YWCA's 18th annual Leader Luncheon Friday, May 31 at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

Bryant, a graduate of the University of Buffalo, is a former chair of the Professional Staff Senate. She is a 30-year employee of the university, and has served on numerous campus-wide committees. A PSS Senator, currently she serves on the Task Force on Women at UB and the Governance Committee of the Faculty Senate. Among her community activities are: Board Member, United Way of New York State, Medaille College Board of Trustees, The Buffalo Foundation and Board President of Rental Assistance Corp. and the Erie County Cultural Resources Advisory Board.

Bryant received the PSS Outstanding Service Award in 1990.

Brown, Albarella take part in Symposium

UB faculty and staff members participated March 2 in an oral history symposium at the Burchfield Center, Buffalo State College. Two panels of speakers presented their memories of Charles Burchfield as neighbor, friend and colleague.

Taking part in the program were Ann Raszmann Brown, production manager, UB Publications Department, who wrote her master's thesis on Burchfield and the Birge Wallpaper Company and Joan Albarella, associate professor, Educational Opportunity Center, a former next-door neighbor of the Burchfield family who with her mother, has donated drawings and objects from Burchfield's studio to the Burchfield Center.

Business Days Seminar to be held June 3-4

Business Days, a two-day seminar sponsored by the offices of Accounting and Payroll Services, Budget, Personnel Services and Purchasing will be held Monday and Tuesday, June 3 and 4.

The seminar, which is open to the university community, will offer the following sessions:

Accounting and Payroll Services: Accounting Classification Structure, Information System Overview, Overview of Regular and TA/GA Payroll, Student Assistant and Work Study Payroll.

Budget: Income Fund Reimbursable, Personal Service Regular Expenditure Projection.

Personnel Services: Position Classification (Classified Service Positions; Professional and Faculty Positions), Retirement Processing (Classified Service Employees; Professional Staff Employees and Faculty), Appointment Processing (Classified Service Appointments, Professional Staff and Faculty Appointments), and Time and Attendance (Classified Service Staff, Professional Staff and Faculty).

Purchasing: Speedy Order System, Procurement Card, System Contracts, Purchasing Regulations in the Current Climate.

Business Days participants must register by May 8. For more information, contact Sue Krzystofiak, Accounting and Payroll Services, 330 Crofts Hall, 645-2663 ext. 260.

CAMPANARO IS DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING FOR CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Connie Campanaro, director of marketing and public relations at the UB Center for the Arts, has been named the facility's director of marketing and programming.

Campanaro will be responsible for negotiating contracts, booking artists and developing partnerships for events in the $50-million Center for the Arts on the North Campus. She will be the primary contact for national talent agencies and others interested in bringing performers to the Center for the Arts.

Campanaro will continue to be responsible for media buying, marketing, publicity and box office supervision at the Center for the Arts.

Prior to joining UB in 1993, she was president of B-Sharp Promotions, Inc. and director of entertainment, advertising and promotions at the Tralfamadore Cafe in Buffalo. During her career, she has booked hundreds of artists and thousands of concerts across the entertainment spectrum, ranging from Dana Carvey; Tori Amos; Kenny G; Tracy Lawrence; Buddy Guy; Bobby Brown; Blood, Sweat and Tears, and Le Ballet National Du Senegal.

Publications staffers win design, writing awards

Five members of the UB Publications Department were winners April 19 at the Professional Communicators of Western New York and the Art Directors/Communicators of Buffalo awards show, held at the Buffalo Marriott.

The awards, including one gold, two silvers and one bronze, were as follows: Gold award for School of Engineering and Applied Sciences book, "Defining the Future of Engineering," to Rebecca Farnham, designer and Judson Mead, writer; Silver award for the School of Man-agement's Executive MBA program recruitment book to Rebecca Farnham, designer and Judson Mead, writer; Silver award for Admissions' "Distinguished Honors brochure" to Alan Kegler, designer; Bronze award for UB Libraries "Access" newsletter to Scott Fricker, designer and Ann Whitcher, writer.

PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT FOR STUDY ON DRUG TO TREAT DEPRESSION

Volunteers are needed to participate in a 10-week study by UB researchers to evaluate a clinically investigational medication for treatment of depression. UB is one of 10 centers to participate in this national study.

Symptoms of depression may include sleep disturbance, irritability, fatigue, restlessness and poor concentration.

Anyone interested in obtaining further information or participating in the study may call UB Department of Psychiatry at 898-5089 or 898-5446.

Emeritus Center awards Honor volunteer service

Senior Vice President Robert J. Wagner will participate in the presentation of awards in recognition of more than 3,000 hours of volunteer service performed during the past year by 86 Emeritus Center members at a meeting to be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 in the Emeritus Center, Goodyear Hall, South Campus.

The Rose Weinstein Memorial Award for research by a UB student in the field of gerontology also will be presented. The meeting will be preceded by a board meeting at 1 p.m.

Foster to publish book, give lecture at Princeton

Kathryn A. Foster, assistant professor in the Department of Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, has had her book accepted for publication by Georgetown University Press. The book, titled Special Delivery: Special-Purpose Governments and the Political Economy of Metropolitan Services Delivery, examines the causes and implications of the trend toward special-purpose governance in U.S. metropolitan areas.

She recently delivered an invited lecture on "The Fish Stores of Government: Specialization in the Public Sector" in the Technical Expertise and Public Policy Lecture Series at Princeton University.

THEORETICAL PHYSICIST APPOINTED CHAIR OF PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

Richard J. Gonsalves, professor of physics at UB, has been appointed chair of the UB Department of Physics. A UB faculty member since 1980, Gonsalves conducts research in the areas of theoretical high-energy physics, quantum field theories and computational physics.

In recent years, he has made discoveries about predictions arising from the Standard Model, the model that unifies the strong, weak and electromagnetic forces.

Gonsalves now is studying gauge theories about elementary particles, such as quarks and bosons, and their interactions, and making predictions about these theories for experiments at high-energy particle colliders. He also is using computers to study problems in field theory and to simulate other complex physical systems.

His research, funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, has been published in numerous scientific journals. Gonsalves also has developed a new course in computational physics for undergraduate and graduate students, and is exploring ways to use computers to teach the introductory physics course.

Gonsalves was recognized in 1994 with the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.

A native of India, Gonsalves graduated from Loyola College in Madras and received a master's degree from the University of Madras. He earned his doctorate from Columbia University.

HOOT IS PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL

James L. Hoot, professor of early childhood education at UB, has been elected president of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), the principal professional organization in his field. He was vice president of the association from 1993-96 and is current vice president of the New York Association for Childhood Education International.

Hoot, who has directed the UB Early Childhood Research Center since 1986, coordinates the UB Graduate School of Education programs in early childhood education, where he also specializes in computer education and technology for young children, and issues in international education.

He has held many professional posts in his field, written a number of books and serves as associate editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education.

He has edited 10 teacher education texts, and has served as senior editor or guest editor for several theme issues of the Journal of the Association for Childhood Education International, and more than 35 of his articles have appeared in numerous education journals. He also has presented scores of lectures to national and international education audiences.

Hoot received his doctorate in early childhood education from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his master's degree from Virginia State College, Petersburg.

He has served as a consultant for such institutions as IBM, Texas Instruments Products Division, and for the Region V and VI Head Start Program for the Administration for Children, Educational Youth and Families.

Susan HUSTON NAMED DIRECTOR OF ACS

Susan Huston, a manager in Administrative Computing Services (ACS) at the University at Buffalo, has been named its director.

Currently responsible for UB's ongoing data warehouse project (MIDSS), Huston recently guided ACS in the installation of the Alumni Development and Advancement System (ADAMS). ADAMS combines two databases containing information on more than 200,000 UB alumni, friends and donors.

She also coordinated ACS's effort to implement the Degree Audit Requirements System (DARS) that assists students and advisors in assessing students' progress toward degree completion and planning course schedules.

Huston is a member of numerous professional organizations, including College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE) and College and University Users Conference (CUMREC). She joined UB in 1978 as a programmer analyst.

UB catering manager wins recipe contest

Tom Ingalls, manager of the Center for Tomorrow/South Campus Catering Department, has been awarded a third prize in the recent Golden Ladle Recipe Contest sponsored by the food service department of the Campbell Soup Company. He will receive a cookbook from a prestigious cooking school.

Ingalls' original recipe for "Souper Salsa" was selected by a panel of food editors from within the food service industry. All the winning recipes featured Campbell's soup as an ingredient. They will become part of Campbell's recipe collection, with potential for use in recipe cards, trade publicity and demonstrations.

The recipe winner:

small diced red onion

small diced jalapeöos

very small diced chipotle peppers (smoked jalapeöos that add a special flavor)

salt and black pepper (to taste)

diced yellow bell peppers

One of the great things about this recipe, Ingalls says, is it's "Betty Crocker-proof"-anyone can make it their own unique recipe by varying the proportions of ingredients. For example, to make it hotter, add a little more chipotle or jalapeöo; to make it a little sweeter, add more buckwheat honey.