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"The center will add a fourth performance site, The University of Miami, to integrate their industry partners and special skills in cardiovascular/ heart valve research with the current three university strengths of bioceramics (Alfred) bioengineering (Memphis) and biomaterials (Buffalo)," Baier notes.

BREVERMAN PLANS SERIES OF EXHIBITS, LECTURES
Harvey Breverman, UB professor of art, plans a busy schedule of lectures and exhibits during 1997. Among Breverman's 1997 solo shows: Kalamazoo Institute of Art (Prints and Monotypes) Jan. 4-Feb. 3, where Breverman will jury the museum's regional exhibition and give a public lecture at Kalamazoo College; Butler Institute of American Art (Painting and Drawing Survey) March 2-April 13.

Also: Binghamton University Art Museum (Drawings: Nightworks and other works) March 14-April 11, where Breverman will lecture under the aegis of the Rosefsky Visiting Artist Lecture Series; Yeshiva University Museum, New York City, (Mystery of A Prayer Shawl Series) March 16-July; Milton Weill Gallery, 92nd St., New York City, (The Federman Cycle) March 31-May 8.

Breverman will also represent the United States in the "International Print Triennial '97-Cracow" opening June 20 at Palac Sztuki.

He is developing the Experimental Print Imaging Center (EPIC) at UB with Adele Henderson, assistant professor of art, and Jeffery Sherven, printmaking technician, as part of the printmaking program at UB.

MUSA HAKIM IS VISITING ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN
Musa A. Hakim was appointed visiting assistant librarian following a national search to select the 1995-1998 library resident for the Library Residency Program. The program, sponsored by the University Libraries, is a nationally recognized diversity effort aimed at recruiting African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans to the profession of academic librarianship. The program is supported in part by the Division of Student Affairs.

During his two-year residency at UB, Hakim will be responsible for providing reference services, library instruction, collection development and research. His subject expertise is African history with a focus on West African oral traditions.

Prior to receiving his master's degree in library science, Hakim earned a B.Sc. from Buffalo State College. From 1985-1987, he pursued a graduate degree in history at Dan Fodio University in Sokoto, Nigeria.

Hakim has taught at the Haliru Abu Teachers College in Sokoto and for the Buffalo Board of Education, where he served as a curriculum consultant to its African-American History Curriculum Infusion Project.

TRIGGLE TO CHAIR COMMISSION ON PHARMACY EDUCATION
David J. Triggle, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education at UB, has been appointed by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy to chair a new Commission on the Future of Graduate Education in the Pharmaceutical Sciences.

The new commission will address questions about the future need for doctoral graduates in the pharmaceutical sciences and ways to monitor supply and demand; the appropriate skills needed by doctoral graduates to maintain productivity in a multidisciplinary scientific environment, and the nature of the education doctoral students require to achieve those skills.

A SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biochemical Pharmacology and former dean of the UB School of Pharmacy, Triggle joined the UB faculty in 1962. He served as chair of the Department of Biochemical Pharmacology from 1971-85, when he was named dean.

Triggle's internationally recognized research focuses on how drugs interact with calcium channels, cellular mechanisms that regulate the entry of calcium when stimulated. He has conducted pioneering research into the action of calcium-channel antagonists in the cardiovascular system and studies calcium channels and aging.

Triggle has served on numerous internal and external committees relating to pharmacy and health-sciences curricula and the future of graduate programs in general.

A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and chair of its Pharmaceutical Sciences Section, Triggle is a member of numerous professional societies. He serves on many editorial boards and recently started his own trade magazine, Pharmaceutical News, of which he is editor.

Among his numerous honors, he has received the Otto Krayer Award in Pharmacology from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and the Volwiler Research Achievement Award of the American Association of the College of Pharmacy.

A native of London, England, Triggle received a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Hull and a bachelor's degree from the University of Southampton.

MFC OFFERS PROGRAM IN ARCHITECTURE
The University at Buffalo has reopened its evening undergraduate program leading to a bachelor of professional studies degree (BPS) in architecture. The program is offered through Millard Fillmore College, UB's evening division.

The UB School of Architecture and Planning suspended the program for two years in order to restructure its course requirements to bring them more closely in line with those of the day program.

"We've offered the evening baccalaureate program in architecture since the School of Architecture opened in 1970," noted Elizabeth Cromley, chair of the Department of Architecture. "As a matter of fact, the school opened with an evening program."

"What we've done here is increase the design-studio requirements from eight to 12 hours a week," she said. "This enhances the quality of the BPS degree offered through the evening division and ensures that its students graduate with virtually the same program as those in the day school."

For more information, contact Millard Fillmore College at 829-2202.

NEW UB SAFETY OFFICERS COMPLETE TRAINING
Four members of the UB Department of Public Safety were among 29 new State University of New York safety officers who recently completed a special training program held at the New York State Police Academy in Albany.

The four finished a 15-week program that focused on administration of justice, basic law, campus-police procedures, firearms, defensive tactics, criminal investigations, special patrol topics and human relations in a campus setting.

The four are:

Amy Pedlow, who has been with the UB department for the past year. She was formerly a security officer with Protection Technology and attended Buffalo State College, majoring in elementary education.

Tim Thompson, who joined the UB department in February. He has been employed by Fay's Drugs, J.C. Penney and Mercy Hospital. He has an associate's degree in criminal justice from Erie Community College.

Chris Bartolomei, who joined the UB department in May and holds a bachelor's degree from Buffalo State College.

Chris Ward, who earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from SUNY Brockport and an associate's degree in liberal arts and social sciences from Tompkins Cortland Community College. He joined the UB department in May.

STEGNER HEADS SCIENCES ALUMNI
Randall K. Stegner has been elected president of the board of directors of the Sciences Alumni Association of the UB Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics for the 1996-97 academic year. Stegner is a branch manager for the Site Remediation Division of Water Technology International Corp.

Martha M. Harris, an attorney with Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., will continue as secretary/treasurer.

Newly appointed to the board for a three-year term is William F. Sullivan, a senior chemist at Calspan SRL Corp.

Appointed as committee chairs are Nancy Markwart, nominations; Ted A. Badura, membership; Stuart D. Gossels, programming, and Joseph F. Ceravolo, networking.

Continuing members of the board are Patricia M. Costanzo, Mary E. Stock, John R. Tibbetts and Howard Tieckelmann.

The Sciences Alumni Association is a multidisciplinary group affiliated with the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, which comprises the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics and Physics. It is a constituent group of the UB Alumni Association.

WELCH'S BOOK RECEIVES NATIONAL HONORS
A book written by Claude E. Welch Jr., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science at UB, has been recognized for special honors by two major national organizations.

Welch's 1995 book, Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Roles and Strategies of Non-Governmental Organizations, has been selected as a finalist for the annual Herskovits award by the African Studies Association (ASA). The award is presented annually to the author of what is judged the outstanding original work published on Africa in English during the preceding year. The winner will be announced at the annual ASA meeting early in December.

The American Library Association, publisher of Choice, has selected Welch's book as one of the "outstanding academic books" of the year; the selection will be announced in the January 1997 issue. This is the second time Welch has been on that elite list-his 1984 edited book, Human Rights and Development in Africa, was also selected.

A UB faculty member since 1964, Welch has written extensively on Africa, human rights and the political roles of armed forces.

Welch earned a bachelor's degree in government from Harvard University and a doctoral degree from Oxford University.

MORTAR BOARD NAMED CHAPTER OF EXCELLENCE
UB's Launch Chapter of Mortar Board has been named a Chapter of Excellence by the National Council for the 1995-96 academic year. The UB chapter, recognized for its programming which serves concerns of the university and local community, its visibility on campus and communication among members, will receive a certificate and will be listed in an honor roll in The Forum, the organization's national publication.

An organization governed by students for more than 75 years, Mortar Board is a national honor society of college seniors recognized for their superior scholarship, outstanding leadership and dedicated service to the university community.