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The Eagle noted, "A leader in the promotion and facilitation of international education, Dr. Dunnett has for 25 years headed UB's English Language Institute. It is considered one of the best of its kind in the world and has trained more than 18,000 students and professionals here and abroad."

Citing Dunnett's efforts in building a cooperative exchange between UB and the Jagiellonian University in Poland, The Eagle said, "The exchange has developed into the most comprehensive of any between an American and Polish university. "Dr. Dunnett's support and leadership is credited with making it easier for the Polish programs at UB to prosper. He helped organize the Committee for Cooperation with the Jagiellonian, which supervises the activities of the exchange. His office has provided administrative and financial support to various initiatives involving the two schools.

"Most recently, the Polish Academic Information Center has been established at UB by the two universities. It will serve institutions throughout the U.S. by disseminating information about Polish studies and exchange opportunities in Poland."

In 1996, Dunnett received the Merentibus Medal from the Jagiellonian University in Poland, the greatest distinction of merit conferred by Jagiellonian. He also received the Homer Higbee Award from the Association of International Educators, professional association of international educators in the U.S.

TELECONFERENCE ON ENERGY CHOICES TO BE HELD FEB. 19
The Western New York Sustainable Energy Association, in conjunction with the UB Environmental Task Force and other local groups, is local sponsor of a national video teleconference produced by the Washington, D.C.-based Renew America. The teleconference will address issues of energy choices and policy impact on the economy environment and national security.

Teachers, students, consumer advocates and environmental advocates as well as government and business leaders are urged to attend the session which is free and open to the public. It will be held Wednesday, Feb. 19 from 1:45 to 4:30 p.m. in the WNED-TV Studios, Horizons Plaza, in Downtown Buffalo. For more information, call Walter Simpson, UB energy officer, at 645-3528.

PANEL TO DISCUSS AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GOVERNMENT
"African Americans in Government" is the topic of a panel discussion free and open to the public, to be held at UB's Educational Opportunity Center, 465 Washington St., on Thursday, Feb. 20.

Panelists for the noon program will be Buffalo Councilwoman Beverly Gray, Judge E. Jeannette Ogden and Judge Robert Russell. Moderator will be Arthur O. Eve Jr.

EVENTS CELEBRATE JEWISH AWARENESS MONTH
Photo exhibits and lectures on such topics as current issues in Israel, tracing one's Jewish "roots" and "Survival in Sarajevo" will be among highlights of Jewish Awareness Month, to be held through March 8 at UB.

The 11th annual Wasserman Conference, presented by Hillel and co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee of WNY Buffalo/Niagara Chapter, Jewish Family Service of Buffalo & Erie County and the Division of Student Affairs at UB, held Feb. 9 on the North Campus, kicked off the observance. Keynote speaker was Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz, professor of education and Jewish religious thought at Hebrew Union College.

Other events at UB that are free and open to the public during Jewish Awareness Month will be:

· "Uncovering Jewish Roots" with Jack Katz, UB professor of audiology, noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19, Suite 210, The Commons.

· "Survival in Sarajevo" photo exhibit depicting the role of the Jewish community during the Serbian siege of the Bosnian capital, Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the lobby of the Student Union and Wednesday, Feb. 26, Suite 210, The Commons.

· "Current Issues in Israel," noon, Wednesday, March 5, Suite 210, The Commons, featuring Daniel Kutner, the Israeli consul for academic affairs in the U.S.

COMPOSER CORT LIPPE JOINS MUSIC FACULTY
Cort Lippe, a leading composer of computer music, has been appointed assistant professor of music and director of the Hiller Computer Music Studios at UB.

Lippe, who has been visiting professor of music composition at UB since 1994, will teach music composition and be responsible for overall program administration, management, funding, equipment and staffing of the Hiller's suite in Baird Hall, plus a satellite studio in Slee Hall. The studios use IRCAM signal processing workstations to assist composers in the development of live interactive computer music.

"We are absolutely ecstatic to have Professor Lippe as a member of our faculty," said David Felder, chair of the UB Department of Music. "He is internationally acknowledged to be his generation's leading composer of computer music."

Lippe, who has studied under several celebrated composers, helped to develop new technologies at IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique-Musique) the world-famous, state-supported French institution for research into the techniques of modern music composition. It was founded by renowned French composer/conductor Pierre Boulez.

Lippe's mentors include composers Larry Austin in the United States and G. M. Koenig and Paul Berg at the Netherlands' Institut voor Sonologie, where Lippe studied computer and formalized music.

He also studied at the University at Paris with innovative composer Iannis Xenakis, and worked for three years at the Centre d'Etudes de Mathematiques et Automatique Musical, which Xenakis directed.

Lippe later worked at IRCAM at the Georges Pompidou Centre where he developed real-time musical applications and taught courses on new technologies used in music composition.

His compositions have received many international prizes and have been premiered at major festivals in North America, South America, Europe and the Far East.

ZEPLOWITZ REELECTED OLV CHIEF OF STAFF
Franklin Zeplowitz, president-elect of the Erie County Medical Society and a clinical instructor of surgery at the UB medical school, has been re-elected chief of staff at Our Lady of Victory Hospital, Lackawanna, for 1997-99.

Zeplowitz, a member of the New York State Medical Society Governing House of Delegates, is an attending surgeon at OLV and past president of its medical staff. He is also past president of the Buffalo Surgical Society and the UB Medical School Alumni Association. He is past chairman of the James Platt White Society at UB.

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT PROFESSOR HONORED
A book honoring the work of Stanley Zionts, Alumni Professor of Decision Support Systems in the UB School of Management, has been published by Springer-Verlag, Berlin, in conjunction with the International Society of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM).

The volume was edited by Mark H. Karwan, dean of the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, together with two other leading scholars in the field of management science and decision making, Professor Jaap Spronk, of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Professor Jyrki Wallenius of the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland.

Titled Essays in Decision Making: A Volume in Honor of Stanley Zionts, the Festschrift was presented to Zionts last month on the occasion of his 60th birthday at the 13th international meeting of the society in Cape Town, South Africa. It contains 21 essays written by leading authorities in the field of MCDM that discuss the use of mathematical methods for solving real-world problems.

Zionts is the founder and first president of the International Society of MCDM. The recipient of the society's Gold Medal and Presidential Service awards, he has published more than 100 articles and several books on management topics.

STUDENT CONFERENCE ON CANADA/U.S. SET FOR FEB. 21
Crossing Borders, the second annual student conference on Canada and the U.S., will be held Friday, Feb. 21 at Niagara University, Niagara Falls, N.Y. It is sponsored by the Golden Horseshoe Educational Alliance in association with Niagara University, Consulate General of Canada-Buffalo, University of Toronto and UB.

The alliance seeks to promote greater interaction, discussion and collaboration among undergraduate and graduate students across all disciplines in southern Ontario and Western New York.

Students will present and address issues of mutual interest and concern to Canada and the U.S., including topics on arts and literature, business, trade and investment, education, engineering, physical and environmental sciences and social sciences. Artists will present their work at a show in the Castellani Art Museum on the campus of Niagara University, followed by a reception.

There is no charge to attend the conference; lunch and the reception are $7 U.S., $10 Canadian. Registration forms, available from James E. McConnell, chair, Department of Geography at UB, 105 Wilkeson Quadrangle, Buffalo, N.Y. 14261-0023, must be returned by Feb. 14. For more information call 645-2722 or fax McConnell at 645-2329.

CAMPUS CATERING HAS NEW PICK-UP SERVICE
The Campus Catering Department is introducing a new Pick-Up Service available on the North Campus.

Breakfast, lunch and snack items are included in the menu, with a minimum order of 10 for lunch items.

Orders must be placed three business days ahead of time during the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Campus Catering, located in Norton Hall, Room 8, is open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information or to place orders, call Campus Catering at 645-3037. This is a pick-up service only; there is no delivery.

TV PROGRAM TO DISCUSS PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
Should physicians be allowed to help patients die? This controversial question will be examined on "Mind Over Myth," a public affairs television program to air Saturday, Feb. 15, at noon on WKBW-TV, Channel 7. Produced and moderated by Ilene Fleischmann, assistant dean for alumni and communications, School of Law, the program will address the legal, medical and ethical aspects of physician-assisted suicide.

Fleischmann will interview:

Dr. Robert Milch, medical director of Hospice Buffalo and an assistant clinical professor at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; he has published numerous papers and articles on pain and symptom management and serves on the steering committee of the NYS Cancer Pain Initiative.

Susan Regan, an attorney and partner in Magavern, Magavern & Grimm; a graduate of the UB Law School, she is a member of the National Health Lawyers Association and the New York State Bar Associ-ation's Health Law Committee. She serves on the Buffalo General Hospital health committee, counseling on decision making in critical care and patient rights issues.

Dr. Richard Hull, a professor of philosophy and clinical assistant professor of medicine at UB, he has specialized in clinical and biomedical ethics and has served as consultant to area hospitals and medical facilities.