Bernstein feted for lifetime contribution to poetry, literary scholarship
Charles Bernstein, the nationally regarded poet, critic and editor who holds the David Gray Chair in Poetry and Letters at UB, has been awarded the 1999 Roy Harvey Pearce/Archive for New Poetry prize from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

The prize is awarded biennially to an American poet-scholar in recognition of his or her lifetime contribution to poetry and literary scholarship. The prize is named for Roy Harvey Pearce, a founding member of the UCSD Department of Literature and founder of its Archive for New Poetry, an internationally prominent collection of manuscripts, monographs and other materials that document American poetry since 1945.

Recipients of the prize are selected by a panel of judges, all of whom must be senior professors of American literature and only one of which may be from UCSD.

The distinguished poet and literary critic Susan Howe, associate professor of English at UB, received the award in 1997, making two of the first three recipients of the prize members of the UB English Department faculty.

"Sunrise" audience to hear talk on environmental hazards
The environmental hazards of lawn-care chemicals and alternative lawn-care treatments will be the focus of a "UB at Sunrise" program to be held from 7:30-9 a.m. April 22 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

In a presentation titled "Dangerous Beauty: The Health Risks of a Flawless Lawn," Thomas S. Mang, clinical and research associate professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery in the School of Dental Medicine, will report on studies by the New York Center for Hazardous Waste that explore safety issues associated with lawn-care chemicals.

Mang has served on the City of Buffalo Pesticide Management Board since 1991 and was appointed to the Pesticide Advisory Panel created by the Amherst Town Board in 1994.

He also is associate director of UB's Great Lakes Biomedical Laser Center for Photodynamic Therapy Programs.

The cost of the "UB at Sunrise" lecture, which includes a full breakfast, is $10 for UB Alumni Association members and $12 for the general public. For more information or to make reservations, call 829-2608.

Symposium to focus on the role of public service in promotion, tenure process
The Office of Public Service and Urban Affairs and the Faculty Senate Committee on Public Service will sponsor the second annual "Symposium on Public Service: Assessing Applied Scholarship for Promotion and Tenure" from 2-4 p.m. Monday in 250 Baird Hall on the North Campus.

The symposium will focus on understanding how applied scholarship in public service can be addressed in the development of faculty reward structures in promotion and tenure.

Symposium speakers will be Walter Ellis, associate dean for academic programs, and Devorah Lieberman, director of teaching and learning, both at Portland State University's College of Urban and Public Affairs.

Ellis and Lieberman have worked together on issues related to reshaping Portland State University's promotion and tenure policies, which now include the scholarship of community research. Both also serve on the university's Assessment Council, designed to facilitate greater understanding of the role of applied scholarship in the promotion and tenure process.

For more information, call 645-2097.

UB schedules 5-week mini-vet school for pet owners
Attention pet owners! The university's mini-veterinary medical school will be in session from 7-9 p.m. Thursdays, beginning today and running through May 6 in Butler Auditorium of Farber Hall on the South Campus.

It will be sponsored by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society.

Lectures will include the causes and treatments of a variety of conditions that affect pets and some of the latest advances in veterinary medicine from area practitioners.

Each two-hour lecture will focus on a subject covered in veterinary school.

Topics and veterinarians who will speak include: pet first-aid, Kevin Kuhn, Afton Animal Hospital; cancer in animals, Robert Rosenthal, Veterinary Specialists of Rochester; gastrointestinal upsets, Patricia Tamke, Veterinary Internal Medicine; musculo-skeletal diseases, Rene van Ee, Veterinary Specialists of Western New York; endocrine diseases, David Brummer, Orchard Park Animal Hospital; dental disorders, David Hansen, Town and Country Animal Clinic; behavior problems, Susan Wylegala, Cheektowaga Animal Hospital; parasites and zoonotic diseases, William James Brown, Blue Cross Animal Hospital; ophthalmology, Kimberly Stanz, Veterinary Specialists of Western New York, and skin and ear disorders, Michele Rosenbaum, Veterinary Specialists of Rochester.

Class size will be limited and advance registration is required.

The cost will be $30 for individuals, $45 for couples, $25 for senior citizens, $40 for senior citizen couples and $20 for students. There will be a discount for Mini-Medical School Alumni Association members.

Call 829-2196 for information and registration. Major credit cards are accepted.

Graduation, Student Honors for Reporter's Commencement Extra
The Reporter will publish its annual "Commencement Extra" edition on May 13. Please send lists of students receiving graduation or other honors, identifying honors concisely. Information must be received no later than April 30.

Because of production requirements, the Reporter only will accept information electronically. No fax submissions will be accepted. Information may be submitted on disk, specifying the program in which it is written and including a printout of all information contained on the disk, or by email: wuetcher@buffalo.edu.

All submissions must include a contact name, department, campus address and daytime telephone number. Disks may be delivered to 136 Crofts Hall, North Campus. For more information, call Sue Wuetcher, Reporter editor, at 645-2626.

We Want to Hear Your Voice
The Reporter is UB's community newspaper and we want you to become involved. Give us your comments on current topics relating to the university and higher education, as well as on timely subjects in areas of your expertise. We welcome articles, Viewpoints, Letters to the Editor as well as news items. Send materials to Sue Wuetcher, Reporter editor, 136 Crofts Hall, Buffalo, N.Y. 14260. Or contact us by email at wuetcher@buffalo.edu.

Teaching positions open for Study Abroad Program in Cuba
Faculty members at UB are invited to apply for teaching positions for the winter and summer sessions of the Cuba Study Abroad Program in the year 2000. Faculty members participating will be responsible for teaching one course focusing on the study of the City of Havana and the cultures of the Caribbean, recruitment and promotional activities, review of applications, participation in student orientations and assisting the program director with operation of the program in Cuba.

Required are a letter of application stating reasons for wanting to go to Cuba, a curriculum vitae and a description of two courses the applicant would be interested in teaching on the Havana/Caribbean subject matter, including a preliminary bibliography and a tentative schedule. Applicants should specify whether they are able to teach in Spanish.

Those interested should send applications by April 16 to Sandra Flash, Study Abroad Programs, Office of International Education, 210 Talbert Hall, North Campus. For more information, call 645-3912.

LGSA to present lecture series
"Maya Identity in Guatemala: Actors and Victims" will be the subject of a lecture to be presented at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in 210 Student Union on the North Campus as part of a series offered by the Latino/Graduate Student Association (LGSA). Alberto Esquit-Choy, former president of Guatemala's Linguistic Kaqchikel Community, will facilitate a discussion on such issues as the impact of the armed conflict of 1980 on the indigenous movement and a new look at Rigoberta Menchu.

Other lectures will include "Migration and Survival: Oral History of Puerto Rican Women in Buffalo" at 6 p.m. April 21 in 1004 Clemens Hall and "The Canvas as Narrator: Images of the Self in the Work of Frida Kahlo" at 11 a.m. April 30 in 330 Student Union.

Emeritus Center to hear talk on alcohol and the brain
Can the brain recover after alcohol damage? Roberta J. Pierson Pentney, professor of anatomy and cell biology in the Department of Anatomical Sciences in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will discuss "Recovery of Neurons from Alcohol Damage: A Return to Mint Condition" on Tuesday when the Emeritus Center meets at 2 p.m. in Goodyear Hall, South Lounge. The program is open to the public. Jack Baker will preside at the meeting, which will follow a board of directors meeting at 1 p.m.

Seminar to focus on mental-health issues affecting women
A daylong seminar on mental-health issues affecting women featuring Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, U.S. assistant surgeon general, as keynote speaker will be held April 23 sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The seminar will be held in the Radisson Hotel and Suites Buffalo, 4243 Genesee St., Cheektowaga.

Registration for this special grand rounds program is $65 for the general public and $60 for faculty and staff of UB and its affiliated institutions. Medical students and residents may attend free of charge.

Susan McLeer, chair of the Department of Psychiatry, will open the program at 8:30 a.m., following a continental breakfast. The lecture schedule is:

- 8:45 a.m.-"Broken Hearts: Women, Depression and Ischemic Heart Disease," by Donna Stewart, professor of psychiatry and OB/Gyn at the University of Toronto

- 10:20 a.m.-"What Makes Granny Run," by Leslie Hartley Lise, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Hawaii

- 1 p.m.-"Early Detection and Treatment of Alzheimer's disease," by Gary Small, professor of psychiatry at UCLA

- 2:10 p.m.-"Women's Health: Present and Future," by Rear Adm. Susan Blumenthal.

A 3:30 p.m. roundtable discussion moderated by Marion Z. Goldstein, UB associate professor of psychiatry, will wrap up the session.

The seminar aims to help attendees understand the gender differences in depression following myocardial infarction or unstable angina, learn about the connection between physical and emotional stressors throughout a woman's lifetime, learn about the effects of endocrine changes on the brain, recognize early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and determine appropriate therapy and assess current scientific and health-care policy implications of studies on women.

Mentoring program to match students with WNY leaders
The Leadership Experience and Achievement Program (LEAP), a new mentoring program of the Leadership Development Center in the Division of Student Affairs, will match 28 UB students with leaders in Western New York on April 15 for a day of exploration in the professional world.

Students will report to the mentor's office at 9 a.m., and at 4 p.m., President and Mrs. William Greiner will host a reception in the Center for Tomorrow, honoring the student participants and their mentors.

Mentors include State Supreme Court Justice Rose H. Sconiers; Douglas C. Bean, senior partner, Eric Mower and Associates; Judith Nolan Powell, vice president and branch manager, HSBC Center Branch; Nancy Blaschask, executive director, American Red Cross; Bill Ransom, president and general manager, WKBW-TV Channel 7, and Paula Alcala Rosner, executive director, Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corp.

For more information, call Frank J. Ciccia at 645-6469.

"UB Today" to feature new athletic director
UB's new athletic director and the Buffalo Chips, the UB a cappella male singing group, will be among those interviewed this month on "UB Today," the monthly cable-television show.

Each new show, hosted by William J. Evitts, executive director of the Office of Alumni Relations, and Judith Schwendler, assistant director of alumni relations, is rebroadcast several times during the month.

Featured guests and topics during April are:

- Bob Arkeilpane, UB's new athletic director

- Members of the Buffalo Chips, a male a cappella group that has produced two CDs

- Mark Karwan, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and chief operating officer of the UB Business Alliance

- Cheryl Rusting, assistant professor of psychology and an expert on anger

Air times are 6:30 p.m. Sundays on Adelphia Communications Channel 18 International; Channel 21, City of Buffalo, and Channel 10 in Lancaster, Orchard Park, Clarence, Lockport and Elma, and 9 p.m. Mondays on Channel 18, International.

Seniors display photos
Photographic work by seniors in the Department of Art in the College of Arts and Sciences will be on exhibit in the Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts (CEPA), 617 Main St., Buffalo, from April 16 through June 18.

The exhibit, titled "© 1999," will feature a diverse range of subject matter, from the studies of the photographic medium itself and intense autobiographical work to extensive studies of both American and international societies.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Students whose work will be on display are Christopher M. Buziak, Jeremy Bailey, Michael Collica, Molly Connery, Jon M. Duffie, Derek Evers, Aya Fukamachi, Jane Goldberg, Sean Houlihan, William Gioacchino Laviano, Sarah Litt, Barbara Luce, Shannon Mahnk, Shui Ng, Jennifer Leung, Meghan Postle, Sophie Rasul, Sheri Rinehul, Ross Tanner, Alison Unterreiner and Masashi Yabe.

Students receive Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
Four UB students have been honored with the 1999 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, presented March 30 at a reception held in State University Plaza in Albany. Chancellor John W. Ryan presented awards to Cynthia Rudin, Michael Tackett, Stephen Turkovich and Joshua Walker. A total of 92 awards were given to students from 40 SUNY campuses.

"This award is our way of honoring students who have shown the courage, ability and will to succeed," said Ryan.

The award recipients, nominated by their campuses, have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and have received national or international recognition for their efforts.

Rudin, a UB Honors Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, is the winner of a Barry Goldwater scholarship.

Tackett, a UB Honors Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and winner of a Barry Goldwater scholarship, received the Merck Index Award for Excellence in Organic Chemistry.

Turkovich, a UB Honors Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, has received early acceptance into the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Walker, winner of the J. Scott Fleming Merit Award, is a member of the Golden Key Honor Society and the Order of Omega National Honor Society.