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The Amherst Saxophone Quartet, quartet-in-residence at UB, was featured Sunday on "CBS Sunday Morning." The quartet was filmed during two concerts held in early September in Slee Hall.

Deidre Lynch, visiting assistant professor of English, was a featured speaker at the international conference "Scott, Scotland and Romanticism," where she presented some of her new work on Gothic fiction. Her anthology on Jane Austen's reception history and on the politics of Austen's popularity, "Janeites," will be published next year by Princeton University Press.

Alan Spiegel, associate professor of English, delivered the keynote address at the 24th Annual Colloquium on Literature and Film held last month at West Virginia University. His talk, "Dancers Without Portfolio: Towards a Theory of Motion in Motion Pictures," will be published in an upcoming issue of The West Virginia University Philological Papers.

Albert J. Ermanovics, associate director of Student Unions and Activities, was invited to participate in a recent workshop held by Committee A of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The workshop focused on problems confronting higher education and such issues as governance, academic freedom, tenure and due process. Ermanovics chairs the statewide Grievance Committee of United University Professions (UUP) and is an authority on labor issues in public higher education in New York. He is also a member of UUP's statewide Executive Board.

Eli Ruckenstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Engineering, recently presented the Robert L. Pigford Memorial Lecture at the University of Delaware. The lecture was entitled "Thermodynamics of Dispersions." Ruckenstein is a recipient of the National Medal of Science, the country's highest scientific achievement.

Norman D. Mohl, professor and chair of the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences in the School of Dental Medicine, was selected president of the Friends of the Health Sciences Library at the group's brunch meeting Oct. 17. Eugene R. Mindell, professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was selected vice president. At the meeting, Glen Gresham, professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, presented the seventh C.K. Huang Lecture entitled "The Impact of Stroke: Evidence from Three Major Community Studies."

H. Raghav Rao, associate professor of management science and systems, and Rajiv Kishore, assistant professor of management science and systems, both in the School of Management, have received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled "Information Systems Sourcing: A Multi-Theoretic Investigation.

Charles Patrick Ewing, professor of law, served as consumer survey advisor to the National Tabletop & Giftware Association, which plans to promote National Family Day on March 26, 2000, to celebrate the importance of the family.