Steve Turkovich, a third-year student in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been selected to be an Olympic torchbearer for the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Turkovich will run two-tenths of a mile on Dec. 31 or Jan. 1, at a yet-to-be determined location.

Tamar Jacobson, director of UB Child Care Inc., has been elected co-president of the New York State Association for the Education of Young Children (NYSAEYC), an affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Jacobson also has been nominated as a candidate for the governing board of NAEYC. The national elections will be held in June 2002.

J. Warren Perry, dean emeritus of the School of Health Related Professions, has received the 2001 Editor's Award from the Journal of Allied Health. The award was presented by the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the journal. It recognizes Perry's foresight in inaugurating the journal in 1971 and his significant contributions to it during the past 30 years.

Jean D. Brown, associate professor, and Patricia R. McCartney, clinical assistant professor, both in the School of Nursing, were among the 68 new fellows inducted into the prestigious American Academy of Nursing for 2001 at the academy's annual meeting last month in Washington. The fellows were chosen for their extraordinary commitment and outstanding contributions to nursing and their potential for sustained contributions to the profession in the future.

WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, recently was named "Best Radio Station" in the Artvoice magazine listing of "The Best of Buffalo 2001."

Rohini Srihari, associate professor of computer science and engineering, and Linda Swiniuch, associate professor emeritus of theatre and dance and founder of the Zodiaque Dance Company, were recognized as Women of Accomplishment by the Women's Pavilion Pan Am 2001. These women were recognized as those "who have touched Western New York with their genius, dedication and humanity, and left a lasting legacy for the generations to come."

Stephen B. Edge, associate professor of surgery and chief of breast surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and Ellis Levine, associate professor of medicine and chief of the medical divisions of breast and genitourinary oncology at RPCI, were named among the top breast cancer doctors in America in the October issue of Redbook magazine. Edge and Levine were among the 355 physicians cited by the magazine's "Exclusive List: The Breast Cancer Specialists Rated the Best by Their Peers."