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Emeritus meeting to be held Sept. 10
Monica B. Spaulding, professor in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will discuss "Experiences with Athletic Drug Testing" at the first meeting of the semester of the Emeritus Center, to be held at 2 p.m. on Sept. 10 in 102 Goodyear Hall, South Campus.
The talk will be free and open to the public.
For more information, call the Emeritus Center at 829-2271.
Blood drive scheduled
The Red Cross, the UB Blood Drive Committee and the Employee Assistance Program have scheduled several campus blood drives during the fall semester.
UB faculty, staff and students can donate blood from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 10 in 131 Cary Hall, South Campus, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4 in 210 Student Union, North Campus.
The schedule, along with donor eligibility guidelines and other information, can be found online at http://wings.buffalo.edu/calendar/blood_mobile_ schedule.htm.
Those wishing to donate blood at a Red Cross collection site can contact the Red Cross directly at 1-800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543).
Library talk set
"The Destruction of Jewish Libraries and Archives in Cracow during World War II" will be the topic of a talk by Slavic cataloger Marek Sroka, to be held from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 17 in the University Archives, 420 Capen Hall, North Campus.
The talk will be free of charge and open to the public. A reception will be held in the Archives from 6:30-7:15 p.m.
Sroka, assistant professor of library administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the winner of the 2002 Justin Winsor Prize for Best Library History Essay from the American Library Association.
His research addresses a neglected part of library history.
The talk is sponsored by the School of Informatics, Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS), University Libraries Polish Collection, University Archives and the DLIS student chapter of the ALA.
Sept. 11 Commemoration to
be held in Mainstage Theatre
UB will remember the first anniversary of a national tragedy with a Sept. 11 Commemoration to be held at 3 p.m. Sept. 11 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
President William R. Greiner will present an address at the commemoration. In addition, the university-wide program will include prayers of healing offered by Campus Ministries and a musical celebration by a number of campus music groups.
A memorial stone containing the names of UB alumni who died in the terrorist attacks will be unveiled, and a procession by members of the campus community will escort the stone to the circle in front of the Center for the Arts, where it will be installed near the bronze buffalo.
Throughout the day, the Student Union Theatre and the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts will be open to members of the university community who wish to view national coverage of the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks. In addition, the campus will observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane struck the World Trade Center; 9:03 a.m., the time of the second impact; 9:59 a.m., when the first tower collapsed, and 10:29 a.m., when the second tower toppled. Bells also will toll at 10:29 a.m.
Updated information about the Sept. 11 Commemoration will be available on the Reporter Web site as planning continues. For more information, go to http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter.
Tuition increases approved for professional schools
SUNY trustees have approved increases in tuition for UB's professional schools.
Some law, pharmacy, medical, dental and graduate students in physical therapy will pay between $500 and $2,300 more in tuition this year.
UB officials say the money raised from the tuition increases will go back into the schools to hire faculty and improve programs for students. They stress that tuition remains a bargain, compared to that charged by other institutions.
Tuition for undergraduates, which has not been raised in seven years, will remain at $3,400 per year for in-state students.
Tuition increases for in-state students, effective for the fall semester:
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Law School (J.D. and LL.M. only): $600 per year, total yearly cost $10,500
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School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (M.D. only): $2,000 per year, total yearly cost $14,480
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School of Dental Medicine (D.D.S. only): $500 per year, total yearly cost $11,840
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School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharm.D. only): $1,000 per year, total yearly cost $10,900.
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Doctoral program in physical therapy: $2,300 per year, total yearly cost $9,300
Chemistry hosts meeting on bio-organic reactions
Bio-organic reactions, essentially the reactions that distinguish living systems from nonliving ones, was the subject of an international symposium held at UB Aug. 15-17.
"Bio-organic Reaction Mechanisms: From Determination to Practical Applications" featured research on how such reactions occur and how these mechanisms may serve as models for complex biological processes. The results of research in this area are relevant to all areas of chemistry and biology, including the identification of targets for new drugs, the development of combinatorial methods for the synthesis of novel catalysts and the use of bioinformatics for the analysis of the incredible amount of information produced by the human genome project.
The symposium, which featured some of the world's leading researchers in reaction mechanisms, was hosted by the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences. The department features one of the nation's strongest core programs in reaction mechanisms; additional research into closely related areas is being conducted by investigators in the Department of Biological Sciences, also in the College of Arts and Sciences, and in the Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry in the School of Medical and Biomedical Sciences.
As a participant in a session on "Catalysis of Biologically Important Reactions by Metal Ion Complexes: Catalyst Design and Mechanism," Janet Morrow, associate professor of chemistry, discussed her work on the design of catalysts called synthetic nucleases for accelerating RNA cleavage.
Anthony Auerbach, professor of biophysics, spoke on "a single-molecule kinetic analysis of the acetylcholine receptor-channel gating transition state" in a session entitled "Combinatorial Chemistry, Molecular Recognition and Single Molecule Kinetics."
In addition to the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Department of Chemistry, conference sponsors included The Royal Society of Chemistry (England), the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline, USA.
Proposals sought for spiritual presentations
Proposals are being sought for presentations to be delivered at a conference entitled "Fostering Ultimate Meaning: Spirituality as a Legitimate Concern for Higher Education," to be held at UB on Nov. 5.
Keynote speaker will be Alexander Astin, director of the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California-Los Angeles.
Presentations should examine the relationships among spirituality, learning and student development.
The deadline for proposals is Sept. 6. For more information, contact Patrick Zengierski, at the UB Newman Center at 636-7495 or pjz@buffalo.edu.
Sponsors of the conference will be the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, The Newman Center, the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy in the Graduate School of Education.
Nominations sought for alumni awards
Nominations are being sought for Alumni Association awards recognizing individuals who bring distinction to themselves and to UB through their outstanding professional and personal achievement, loyal service to UB and exemplary service to their communities.
The awards will be presented by the Alumni Association at its 2003 Celebration of Excellence Dinner, to be held on April 4, 2003.
The awards are the Samuel P. Capen Award, the association's most prestigious award, for notable and meritorious contributions to the university; the Walter P. Cooke Award, given to non-alumni for service to UB; the George W. Thorn Award, given to graduates under the age of 40 for career achievement; the Clifford C. Furnas Memorial Award, given to engineering, math or science graduates for career achievement; the Distinguished Alumni Award for exceptional career accomplishments, community or university service; the Community Leadership Medal given to alumni and non-alumni for outstanding contributions to the university's home community in Western New York, and the Phil Wels Outstanding Service Award, given for exceptional volunteer service to the university itself.
All nominations must be received in the Office of Alumni Relations no later than Oct. 4.
Individuals wishing to submit nominations should download the nomination form from http://www.alumni. buffalo.edu as a PDF file. Information also is available by calling the Office of Alumni Relations at 829-2608 or emailing Jude Schwendler at alujas@buffalo.edu.
Color-coding system instituted for intra-campus shuttles
Campus Parking and Transportation Services has instituted a color-coded system for the intra-campus shuttles, effective this semester. The Blue, Red and Green Lines on the North Campus and the Orange Line on the South Campus provide parking alternatives during peak hours.
The Blue Line Shuttle runs between the Alumni Parking Lot and the Ellicott Complex, departing every 10 minutes from 8 a.m. to 6:10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Red Line Shuttle services South Lake Village, the Stadium parking lot, Center for the Arts/Alumni Arena, Baldy/O'Brian Halls, Capen/Founders Plaza, Cooke/Hochstetter, Flickinger Court, Computing Center, Student Union, Lockwood at Clemens and Creekside Village. Hours of operation are 7:15 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, with shuttles departing every 15 minutes from each location.
The Green Line Shuttle services Hadley Village, Flint Village, Flint Loop, the Center for Tomorrow Park & Ride Lot and Crofts Hall. It operates from 7:15 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. A shuttle departs from each location every 15 minutes.
The Orange Line Shuttle provides transportation from outlying parking areas and buildings, and facilitates travel from one end of the South Campus to the other. It also provides a link to the inter-campus bus stops at Main Circle and Goodyear Hall. The Orange Line operates from 7:45 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 7:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. on Friday.
UB also operates bus service between the North and South campuses. Buses run approximately every 5-10 minutes during peak periods from Monday through Friday. The service runs from 7:10 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. during the fall and spring semesters.
A detailed bus and shuttle schedule is available at http://www.ub-parking.buffalo.edu.