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Sebastian G. Ciancio, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, and Robert J. Genco, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Oral Biology, and vice provost and director of the Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR), participated in a symposium held recently at the World Health Organization in Geneva Switzerland. The symposium, entitled "Periodontal Medicine: Health Policy Implications," was organized by the Sunstar Foundation for Oral Health Promotion. The underlying theme of the symposium is the impact of periodontal disease on systemic health.
Raymond Federman, emeritus SUNY Distinguished Professor of English and former Melodia Jones Chair in French, was one of four of the century's pioneering authors and critical theorists who were honored recently by the president of Romania for their lifetime achievements in literature. The awards were made at the International Festival of Writers held in Costantza, Romania. Federman shared the stage with Alain Robbe-Grillet, considered one of the most innovative filmmakers and writers of the 20th century; Michel Deguy, an outstanding figure in modern French literature, and the distinguished Franco-Spanish philosopher and poet Jorge Semprum. He has published two new books, "The Twilight of the Bums" and "Mon corps en neuf parties."
Carrie Tirado Bramen, associate professor of English, guest edited "The Picturesque," the fall issue of the journal Nineteenth Century Prose, to which she also contributed an essay.
Lois Baker, senior health sciences editor in the Office of News Services, has been elected to a one-year term on the executive committee of the American Medical Writers Association, a nonprofit association promoting excellence in the field of biomedical communications. Since 1940, AMWA has served an interdisciplinary membership of medical writers, editors, public relation specialists, publishers, reporters, researchers, professors and other professionals with varied roles in biomedical communications.
Jean K. Brown, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Nursing and adjunct associate professor in the Nutrition Program in the School of Public Health and Health Professions, was awarded the Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award at the annual convention of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). Sponsored by the Foundation of the NYSNA, this award recognizes a continued excellence in nursing research.
Millie Chen, assistant professor in the Department of Art, will be an artist-in-residence at La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris this summer, sponsored through the Canada Council for the Arts. In addition, Chen and Paul Vanouse and Andrew Johnson, also assistant professors in the Department of Art and members of the collaborative team, "PED," participated in the second exhibition of "PED" last December at the International Performance Art Festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland. "PED" is an interactive, site-specific, performance project in which viewers/participants embark on talking-bicycle lecture tours. "PED" debuted in the UB Art Gallery in Spring 2001.