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Gayle A. Brazeau, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and associate professor in the departments of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been selected to receive the 2003 Rufus A. Lyman Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for the best work published in 2002 in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE). The paper, entitled "Students' Perceptions of their Preparation to Provide Pharmaceutical Care," reports students' perceptions of their readiness in each of four years of the curriculum to perform advanced pharmacy-practice competencies developed by faculty at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. Brazeau was a co-author on the paper, along with Florida faculty members L. Douglas Ried (lead author), Carole L. Kimberlin, Michael J. Meldrum and Michael W. McKenzie.
Blues host Jim Santella of WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, has received the 2003 Muddy Award for Special Achievement from the Blues Society of Western New York. Recipients of the award, named after legendary bluesman Muddy Waters, are selected based on their ongoing commitment to supporting and educating the public about the blues within the Western New York community. Kim Buckner, "Blues Gal Kim" of WBFO, who is responsible for the station's monthly "Women in Blues" program, won last year's Muddy Award for Special Achievement.
Elka Kazmierczak, assistant professor in the Department of Art, is organizing, with former UB art department faculty member Peter Storkerson, an international interdisciplinary working symposium, "Preparing for the Future of Knowledge Presentation," to be held May 30 and 31 at the Institute of Design in Chicago.
Frederick Sachs, professor of physiology and biophysics, was elected to membership in the Asian Institute of NanoBioScience and Technology.
Rohit Bakshi, associate professor of neurology and director of the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, has been elected to be a member of the American Neurological Association. He will be inducted into the association at the groups' annual meeting, being held in October in San Francisco.
Mark H. Karwan, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been selected to chair UB's SEFA Campaign for 2003. Karwan has been a member of the faculty of the Department of Industrial Engineering since 1976, and dean of SEAS since 1996.
The Undergraduate Management Association (UMA) has voted Muriel Anderson, an adjunct assistant professor, as "Undergraduate Management Teacher of the Year." Anderson divides her time between the Department of Organization and Human Resources and the Department of Accounting and Law. She also serves as manager of student services for SOM's Career Resource Center. At the undergraduate level, Anderson teaches "Career Strategies, Planning & Management," "Introduction to Accounting I & II," and "Introduction to Human Resources Management." Graduate courses include "Leadership PACE," a course designed to help MBA students build strong management skills. The UMA honored Anderson at a ceremony held on Tuesday.