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Developing drinking problems focus of research
Researchers with UB's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) have been awarded a four-year, $1,569,584 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study the development of drinking problems by young adults.
R. Lorraine Collins, lead investigator on the study who is a senior research scientist at RIA, said the study involving young adults between the ages of 21 and 30 who drink alcohol will examine the role of affect and mood in alcohol use.
The study will extend previous research by Collins, a research professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, on the drinking behavior of young adults as they move from being social drinkers to developing drinking problems.
"This grant involves three studies that focus on young adults," Collins explained. "In the first study, we will examine mood, restraint and other psychosocial variables involved in alcohol use. In the second, we will conduct a laboratory study in which we induce mood and examine the effects on drinking. In the third, we will conduct an intervention study in which we examine whether changing individuals' moods influences their drinking behavior over time."
Collins' co-investigators are Kurt H. Dermen and Tenko Raykov RIA senior research scientists Dermen specializes in motivational interviewing and treatment evaluation, primarily among adolescents and young adults. Raykov is a mathematical psychologist and statistician.
The Research Institute on Addictions has been a leader in the study of addictions since 1970 and a research center of the University at Buffalo since 1999.
Empire State Games to open at UB
The opening ceremony of the 2003 Empire State Summer Games will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in UB Stadium, North Campus.
The Empire State Games—the largest, Olympic-style competition for amateur athletes in the nation—will run through July 27 at UB and other sites in Western New York.
Tickets for the opening ceremony are $8 for adults and $5 for children ages 6-12. A master pass, which includes entrance to the opening ceremony and all events during the games, is $18 for adults and $8 for children. A day pass, valid for all events on that day, are $8 for adults and $5 for children. Children under 6 will be admitted free of charge to all events with a paying adult.
Some 6,000 New York State athletes are expected to participate in finals competitions in Western New York next week after competing in regional trials in each of the six regions of the state.
Events scheduled to be held at various sites on the UB North and South campuses include archery, track and field, canoe/kayak, swimming and diving, rugby, tennis and volleyball.
For further information and a full schedule of events, go to http://www.empirestategames.org/home.shtml.
40 graduate from CEL program
Forty Western New York business owners, operators and high-level managers have graduated from the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) Core Program in the School of Management.
The graduates completed a 10-month program for experienced entrepreneurs who wish to grow, refocus or better manage their businesses. They performed an in-depth analysis of their own businesses while developing expertise in such key areas as strategic planning, employee relations, capital acquisition and marketing.
The graduates are Randall Atwater, general manager, Atwater Foods LLC; David C. Batterson, president, Springville Door & Window, Inc.; Robert Cohen, vice president, United Men's Fashion; Mary Jo Cornell, president/CEO, LINSTAR, Inc.; Joseph Dommer, partner, Baer and Associates; Aaron Er, president, JSP America, Inc.; Donald Finkle, CEO, RCR Yachts, Inc.; Mitch Flynn, president/creative director; Flynn and Friends Inc.; Albert Forster, president; Prentice Office Environments; Kevin Gannon, president, Niagara Benefits; Robert James Gerow, president/CEO, ComesHome Inc., and Charles Griffasi Jr., president, Aero contracting, Inc.
Also, Shelley Hirshberg, president, Physician Advocates, LLC; August Iacovitti, vice president/general manager, United Materials Concrete Products; James Knox II, president, Franklin Traffic Service, Inc.; James Kunkemoeller, executive vice president, Chief operating Officer, Great Lakes Orthodontics Ltd.; Judi Laird, owner-international designer, Judi Laird Deutsch D�cor/German Window Innovations; Craig Locke, president, Globaloc LLC; James Lyon, president/CEO, Case Handyman Services, and Susan Makai, CEO, Personal Best.
Also, Edward McDermid III, vice president, Frontier Lumber Co., Inc.; David McKendry, vice president, Peerless Mill Supply Co. Inc.; Michael Phillips, president, PBS Consultants, Inc.; Patricia Potts, president, Harbison Bros. Inc.; Saverio M. Pugliese, vice president/Transportation Sciences Center, Veridian Engineering; Arthur Rago, Jr., president, RISE Inc.; Andrea Sapone, owner, Buffalo Medical Supply; Terry Saunders, president, Brittany Industries, Inc., and Robert Schofield, owner, Mazia's, Inc.
Also, Maurice Sheehan, president, Central Heating and Cooling, Inc.; Lois Sugar, vice president, NewsTrax, Inc.; Kevin Telaak, vice president, Appliance Associates of Buffalo; Richard Trigilio, president/CEO, Medical Management Services, Inc.; Scott Turner, CEO, Parkside Computing, Inc.; Thomas Ulbrich, president, Ulbrich's Tree Farm, Inc.; Paul Van De Putte, president, Doorway Rug Service; Douglas Vanstrom, vice president, Arcon Management, Inc.; Frank Weber, president, Weber Hydraulics Inc.; Robert Wray, president, Chameleon Pool & Concrete, Inc.
Established in 1987, the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership is tailored for small-to-medium-sized private businesses.
"The small-to-mid-size firm is the heart and soul of our local economy, and the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership provides a crucial link between these businesses and the School of Management," said Courtney J. Walsh, assistant dean and director of the Center for Executive Development.
"The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership is pleased to welcome our graduates into our alumni network, now more than 550 strong," she added. Walsh estimates that CEL alumni employ more than 15,000 Western New Yorkers and are worth nearly $2 billion to the local economy.
The CEL Core Program is currently accepting applications for September enrollment. For more information, contact Althea Luehrsen at 645-3000 or visit http://www.mgt.buffalo.edu.
Eight receive grants from Niagara County Environmental Fund
Eight Niagara County organizations have been awarded grants totaling $36,355 from the Niagara County Environment Fund (NCEF), administered by the New York State Center for Hazardous Waste Management at UB.
The funds will be used by the organizations to enhance, restore, care for and provide access to Niagara County's environment and ecology, and educate people about the county's natural environment. The grants are funded as part of the Love Canal settlement between New York State and the Occidental Chemical Corporation. More than 170 grants totaling more than $2.6 million have been distributed by the NCEF since 1998.
The grant awardees were selected from among 32 applicants, according to A. Scott Weber, UB professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and executive director of New York State Center for Hazardous Waste Management.
Receiving NCEF grants were Stella Niagara Education Park for a county-wide science fair for students in grades 5-8; Friends of the Buffalo Niagara Rivers, Inc. for an informational brochure about the rivers watershed; Niagara Street Area Business and Professional Association to enhance Gill Creek Park; Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara to enhance the Kim Woodruff Memorial Nature Trail; Murphy Orchards to assist in the designing and building of an Environmental Education Resource Center; Niagara Educational Center to use maple-syrup production as an educational tool; Greater Niagara Council, Boy Scouts of America for a series of five day-long educational workshop on environmental conservation, and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County for a pheasant-rearing program.
The projects were selected by members of the Niagara County Environmental Fund Advisory Panel, including Sen. Byron Brown; Assemblywoman Francine Del Monte; Timothy Demler, supervisor, Town of Wheatfield; Irene Elia, mayor, City of Niagara Falls; Samuel M. Ferraro, commissioner, Niagara County Department of Planning, Development and Tourism; Joann Hale, Love Canal former resident; Thomas L. Jennings, representing Occidental Chemical Corp.; Assistant Attorney General Ken Shoetz; Sen. George D. Maziarz; Gerald Mikol, regional director, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Matthew Murphy, Niagara County district attorney, and Anne Smith, Love Canal former resident.
For more information about the NCEF grants, call 645-3446 or go to http://www.ncef.buffalo.edu.