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Greiner to address voting faculty
President William R. Greiner will address members of the voting faculty from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
A wine-and-cheese reception will follow the address.
The address is open to all members of the university community.
Student theater production set
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present a student production of Michi's "Blood & Farmyard," two plays by Franz Xavier Kroetz, beginning Wednesday and running through Nov. 3 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
The production will be directed by Jerry Finnegan, associate professor and director of the acting program in the Department of Theatre and Dance. It will feature a cast of theatre majors.
Performance times are 8 p.m. on Wednesday and on Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, and 2 p.m. on Nov. 2 and 3.
Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the CFA box office from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster locations.
Senegal ballet to perform in CFA
The 2002-03 KeyBank Dance Series at the Center for the Arts will continue with an appearance by Le Ballet National du Senegal at 8 p.m. Nov 7 in the Mainstage theater in the CFA, North Campus.
Le Ballet National du Senegal is the premier dance company performing the traditional dances of West Africa. It has performed 22 sold-out tours in North America.
For its Fall 2002 tour, the company is offering a brand new show titled "Kuuyamba," a word derived from the Mandingue culture. It is the second sojourn into the sacred forest, where the initiation from adolescence into adulthood transpires through music, dance and song to bring back to life the beauty and freedom of the body. Each dance in the program is representative of this ritual in the West African culture, celebrating the passage from youth to adulthood while honoring traditions like marriage, circumcision and harvest time.
Tickets for Le Ballet National du Senegal are $20, $16 and $12 for the general public and $10 for UB students. Discount coupons are available at all area KeyBank locations. Tickets are available from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday in the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations.
Swan named Niagara Frontier Executive
William E. Swan, chairman, president and CEO of First Niagara Financial Group, has been named the 2002 Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year by the School of Management.
The award will be presented to Swan at the 53rd annual School of Management Alumni Association awards banquet, to be held at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. Swan was selected for the award based on a vote by the board of directors of the alumni association and past honorees, who cited his career success, civic leadership and professional integrity.
Under Swan's leadership, First Niagara has been one of the fastest growing companies in Western New York. The former "little" savings bank has added new markets, services and sources of income. In the 14 years since Swan's arrival, assets have grown from $420 million to $2.9 billion. Banking center locations have risen from five to 39, serving communities that stretch from Buffalo to Utica.
Established in 1949, the Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year award is presented annually to a resident of the Niagara Frontier. Past recipients include Robert E. Rich, Sr.; Paul L. Snyder; Robert E. Rich, Jr.; Jeremy M. Jacobs; the late Burt P. Flickinger, Jr.; the late Seymour H. Knox III; Sal H. Alfiero; Robert G. Wilmers; Bernard J. Kennedy; Frank L. Ciminelli; Reginald B. Newman II, and Luiz F. Kahl. Last year's honoree was Frank J. McGuire.
Teaching workshops planned
The Center for Teaching and Learning Resources (CTLR) will sponsor a "Presentation on Course Syllabi" by Peter S. Gold, associate dean for general education in the College of Arts and Sciences, from noon to 1:15 p.m. Nov. 1 in 415 Capen Hall, North Campus.
The session will focus on designing a syllabus that establishes a more effective classroom environment for teaching and learning.
For further information or to register for the session, contact the CTLR by tomorrow at lcf@buffalo.edu.
CTLR also will present "Teaching, Learning & Technology at UB: Best Uses of New Tools," the second in a series of presentations by UB faculty who have developed innovative uses of educational technology tools and techniques to enhance their courses and add value to the learning experiences of their students. The workshop will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus.
The series is co-sponsored by the CTLR and the Educational Technology Center. All UB faculty, instructors, librarians and IT professionals are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served. The event is free, but seating is limited. Contact Lisa Francescone at lcf@buffalo.edu before Nov. 8 to reserve a seat.
The workshop will feature three presentations by UB faculty and staff members:
"Extreme PowerPoint," Eugene Pantera, clinical associate professor in the Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, School of Dental Medicine.
"Chemical Informatics," Priscilla Clarke, laboratory director in the Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences.
"Confronting the Large Lecture Class: The Phil Donahue Technique," Gerald Goldhaber, associate professor of communication, School of Informatics.
UB grads take first place in national design contest
A team of environmental-engineering graduates from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences won first place at a student-design competition held by the Water Environment Federation at its annual meeting in Chicago.
Jean Balent, Samuela Franceschini and Howard Kellick—2002 graduates of UB's undergraduate environmental-engineering program—won the award for their work on a student project that focused on improving the water-supply system at Letchworth State Park in Castile. They were chosen from among teams from the University of Arkansas, University of Florida, and University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
UB's winning project was supported and partially funded by the New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, according to Alan J. Rabideau, associate professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering.
"An innovative component of the project was the use of automated data loggers to provide continuous readings of water quality in several of the park's remotely located spring water systems," said Rabideau, who served as the project's faculty advisor. "The installation of a custom-designed, solar-powered telemetry system, funded by UB's Environment and Society Institute, enabled some of the water-quality sensors to communicate daily with computers located at UB."
Letchworth State Park—often referred to as "the Grand Canyon of the East"—is implementing some of the students' recommendations to improve the design and maintenance of its water system. UB researchers will continue to monitor water quality in the park using the system of automated data loggers.
CAS to offer $1,000 tuition scholarships
The College of Arts and Sciences is offering $1,000 tuition scholarships to seniors graduating from any program at UB and pursuing a master's degree at the university.
These scholarships only are available for students taking a minimum of 12 credit hours in courses offered by departments in CAS.
Funding for the awards is limited and students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for applications is July 1, 2003.
Those interested can find an application form and eligibility criteria on the CAS Scholarship Web site at http://wings.buffalo.edu/cas/dea/casscholarships.html. For more information, contact Joseph Syracuse, CAS enrollment manager, at 645-2711, or at jcs32@acsu.buffalo.edu.
GSE open house set
The Graduate School of Education will provide information to those thinking of pursuing a career in education or an advanced degree in the field during an open house scheduled from 5-7 p.m. on Nov. 7 in the Kiva in the lobby of Baldy Hall, North Campus.
GSE students and faculty members will be available to answer questions. Information about part-time and full-time study, as well as financial aid, also will be provided.
Additional information is available at the GSE Web site at http:www.gse.buffalo.edu or by calling 645-2110.
Masquerade ball to benefit CFA
The Friends of the Center for the Arts will present its fourth annual Masquerade Ball on Nov. 2 in the atrium of the CFA, North Campus.
The theme of the ball will be "The Best of Broadway." President and Mrs. William R. Greiner are honorary chairs. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Center's Dance/Outreach program, which each year connects a professional dance company in residence at the center with community organizations and audiences, and its School Time Transportation Stipend program, which provides free transportation to bring school children to programs at the CFA.
The gala, which will be held from 7:30 p.m. to midnight, will feature a cash bar, hors d'oeuvres and dessert stations.
Individual tickets are $65.
For information, contact Heather Sidorowicz at 645-6774.
Gift to fund DNA research
The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has received a gift to fund DNA research from a donor who heard about UB's work in that area from his physician, who is an alumnus of the medical school.
The gift of $50,000 from Allan Wade Parker of San Francisco will be used to provide start-up research funds for scientists working primarily within the Department of Structural Biology at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, as well as at other centers in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
It also will encourage collaborative work in genetics research, following on a gift of $50,000 Parker gave earlier this year to the Department of Genome Sciences at his alma mater, the University of Washington.
Parker learned of UB's efforts in DNA research through his physician and friend, Martin Terplan, who graduated from UB's medical school in 1955.
George DeTitta, professor and chair of the Department of Structural Biology, as well as executive director and CEO of the Hauptman-Woodward Institute, said the gift will help underwrite a structural biology project that unites researchers at UB, HWI and Roswell Park Cancer Institute working on understanding how certain genes are turned "on" or "off" during vital stages of development and during certain disease states.