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Simpson to speak at PSS meeting
UB President John B. Simpson will be the guest speaker at the next general membership meeting of the Professional Staff Senate, to be held from 3-5 p.m. March 25 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
All members of the UB professional staff are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.
For further information, contact the PSS Office at 645-2003 or pssenate@acsu.buffalo.edu.
UB to host "Careers in Aging" workshop
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Programs (IDP) in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a workshop and panel discussion on careers in aging from 3:30-4:45 p.m. March 25 in 145B Student Union, North Campus.
The workshop will offer participants information about career opportunities in direct-service provision, program planning and administration, and site management and administration.
Panelists will include Michelle Kelleher, a UB senior in the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Programs; Susan Morais, director of social work for Beechwood Continuing Care; Pat Paeplow, volunteer coordinator for the Weinberg Campus; Robin Secord, administrator of Elderwood Village at Glenwood; Nancy Tulumello, an adjunct instructor and lecturer in the IDP and a social worker at Millard Fillmore Hospital-Gates Circle; Deborah Waldrop, assistant professor in the UB School of Social Work, and Cliff Wittman, a social worker for the Town of Amherst Senior Services.
The workshop will be free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is recommended.
For additional information, 645-2245 or e-mail handy@buffalo.edu.
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Degree Programs offers a major in health and human services with a concentration in social gerontology.
Book sale to benefit SEFA
University Business Services' SEFA Committee will present a Book Fair and Gift Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 17 in the Crofts Hall Lobby and 142 Crofts.
Hundreds of new titles and gift selections will be available for purchase at up to a 70-percent discount. All forms of payment will be accepted, including cash, personal check and credit card.
For more information, contact Dawn Starke at 645-5000, ext. 1187, or dstarke@business.buffalo.edu< /a>.
Dubovsky to head psychiatry department
Steven L. Dubovsky, professor of psychiatry and medicine and vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, has been named chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
He will assume responsibility for the department on July 1.
Dubovsky is a specialist in the pathophysiology and treatment of mood disorders, and in interactions between medical and psychiatric illnesses. He developed a laboratory test for bipolar disorder, as well as one of the treatments now available for this condition. His recent research has dealt with potential treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
Additional research interests include calcium metabolism in affective disorders, psychosomatic medicine and issues in medical education.
A native of Colorado, Dubovsky earned a bachelor's degree magna cum laude from New York University in 1965 and a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1969. After completing an internship at Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, he completed a psychiatric residency at the University of Colorado Medical Center in 1973 and joined the University of Colorado medical school faculty that year as an instructor. He rose through the academic ranks and was promoted to full professor in 1989.
Dubovsky maintains an active clinical practice and currently oversees academic and clinical affairs in the Department of Psychiatry and heads the department's Center for Advanced Psychiatry. He has held several administrative positions in the medical school, including associate dean for academic and faculty affairs, associate medical director of the general clinical research center, acting dean and acting and interim chair of psychiatry.
Dubovsky has published more than 100 articles in professional journals and is the author or co-author of 60 monographs, books and book chapters.
MBA grad wins entrepreneur contest
Michael Blumenson, a 1998 graduate of UB's MBA program, won the $25,000 first-place prize in the fourth annual Panasci Entrepreneurial Competition, which awards seed money to UB students and recent alumni who devise and present the best plans for launch of a viable new business in Western New York.
Blumenson won for his plan for a company called Digital Surveillance Solutions (DSS), which will provide Web-based surveillance products and services. In his presentation, Blumenson highlighted some of the advantages that IP-surveillance products have over traditional analog security systems, including remote accessibility, image quality and scalability.
DSS initially will serve two areas where the need for innovative security solutions is in high demand: the K-12 education market and the retail industry.
Blumenson will advance to the Southwest Business Plan Competition at Rice University in Houston to compete for first, second and third prizes of $15,000, $10,000 and $5,000, respectively.
The winner of the Southwest Business Plan Competition will move to the internationally renowned MOOT CORP finals. Candidates there will compete for a $100,000 equity investment, which will be in the form of convertible debt and considered an early bridge loan.
Blumenson received his award at the competition's final round, where he and three other teams of finalists publicly presented their business plans to a panel of judges that included representatives from Health Transaction Network, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, M&T Investment Group, Strategic Investment & Holdings, Inc., Rand Capital Corp. and Seed Capital Partners.
The other finalists presented a variety of new venture ideas, including a business in which physical therapists would use physical therapy modalities to treat chronic wounds; a company that would provide low-cost, "one-stop," long-term health, safety, housing and nutrition solutions for the elderly; and another for a firm that would provide high-quality, Internet-based course evaluations for U.S. colleges and universities.
A total of 17 teams composed of students and alumni from various academic units at UB competed in this year's contest, which is organized by the UB Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
The competition is funded by a $1 million endowment from School of Pharmacy alumnus Henry A. Panasci Jr., chairman of the Cygnus Management Group of Syracuse and former CEO of Fays Inc. Panasci created the contest to encourage the entrepreneurial interests of UB students and alumni, and to promote the development and launch of new businesses.
Threat assessment for schools is topic of seminar
A seminar designed to assist school and law-enforcement personnel in preventing acts of violence from students or other persons within a school will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 19 in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
The seminar, "Threat Assessment for Schools," will feature representatives of the Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC). It is designed for grade school, middle school, high school and college/university administrators, school counselors, school resources officers, police officers, sheriff's office representatives and juvenile justice representatives.
It is co-sponsored by UB, U.S. Secret Service, WNY Chiefs of Police, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York, and the U.S. Department of Education
The seminar will be free of charge, but registration is required. To register, go to < strong>http://www.ubevents.org/regengine/index_event.php?eventid=23. For further information, contact Mable T. Sumpter at sumpter@buffalo.edu, or 645-3705, ext. 223.
ESI seeks abstracts for Earth Day colloquium
The Environment and Society Institute is seeking abstracts for its annual colloquium commemorating Earth Day 2004, to be held on April 16 in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
A primary goal of the colloquium is to identify issues or problems of common interest that can lead to new collaborative efforts.
The colloquium will begin at 10 a.m. with presentations by UB faculty and staff on current environmental projects. During the lunch period, participants will view poster presentations by faculty, students and environmental professionals from Western New York. Students will have opportunities to present their research findings, broaden their knowledge of current research and explore further educational and career opportunities, as well as win some cash prizes. Awards will be presented for both undergraduate and graduate student research-oriented poster presentations.
Researchers, faculty members and graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit abstracts for exhibits or poster presentations on any topic broadly related to environmental management. Presentations highlighting active research in the relevant natural, social and health sciences are particular encouraged. Posters or exhibits presented at other scientific meetings also are welcome. Abstracts should be 250-500 words in length and should include all authors and affiliations, with designation as undergraduate, graduate, faculty or other.
A limited amount of funding is available to reimburse printing costs for projects that are not grant-supported—requests should be included with the abstract.
Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail by April 2 to Ann B. Salter at Salter@buffalo.edu.
CFA to present "Gypsy Spirit"
The Center for the Arts will present "Gypsy Spirit, Journey of the Roma" at 8 p.m. March 18 in the Mainstage theater in the CFA, North Campus.
The Budapest Dance Ensemble pays homage to the legendary music and dance of the Gypsy tradition in "Gypsy Spirit, Journey of the Roma." The exciting, exotic music and dance of the Gypsies have fascinated audiences for centuries. The performance will offer a sampling of vibrant cultural treasures connected by the passion of the Gypsy.
"Gypsy Spirit, Journey of the Roma" will trace the route of the Gypsy traditions, depicting some of the most exciting styles of music and dance and spanning from India to Turkey and then across the European continent. The performance will feature exotic Turkish music and dances, Spanish flamenco, fiery Bulgarian footwork and melodies, Romanian tunes performed at breathtaking speed and refined csardases from Hungary and Transylvania.
The Budapest Dance Ensemble is one of the oldest, yet freshest performing groups in Europe. The professional troupe has performed for 40 years on almost every continent to excellent reviews. The ensemble presents Hungarian and other Central European folklore that retains the power of authentic traditions, while satisfying the increasingly sophisticated expectations of contemporary audiences.
Tickets are $25, $20 and $16 and are available at the CFA box office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster locations.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.
Cabaret to be held in CFT
"Broadway to Buffalo: A Night at the Cabaret" will be presented on March 27 and March 28 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
Shows will be at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on March 27 and at 1:30 p.m. on March 28.
"Broadway to Buffalo" will feature five accomplished singers—Scott Samuelson, Jeanne MacDonald, Brian Gens, Lumiri Tubo and Steven Wing—performing a review of Broadway, pop, jazz, blues and standard selections as solos, duets, trios and as a group.
Tickets are $30 and are available at Wegman's. Discount tickets will be available for $15 for students with ID for the 10 p.m. show.
For more information, contact Stan Dickson at 631-8134 or 838-3232.
CTLR to present telecast
A live satellite broadcast entitled "Connecting CATs and CoLTs: Techniques to Improve Student Learning" will be presented from 2:30-4 p.m. March 25 in B15 Health Sciences Library, South Campus
The telecast is being sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning Resources.
The workshop will be led by two internationally recognized educational authorities: Tom Angelo, associate provost for teaching, learning and faculty development at the University of Akron, and K. Patricia Cross, David Pierpont Gardner Professor of Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley.
Also participating will be Elizabeth Barkley, professor of music at Foothill College and California Higher Education Professor of the Year, and Claire Major, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama.
Barkley and Major are co-authors with Cross on a soon-to-be-published collaborative learning handbook for teachers.
The workshop will address Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs), which connect teaching to learning, and Collaborative Learning Techniques (CoLTs), which improve learning by promoting social, experiential and cognitive connections. Since faculty members want their teaching to increase students' knowledge, combining CATs and CoLTs substantially raises the level of connections between teaching and learning, workshop organizers say.
The telecast is free of charge, but registration is required and can be made online at http://wings.buffalo.edu/ ctlr, or by contacting Lisa Francescone at lcf@buffalo.edu or 645-7328.