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Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, assistant professor and director of music theatre in the Department of Theatre and Dance in the College of Arts and Sciences, choreographed a production of "Ain't Misbehavin'" for the Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Nashville's flagship Equity LORT (League of Resident Theatres) Company. Kurdziel-Formato also will direct and choreograph two productions being presented at Artpark this summer: "Smokey Joe's Caf�" Aug. 5-22 and "A Chorus Line" Aug. 20-29. In addition, she has been appointed to the executive board of the International Music Theatre Trainer's Symposium.
Robert Shibley, professor in the Department of Architecture in the School of Architecture and Planning and founding director of the school's Urban Design Project, was an invited participant in the Bruner-Lobe Forum, "Transforming Community through the Arts," held last month in Chattanooga, Tenn. Shibley also was the featured speaker at the recent "Smarter Niagara Summit" presented by the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, where he presented initial proposals for a 35-square-mile, bi-national Niagara Peace Park. The idea emerged from the "Rethinking Niagara" project of the UB Urban Design Project.
Anne E. Meyer, director of the UB site of the National Science Foundation-sponsored Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, has been elected president of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials, a scientific research society with approximately 1,500 members from academia, industry and government agencies. Meyer was elected to the position at the seventh World Biomaterials Congress, held May 17-21 in Sydney, Australia.
The Western New York Section of the American Planning Association (APAWNY) will present its 2004 Outstanding Planning Project for Comprehensive Planning to Robert Shibley, professor in the School of Architecture and Planning, and a team from the UB Urban Design Project, directed by Shibley, for "Queen City Hub: A Regional Action Plan for Downtown Buffalo." The project provides a specific context for decisions about the development of downtown Buffalo. It defines a vision, key priorities and provides a detailed work plan for their implementation. APAWNY also will present its 2004 Outstanding Student Project Award to UB for "Food for Growth: A Community Food System Plan for Buffalo's West Side." "Food for Growth" was the culmination of a Fall 2003 graduate planning studio taught by Samina Raja, assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the architecture school. The awards will be presented at APAWNY's annual awards dinner, which will take place on Tuesday in Harry's Harbour Place Grille.