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Next Reporter is last of semester
Next week's Reporter will be the last print issue of the semester.
Online-only issues will be published on Dec. 15 and Jan. 5 and 12.
Regular weekly print publication for the spring semester will resume on Jan. 19.
Keep up with campus news during the semester break by reading the online Reporter at http://www.buffalo.edu/ reporter.
Women's Club to present soup luncheon
The Women's Club will celebrate the holidays with its annual "Soup's On" luncheon, to be held at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 8 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
The event, which will feature wine and eggnog, assorted soups and a dessert bar with coffee, will benefit the Grace Capen Academic Awards.
The cost is $16.
The club's international committee will host a holiday party for students from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 13 in 210 Student Union, North Campus.
The art history group will meet at 3 p.m. Dec. 30 in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery to tour the "Wall" exhibition of contemporary Chinese art.
For luncheon reservations or other information about the UB Women's Club or its activities, call Joan Ryan at 626-9332.
CFA benefit planned
Fire & Ice, a benefit gala for the Center for the Arts' outreach activities, will be held Dec. 10 in the Mainstage theater of the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
President John B. Simpson and Katherine L. Gower are honorary chairs of the event. Tickets are $100 per person and proceeds will benefit the Center for the Arts' outreach activities, including the School Time Transportation Fund, Dance Outreach Residency and Explore the Arts Summer Program.
The theme of the event will be "Fire & Ice." The CFA's stages and backstage areas will be transformed into a romantic "winter magic" scene. Creative black tie is encouraged, but not required.
The event will begin at 6 p.m. with an open bar, hors d'oeuvres and auctions. Festivities will move to the Mainstage theater for dinner, desserts, dancing, cash bar and auctions.
The John Bacon Trio will perform during the cocktail hour. Patrons may dance to the music of the Billy McEwen Band following dinner.
Tickets are available by contacting Laura Scala at 645-7343 or lscala@buffalo.edu.
Libraries' exhibit supports "The Wall"
The UB Libraries are supporting "The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art"—on display in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts, the UB Anderson Gallery and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery—with its own exhibit in Lockwood Library.
"The Wall: Monument, Myth and Metaphor" depicts the evolution of the Great Wall of China as an image of power, cruelty, exclusion, protection, ambition, isolation and a unified national identity.
The Lockwood exhibit, curated by Dorothy Tao and the Arts and Humanities Team, will be on display through Jan. 10.
Conference for teaching assistants to be offered
A Winter Conference for Teaching Assistants will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Jan. 13 in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus.
The conference is being presented by the Center for Teaching and Learning Resources.
Attendees will take part in sessions on "Teaching and Learning for the College Instructor: From Theory to Practice," "Lesson Planning" and "Coursework from a Professor's Point of View."
A $10 nonrefundable registration fee is required by Dec. 23. Continental breakfast and lunch are included.
Anyone interested in attending may register online at http://www.buffalo.edu/ctlr or contact Lisa Francescone at 645-7328.
Holiday baked goods for sale
Campus Dining & Shops is taking orders for holiday baked goods through the end of next week.
Members of the university community can purchase anise holiday cookies ($4.30 per dozen), fruitcake ($4.95 each) and cranberry nut bread ($4.95 each).
Anyone interested in placing an order can call the bakery at Campus Dining & Shops at 645-7305.
Keller Williams to perform
The Center for the Arts will present guitarist/singer/songwriter Keller Williams at 8 p.m. Jan. 21 in the Mainstage theater in the CFA, North Campus.
Williams is a one-man band for the digital age. His use of an effects device known as the "jam-man" allows him to loop sounds and layer them into a rich and thick wall of rhythms and melodies.
Using innovative looping technology and innate musical genius, Keller's live solo performances pack more music on one stage than a full rock ensemble. He stands out for his unique approach to folk music and for his undeniable rhythmic mystique.
Tickets for Keller Williams are $20 and are available at the CFA box office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster locations, including ticketmaster.com.
Scholarship honors former litigator
David E. Brown, a law partner of the late Carmen P. Tarantino, has honored Tarantino's memory with a $313,500 memorial scholarship to the UB Law School. The gift will support a full-tuition scholarship for three years for a deserving student in perpetuity.
Brown, a partner with Brown & Tarantino LLP in Rochester, and Tarantino, who received his bachelor's degree in social sciences from UB in 1973 and his J.D. from the UB Law School in 1977, met at a trial in 1992. They forged a friendship and built Brown and Tarantino LLP into a firm with locations in Buffalo, Rochester and White Plains, expanding from five lawyers to 27 lawyers during the 12 years they were partners.
"It's an honor to have a scholarship at UB named in memory of the accomplished litigator and UB grad Carmen Tarantino," said Nils Olsen, dean of the UB Law School. "This scholarship will provide needed assistance to a worthy UB student who indicates an interest in trial practice."
Bachir Karam has been named the first recipient of the Carmen P. Tarantino Memorial Scholarship. He earned a bachelor's degree in history in three years from Boston College, where he was a member of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and a recipient of the Congressman's Medal of Merit for Citizenship. At UB, Karam plans to earn his J.D. and an M.B.A. concurrently.