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The New York State Senate in January adopted Legislative Resolution Senate No. 3038 honoring Paras N. Prasad upon the occasion of his designation by Scientific American, as one of its top 50 scientists for 2005. Prasad is SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, and executive director of the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, The resolution mentions many of Prasad's scientific achievements, including his National Cancer Institute grant, awarded last fall, aimed at developing nanotechnologies for earlier detection and better treatments for pancreatic cancer. The resolution was sponsored by state Sen. Mary Lou Rath.
The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County has selected Thomas Burrows, executive director of the Center for the Arts, to receive this year's Arts Administrator Award. Burrows and other award recipients will be honored at the 20th Annual Arts Awards Luncheon to be held March 21 in the Buffalo Convention Center. The award honors individuals, businesses and organizations that demonstrate exceptional support, achievement and excellence in the arts and cultural community of the Buffalo Niagara Region.
Martin Brecher, associate professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will receive the 2006 Service to Mankind Award from the Western New York and Finger Lakes Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at the chapter's 14th annual Diamond Ball, being held Feb. 25 in Samuel's Grande Manor. Brecher, who also is chief of the division of pediatric hematology/oncology in Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo and chairman of the department of pediatrics in Roswell Park Cancer Institute, recently completed a study on the long-term effects of chemotherapy on survivors of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia with a 25-year follow-up.
Warde Manuel, director of athletics, has been named to the board of directors of the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau.
David G. Hangauer, associate professor of medicinal chemistry, recently was presented the Crowdle Medal by the Canisius College Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry. Named for the late Canisius chemistry professor James H. Crowdle, who retired in 1966, the medal is awarded periodically to an alumnus of the college who has gained distinction in the field of chemistry or biochemistry. Hangauer, a 1974 alumnus of Canisius, is only the eighth person to receive the medal since it was first conferred in 1970. In addition to being a UB faculty member, Hangauer is vice president of research and development at Kinex Pharmaceuticals, a drug company he co-founded.