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Henderson to speak at alumni luncheon
Marsha Henderson, B.A. '73, UB vice president for external affairs, will be the next speaker in the UB at Noon Downtown luncheon series, to be held at noon on Wednesday in Chef's Restaurant, 291 Seneca St.
The series is presented by the UB Alumni Association and the School of Management Alumni Association.
This series features members of the UB community speaking on newsworthy and topical subjects.
The program will begin at noon, with lunch served shortly thereafter, and conclude at 1:30 p.m. following a question-and-answer session. Cost of the program is $15 for UBAA/SOMA members and $20 for non-members.
To register, go to http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/BUF/events/
event_order.cgi?tmpl=events&event=2028638 or call the UB Office of Alumni Relations at 645-3312. The deadline for reservations is Monday.
Widely recognized as a leading member of the Buffalo business community, Henderson was Western New York District president for KeyBank prior to her UB appointment, and holds numerous key board appointments in the area.
In her present role as vice president for external affairs, Henderson plays a vital role in building vital, strategic partnerships with industry, alumni, government and business and civic leaders.
UB Art Gallery to host Showpocalypse
Showpocalypse, an exhibition of artwork by first-year master of fine arts students from the Department of Art, will open today with a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Sarah Paul, an MFA candidate, will perform "A Misappropriation of Singin' in the Rain" at 6 p.m. in the first floor gallery.
The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view in the second floor gallery through March 11.
The 14 artists of Showpocalypse peruse modern issues from a fresh perspective using a variety of mediums.
The UB Art Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with extended hours on Thursday to 7 p.m. For information, call 645-6912.
Teaching session set
The Center for Teaching and Learning Resources will present "Jump Starting Your Teaching Philosophy" at 12:30 p.m. March 23 in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus.
The session will be led by Melanie Aceto, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Arts and Sciences, and a professional dancer and choreographer.
Aceto will illustrate how faculty members can "jump-start" their own teaching philosophies by sharing her own experience with the process.
While the session will be free of charge and open to all UB faculty members, seating is limited and registration is required.
Those interested may register at http://www.buffalo.edu/ctlr or by contacting Lisa Francescone at 645-7328, or lcf@buffalo.edu.
Elisa Monte Dance to perform in CFA
The Center for the Arts will present Elisa Monte Dance at 8 p.m. March 24 in the Mainstage theater in the CFA, North Campus.
The company will spend three weeks in residence in Buffalo prior to the performance, giving lecture-demonstrations, master classes and workshops to area schools and UB dance students.
Elisa Monte Dance was founded in 1981 on the conviction of bridging cultural barriers through the universal language of dance. From its earliest recognition on the world stage as "best company" at the International Dance Festival of Paris in 1982 to its tremendously successful touring to over 35 nations worldwide, Elisa Monte Dance has lived that conviction for more than two decades.
The work, created by Elisa Monte, formerly principal with Martha Graham Dance Company, and co-founder David Brown, is widely recognized for its highly athletic and sensual style, as well as its technical and physical acuity. Rooted in sensuality and controlled, sustained energy, Monte's work is notable for its expansive range of movement.
Elisa Monte Dance celebrates diversity through the work, its artists and its staff. Its dancers hail from all corners of the globe, including the Bahamas, the United States, Cuba, Guadalupe and South Africa. The company has created, educated and performed to great success across Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the United States.
Tickets for Elisa Monte Dance are $18 for general admission and $10 for students. Tickets 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.
Program to present results of Insider Threat Study
UB will host a seminar developed by the Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) and Carnegie Mellon's CERT Program to present the findings and implications of the Insider Threat Study, a behavioral and technical analysis of illicit computer activity by organizational insiders.
The program will be held from 9 a.m. to noon March 13 in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Registration is free at www.ubevents.org/event/its.
The Insider Threat Study is a collaborative research endeavor between NTAC and CERT designed to develop information to help private industry, government, education and law enforcement to better understand, detect and ultimately prevent harmful insider activity. The definition of an insider for this study includes current, former or contract employees of an organization.
The goal of the Insider Threat Study, which was made possible in part by financial support from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, is to better understand illicit insider activities affecting information systems and data in critical infrastructure sectors. The study is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive analysis of insider actions by analyzing both the behavioral and technical aspects of the threats.
The March 13 program will provide a special opportunity to help individuals in private industry, government, education and law enforcement learn about the study and its implications for the prevention or early detection of insider threats, as well as to participate in an evaluation of the training for critical infrastructure sectors.
Blood drives set
The Red Cross will hold several blood drives on the North and South campuses during the month of March.
The drives will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 8 in 105 Harriman Hall, South Campus, and from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 8, 27 and 28 in 210 Student Union, North Campus.
Anyone interested in giving blood can call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment.
UB, FMCC sign dual-admission agreement
Officials of UB and Fulton Montgomery Community College (FMCC) have signed a new dual-admission program agreement designed to increase the number of students transferring with associate's degrees from FMCC to parallel degree programs at UB.
The agreement initially matches two sets of parallel degrees, but other programs may be added if there is mutual interest. FMCC's degree in spatial information technology has been matched to UB's bachelor's degree in geography with a concentration in geographic information systems and specialty in cartography. FMCC's criminal justice degree has been matched with UB's bachelor's degree in sociology with a focus in law and society/criminology.
Under the agreement, FMCC will recruit students into the program. Students first apply to FMCC and to the program. Students are guaranteed admission into UB majors upon completion of the FMCC degree with the required coursework and specified grade-point average.
The document also calls for regular communication between FMCC and UB faculty, and participation of UB staff in advising students on site and training FMCC faculty and staff advisors.
Toledo focus of exhibition
"Francisco Toledo: Contemporary Graphic Art," an exhibition highlighting prints by Mexican artist Francisco Toledo from UB's permanent collection, will open tomorrow at the UB Anderson Gallery with a public reception from 6-8 p.m.
The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view through May 28.
Francisco Toledo, an artist born in 1940 in Juchitan, Mexico, of Zapotec decent, studied at the Talle Libre de Grabado de la Escuela Diseno y Artesan�as. In 1960, he moved to Paris, where he studied briefly at Stanley William Hayter's engraving workshop and met fellow Zapotec artist Rufino Tamayo and surrealist writers Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. His work is influenced by such modern European masters as Paul Klee, Jean Dubuffet, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp and Marc Chagall.
Toledo's juxtaposition of symbols in his graphic imagery demonstrates his unique adaptations of personal experience, Mexican folklore, pre-Columbian objects, European modernism and myth in his work. The graphic works create a metamorphosed fantastical reality that explores the transcendental experience of ecstasy through eroticism, laughter, fear, violence, sacrifice and desire. These experiences exist amid the ambiguous relationship between reality and fantasy, the rational and irrational. Toledo's works are not bound within the confines of a geographical region or an ethnic origin, but communicate a universal symbolism, which imparts a universal sense of immediacy, unity and sovereignty.
The exhibition was curated by Sherry Corcoran, a graduate student in the Department of Art History.
The exhibition is part of "The Latin Connection: Arts Across the Region," a series of exhibitions, educational programs and events scheduled from January through May 2006 organized by the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University in conjunction with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, CEPA Gallery, El Museum Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera, UB Anderson Gallery and the Western New York Artists Group at Art Dialogue Gallery, all in Buffalo; the Kenan Center, Lockport; and the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University.