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E.O. Wilson to present Harrington Lecture
Edward O. Wilson, pre-eminent scientist, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and considered by many to be the father of the modern environmental movement, will present the D. W. Harrington Lecture at 10:30 a.m. May 6 in the Adam's Mark Hotel.
Wilson's lecture title will be "The Future of Life," also the title of his best-selling book in which he makes a passionate plea for a new approach to the management and protection of our ecosystem.
The lecture, part of the UB Medical Alumni Association's Spring Clinical Day, is sponsored by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the school's Office of Advancement and the Medical Alumni Association.
The lecture is open to the public at a cost of $40, which includes the post-lecture luncheon. Registration is required, and may be made by calling 829-2773, or going to http://www.ubconnect.org and activating the Spring Clinical Day link under "Events."
Pellegrino Research Professor Emeritus in Entomology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, Wilson, 72, is an entomologist, biologist and author known throughout the world for his work on ecology, evolution and sociobiology. He has received more than 75 awards in recognition of his contributions to science and humanity, including Pulitzer Prizes for general non-fiction for "On Human Nature" in 1979 and "The Ants" in 1991, his treatise on the insect species he studied and documented throughout his scientific career.
Among his many awards are the U.S. National Medal of Science, Japan's International Prize for Biology, the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the French Prix du Institut de la Vie, Germany's Terrestrial Ecology Prize, the Audubon Medal of the National Audubon Society and the Gold Medal of the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Last Reporter will be May 11
The last print Reporter of the semester will be published on May 11.
The Reporter will continue to publish an online issue weekly during the summer. There will be no summer print issues.
Regular print publication for the fall semester will resume Aug. 31.
Keep up with what's happening on campus this summer by reading the online Reporter at http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter.
PSS meeting is today
The Professional Staff Senate will hold a general membership meeting at 3 p.m. today in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
President John B. Simpson will be the featured speaker.
All members of the professional staff are encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact the PSS office at 645-2003.
Oozfest set for Saturday
"Grab a Buddy and Let's Get Muddy" is the theme for Oozfest 2006, the annual mud volleyball tournament sponsored by UB's Student Alumni Board (USAB), to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the mud pit on St. Rita's Lane, behind UB Stadium on the North Campus.
Nearly 1,000 UB students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends will play on more than 100 teams and participate in what is recognized as the largest collegiate mud volleyball tournament and one of UB's largest student-alumni events. Oozfest 2006 is co-chaired by juniors Stacey Stuart and Ashley Jennings.
Since its inception in 1984, Oozfest has grown to become much more than a volleyball tournament. The day's other activities include music from WRUB, wheelbarrow races, three-legged races, chicken-wing eating contest, leap frog and a tug-of-war competition. This is all made possible through the generosity of sponsors.
This year's court sponsors are the College Store, Santora's Phase II, UB Alumni Association, Student Life, Residence Halls Association, Student Association, University Village, Campus Dining and Shops, E-Grad Alumni Loan Consolidation Program and Dave and Buster's.
Each team will receive an official team photo, and each player will receive a commemorative Oozfest T-shirt and a water bottle provided by the College Store and the UB Alumni Association. Hot lunches will be served with vegetarian selections available. Heated tents will be provided to warm up cold and muddy players.
Oozfest is presented by USAB, the student affiliate of the UB Alumni Association. USAB is a nonprofit student organization set up to improve the quality of life at UB by providing programs that directly benefit students, their parents, faculty and alumni.
Oozfest proceeds will benefit such programs as the J. Scott Fleming Scholarships, which honor students who have demonstrated positive leadership qualities at UB, and Real Life 101, a free, reality-based workshop created to assist juniors and seniors in their transition into the "real world."
Gill to speak at alumni lunch
New UB head football coach Turner Gill will be the speaker at the UB at Noon...Downtown luncheon series, to be held May 18 in Chef's Restaurant, 291 Seneca St., Buffalo.
The luncheon series is sponsored by the UB Alumni Association in conjunction with the School of Management Alumni Association,
The program will begin at noon and conclude promptly at 1 p.m. with a question-and-answer session. The buffet lunch will feature salad, rigatoni, oven-roasted potatoes, Italian-style green beans, roast chicken, breaded pork chops, dessert, coffee and tea.
Cost of the program is $15 for UBAA/SOMAA members and $20 for nonmembers.
To register, go to http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/BUF/events
/event_order.cgi?tmpl=events&event=2031976 or phone the Office of Alumni Relations at 645-3312. The deadline for reservations is May 12.
Gill, who was named UB football coach last December, spent the 2005 season as the player development director and offensive assistant coach with the Green Bay Packers.
As the starting quarterback from 1981-83 at the University of Nebraska, Gill never lost a Big Eight Conference game, led the Cornhuskers to the national championship game and was a Heisman Trophy finalist.
He was on Nebraska coaching staffs that won three national championships, and also coached Eric Crouch, who won the Heisman. Gill was rated as one of the nation's top 10 recruiters in 2001 and 2002 by ESPN.com and was among the finalists in '02 for the Frank Broyles Award, given annually to the top assistant coach in the nation.
He tutored the Husker quarterbacks from 1992-2002, was assistant head coach in 2003 and wide receiver coach in 2004.
Gill, who received a degree in behavior analysis from the University of North Texas, is in the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame and was a three-time All Big-Eight pick, as well as the most valuable player in both the Orange Bowl and Kickoff Classic games.
Journal survey set
UB faculty members are asked to participate in a formal, systematic review of both print and electronic journals that is being conducted by the UB Libraries.
Evaluating subscriptions on a periodic basis is part of sound collection development, as well as fiscal management, and helps to ensure that UB's collections meet the changing research and teaching needs of the university, according to UB librarians.
Faculty may participate in an online survey at http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/libjournal/review.html until May 5. The Web site includes the prices of many 2006 subscriptions and FAQs about the survey process, as well as the survey itself.
Gift supports special environments researchers
A former postdoctoral fellow at UB has provided a gift to support young researchers in honor of the training in the field of pulmonary medicine, environmental physiology and bioengineering that he received at the Center for Research and Education in Special Environments (CRESE) and the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Seiji Tamaya, chair of the board of directors of Tokyo Angel Hospital, Hachiouji, Tokyo, gave $19,990 to CRESE in gratitude for time spent at UB as a postdoctoral fellow with the late Leon Farhi, SUNY Distinguished Professor. Tamaya said he also appreciated his continued interactions with CRESE faculty, including Claes Lundgren, professor of physiology and biophysics, and CRESE director.
Tamaya is an expert in hyperbaric chambers and the problems of decompression associated with underwater diving. His work is a continuation of that done with Farhi; Lundgren; David Pendergast, professor and associate director of CRESE; and other members of CRESE. Tamaya also researches and treats sleep apnea syndrome and Alzheimer's disease.
The gift—Dr. Tamaya's Research Fund for Environmental and Applied Physiology—is earmarked for CRESE members in the first five years of their research career, helping them with conference fees and travel expenses.
"We are grateful to Dr. Tamaya for his gift," said Lundgren, "and proud that the people he met and the education he received while at UB have encouraged him to ensure that others have equally stimulating experiences."
CRESE contains one of the world's most advanced facilities to simulate environmental stress. Researchers at the center have studied respiratory and cardiac challenges that humans face in environments as diverse as space shuttles and underwater. Current project partners include NIH, the U.S. Navy, various pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. Coast Guard.
For more information about CRESE and its activities, call 829-2746 or email dsdean@buffalo.edu, or go to http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/crese/.
CFA to present Baryshnikov
The Center for the Arts will present Mikhail Baryshnikov and his Hell's Kitchen Dance company at 8 p.m. June 8-10 and at 2 p.m. June 11 in the Drama Theatre in the CFA, North Campus.
The first tour by Baryshnikov and Hell's Kitchen Dance of works created at the newly opened, New York-based Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) features two world premieres by Aszure Barton—"Over/Come" and "Come In"—and a world premiere by Benjamin Millepied titled "Years Later." Both choreographers were named 2005-06 Artists-in-Residence at the BAC. Their work will be danced by Baryshnikov and Hell's Kitchen Dance, an ensemble of young performers, mostly from The Juilliard School and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts who received fellowships from BAC.
The Hell's Kitchen Dance tour offers a first-time opportunity for national and international audiences to experience fresh talent and the works created by artists selected by Baryshnikov and produced in the stimulating environment of BAC.
The tour will open in the CFA, then move on to the Zellerbach Playhouse at the University of California-Berkeley (June 15-18), Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara, Calif. (June 21-23), Mercat de les Flors Theatre in Barcelona, Spain (July 6-9) and Teatro Español in Madrid (July 13-16).
The world's most celebrated dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov began his ballet study at the Vaganova School in Leningrad under the renowned teacher Alexander Pushkin. At 18, he entered the Kirov Ballet as a soloist and remained with the company from 1968 to 1974, when he left Russia. From 1974 to 1979, he danced with ballet and modern companies around the world. He was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet from 1979 to 1980, and from 1980 until 1989 he was artistic director of American Ballet Theatre. From 1990 to 2002, Baryshnikov was director and dancer with the White Oak Dance Project, which he co-founded with choreographer Mark Morris.
Tickets for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Hell's Kitchen Dance are $60 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.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.
"Bedbugs" to appear in CFA
Greenestuff Inc. will present "My Bedbugs in J. Edgar's Birthday Party" at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
The loveable "My Bedbugs" characters recently were introduced to area families on WNED-TV (PBS) and have received a very enthusiastic welcome from parents and kids alike. This new stage show includes favorite scenes from the television episodes, as well as a surprise guest who helps the bugs learn a very special lesson.
Whether on stage or screen, "My Bedbugs" entertains and educates kids ages 3-8 with energetic characters, music and animation. Since debuting on Detroit Public Television in 2004, the award-winning show has been picked up steadily by PBS stations across much of the U.S and Canada. The "J. Edgar's Birthday" tour, the company's first national tour, is scheduled to reach more than 70 venues by the end of the year.
Tickets for "My Bedbugs in J. Edgar's Birthday Party" are $11 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.
For more information, call 645-ARTS