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"Madama Butterfly" to be performed
The Center for the Arts will present the Opera Verdi Europa production of "Madama Butterfly" at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Mainstage theater in the CFA, North Campus.
A three-act opera by Giacomo Puccini, "Madama Butterfly" is based on the 1900 play "Madame Butterfly" by David Belasco. It was first performed at the legendary opera house, La Scala, in Milan, Italy, in 1904.
Opera Verdi Europa is a company of 100 singers, chorus and symphony orchestra members. The opera will be sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Tickets for "Madama Butterfly" are $49, $39 and $29, and are available at the CFA box office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster locations.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.
CARES wins award
An innovative program that provides social services along with dental care to older adults treated in the dental clinics of the School of Dental Medicine has received the 2005 Geriatric Oral Health Care Award from the American Dental Association.
The CARES program, which stands for counseling, advocacy, referral, education and service, was established in 2001 with the aid of a $33,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
The award winner is determined through a national competition. The winner receives a $2,500 check and a commemorative plaque. The Geriatric Oral Health Care Award recognizes programs that have improved the health of older adults through innovative community outreach activities.
Robert Lauf, chair of the ADA Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations, said the award "recognizes the significant commitment of the CARES program to addressing barriers preventing older adults from receiving oral health care."
Operating in conjunction with the School of Social Work, the CARES program interviews older patients treated at UB's dental clinics to determine if they need counseling or help with housing, medical care, transportation, financial aid or other services that could improve their health and quality of life. Since its inception, CARES has provided help to 800 people.
CARES also exposes dental and social work students to the health needs of the elderly and prepares them to deal with these issues in their own practices.
The program has established collaborative arrangements with community agencies that serve the elderly, such as the Erie County Department of Senior Services and Meals on Wheels, to insure that clinic patients have access to all available services.
Kim Zittel-Palamara, clinical assistant professor of restorative dentistry, and James Wysocki, social worker in the dental school, direct the CARES program.
Bargmann to speak
Julie Bargmann, an artist, landscape architect and founder of DIRT studio in Charlottesville, Va., will speak on Wednesday as part of the School of Architecture and Planning's Fall Lecture Series.
The talk will take place at 5:30 p.m. in 301 Crosby Hall, South Campus.
Nominated as one of Time magazine's 100 top innovators in design, Bargmann is involved in the reclamation of derelict land. She currently is overseeing the construction of a 35-acre park on a former industrial site in Pennsylvania.
For more information, call 829-3485, ext. 114.
Margolick is next "author"
David Margolick, author of "Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling and a World on the Brink," will give a reading from his book at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Roycroft Inn, East Aurora.
The reading is part of the Meet the Author series presented by WBFO 88.7 FM, UB's National Public Radio affiliate.
WBFO'S Meet the Author series is free and open to the public. Bert Gambini, executive producer of the Meet the Author series, will serve as host of the event, which also will be broadcast live on WBFO. A book signing will take place immediately following the reading and light refreshments will be served. Books will be provided by Talking Leaves.
"Beyond Glory" recounts the gripping story of the 1936 and 1938 Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights in New York—sporting events that galvanized and symbolized the hopes, hatreds and fears of a world facing the threat of war. Margolick traces the careers of both protagonists, including the punishing racism with which Louis was forced to cope as he rose in the ranks of boxing to dominate what had been primarily a white man's sport, and the complex ties that developed between Schmeling and the Nazis, for whom he became an icon of "racial superiority" after his upset victory over Louis in 1936.
Margolick writes about the extraordinary buildup to the 1938 re-match—the worsening global political climate seemingly raising the stakes—in which Louis needed only 124 seconds to defeat Schmeling as radio allowed the whole world to listen.
For more information, call 829-6000.
Blood drives set for North and South campuses
The Red Cross will hold several blood drives on the North and South campuses during the month of October.
The drives will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in 105 Harriman Hall, South Campus, and from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 6 and from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 27 and Oct. 28, all in 210 Student Union, North Campus.
Anyone interested in giving blood can call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment.
Montante named Niagara Frontier Executive
Carl J. Montante, president and managing director of Uniland Development Co., has been named the 2005 Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year by the School of Management.
The award will be presented to Montante at the 56th annual UB School of Management Alumni Association awards banquet, to be held at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Millenium Airport Hotel Buffalo.
Montante was selected for the award based on a vote by the board of directors of the alumni association and past honorees, who cited his career success, civic leadership and professional integrity.
A native of Buffalo, Montante received an economics degree from Canisius College and a degree from the UB Law School in 1967. He practiced law prior to founding Uniland Development Co. in 1974.
Uniland has since grown to become the largest developer of commercial business space in the Buffalo-Rochester corridor, with a developed portfolio of more than 10 million square feet of city and suburban business space. Montante leads a team of 100 professionals at Uniland who staff in-house departments, including planning and design, construction management, finance, leasing and sales and property management.
Montante is active in many community organizations in the Buffalo-Niagara region, serving as chairman of the board of directors at Catholic Health System, and on the board of directors of the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. He also is chairman of the Holy Angels Academy Capital Campaign, and a board member of The BISON Scholarship Fund and the Foundation of the Diocese of Buffalo. He is past chairman of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Annual Fund and Sisters Hospital Foundation.
He has received recognition from a variety of community organizations, including the Western New York Philanthropist of the Year Award from the American Federation of Fundraisers, the Humanitarian Award from the Niagara Lutheran Health System and the President's Award from the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks. He also has received the Distinguished Law Alumni Award from UB, the Distinguished Alumni Award from Canisius College and was honored by the City of Buffalo as Buffalonian of the Year.
WBFO names 2 to advisory board
Patricia K. Duffner, professor of neurology and pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Donald R. Ingalls, vice president for government affairs for Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Western New York, have been named to the advisory board of WBFO 88.7 FM, UB's National Public Radio affiliate.
Advisory board members provide counsel to station management and act as station advocates within the Western New York community, according to Dennis Black, vice president for student affairs. WBFO is a unit within the Division of Student Affairs.
Duffner is a full-time attending physician at the Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, in addition to holding a UB faculty appointment. She has been the scientific adviser to the Hunter's Hope Foundation, and is actively involved in developing the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute and the proposed Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Center for children with metabolic disease.
Ingalls joined BlueCross-BlueShield of Western New York 1999. He also has served as executive director of CMG Health/Magellan Behavioral Health in Buffalo, where he was responsible for the clinical and administrative aspects of managing behavioral health care on a full-risk, capitation basis for 650,000 members in seven HMOs.
UB reaches finals of competition
A team from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is one of three finalists in the National Community Pharmacists Association's (NCPA) Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.
Teams from Mercer University of Georgia and the University of the Pacific will join the UB team in the competition, to be held during the 107th NCPA Annual Convention and Trade Exposition in Fort Lauderdale on Oct. 15-19.
The UB team members are Kevin DiGiacomo, Evan Fleishman, Charley Greenberg and Mike Spino.
The first national competition of its kind, the event is named for two champions of independent pharmacy ownership and practice, the late Neil Pruitt Sr., and H. Joseph Schutte.
Any school with an NCPA student chapter is eligible for the competition, in which each team writes a business plan to purchase an existing pharmacy or to develop a new pharmacy that provides unique patient care, according to Anne Corbett, NCPA assistant director of student affairs. The NCPA received 27 entries from pharmacy schools across the country this year, from which judges chose the top three teams.
The winning team will receive $3,000 for its NCPA student chapter and $3,000 for its school to promote independent pharmacy practice. Winning team members, the team advisor and their dean also will have travel, lodging and registration costs paid to attend the NCPA 2006 Multiple Locations Pharmacy Conference in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, next February.