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Next week is semester's final print issue
Next week's issue will be the Reporter's final print issue of the fall semester. Online issues will be published on Dec. 14, Jan. 4 and Jan. 11. Print publication of the newspaper for the spring semester will resume on Jan. 18.
Flu shot clinics to be held
UB faculty, staff and students can obtain a flu shot at one of the flu shot clinics being held Dec. 4-8 on the North and South campuses.
The clinics, which are being offered by UB Health Services, will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Dec. 4, Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 in the Student Union Social Hall, North Campus, and from noon to 3 p.m. Dec. 7 and Dec. 8 in 105 Harriman Hall, South Campus.
The cost of the vaccine will be $20 for faculty and staff—payable by cash or check only—and free for registered UB students. Valid UB picture IDs are required.
Spouses, partners or dependents of students, faculty and staff are not eligible to receive a flu shot at these clinics.
Vaccine will be administered on a first-come-first-served basis and individuals will be able to join the line until 3 p.m. A clinic may be closed early based on vaccine availability. An individual's ability to receive the vaccine is subject to medical oversight via screening forms and the clinical staff present at the clinics.
For more information, contact Liz Heyden at 829-3316, ext. 221, or at heyden@buffalo.edu.
Zodiaque ensemble to perform
The Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble will present its fall concert Dec. 7-10 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Performances will be at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
The production will be directed by William Thomas, director of dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Tickets are $8 and may be obtained at the Center for the Arts box office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Ticketmaster.com.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.
STOR names associate licensing manager
Esther G. Eagan has been named associate licensing manager for UB's Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR).
Eagan will focus on technology commercialization with primary responsibility for developing option and license agreements with industry. She will work with STOR commercialization managers and UB faculty members to prepare confidentiality and material transfer agreements to support research collaborations and technology transfer opportunities between UB and industry. She also will apply her technical and intellectual property background to the assessment of new technology disclosures.
"Esther's breadth of experience in science, intellectual property and licensing will strengthen our commercialization efforts and will help us develop practices that ensure a smooth transition of technology from the lab to the marketplace," said Jeff Dunbar, director of the Intellectual Property Division of STOR.
"Her clients include licensors and licensees, independent inventors, large and small corporations, and educational institutions, which affords Esther a comprehensive view of intellectual property and licensing practice."
Eagan previously was an associate with Phillips Lytle LLP, where she supported clients in patent, trademark and copyright counseling, domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, licensing, enforcement and litigation, with emphasis on biotechnology and life science inventions. She also has previous experience as an intellectual property graduate assistant with STOR and as research assistant in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Mississippi.
Eagan earned a bachelor degree in psychology from the University of Rochester and a master's degree from UB's Roswell Park Cancer Institute Graduate Division. She received her law degree from the UB Law School with concentrations in technology and intellectual property law.
Women's Club plans luncheon
The UB Women's Club will celebrate the holiday season with its annual "Soup's On" luncheon, to be held at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 8 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
Guests can pick up their pre-ordered poinsettias and wreaths, which will serve as decorations for the luncheon. The proceeds from the poinsettia and wreath sale will benefit the Grace Capen Academic Awards.
The cost of the luncheon will be $20 per person; guests are welcome. Reservations are required.
The club's International Group will serve a free holiday lunch to international students and their friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 12 in 210 Student Union, North Campus.
In other upcoming Women's Club activities, the Book Club will meet on Dec. 11 to review "Freakonomics" by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, the Art History Group will visit the Impact Artist Gallery on Dec. 29 and the Craft Group will make origami picture cubes on Jan. 22.
For "Soup's On" reservations, to place an order for a poinsettia or wreath or to obtain general information on club membership or activities, contact Joan Ryan at 626-9332 or meryan@buffalo.edu.
Anderson Gallery to host mandala events
The UB Anderson Gallery will host two events this weekend that follow up on the September visit to UB of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
"Rose Mandala (of Three Reflections)," an exhibition in the Anderson Gallery by multimedia artist and educator Chrysanne Stathacos, served as a contemporary complement to the mandala sand painting that was constructed by Tibetan monks in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts during the Dalai Lama's visit. Stathacos will conclude her exhibition by giving a free lecture and performance at 6 p.m. tomorrow in the second floor atrium of the Anderson Gallery.
"Rose Mandala" is the last of five exhibitions hosted by the UB Art Galleries in conjunction with the Dalai Lama's visit.
It is a temporal performance/installation that explores the ephemeral process of change and mortality within transient time using roses as the vehicle. Stathacos created the mandala by plucking apart dozens of roses, petal by petal, and placing them around a circular mirror. Meditation benches, designed by Stathacos from logs from a walnut tree, surround the mandala, enabling visitors to sit in contemplation. The installation was left to dry, shrinking over time.
During her performance tomorrow, Stathacos is expected to dismantle the mandala. The audience will be invited to participate.
The lecture and performance coincide with a "Day With(out) Art," a national day of mourning in response to the AIDS crisis.
On Saturday, Gaile Amigone, an Art Department faculty member at Nardin Academy Elementary School, will lead a family workshop at the Anderson Gallery during which she will demonstrate her technique of using rice, rather than sand, to create a mandala.
The Mandala Mosaics Family Workshop will be held from 1-3 p.m. in the Arts Education Classroom of the Anderson Gallery. The workshop, intended for families with children of all ages, is part of a series of educational events at the Anderson Gallery held in conjunction with the Dalai Lama's visit.
The cost of the workshop is $10 per child; art supplies will be provided. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required; visit http://ub. andersongallery.org/mandala to fill out an online form or call 829-3754.
The UB Anderson Gallery, located at One Martha Jackson Place near Englewood and Kenmore avenues, is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.
Fighting terror to be topic of lecture
Distinguished legal scholar Abraham "Avi" Bell will lecture on "The Overlooked Obligation to Fight Terror Under International Law" tonight at the UB Law School.
The lecture, which will be free of charge and open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. in 106 O'Brian Hall, North Campus. Refreshments will be served following the talk.
Bell, who holds a B.A. and J.D. from the University of Chicago and an S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science, the terminal degree in law) from Harvard University. He is a member of the Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University, Israel, and former clerk for Justice Mishael Cheshin of the Supreme Court of Israel. Last year he received the Alon Prize, awarded by Israel's Council for Higher Education to outstanding young academics. He currently is visiting professor in the Fordham University Law School.
Bell teaches primarily in the fields of property and international law, and his book on the taking of property will be published by Yale University Press.
He has also taught administrative law, torts, economic analysis of law, land use law, the law of war and legal aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict. His scholarly works have been published in top American law journals including Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Virginia Law Review and University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Bell's talk is sponsored by the Jewish Law Students, the American Jewish Committee, Sub-Board 1, Hillel and the UB Chapter of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, an independent, faculty-driven, not-for-profit organization.
Music to present free events
Budget-conscious music lovers at UB can find much to keep them busy in December.
The free monthly Brown Bag Concert will take place at noon Tuesday in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.
Coordinated by UB faculty member Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, this series of free, informal concerts presented during the lunch hour allows patrons to catch a glimpse of the kind of programming offered on a regular basis by the Department of Music. Patrons are encouraged to bring their lunch and enjoy a complimentary cup of Starbucks coffee. Each attendee will receive a pair of complimentary tickets to a more formal concert within the following month.
The following student recitals also will take place during December. All student recitals are free and open to the public:
UB Contemporary Ensemble, Christian Baldini, conductor, 5 p.m., Saturday, Lippes Concert Hall.
UB Saxophone Ensemble, Harry Fackelman, conductor, 3 p.m., Sunday, Lippes Concert Hall.
UB Symphony, Magnus Martensson, conductor, 8 p.m., Wednesday, Lippes Concert Hall.
UB Choir and UB Chorus, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor, 8 p.m., Dec. 7, Lippes Concert Hall.