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PSS to meet 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 speak.
The meeting is open to all members of the professional staff.
For more information, contact the PSS office at 645-2003.
Dental students to present research
The School of Dental Medicine will hold its annual Student Research Day from 1:30-4:15 p.m. March 8 in the Millennium Airport Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, next to the Galleria Mall.
Poster presentations will take place from 1:30-3 p.m. John D. Rugh, professor and chair of the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, will speak on "Integrating Science Into Dental Education" at 3 p.m.
For more information, contact Maria Abraham in the dental school dean's office at 829-2836 or mca4@buffalo.edu.
USC education professor to speak at UB
Amanda Datnow, associate professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, will be the keynote speaker at the 14th Annual GSE Graduate Student Research Symposium, to be held on Saturday in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.
Datnow, who will deliver the Gail Paradise Kelly Memorial Lecture, will discuss "Achieving Large Scale Educational Reform: Lessons Learned and Prospects for Equity and Excellence." In her talk, which is scheduled for 4 p.m., Datnow will provide an overview of research findings on several reform movements aimed at changing U.S. schools on a broad scale. In addition to discussing the lessons learned about educational change that can be gleaned from these studies, Datnow will examine the promise and pitfalls of current reform movements with respect to achieving more equitable student outcomes with respect to race and gender.
The lecture will be free and open to the public.
Datnow's research focuses on the politics and policies of school reform, particularly with regard to the professional lives of educators and issues of equity. She has conducted numerous federally and privately funded studies of comprehensive school reform and studies of the intersection between gender and educational change. She recently completed a study of data-driven decision-making in four high-performing school districts.
For more information on the research symposium, go to http://www.gse .buffalo.edu/sites/symposium.
Master plan topic of presentation
Future expansion plans for UB's three campuses—North, South and downtown—will be the topic of a "UB at Noon...Downtown" presentation at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 27 at Chef's restaurant, 291 Seneca St., Buffalo.
Robert Shibley, professor of architecture and planning, as well as director of the Urban Design Project in the School of Architecture and Planning, will conduct the presentation. Shibley is overseeing UB's master-planning process.
The cost is $15 and includes a buffet lunch. Reservations are required and may be made by calling the UB Alumni Association at 800-284-5382.
The reservation deadline is tomorrow.
"UB at Noon...Downtown" is sponsored by the UB Alumni Association and the School of Management Alumni Association.
M.F.A. students to show work
"Octet," an exhibition of artwork by first-year M.F.A. students in the Department of Visual Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, will open with a reception from 5-7 p.m. March 1 in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
The exhibition, which will be free of charge and open to the public, will be on view in the second-floor gallery through March 10.
The eight artists of "Octet" examine contemporary issues from a fresh perspective using a variety of media.
UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with extended hours to 7 p.m. on Thursday.
For information, call 645-6912.
Newman Centers sponsors collection
The Newman Centers at UB are collecting items for Catholic Charities South Buffalo Food Pantry as a Lenten project for 2007.
Items such as paper products, dry food items, canned goods and laundry detergent can be donated from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays at the Newman Centers, Suite 209, the Commons, until March 25.
For further information, call 636-7495.
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 2:30 p.m. March 7 and March 8 in 210 Student Union, North Campus; from 3-8 p.m. March 26 in Goodyear Hall, South Campus; from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 27 in 131 Cary Hall, South Campus; and from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 28 and March 29 in 210 Student Union.
Anyone interested in giving blood can call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment.
Music to present free events
Budget-conscious music lovers at UB can find much to keep them busy in March.
The free monthly Brown Bag Concert will take place at noon March 6 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.
Other free events during March include the following student recitals:
Voice Students Recital, noon, March 5, Lippes Concert Hall.
Charity Wahler, soprano, Mus.B. recital, 8 p.m. March 6, Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall, North Campus.
Aaron Bahr, organ, Mus.B. recital, 8 p.m., March 20, Lippes Concert Hall.
Plosion, UB's flute ensemble, 8 p.m., March 21, Lippes Concert Hall.