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Ephron cancels lecture
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and director Nora Ephron has cancelled her plans to participate in UB's Distinguished Speakers Series with a lecture on March 28.
Ephron cancelled because she is beginning work on a new film project. The university was unable to reschedule the lecture.
Apologizing for any inconvenience that the cancellation will create for those who have purchased tickets, the university has posted ticket-refund information at http://www. specialevents.buffalo.edu.
Customers who purchased tickets for Ephron's lecture as part of an entire 2006-07 UB Distinguished Speaker Series subscription automatically will be refunded for the face value of their ticket(s). If the original purchase was made using Master Card, Visa or Amex, that card will be credited. Those who made their purchase by cash, check or Discover card will receive a refund check.
Customers who purchased their Ephron ticket(s) at the Center for the Arts box office should return them in person or complete a refund form and mail it and their tickets to Joel Thompson, 103 Center for the Arts, Amherst, N.Y. 14260.
Whether returning tickets by mail or in person, include the number of the credit card that the ticket purchase was made on so that a credit can be provided. If the original purchase was made by cash or check, indicate this and a refund check will be issued. The ticket refund forms are available for download at http://www. specialevents.buffalo.edu.
Customers who purchased their ticket(s) via Ticketmaster's Web site or charge-by-phone system will receive an automatic refund. Customers who made their Ephron ticket purchase at Ticketmaster outlets such as Macy's should return their tickets to the point of purchase.
UB's role in future of health care to be discussed
UB's role in the future of health care in Western New York will be the topic of the next "UB at Noon...Downtown" presentation at 11:30 a.m. March 29 at Chef's restaurant, 291 Seneca St., Buffalo.
David L. Dunn, vice president for health sciences, will speak.
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 March 23.
"UB at Noon...Downtown" is sponsored by the UB Alumni Association and the School of Management Alumni Association.
Students offer free tax preparation
Members of Beta Alpha Psi, the national honor society for accounting and finance students, are providing free tax-preparation services to members of the UB community throughout the tax season.
The service is available to members of the general public, as well as the UB community, who have an annual income of less than $39,000.
Tax preparation sessions will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, March 24, March 25, April 7, April 8, April 14 and April 15 in 143 Park Hall, North Campus.
Those wishing to have their taxes prepared should bring with them proof of identification; Social Security card; date of birth for filer, spouse and dependents; wage and earning statements (forms W-2 and 1099) from all employers; interest and dividend statements from banks (Forms 1099); a copy of last year's federal and state tax returns, if available; and bank routing numbers and account numbers for direct deposit of refunds.
Beta Alpha Psi is offering this service, an alternative to the costly services of national tax-preparation franchises, through a local coalition organized by the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County.
For more information, contact Tim Hilker, Beta Alpha Psi president, at tmhilker@buffalo.edu or Cynthia Shore, assistant dean for corporate and community relations in the School of Management, at cshore@buffalo.edu.
Norton to speak on sustainability
Whether it's in reference to forms of energy, housing or transportation, many people assume there is a commonly accepted definition of "sustainability."
But Bryan Norton, professor of philosophy in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, believes that people's ideas about what is sustainable are largely influenced by their culture and community.
As part of the "Greener Shade of Blue" semester at UB, the Environment and Society Institute and the Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences, will host Norton, who will give two talks on March 9
Norton will speak on "Sustainability: A Philosophy of Adaptive Ecosystem Management" at 11 a.m. in the Center for the Arts and on "American Pragmatism and Environmental Ethics" at 3 p.m. in 280 Park Hall, both on the North Campus. Both lectures will be free and open to the public.
"There is not a single definition of sustainability," Norton says. "What people really mean by the term sustainability is to ask what they value. Sustain what? I think that's a community-based question."
In Western New York, and at UB in particular, Norton's writings have had a profound influence on scientists, engineers and managers seeking to apply the concept of adaptive management to the ongoing restoration of the Great Lakes.
Norton is an associated scientist at Zoo Atlanta, serving on the institutional panel that reviews zoo research and its impact on animals at the zoo. He has been an advisor to the Environmental Protection Agency and has conducted research on the socio-economic impact of global climate change for the U.S. Forest Service Global Change Program, as well as other projects on biodiversity policies sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Norton's books include "Why Preserve Natural Variety," "Toward Unity Among Environmentalists," "Ethics of the Ark" and most recently, "Sustainability: A Philosophy of Adaptive Ecosystem Management."
CFA to host Evidence dance company
The Center for the Arts will host the Evidence dance company for a month-long residency during March, culminating in a performance at 8 p.m. March 23 in the Mainstage theater in the CFA, North Campus.
As part of the residency, the company will visit area schools to give demonstrations and workshops, in addition to providing master classes for UB dance students.
Company members also will participate in a talk with audience members at 7 p.m. prior to the March 23 performance.
Evidence, which features Ronald K. Brown as artistic director, blends African, modern, ballet and hip-hop dance styles to tell stories about what is important about the human experience.
The award-winning, New York-based company tours to more than 15 cities in the United States each year and has traveled to Cuba, Brazil, England, France, Greece, Hungary and Segal to perform, teach master classes and conduct lectures and demonstrations for young people.
Tickets for the March 23 performance of Evidence 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.
For more information call 645-ARTS.
Bullot to speak
Érik Bullot, a faculty member at the National Advanced School of Art in Bourges, France, will discuss "Short Poetic Films" at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
The lecture is presented by the Humanities Institute and the Department of Comparative Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The lecture will be free of charge and open to the public.
Bullot studied at the National School of Photography in Arles and the Institute for Advanced Film Studies in Paris. He has directed numerous films exploring cinema's formal and poetic forces, and topics as varied as fencing, cosmology, acoustics and linguistics.
A member of the editorial board of Cinéma, he is a regular contributor to Traffic.
Additional sponsors are the Julian Park Chair (Ewa Plonowska Ziarek), the Melodia Jones Chair (Gérard Bucher) and the Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture.
Revue to highlight Broadway shows
The Center for the Arts will present "100 Years of Broadway," a musical revue of Broadway's most celebrated shows featuring a cast of five Broadway stars accompanied by an all-star New York band, at 8 p.m. March 24 in the Mainstage theater in the CFA, North Campus.
"100 Years of Broadway" recreates the biggest moments from the biggest shows of the century featuring the actual stars of shows such as "The Phantom of the Opera," "Les Miserables," "Cats," "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Jekyll & Hyde." The performers light up the stage with songs from the hit shows in which they starred, as well as other notable Broadway shows. Musical director and pianist Neil Berg presents brilliantly revived arrangements of Broadway classics, as well as numbers from Broadway's newest hit shows.
Tickets for "100 Years of Broadway" are $35 and $27 for the general public, and $24 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.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.