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Mark Gottdiener, professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, will present the 2007 Roth and Symonds Endowed Lecture at the Yale School of Architecture on March 30. His talk, "Foreground/ Background: Architecture and the Culture of Theming," will be followed by a dinner in his honor. The following day, the school will hold a miniconference on themes related to Gottdiener's work in urbanism. Gottdiener is an internationally regarded scholar in the field of urban sociology and cultural studies, specializing in cultural semiotics and popular culture and how cultural issues are related to social problems. He is in residence this semester at the Institute for Urban and Regional Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on an endowed fellowship from the Lady Davis Fellowship Trust.
Anne E. Meyer, research associate professor in the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, and director of the UB site of the National Science Foundation-designated Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, was elected chair of the Council of Societies of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) during the group's annual meeting held recently in Washington, D.C. The Council of Societies is the arm of AIMBE that coordinates and enhances interaction among 16 scientific organizations in medical and biological engineering, representing approximately 50,000 scientists, engineers and medical professionals.
Diana Aga, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences; and James Jenson, professor, and A. Scott Weber, professor and chair, both of the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, have received the 2006 Kenneth Allen Memorial Award from the New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA). The award is given annually for a research or engineering technical paper presented at the association's annual or spring meeting, or published in NYWEA publications or an equivalent technical journal. An expanded version of the award-winning paper has been accepted for publication in Water Environment Research, the premier research journal for advancement of wastewater engineering.
Stephen Jacobson, professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, Graduate School of Education, is one of 18 businesspeople and educators who will receive a Pathfinder award during a ceremony to be held May 3 in the Millennium Airport Hotel. The Pathfinder awards, sponsored by the Niagara Frontier Industry Education Council, Buffalo Alliance for Education, Junior Achievement, Business First and Independent Health, recognize individuals for their work in connecting workplaces and classrooms.