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University Business Day set for June 6
Presentations on current university business topics for both Research Foundation and State payroll employees will be featured during University Business Day, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 6 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.
University Business Day is sponsored by Procurement Services and Campus Services.
Sessions will be held on such topics as new travel card and travel regulations, how to find state contracts, inventory and SWAP (internal supply and equipment exchange), general procurement guidelines, eReq and automatic and Web receiving.
Employees from Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Fast Track, PCard, Campus Mail, Print Services, Trademarks and Licensing, and Travel will staff informational tables. Online order signup will be available with representatives from Sigma, Fisher, VWR, Invitrogen, Staples and Grainger.
Among the prizes to be given away are office chairs, two Hewlett Packard departmental scanners and two HP digital cameras.
Light refreshments will be served.
Those interested in attending should register online through June 1 at http:// www.business.buffalo.edu/businessday2007.
Firmin book receives national praise
The book "Mudman: The Odyssey of Kim Jones" (MIT University Press, 2007), a monograph edited by Sandra Q. Firmin, curator, UB Art Gallery, and Julie Joyce, director of Luckman Art Gallery, California State University at Los Angeles, is receiving national praise.
The book was written to accompany Jones's first retrospective exhibition, "Kim Jones: A Retrospective," which originated at the UB Art Gallery last October and is now on view at the Luckman Gallery through May 19.
It is called "excellent" by The Los Angeles Times, and was reviewed this month in Bookforum, which described it as "a fascinating overview of the career of an artist who deserves not just notice, but acclaim." He is receiving it now. Jones will present his work at the 2007 Venice Biennale.
"Mudman" includes essays by Firmin and Joyce; Robert Storr, dean of the Yale University Art School and director of the Venice Biennale; and Kristine Styles, professor and director of undergraduate studies, Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University.
The book and exhibition offer the first comprehensive survey of Jones's installations and drawings from the 1970s to the present, but in particular of his performances as Mudman, a shaman-like figure covered with mud and organic substances and wearing a cumbersome structure of mud and sticks on his back, who speaks to the experience of destruction and war in the 20th century.
Cahn essays featured in new book
"Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: Life Stories From the Academy" (Kilden: Oslo, 2007) features essays contributed by Susan K. Cahn, associate professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences.
Her essay, written with Anne Firor Scott, Sara Evans and Elizabeth Faue, is titled "Women's History in the New Millennium: A Conversation Across Three Generations."
The book discusses the "2.5 generation"—an alternative to binary feminist categories. It challenges the static figuring of feminist generations that positions the second wave of feminist scholars against a homogeneous third wave.
Based on life stories from contemporary feminist scholars from throughout the world, the contributors emphasize how feminism develops unevenly over time and across institutions and, ultimately, offers a new paradigm for theorizing the intersections between generations and feminist waves of thought.
Newman to discuss book at "UB at Noon"
Jerry Newman, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and chair of the Department of Organizations and Human Resources in the School of Management, will discuss his new book, "My Secret Life on the McJob: Lessons From Behind the Counter Guaranteed to Supersize Any Management Style," during the "UB at Noon...Downtown" presentation to be held from noon to 1:15 p.m. June 6 in Chef's Restaurant, 291 Seneca St., Buffalo.
The presentation is sponsored by the UB Alumni Association and the School of Management Alumni Association.
Newman's book, released last December, takes readers behind the scenes at Burger King, Wendy's and several other fast-food restaurants to serve up keen insights into management techniques that can be applied to companies with 6,000 locations or just six employees.
Check-in for the presentation will begin at 11:30 a.m. The cost is $15 for the buffet lunch, which will be served promptly at noon, and $33 for lunch and a copy of "My Secret Life on the McJob."
Reservations must be made by June 1 by calling the UB Alumni Association at 645-3312.
Long-time UB employees to be recognized
President and Mrs. John B. Simpson and Provost and Mrs. Satish K. Tripathi
will host a reception May 22 in the president's residence, 889 Lebrun Road, Eggertsville, to honor those UB employees who completed 30 and 40 years of service to the university in the calendar year 2006.
Honored for 40 years of service will be Mary Auman, Academic Services; Kenneth Barber, Philosophy; Christinia Bogan, Learning and Instruction; Angela Brucklier, Health Sciences Library; Harvey Fineberg, General Libraries Access Services; Jeremy Finn, Counseling, School and Educational Psychology; Shigeji Fujita, Physics; Rossman Giese Jr., Geology; Chester Glomski, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences.
Also, Yolande Gratton, Oral Biology; Karen Hoyer, Psychology; Evelyn Hufford; Heath Sciences Library; Tai Kang, Sociology; Elias Kaufman, Pediatric and Community Dentistry; Jane Liebner, Office of the President; Susan McNeil, Women's Studies; James Mecca Jr., Health Sciences Fabrication; Royal Roussel, Media Study; Neil Schmitz, English; Barbara Ann Smith, Academic Services; and Kathleen Zakowski, Central Technical Services.
Honored for 30 years of service will be Robert Alexander , Pediatric and Community Dentistry; Joan Baizer, Physiology and Biophysics; David Bender, Physiology and Biophysics; Wayne Bialas, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Camille Catalano, Law School; Doreen Clarkson, Campus Dining and Shops; Anthony Conrad, Media Study; William Dillon, Gynecology-Obstetrics; Evelyn Duggan, Campus Dining and Shops; Rosemary Dziak, Oral Biology; Kathleen Edwards, Sponsored Projects Services.
Also, Howard Faden, Pediatrics; Anthony Galbo, Animal Facilities; Donald Gasper, Facilities Operations—University Facilities; Nancy Haenszel, University Residence Halls and Apartments; Thomas Headrick, Law School; Reid Heffner, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences; Darlene Innes; Chemical and Biological Engineering; Mark Karwan, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Robert Klick, Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences; Theresa Klubek, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Richard V. Lee, Medicine.
Also, Rosemary Lubinski, Communicative Disorders and Sciences; Willard McCall Jr., Oral Diagnostic Sciences; Karen McCracken, Facilities Operations-University Facilities; Frank Mendel, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences; Keith Otterbein, Anthropology; Howard Pikoff, Lockwood Library; William Repschlager, Campus Dining and Shops; Nancy Robinson, Educational Opportunity Center; Mary Anne Rokitka, Physiology and Biophysics; Jerome Roth, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Susan Rusinski, Student Health and Wellness; Michael Ryan, Undergraduate Education.
Also, James Sawusch, Psychology; Karl Schillo, University Residence Halls and Apartments; Frank Schimpfhauser, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Edward Schneider, UB Foundation Inc.; Ellen Schopp, Toxicology Research Center; Donna Scuto, Office of the Controller and Associate Vice President; Stephen Spaulding, Medicine; M. Karen Thomas, Environment, Health and Safety Services; Adrian Vladutiu, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences; Gary Walters, Internal Audit; Barry Willer, Psychiatry; and John Windover, Facilities Operations-University Facilities.