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The work of Kazimierz Braun, professor of theatre and dance, is the subject of a new 335-page book of essays, "Horizons of Theatre II: Kazimierz Braun's Way," edited by Justyna Brylewska and published in Poland by Torun Norbertinum. Also this year, Braun's book, "Plays about Poles" (Sztyju I Oikajacg), a volume of 10 dramas, was published by Lublin Norbertinum, and "Radiation," his play about Maria Sklodowska-Curie, was published by Archiwum Emigracji (Archives of Polish Emigration, University of Torun). Braun also contributed a chapter to the new book "His Holiness Pope John Paul II: A Commemorative Volume of Essays from the Members of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America" edited by Charles S. Kraszewski (Piasa Books: New York, New York).
Mark J. Lema, professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was installed as president of the 40,000-member American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) during the organization's annual meeting in Chicago earlier this week. Lema also is chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. An active member of the ASA since 1991, Lema served on many committees and task forces before joining the society's board of directors in 2002. He served as ASA's first vice president in 2004-05 and as president-elect in 2005-06.
Flutist Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, adjunct assistant professor of music, and organist Bruce Neswick, Canon for Music at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, perform 20th-century works for the two instruments on a CD to be released nationally this month on the Raven label (www.RavenCD.com, OAR-840). The works recorded are by 20th-century composers Daniel Pinkham, Gerald Near, Jehan Alain, Henk Badings, Frank Martin, and Jacques Berthier. The new CD takes its name, "Miracles," from the five-movement composition for flute and organ by Pinkham, each movement describing a Biblical miracle.