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Correction
The Reporter incorrectly reported last week that a lecture on Oct. 20 by Stanford physicist Martin Perl was being given in memory of the late UB physicist Piyare Lal Jain.
Jain, professor emeritus of physics at UB, is alive and well, and spoke at the lecture.
Ireland-based architects to speak
Ireland-based architects Merritt Bucholz and Karen McEvoy will present an illustrated lecture on their work on Wednesday as part of the annual School of Architecture and Planning Lecture Series.
Their talk will take place at 5:30 p.m. in 301 Crosby Hall, South Campus. It is free of charge and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception for the speakers.
Chicago-born architect Bucholz and McEvoy, his Irish partner, are under 40, but already have produced such award-winning buildings as the $25.5 million Fingal County Hall, in Swords, Co. Fingal, and Limerick's stunning $23.6 million County Council Headquarters in Dooradoyle.
They are recognized as well for their popular glazed "welcome pavilions" for government buildings in Merrion Street, Dublin, including historic Leinster House, which houses the National Parliament of Ireland. The firm represented Ireland in the 2002 Venice Biennale.
Their intensely collaborative, Dublin-based practice, founded in 1996, is dedicated to sustainable architecture and closely aligned to the practice of engineering.
It has doubled in size in recent years due to the quality and visibility of its work and Ireland's architectural boom. The firm now employs 25 people at work on such projects as the huge mixed-use scheme of schools, apartments, offices and sheltered housing now under construction on a site adjoining Dublin's Elm Park golf course.
Before opening their own firm, both Bucholz and McEvoy worked for Emilio Ambasz in New York and Paris on projects in the U.S., Japan and Europe.
BSA exhibition to open
"Buffalo Society of Artists, 110th Annual Catalog Exhibition" will open on Nov. 3 at the UB Anderson Gallery with a reception in the gallery from 6-8:30 p.m.
Founded in 1891, the Buffalo Society of Artists (BSA) is one of the oldest continually operating arts organizations in the United States and the catalog has been an annual tradition since 1896. The exhibition highlights 63 artists working in a wide variety of media and will also feature the BSA's historical timeline posters.
The exhibition, which will be free and open to the public, will be on view from Nov. 3 through Jan. 7.
The UB Anderson Gallery, located on Martha Jackson Place near Englewood and Kenmore avenues, is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.
Grad school conference held
Motivational speaker Calvin Mackie, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Tulane University, was the keynote speaker at the Eighth Biannual Statewide Minority Student Graduate School Awareness Conference, held on Saturday at UB.
The conference was hosted by the Center for Academic Development Services, the Graduate School and the Intercultural and Diversity Center.
Graduate school representatives from more than 50 schools participated in the conference, entitled "Beyond the Bachelor's Degree." The aim of the program was to provide students with essential information regarding the admissions process for graduate school, to help prepare students for the challenges of graduate school and to expose students to professionals who shared their real-life experiences.
Hundreds of students from institutions across New York State attended.
This conference was funded by a National Science Foundation grant that funds the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, as well as support from the SUNY Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, the Center for Academic Development Services, a New York State Education Department grant that funds the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program, the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement and the Student Support Services programs, the Intercultural and Diversity Center and Cora P. Maloney College.
Kanfer is next "author"
Stefan Kanfer, author of "Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America," will read from his work at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at Musicalfare Theatre at Daemen College.
Kanfer's appearance, part of the Meet the Author series presented by WBFO-FM 88.7, UB's National Public Radio affiliate, is cosponsored by the Western New York Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Repertory Theatre Company.
The Meet the Author series is free and open to the public. Bert Gambini, executive producer of the series, will serve as host. A book signing will take place immediately following the reading and light refreshments will be served. The reading also will be broadcast live on WBFO.
Hourani Lectures set
Jefferson McMahan, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University and research collaborator at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University, will deliver the sixth George F. Hourani Lectures in Moral Philosophy, to be held next month at UB.
The lecture series is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences.
"War and Morality" is the title of the six-lecture series, which will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. 2, Nov. 3, Nov. 9, Nov. 10, Nov. 16 and Nov. 17 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus. A reception will be held after the first lecture on Nov. 2.
The individual lectures, which will be free and open to the public, are entitled "The Just War" (Nov. 2), "Individual and Collective Morality" (Nov. 3), "Just Cause for War" (Nov. 9), "Preventive War and Individual Liability" (Nov. 10), "The Consequences of War" (Nov 16) and "Terrorism and the Significance of Intention" (Nov. 17).
McMahan's research interests include normative ethics, practical ethics—bioethics and international ethics—and political philosophy. He is working on a two-volume study of the ethics of killing. The first volume, which covered such issues as abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and the killing of nonhuman animals, was published in 2002. He currently is currently working on the sequel, which will explore the ethics of killing in self-defense, in war and as a mode of punishment.
He also is writing two other books on war. One will address issues of responsibility and liability in war. The other, which will be based on the Hourani lectures, will deal with broader issues in the morality of war, including humanitarian intervention and preventive war.
The biennial George Hourani Lectures in Moral Philosophy honors the former chair of the Department of Philosophy, one of the world's foremost scholars in Islamic philosophy and Near East studies. Hourani died in 1984.
The New Cars to perform
The Center for the Arts will present the The New Cars at 8 p.m. Nov. 13 at in the Mainstage theater in the CFA, North Campus.
Let the good times roll...again. This ain't your father's automobile, or your older brother's for that matter. The New Cars features two original members of The Cars—Elliot Easton on guitar and Greg Hawkes on keyboards—along with songwriter, producer and technology groundbreaker Todd Rundgren and Prairie Prince, former drummer for The Tubes. Each shares a passion for recreating the groundbreaking music of The Cars, one of the most successful—and influential—bands of the "new wave" era.
Audience members can expect to hear all of The Cars' big hits, as well as some of Rundgren's material and several of the new songs the band has recorded.
"This is The New Cars," insists Easton. "We didn't want to just find ringers for Ric (Ocasek) and Ben (Orr), trot out the hits and play the casino and state fair circuit. Greg (Hawkes) and I dedicated our professional lives to establishing The Cars' stylized sound and innovative approach to rock music."
Tickets for The New Cars are $41 and $36, and 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.
M.F.A. exhibit to open today
"Ascension in the Basement," an exhibition of artwork by second-year M.F.A. students in the Department of Visual Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, will open today with a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the Department of Visual Studies Gallery, B45 Center for the Arts, North Campus.
The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view in the basement gallery through Nov. 10.
The 14 artists of "Ascension in the Basement" explore modern issues from a fresh perspective using multiple media.
Veronique Cote's photographic installation deals with the idea of self-mythology constructed through a feminine analysis of fairy tales. Amy Greenan deals with themes of nostalgia, memory and longing, presented in a way that breaks the traditional barrier between art and viewer. Her work invokes the spirit of the "wunderkammer"—the delightful curiosity cabinets that preceded the modern-day museum. Daesha D. Harris explores the relationships of race and class and their impact on society.
Nathaniel Infante's work in lithography and intaglio examines man's exploitative relationship with technology and the environment. A scientist as well as an artist, Sarah Paul composes works in video, sound and performance with an eye toward the sensational and the banal. Molly Payne sums up her work as a minimal gesture of re-presentation that gently redirects the viewer's attention beyond their physicality.
Arthur Platyan's paintings are influenced by personal experiences that range from service as a U.S. Marine to farming in Australia. Caesandra Seawell investigates American expressions of eroticism and sexuality. The politics of space is a recurring theme in Penelope Stewart's work as she examines notions of spatial memory. "Archive" looks at the blurring of the inside and the outside through the great glass greenhouses and botanical gardens.
Don Paul Swain's interactive sculptural work "Freudian Slit" interrogates the nature of the soul in simultaneous afterlife and before-life melodrama. Raised in Singapore, Nelson Wei Tan is no stranger to "restrictive" media controls. His work involves creating "non-propagandist" videos and installations revolving around his beloved nation's policies. Elinor Whidden questions and critiques our apathetic acceptance of the daily commute.
Sung Hee Yoon's printmaking investigates the constructed identity of women. Alexander Young received his B.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia.
The Department of Visual Studies Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
For more information, email Jayne Hughes, gallery director, at jehughes@buffalo.edu.
Black Crowes to perform in CFA
Touted as "one of the best live bands on the planet," the Black Crowes will visit UB on Nov. 6 as part of a newly announced tour.
The band will perform at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Since reuniting and reconnecting with their loyal fans last year, The Black Crowes have been performing what some called "the best shows of their career." While they achieved a career watermark by headlining a New Year's Eve show at Madison Square Garden, the band—Chris Robinson (vocals), Rich Robinson (guitars), Marc Ford (guitars), Eddie Hawrysch (keyboards), Sven Pipien (bass) and Steve Gorman (drums)—also played seven sold-out shows at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom, performed five-nights at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and were headliners at three of the most prestigious festivals in America (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits Festival).
Summing up the allure of the Black Crowes' concert experience, Mikael Wood of The Village Voice says the band "remains one of rock's best live acts, as hard-grooving as during their heyday and caked with an extra layer of rambling-man soulfulness."
Tickets for the Black Crowes are $43 and are available at the Center for the Arts 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.
Basket auction to benefit SEFA
Members of the UB community can win some fantastic prizes while benefiting the SEFA campaign by participating in the Great Basket Auction.
Tickets may be purchased from select SEFA representatives to win more than 30 gift baskets donated by units across the university and local vendors.
Tickets are $1 each, or 5 for $3.
Basket winners will be drawn at the campaign celebration in December, date to be announced.
To view the gift baskets and a list of SEFA representatives selling tickets, go to http://www.sefa.buffalo.edu/2006/auction.shtml.
Dance group to perform
BREAK! The Urban Funk Spectacular will perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
A high-energy tribute to hip hop dancing, BREAK! The Urban Funk Spectacular traces the history of this distinctive American art form over the past 30 years. Pure physical strength and agility propels this group of New York's finest urban artists through a show of breathtaking moves to a pumping soundtrack with a live DJ and master percussionists.
Cast members are supremely talented artists from the world of "break dancing," "locking," "electric boogaloo" or "popping," and "power tumbling," as well as DJ-ing and bucket drumming. Many have been featured soloists in performances with such show-business legends as Madonna, Janet Jackson, B2K, 50 Cent, Ringo Starr, Whitney Houston, P Diddy and Luther Vandross.
Tickets for BREAK! The Urban Funk Spectacular are $18 for general admission and $10 for students and are available at the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Ticketmaster.com.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.