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“Economic Rights in Canada and the United States” (2006, University of Pennsylvania Press), a book co-edited by Claude Welch, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, has been recognized as one of the “notable contributions” to the field of human rights scholarship by the U.S. Human Rights Network. The network promotes U.S. accountability to universal human rights standards by building linkages between organizations and individuals.
A team comprising mathematics majors Amy M. Evans and Tracy L. Stepien has been designated as an Outstanding Winner of the 2008 Mathematical Contest in Modeling run by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications. The team also was awarded the SIAM Prize and another award named for the founder of the contest, Ben Fusaro. Another UB team—math majors Quintessence Anx, Zachary A. Marzec and Joseph A. Zennamo—received honorable mention. The teams' faculty advisor is John Ringland, associate professor and director of the undergraduate program in the Department of Mathematics, CAS.
A team from the Center for Urban Studies in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, has received a 2008 Outstanding Program Award from the Community Development Society. Members of the team—Henry Louis Taylor Jr., professor and center director; Robert Silverman, associate professor and senior research associate; Jacqueline Hall, project administrative officer; Kelly Patterson, visiting assistant professor; Jeff Kujawa, center assistant director and research associate; and Frida Ferrer, program coordinator—won for the East Side Neighborhood Transformation Project.
D. Bruce Johnstone, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of Higher and Comparative Education Emeritus, was honored by the American Cancer Society at its inaugural Cuisine for a Cure fundraiser last week. A 15-year survivor of pancreatic cancer, Johnstone continues to direct the International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project at UB, as well as Ph.D. dissertations.
Tina Villa, a senior accounting major and member of the track-and-field team, has received the 2008 Clifford C. Furnas Award, the top honor awarded by the Division of Athletics. The Furnas Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate performance in scholarship and athletic prowess. The recipient must have a minimum 3.5 GPA, be committed to graduate study, have strong personal character and outstanding athletic accomplishments. Villa participates in the shot put and discus.