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'Accidental Investment Banker' to speak
Jonathan Knee, author of "The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street," will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Knee's free public lecture, "Is Investment Banking a Profession?" is sponsored by the School of Management and the UB Law School. It will be the third annual event in the Gerald S. Lippes Speaker Series.
Knee is a senior managing director at Evercore Partners. He teaches media mergers and acquisitions, and co-teaches strategic management of media at the Columbia University Business School.
Prior to becoming an investment banker, Knee was director of international affairs at United Airlines and served as an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University.
He was a managing director and co-head of Morgan Stanley's Media Group before joining Evercore in 2003. Knee also served as publishing sector head in the Communications, Media and Entertainment Group at Goldman Sachs.
His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.
Knee's lecture from 7:30-8:30 p.m. will be followed by a question-and-answer session and a book signing. For more information, contact Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah at 645-3204, or dasamoah@buffalo.edu.
The Gerald S. Lippes Speaker Series focuses on current issues and topics related to business and finance. The series is part of a larger effort to foster an integrated understanding of the worlds of business and law, and to encourage a collaborative dialogue between business and legal professionals. Funding for the series is provided through the generous support of Gerald S. Lippes.
Pharmacy students win contest
In its third attempt in four years, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPPS) has won the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.
"The third time was the charm," said Karl Fiebelkorn, assistant dean for student affairs and professional relations for the school.
The UB team beat finalist teams from the University of Washington and Washington State University during the NCPA's annual convention in Anaheim, Calif., last weekend. The three finalists were chosen from 32 entries submitted by U.S. colleges and schools of pharmacy nationwide.
UB team members are Alexandra T. Centeno of Rome, team captain Kathryn Jones of Rochester, Christina Ramsay of Clarence and Liliana Yohonn of Fairport.
UB finished in second place two years ago in the four-year-old competition, which provides pharmacy students the opportunity for hands-on experience in creating effective business plans.
Fiebelkorn credits hours of practice by the team—and a dress rehearsal with special guests—for the win. The school invited David H. Panasci, former president and chief operating officer of Fay's Inc., the corporate parent of Fay's super drugstores, and other pharmacy executives to the event, which he videotaped.
"The students took the tape home and practiced again and again," he said. "As a result, their presentation was smooth and very dynamic."
The win is especially satisfying, given that the new president of the NCPA is Stephen L. Giroux of Middleport, a SOPPS alumnus.
For winning, SOPPS will receive $3,000 for its NCPA chapter, $3,000 to support independent pharmacy study and a free trip for Dean Wayne K. Anderson, Fiebelkorn and the four team members to the NCPA Multi-Locations conference in Cancun, Mexico, in February.
HSL group to sponsor lecture
The Friends of the Health Sciences Library will present a lecture by author and journalist Gerald Jonas at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Austin Flint Main Reading Room of the Health Sciences Library, Abbott Hall, South Campus.
A buffet will be offered from 6-7:15 p.m. in the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection, B5 Abbott Hall. A reception for Jonas will be held in B5 Abbott immediately following his presentation.
Jonas, author of "The Circuit Riders," will discuss how Rockefeller money contributed to the rise of modern science.
The cost of the event is $15 for members of the Friends of the Health Sciences Library, $18 for nonmembers and $6 for students.
To register, go to the Web site. The registration deadline is Monday. For more information, contact Linda Lohr at 829-3900, ext. 136, or lalohr@buffalo.edu.
'Lessons From Homicides' to premiere
Since 2000, there have been more than 400 homicides in the City of Buffalo and every murder has produced many victims, including family members, friends and neighbors.
In fact, on Buffalo's East Side alone, it is hard to find anyone who hasn't known someone killed or injured in a homicidal attack.
"Lessons From Homicides: The Buffalo Story," a new documentary that explores the lessons learned by individuals, families, communities and organizations with direct experience of those homicides, will premiere at 6 p.m. tomorrow in the Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway.
Additional public screenings will take place at the Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre, 639 Main St., Buffalo, at 8 p.m. tomorrow, at 3 p.m. on Saturday and at 7 p.m. on Monday. Tickets for those screenings are $10 and can be obtained at the Market Arcade box office or at Doris Records, 286 E Ferry St., Buffalo.
The producer and director of the documentary is Peter K.B. St. Jean, UB assistant professor of sociology. He is also CEO of Quality of Life Associates Inc., the parent company of the not-for-profit, community-based Quality of Life Films and Productions Inc.
"The documentary catalogues a variety of homicide-related events and reactions," St. Jean says, "and suggests educational tools and motivational factors that can assist efforts aimed at violence reduction and improved quality of life in Buffalo and elsewhere."
St. Jean is a noted criminology researcher and the author of a number of journal articles on urban crime and two books, most recently, "Pockets of Crime' (University of Chicago Press, 2007). He will address the audience and open the floor to discussion following the premier screening.
The screening itself will follow a 5:30 p.m. press conference presented by the St. Jean organizations and P.E.A.C.E. (Parents Encouraging Accountability and Closure for Everyone), which offers the press an opportunity to ask questions of the organizers, families, loved ones and community leaders.
Civic Engagement Fair set
The Office of Special Events will present a Civic Engagement Fair before and after Wednesday's Distinguished Speakers Series lecture by human rights activist Ishmael Beah.
The fair, which will be set up in the concourse area of Alumni Arena, will run from 6-8 p.m., and immediately following the lecture.
Author of "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier," Beah spent much of his childhood in Sierra Leone as a boy soldier. He literally was pulled out of a lineup for rehabilitation by UNICEF and turned his life around to become an advocate for children.
The Civic Engagement Fair will offer an opportunity for those attending Beah's lecture to investigate different opportunities to engage in humanitarian initiatives, activities, careers and studies. National and international agencies, such as Human Rights Watch, the Peace Corps, Amnesty International and Habitat for Humanity, will be featured, along with such local agencies as the International Institute of Buffalo, Vive La Casa, the Western New York Peace Center, the Father Belle Center and the National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York.
UB service options, study abroad programs and academic programs and clubs that focus on these issues also will be represented at the fair.