Reporter Volume 25, No.11 November 11, 1993

BIOCHEMISTRY
ON NIH STUDY SECTION: 
Cecile M. Pickart, associate professor of biochemistry at UB, has been
selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to serve as a
member of its Biochemistry Study Section, Division of Research Grants,
for a four-year term. Members are selected on the basis of their
demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific
discipline.
	Members of study sections review grant applications submitted
to the NIH, make recommendations on these applications to the
appropriate NIH national advisory council or board, and survey the
status of research in their fields of science. 
	Pickart has authored or co-authored more than 20 articles in
scholarly journals. She currently is conducting two research projects
that are funded by the NIH for a total of more than $1 million. She
received a bachelor's degree in biology from Furman University and a
doctorate in biochemistry from Brandeis University.

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

HONORED BY FUTURE STUDIES GROUP:
Ibrahim Jammal, associate professor of planning, was elected a member
of the Council of the World Futures Studies Federation, representing
the United States, at a meeting in Turku, Finland. 
	At the same meeting, Magda McHale, professor emeritus of
planning and design, was honored with a commemorative plaque and gift
of Finnish crystal designed by Alvar Aalto for her past contributions
to the Federation, which she helped found.

SCHOOL OF NURSING
WINS NYSNA EDUCATION AWARD:
Dr. Mary Finnick, GNSH, clinical assistant professor at the School of
Nursing, has received the 1993 New York State Nurses Association
(NYSNA) Nursing Education Award. The award acknowledges FinnickUs
outstanding contribution to basic, graduate and continuing education.
	Finnick was recently awarded a $398,407 training grant,
RBringing QAI Education to Rural Nurses,S from the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. The training program is a comprehensive
continuing education program to increase the cognitive and behavioral
competencies regarding quality assessment and improvement of rural WNY
nurses who are practicing in acute, long term and home health care.