Reporter Volume 25, No.15 February 3, 1994 Thursday 3 Computer Science Colloquium The Problem of Lower Bounds in Complexity Theory, Prof. Kenneth W. Regan, UB Computer Science Dept. 14 Knox. North Campus. 3:30 p.m. Physics Colloquium Atomistic Simulations of 2D Systems on Corrugated Substrates, Dr. Surajit Sen, UB Physics Dept. 454 Fronczak. North Campus. 3:45 p.m. Biological Sciences Seminar Guns + Butter: The Nitrogen Costs of an Induced Plant Defense, Dr. Ian Baldwin, UB Biological Sciences Dept. 121 Cooke. North Campus. 4 p.m. Education Lecture Beyond the Regents, Beyond the Compact for Learning: What's Next for New York State? Dean Hugh G. Petrie, UB Graduate School of Education. 17 Baldy. North Campus. 4 p.m. Mathematics Colloquium Almost Commuting Matrices and Applications, Prof. Huaxin Lin, Visiting Prof., UB Mathematics Dept. 103 Diefendorf. South Campus. 4 p.m. Opening Reception The Graduate Show. Art Department Gallery, Fine Arts Center. North Campus. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Lockwood Program BISON Demonstration. 223 Lockwood. North Campus. 7 p.m. No preregistration necessary. Friday 4 Pediatric Grand Rounds Antiviral Therapy, Howard Faden, M.D., discussant. Kinch Auditorium, Children's Hospital. 8 a.m. EOC Lecture Religion and Rhythm: The Roots of African American Culture and History, Dr. Donald H. Matthews, professor of Church and Society, Chicago Theological Seminary. 465 Washington St., Educational Opportunity Center. 10 a.m. Demography Lecture Data Tapes and Libraries, Diane Geraci, SUNY at Binghamton science bibliographer and data librarian. 280 Park. North Campus. 1 p.m. For further information, contact Prof. Peter Rogerson, Dept. of Geography. Chemistry Colloquium Lanthanide (III) Macrocyclic Complexes as Catalysts for RNA Cleavage and Hydrolysis Reactions, Prof. Janet Morrow, UB. 70 Acheson. South Campus. 4 p.m. EOC Lecture Religion and Rhythm: The Roots of African American Culture and History, Dr. Donald H. Matthews, professor of Church and Society, Chicago Theological Seminary. 250 Baird. North Campus. 7 p.m. Saturday 5 EOC Community Forum Looking for a Blessing: Ending Violence and Building Strong Black Families, Dr. Donald H. Matthews, professor of Church and Society, Chicago Theological Seminary. 1184 Genesee St., Calvary Baptist Church. 10 a.m. Dance Performance Divided Spaces/ Shared Spaces IV, The Thomas Dance Collective. Katharine Cornell Theater, Ellicott Complex. North Campus. 8 p.m. Tickets $5 students and seniors, $8 all others. For information contact Thomas at 645-6898. Sunday 6 Student Degree Recital Anna Maria McElwain, piano. Slee Concert Hall. North Campus. 3 p.m. Student Degree Recital Paul Kight, tenor. Baird Recital Hall. North Campus. 8 p.m. Monday 7 Research Skills Workshop Researching Information for a Critical Literature Review. B21 Health Sciences Library. South Campus. 10 a.m. No registration required. HSL Research Skills Workshop Introduction to Health Sciences Library Services. B21 Health Sciences Library. South Campus. 2 p.m. No registration required. Lockwood Program BISON Demonstration. 223 Lockwood. North Campus. 2 p.m. No preregistration necessary. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Introduction to CMS. North Campus. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Men's Basketball Pennsylvania. Alumni Arena Main Gym. North Campus. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 8 Pediatric Grand Rounds Genomic Imprinting for the Clinician, Luther Robinson, M.D., discussant. Conference Side Demo Room, Mercy Hospital. 8:30 a.m. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Customization of X-Based Open Windows Environment. North Campus. 10 a.m.-Noon. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Network Resources. North Campus. 10 a.m.-Noon. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. HSL Research Skills Workshop Formulating Medline Search Strategies on HUBNET. B21 Health Sciences Library. South Campus. 3 p.m. No registration required. Biochemistry Seminar Biochemical Mechanisms of Learning and Memory, Dr. Shu-Jen Chen, UB Dept. of Physiology. 134B Farber. South Campus. 4 p.m. Biological Sciences Seminar Are Asexual Organisms Really Evolutionary Dead Ends? An Ecological and Molecular Case Study Using Daphnia, Dr. Lawrence J. Weider, Dept. of Physiological Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Germany. 114 Hochstetter. North Campus. 4 p.m. Center for Cognitive Science Lecture Language and the "Cognitive Revolution," Noam Chomsky, MIT. Slee. North Campus. 4-6 p.m. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Orientation to the Macintosh Lab. North Campus. 4-5 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Introduction to VMS. North Campus. 4-6:30 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Statistics Colloquium Lecture Mixture Designs for Four or More Components in Orthogonal Blocks, Prof. Norman Draper, Dept. of Statistics, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison. 246 Cary. South Campus. 4 p.m. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Sun X11R5 Environment. North Campus. 6-8 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Computing and Information Technology Workshop GNU Emacs/UNIX. North Campus. 7-9p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Wednesday 9 Alumni Association Breakfast Series Charles Patrick Ewing, UB professor of law and adjunct professor of psychology. Center for Tomorrow. North Campus. 7:30-9 a.m. HSL Research Skills Workshop Introduction to HUBNET--Hospitals and UB Library Resource Network. B21 Health Sciences Library. South Campus. 10 a.m. No registration required. Roswell Park Staff Seminar Transglutaminase; Role in Epidermal Apoptosis and Differentiation, Dr. Renata Polakowska, assistant professor of dermatology, Univ. of Rochester. Hilleboe Auditorium, RPCI. 12:30 p.m. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Intermediate CMS. North Campus. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Business Meeting Center for Cognitive Science. 280 Park. North Campus. 2-3:30 p.m. Chemical Engineering/Linde Seminar Series Methane Storage In Adsorbent Carbons, J. T. Mullhaupt, Praxair, Inc. 206 Furnas. North Campus. 3:45 p.m. Biochemical Pharmacology Seminar Are We Getting All We Should From Population Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Analyses?, T.H. Grasela, Pharm.D., UB Center for Pharacoepidemiology Research. 307 Hochstetter. North Campus. 4 p.m. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Orientation to the Baldy IBM Microcomputer Lab. North Campus. 4 and 5:30 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Orientation to the Crosby IBM Microcomputer Lab. North Campus. 4 and 5:30 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Sun X11R5 Environment. North Campus. 5-7 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Introduction to VMS. North Campus. 6-8:30 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Lecture Molefi Asante, Dept. of AfricanAmerican Studies, Temple Univ., formerly of UB Dept. of Communication. 148 Diefendorf. South Campus. 6:30 p.m. Opus: Classics Live Nicola Melville, piano. Allen Recital Hall. South Campus. 7 p.m. Free to the public. Lecture Kahlid Mohammad, chief assistant to Louis Farrakahn. 5 Acheson. South Campus. 7 p.m. Film Bird. Locked Lounge, 2nd Floor, Bldg. 6, Fargo Quad, Ellicott Complex. North Campus. 7 p.m. Sponsored by UB Dept. of African American Studies. Lockwood Program BISON Demonstration. 223 Lockwood. North Campus. 7 p.m. No preregistration necessary. Student Degree Recital Clifford Schlosser, tenor; Sandra Wloch, violin. Baird Recital Hall. North Campus. 8 p.m. Thursday 10 Computing and Information Technology Workshop Intermediate VMS. North Campus. 9 a.m.-Noon. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Lockwood Program BISON Demonstration. 223 Lockwood. North Campus. Noon. No preregistration necessary. Computing and Information Technology Workshop SAS for VMS. North Campus. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Introduction to Matlab. North Campus. 2-4 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Physics Colloquium Negative Donor Ions in Semiconductor Structures: A Lower "Dimension" in Atomic Physics, Dr. Bruce McCombe, UB Physics Dept. 454 Fronczak. North Campus. 3:45 p.m. Biological Sciences Seminar Mechanisms of DNA Sequence Recognition, Dr. Gerald Koudelka, UB Biological Sciences Dept. 121 Cooke. North Campus. 4 p.m. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Orientation to the Crosby Macintosh Computer Lab. North Campus. 4 and 5:30 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Live Broadcast Meet the Composer Residency Inaugural Event, David Felder. Allen Hall. South Campus. 4-5 p.m. Mathematics-Computer Science Colloquium Asynchronous Circuits and Distributive Categories, Prof. Bob Walters, Univ. of Sydney. 146 Diefendorf. South Campus. 4 p.m. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Introduction to CMS. North Campus. 5-7 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Computing and Information Technology Workshop Overview of SUN X-Windowing. North Campus. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Contact the academic liaison at 645-3540 for registration information. Men's Basketball Youngstown State. Alumni Arena Main Gym. North Campus. 7:30 p.m. EXHIBITS UB photographers show A show of new work by graduate students and undergraduate juniors and seniors enrolled in the Art Department photography courses, continues through Feb. 18 in the Art Department Gallery, Fine Arts Center, North Campus. Artwork includes black-and-white and color, as well as historical and experimental photographic processes. For additional information, call 645-6878. Exhibit sponsored by the Cary Fund. graduate show A display of work by graduate students in painting, sculpture, photography, illustration, printmaking and communication design, opens Feb. 3 with a reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and continues through Feb. 16 in the University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, North Campus. Lejaren Hiller, In Memoriam An exhibit of scores, books, recordings, articles and memorabilia commemorating the life of Lejaren A. Hiller (1924-1994), composer, computer music pioneer and UB emeritus professor of music, is on view indefinitely in the display cases of the Music Library, North Campus. 'Universal Designs" Students in the school of Architecture and Planning will exhibit more than 150 examples of "Universal Designs" today and tomorrow in 130 Crosby, South Campus today and tomorrow through 12:30 p.m. The designs were developed as part of UB's prize-winning entry in the 1993-94 Universal Design Education Project funded by the Adaptive Environments Center of Boston. The show is free of charge and open to the public . architectural display "Architectural Units: Boston Valley Terra Cotta," a display highlighting the work of the firm renowned for its terra cotta architectural replication and restoration, continues through Feb. 25 in the James Dyett Exhibition Hall, third floor Hayes Hall, South Campus. The hall is open to students, faculty/staff and the community from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. There is no admission charge. NOTICES Women's Club to hold Valentine wine Tasting The UB Women's Club will hold a Valentine Wine Tasting on Friday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus. Kevin Driscoll, wine manager at Premier Liquor Co., will explain each wine served during the sit-down affair. Gourmet hors d'oeuvres will be served as well as dessert. Proceeds to benefit the Grace Capen Scholarship Fund. Annie Blumenson is chair of the event; co-chair is Judy Brothman. crisis services seeks volunteers According to FBI figures, rape increased in Buffalo in 1992. Volunteer advocates provided support and crisis intervention to 426 victims and their families in nine area hospitals in 1992. The shattering impact of rape can be lessened if you are willing to take the time to get involved. Contact the Advocate Program at Crisis Services at 834-3131 for more information on volunteering your time. Women and men must be at least 18 years of age and have their own transportation. used books sought by AAUW The Buffalo Branch of the American Association of University Women is collecting used books for the organization's annual book sale to be held in mid-1994 at the Thruway Mall. Paperbacks, hard cover and collectible books are welcome. No textbooks, current magazines or Reader's Digests will be accepted. Donations are tax-deductible. Proceeds of the sale are used to fund scholarships, fellowships and community projects. For arrangements, call 634-6340. Pick-ups and deposits are available throughout greater Buffalo. spring craft workshops Scheduled The Creative Craft Center, 120 Fillmore, Ellicott Complex, North Campus, is offering Spring '94 craft workshops beginning the week of Monday, Feb. 7, 1994. Workshops are scheduled in weaving, knitting and crocheting, hem stitch craft, quilting, basic photography, camera use and operation, photography, Brazilian embroidery, stained glass, jewelry construction and pottery. Fees are $20/$30 for students and senior citizens; $30/$40 for faculty, staff and others. For more information, a schedule and a map, please phone 645-2434 between 1-5 p.m. or 645-6125 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. JOBS FACULTY Assistant Professor-Theatre and Dance, Posting #F-4006. research Senior Research Support Specialist-Family Medicine/Rural Health, Posting #R-94011. Clerk II-Occupational Therapy, Posting #R-94012. Research Support Specialist-Psychiatry, Posting #R-94008. Senior Research Support Specialist (part-time)-Family Medicine/Rural Health, Posting #R-94014. Postdoctoral Associate-Periodontology, Posting #R-94015. Postdoctoral Associate-Biochemistry, Posting #R-94016. professional Director of Development-Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SL-5)-University Development, Posting #P-4001. Director of Development-Faculty of Social Sciences (SL-5)-University Development, Posting #P-4002. Director of Development-Graduate School of Education (SL-5)-University Development, Posting #P-4003. Director of Development-School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (SL-5)-University Development, Posting #P-4008. Director of Development-School of Dental Medicine (SL-5)-University Development, Posting #P-4009. Director of Development-Visual and Performing Arts (SL-5)-University Development, Posting #P-4010. Director of Development-School of Engineering (SL-5)-University Development, Posting #P-4011. non-competitive civil service Carpenter (SG-09)-Residential Facilities, Line #43094.