Reporter Volume 25, No.22 March 24, 1994

NURSING
NURSE OF DISTINCTION:
Anne H. Skelly, clinical assistant professor in the UB School of
Nursing, has been designated the Nurse of Distinction from the Western
New York Region. The regional designation places Skelly in
consideration for the 1994 New York State Nurse of Distinction, who
will be named at an awards ceremony in Albany in April.
	The recognition program is sponsored by the New York State
Legislature, under the direction of the Senate Health Committee.
Skelly was selected from among 58 nurses from Western New York who
were nominated for the honor by their employers. She and the regional
nominees were honored at a March 11 reception at The Buffalo General
Hospital. 
	Skelly has been recognized in the past for her teaching, her
work with underserved populations, and her research into diabetes'
self-care practices. She currently is involved in a diet and exercise
intervention study targeting inner-city Puerto Rican women, and is
co-project director of a foot-care study in Jamaica that is considered
a model for other Caribbean countries.

PSYCHOLOGY
NAMED TO FEDERAL PANEL:
 Murray Levine, professor of psychology and adjunct professor of law
at UB, has been appointed to the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse
and Neglect by Donna E. Shalala, U.S. secretary of health and human
services.
	The 15-member board evaluates the nation's efforts to
implement the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and makes
recommendations on ways in which those efforts can be improved. One of
its main responsibilities is to issue an annual report to the
secretary of health and human services, congressional committees and
the director of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. The
board holds hearings, conducts symposia and issues position papers.
	A UB faculty member since 1968, Levine also serves as
co-director of the university's Research Center on Children and Youth.
	He has written extensively on legal issues related to child
abuse and neglect, and has served as a member of the American
Psychological Association's Working Group on Legal and Policy Issues
in Child Abuse and Neglect. His book, "Helping Children: A Social
History," is considered a classic study of the evolution of child
welfare services in the United States.
	Levine, a fellow of the American Psychological Association and
the American Psychology-Law Society, received a doctorate in
psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from
UB.

CHEMISTRY
CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION AWARD:
Philip Coppens, distinguished professor of chemistry at UB, has
received the 1994 Martin J. Buerger Award from the American
Crystallographic Association (ACA). The award honors "mature
scientists who have made contributions of exceptional distinction in
the areas of interest to the ACA."
	Coppens was selected for the award in recognition of his
pioneering work using X-ray diffraction techniques to study the nature
of bonding between atoms in molecules and crystals. He has used
complex mathematical techniques to develop an X-ray method of "seeing"
the electron clouds that surround atoms and hold them together to form
molecules. His methods are now considered to be classic standards for
such analysis.
	He also was recognized by the ACA for his other contributions,
both theoretical and experimental, to modern crystallography, and for
his success as a teacher.
	A UB faculty member since 1968, Coppens is a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served as
president and vice president of ACA, and recently was elected
president of the International Union of Crystallography.
	He is also principal investigator for the SUNY beamline at the
National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory on
Long Island.
	A corresponding member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences,
Coppens has authored or co-authored 200 technical papers and articles.