Reporter Volume 25, No.24 April 14, 1994 publications RLinear Time Algorithms in Memory Hierarchies,S paper by Kenneth Regan of Computer Science, accepted to the IFIP World Computer Congress in Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 28-Sept. 2, 1994. A paper by James Coover of Music, entitled RMusical Ephemera: Some Thoughts About Types, Controls, Access,S appears in Music Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 2, Nos. 3/4, 1993. Allen Sigel, Professor Emeritus of Music, has had his monograph, RPopular SongS published in Facts Behind the Songs by Garland Press. Take top prizes in national design competition Jason Billig, William Cheung and Mark Olszowy, seniors in the design program in the UB School of Architecture and Planning, have been awarded the top prizes in the student division of the 1994 New Products for Mature Markets Design Competition sponsored by the American Society on Aging (ASA). Billig and Cheung received the top prize, the Platinum Place award, for what judges described as a "delightfully attractive Height Adjustable Water Fountain." It is a prototype of a public drinking fountain that can be adjusted to the height of the individual user, whether the user is seated in a wheelchair, a standing basketball player or a child too small to reach the spout. By balancing the fountain unit on a specific pivot point and maintaining a constant equilibrium on the back through the armature-and-wheel system, the fountain can easily be raised or lowered. The fountain bowl has a touch-sensitive mechanism to allow easy operation of the spigot. Olszowy received the Gold Place award for his product, ESA-Phone, a prototype of a public pay phone that has been redesigned to empower as many users as possible. The phone is mounted on a pole similar to a barber-chair base that allows the user to adjust the height of the unit. Payment is facilitated through a credit card slot and a change slot that has been lowered and angled away from the vertical so change is easier to drop in. The user activates a dial tone by tapping the "start" button on the speaker phone twice without having to touch the headset. Operation instructions are then given verbally. The ESA-Phone also has enlarged keypad buttons with high-contrast numbers. When the user depresses a button, the number is relayed verbally through the headset or speaker. Instructions and other information is displayed on an attached video monitor. The competition's third prize went to Angela Thalls of Seattle, Washington, for her design of a "Walker Pack," a versatile carrying pouch that does not require hands for transport. It was designed for use by individuals using walkers. All three UB students produced their prize-winning work under the direction of Abir Mullick, UB professor of architecture Women's club holds socials for international wives A monthly social to give wives of international students, faculty and scholars an opportunity to discuss cross-cultural adjustments, improve their English and get better acquainted with the WNY community will be held every third Tuesday, beginning April 19, at the University Presbyterian Church at Main Street and Niagara Falls Boulevard near the South Campus. More than 100 international spouses are expected to attend the first event, scheduled from 10 a.m.- noon. Sponsored by UB's Women's Club international committee, the socials will give the spouses, many of whom are new to the U.S., an opportunity get together with women who are familiar with UB, community services, shopping and other attractions. The socials are open to all wives of international students and scholars, not just those affiliated with UB. Sponsored Programs, BASAH to hold April 26 informational fair University faculty and staff who are involved in research grant submissions and grant administration, are invited to an informational program, April 26 from 8:30 a.m. to Noon in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus. Sponsors are the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Center for the Study of Biobehavioral and Social Aspects of Health (BASAH). Following a welcome from David W. Shucard, BASAH director and professor of neurology, pediatrics and psychology, Dale M. Landi, vice president for research, will discuss "Sponsored ProgramsQMission, Structure and Funding Opportunities." His talk will be followed by presentations on Sponsored Program Administration, Charles Kaars, assistant vice president; Sponsored Programs Services, Elizabeth Kopra, assistant vice president; and Technology Transfer Services, Kathleen Terry, director. Also speaking will be Edward Schneider, executive director of the University at Buffalo Foundation. Following the formal program, participants will have the opportunity to visit booths set up by each Sponsored Program office, so as to meet staff and obtain additional information on funding opportunities and services available. Interested persons are asked to register by April 21. Send name and department to Christa Greenberg, BASAH, 316 Park Hall, North Campus, 645-3426 (E-mail: BASAHCMG@UBVMS). A continental breakfast will be served.x Multicultural Professional Development lecture series announced The Multicultural Professional Development Program for faculty, professional and support staff, sponsored by University Advising Council, continues with a five-part workshop series beginning April 22 with a presentation on African American Students by Alene Barnes-Harden of Kent State University, from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in 120 Clemens, North Campus. Adams teaches in Kent State's Pan-African Studies Program. The program will feature a African American music performance with student participation. The programs in this phase are paid for, in part. by a grant from the New York State/UUP Affirmative Action Committee. These funds were given to assist in professional development training for culture centered counseling and advising of undergraduate students at the university. Other programs in the series are Hispanic American and Native American Students, Alfredo Matilla, chair and professor, American Studies, and Barry White, director, Undergraduate Studies, and lecturer, American Studies Department, May 9, 120 Clemens, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Lifestyles and Tolerance, Mary Gresham, associate vice president for Public Services and Urban Affairs, who will speak on religious and racial tolerance, gay and lesbian cultures, and sexual discrimination and harassment within a university setting, June 17, 414 Bonner, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Asian American and Asian Students, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, professor of history and director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America, University of Colorado, Boulder, Sept. 23, 120 Clemens, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Follow-up, training exercise on skills development for the General UAC group, Paul Pedersen, Oct. 7, 120 Clemens, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information contact the Division of Undergraduate Academic Services, 645-2988. UB faculty to take part in April 16 'Mind Over Myth' Child sexual abuse will be the topic in the April 16 "Mind Over Myth," the monthly public affairs television program produced and moderated by Ilene Fleischmann, director of alumni and communications in the UB Law School. The show will air on WKBW-Channel 7, at 12:30 p.m. Susan Mangold, who teaches courses on Child Advocacy and the Law and Evidence and the Child Victim, will discuss new strategies and preventive services, as well as the new Center for Child Advocacy due to open next month in Buffalo. Before coming to UB, Mangold was an attorney for The Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia. A 1987 graduate of Harvard Law School where she was executive director of Legal Aid, she interned for The Children's Defense Fund in Washington, D.C. Joining them will be Diane LaVallee, a 1983 UB Law alumna who is an assistant district attorney and chief of the Erie County DA's Assault, Abuse and Rape Unit. Last year, Buffalo police named her Prosecutor of the Year. Other guests will be Dr. Jack Coyne and Ann Marie Tucker. Dr. Coyne is a Catholic priest of the Eastern Rite and the medical director at Memorial Pediatrics, Niagara Falls Memorial Center. He is also a clinical professor of pediatric medicine at UB and at Buffalo Children's Hospital. He will also serve as the medical director of the Child Advocacy Center. Tucker is director of Citizens Committee on Rape, Sexual Assault and Sexual Abuse: CORSA. A 1980 graduate of UB Law, she is the author of a school-based prevention curriculum for children in grades K through 6. She received the William B. Hoyt award for her contribution to the field of family violence. Daniel Hoffman is fifth Clarkson chair at UB Critic and designer Daniel Hoffman has been selected as the fifth William and Elisabeth Clarkson Visiting Chair in Architecture and Planning. Hoffman, who last lectured here during the fall 1992 semester, heads the Architecture Department at Michigan's Cranbrook Academy of Art and is architect-in-residence for the Cranbrook Educational Community. He is a former member of the architecture faculties at the University of Toronto and the University of Detroit. His work focuses on inhabitation, structure and relationships in scale between body and building. Hoffman, guest of honor during Clarkson Chair Week, April 11-15, presented the 1994 Clarkson Lecture Monday at the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Auditorium. The title of his talk was "Louis Kahn and the Structural Frame." Hoffman also is presenting two seminars while in Buffalo. The first, "Production and Lamentation," consisting of his thoughts on the work of the Cranbrook Architecture Studio, was given Tuesday in Crosby Hall. The second, "In Search of the Body," focusing on his own work, takes place today from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in 150 Crosby Hall. In connection with his visit, Hoffman is working with UB students on the construction of an installation that explores the physical inhabition of space. Their activities will be documented and culminate in a public opening and presentation at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 15, in Hayes A on the South Campus. All events connected with the Clarkson residency are free of charge and open to the public. Hoffman's work for William Kessler & Associates Architects in Detroit and Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates in New York includes the conversion and/or renovation of urban structures and designs for student housing and condominiums. His private projects have consisted principally of designs for individual residences. Under Hoffman's leadership, the Cranbrook Academy Department of Architecture has developed extensive programs in the building arts. In order to build campus projects, an office and fabrication shop staffed by department graduates have been organized with the studio. Hoffman's recent book, "Architecture Studio, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1986-93," is a review of the work of the department and includes essays and extensive documentation of its projects. The Clarkson Chair was endowed in 1989 by William Clarkson, adjunct professor in the school, and his wife, Elisabeth, to establish a senior visiting professor or scholar-in-residence in the School of Architecture and Planning for a brief period. It is awarded in recognition of excellence in the recipient's pursuit of scholarship and professional application in architecture, design or planning. ELSEWHERE Christopher L. Holoman, assistant professor, Dept. of Political Science, will discuss the "Troubled Partnership" between the U.S. and Europe at a meeting of the American Association of University Women, April 23 at 9:30 a.m. at Colonial Grove, 1200 Wehrle Dr., Williamsville.