Reporter Volume 25, No.25 April 21, 1994

SOCIAL WORK
HONORED AT DINNER:
UB social work educator Bertha Laury was among those honored at the
Women Helping Women/Erie County National Organization of Women dinner
to be held April 20, in Marygold Manor. Laury, an associate dean and
director of field education in the UB School of Social Work, was
honored for her work in the prevention of teen-age pregnancy.
	A UB faculty member since 1972, Laury frequently speaks at
national conferences on the growing problem of teen pregnancy and
families headed by teens. She has served on numerous state advisory
committees on teens and pregnancy. As field education director for the
UB School of Social Work, she annually places 200 students in clinical
internships throughout the state.
	Laury received a bachelor's degree from Paine College in
Augusta, Ga., and a master's degree in social work from Atlanta
University.

MATHEMATICS
ELECTED BY MATH ASSOCIATION:

Stephen R. Cavior, associate professor of  mathematics, has been
elected to a three-year term as governor of The Mathematical
Association of America. The organization, with 30,000 members,
promotes the interests of the mathematical sciences, especially at the
collegiate level. 
	Cavior will represent the Seaway Section, comprising upstate
New York, Ontario and Quebec. He previously served the section as
chair and program chair.

MEDICINE
RECEIVE BUSWELL FELLOWSHIPS:
Three physicians affiliated with the UB School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences have been awarded Dr. Henry C. and Bertha H.
Buswell Fellowships by the school.
	The fellowships attempt to strengthen research in the medical
school by providing salary support for three years to permit
physicians to engage in high-quality research. The award is funded
through the Ralph Hochstetter Medical Research Fund in honor of Dr.
Henry C. and Bertha H. Buswell.
	Susana P. Campos of the UB Department of Pediatrics, will use
the fellowship to examine the interplay between endocrine hormones and
cytokines in gene regulation, and the mechanisms of growth failure in
certain diseases.
	Thomas P. Smith of the UB Department of Medicine, will pursue
research focusing on the role of the endothelium (the layer of cells
lining the heart chambers and blood vessels) in maintenance of
coronary blood flow.
	Ajay K. Wakhloo of the UB Department of Neurosurgery, will
investigate the use of stents in endovascular treatment of cerebral
aneurysms.