December 1, 1994: Vol26n12: HONORS

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ON NIH STUDY SECTION:
Bruce J. Nicholson, associate professor of biological sciences, has
accepted an invitation to serve as a member of the Cellular Biology
and Physiology Study Section, Division of Research Grants, for the
National Institutes of Health.
	Members are selected for demonstrated competence and
achievement in their scientific discipline. Study sections review
grant applications, make recommendations to the appropriate NIH
national advisory council or board, and survey the status of research
in their fields of science.
	
PHYSICS
TO RECEIVE JEWEL OF 
INDIA:
Piyare L. Jain, professor of physics at UB, has been selected to
receive the Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) the Indian government's
highest award to non-resident 
Indians. It is given for outstanding achievements, contributions and
service by the NRI Society of India.
	A UB faculty member for 40 years, Jain will receive the award
at the 10th International Congress of NRI's meeting in New Delhi this
month.
	For the past decade, Jain has been using heavy-ion beams from
Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island and CERN, the world's
largest particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland, in the search for
the Quark Gluon Plasma, the hottest research topic for high-energy
physicists in the world today.
	His research also includes work on a potential method for
early detection and therapy for breast cancer.
 	A fellow of the American Physical Society, he has been a
Fulbright scholar and the recipient of a UUP Excellence Award.

MEDICINE
NAMED TO NIH STUDY SECTION:
Paul R. Knight, professor and chair of the Department of
Anesthesiology in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,
has been named to the Surgery, Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section
of the Division of Research Grants of the National Institutes of
Health.
	A UB faculty member since 1992, Knight is a diplomate of the
National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of
Anesthesiology.
	 He has written or co-written more than 60 articles for
scholarly journals, and more than 100 book chapters. He also has
served as a reviewer for the journal Anesthesiology and has made more
than 40 presentations at professional conferences.