February 2, 1995: Vol26n15: Faculty & Staff Billboard Eckert associate dean at School of Health Related Professions Barry S. Eckert, associate professor of anatomy and cell biology at UB, has been named associate dean for academic affairs and research at the UB School of Health Related Professions. He will be responsible for graduate and undergraduate academic programs and will coordinate research efforts, including helping faculty procure external funding. A member of the UB faculty since 1977, Eckert served as assistant chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. Author or co-author of more than 20 articles in scholarly journals, he is principal investigator on a three-year, $135,000 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study early biochemical changes in liver cells caused by alcohol. Eckert is a member of the American Society for Cell Biology, the Society for Developmental Biology and the Research Society on Alcoholism. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from the State University of New York at Albany and a doctorate in anatomy from the University of Miami School of Medicine. MFC names Gingrich assistant dean Larry R. Gingrich has been named assistant dean for summer sessions and marketing for Millard Fillmore College at UB. He will administer the university's summer sessions, direct marketing for the college's evening and summer programs, and initiate programs that result from these marketing efforts. Gingrich also will work with local businesses to deliver on-site credit and non-credit educational and training programs. Before coming to UB, he was director of the Professional Development Training Center at the Harrisburg Area Community College, where he coordinated educational and training services to meet the development needs of external agencies, including business, industry, government, public service and not-for-profit groups. From 1984-89, he directed the Division of Continuing Education at Pennsylvania State University, the Behrend College. Gingrich is a member of the American Association for Continuing Higher Education and the Pennsylvania Association for Adult & Continuing Education, a co-founder of the Continuing Education Association of Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor's degree from Appalachian State University and a master's from the University of South Florida. Hopkins serves as Goldwater Visiting Professor L. Nelson Hopkins, professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and chief of neurosurgery at Millard Fillmore Hospital, served as Sally Harrington Goldwater Visiting Professor for 1995 at the Barrow Neurological Institute at the University of Arizona in Phoenix. During his visit to the institute from Jan. 18-21, he attended neurosurgical rounds, worked with the neurosurgery residents and presented the Sally Harrington Goldwater Lecture. Hopkins is a pioneer in the use of endovascular techniques -- working within the blood vessels with catheters -- to treat cerebrovascular disease and prevent strokes. He chairs the joint session on cerebrovascular surgery for the American Association of Neurosurgeons and the Congress of Neurosurgery. He has published and lectured widely, and has been invited to teach the experimental technique in medical schools nationally and internationally. Breakfast series to focus on science education Clyde F. Herreid II will discuss ways to improve the teaching of science in America at the next "UB at SUNRISE" community breakfast seminar, to be held from 7:30-9 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the Center for Tomorrow. Featured in The New York Times and on CNN for his innovative approaches to science education, Herreid believes that one approach to making science education more effective is the use of case studies, long a part of business and legal education. Herreid, who has used the O.J. Simpson murder trial to teach DNA fingerprinting to non-science majors at UB, is academic director of UB's Honors Program. The recipient of a Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1981, Herreid in 1988 was awarded the title of Distinguished Teaching Professor. "UB at SUNRISE" is sponsored by UB's Office of Alumni Relations, Office of Conferences and Special Events, News Bureau, Office of Publications and Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Urban Affairs. The Bee Group Newspapers are the official print sponsor of "UB at SUNRISE." Tickets are $8, Alumni Association members and $9 for all others. Reservations are required and may be made with the UB Alumni Association, 109 Allen Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 14214, 829-2608. Deadline for reservations is Feb. 10. Music Department members in news The UB Music Department has been in the news recently, with words and music written by faculty members performed nationally by orchestras and distinguished artists. Among those whose works have been recognized are: David Felder, Birge-Cary Chair in Music and a national figure in the field of new music composition, saw several of his works performed by distinguished orchestras and artists in November. The New York New Music Ensemble presented three performances of his Coleccion Nocturna in New York, Baltimore and Syracuse; November Sky was performed at New York City's Sonic Boom Festival and Benny Sluchin of IRCAM (Institut de Rechaerche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) performed Felder's Boxman at the Wein Modern Festival. In October, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra gave seven performances of Felder's Linebacker Music to school children in Kleinhans Music Hall as part of the BPO youth concerts. Christopher Gibbs, assistant professor of music, wrote the program notes for the American Symphony Orchestra concert, "Schubert Orchestrated," presented in Lincoln Center in November. The notes will accompany the orchestra's CD to be released soon by Koch International. Shirley Irek, visiting associate professor of music, recently completed a recording with the Moran Woodwind Quintet of works by composer mer that was named one of the best recordings of 1994 by Audophile magazine. Nursing to offer continuing education The School of Nursing at UB is offering a series of continuing-education programs this spring designed to address the central requirements of the nursing profession, and the need to redefine the practice of nursing in terms of knowledge and skills. The schedule: Certificate Program in Gerontological Nursing, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; April 6, 13, 20, 27; May 4, 11. Designed to promote a higher quality of nursing care for older adults. Students must complete at least five sessions, or modules, to receive a certificate. Each module will meet from 4:30-7:30 p.m.; location TBA. Introductory Physical Assessment of the Adult, March 7, 14, 21, 28; April 4, 11, 18, 25; May 2, 9. Designed to enrich health care professionals' assessment skills. Course will meet from 6-9 p.m.; location TBA. Review Course for Nursing Continuing Education and Staff Development Certification Examination, March 8 and 22. Course to meet from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; location TBA. PICC Line Insertion, Care and Maintenance, March 15. Course to meet from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Radisson Hotel and Suites Buffalo, 4243 Genesee St., Cheektowaga. For information on costs, registration, call Office of Continuing Nurse Education, 829-3291. Ukrainian president visits Buffalo Leonid Kravchuk, first president of Ukraine, visited Buffalo this week under the sponsorship of The Buffalo Group (Ukrainian American Business and Professional Association). Kravchuk spoke Jan. 31 on Education and Democracy in Ukraine at a luncheon in the University Inn and Conference Center, sponsored by the UB Council for International Studies and Programs. Kravchuk, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Academy of Social Sciences and taught at Chernivtsi Technical Institute, was elected to the Parliament of Ukraine in 1994.