Reporter Volume 26, No.21 March 23, 1995 Thursday 23 Cardiopulmonary Center Seminar Endothelium-dependent and -independent control of human coronary microvessels, Dr. Francis Miller, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Iowa. 108 Sherman. South Campus. 8 a.m. Management Roundtable Sessions ECMC Financial Turnaround & Current Health-Care Trends, Paul J. Candino, CEO Erie County Medical Center. Fanny's Restaurant, 3500 Sheridan. 8-9 a.m. $40 per session or $120 for all four sessions. Call 645-3200. GUITAR STUDENTS RECITAL Students of Joanne Castellani. Baird Recital Hall. North Campus. Noon. Life Workshop Introduction to the World Wide Web and HTML, Brandon Plewe. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Call 645-6125 for registration information. Pharmaceutics Seminar Dr. Scott Diamond. C508 Cooke. North Campus. 3:30 p.m. Biological Sciences Seminar Sexual Selection in a Coral Reef Fish, Dr. Robert Warner, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara. 114 Hochstetter. North Campus. 4 p.m. Life Workshop Dreams and Unhealthy Cultural Values, Pat L. Smith. 4-6 p.m. Call 645-6125 for registration information. Philosophy Lecture Prometheus, Kai Nelson. 280 Park. North Campus. 4 p.m. Nursing Continuing Education Program Certificate Program in Gerontological Nursing. 4:30-7:30 p.m. Sessions run Thursdays through May 4. $15, $50 per session. Call 829-3291 for registration information; registration deadline is five working days before each session. Ethics in Biomedical Research Colloquium Deception in Research: The Lumpectomy-Mastectomy Study, Donald Marquis, Ph.D. Univ. of Kansas. Butler Auditorium, Sherman. South Campus. 5:15-7:15 p.m. UUAB Film Series Belle Epoque. Student Union Theater. North Campus. 6:30 p.m. $2, $3.50. Call 645-2957. Life Workshop An Introduction to Meditation, Paula Schank. 7-9 p.m. Call 645-6125 for registration information. FACULTY RECITAL SERIES Daniel McCabe, baritone. Slee Concert Hall. North Campus. 8 p.m. $2, $5, $8. Summerfare Theater Nunsense II. Pfeifer Theater. 8 p.m. $10, $12, $15. Call 839-8540. UUAB Film Series Pulp Fiction. Student Union Theater. North Campus. 9 p.m. $2, $3.50. Call 645-2957. Friday 24 Pediatric Grand Rounds Voiding Function and Dysfunction, David A. Bloom, M.D., Chief of Pediatric Urology and Professor of Surgery, Univ. of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Kinch Auditorium, Children's Hospital. 8 a.m. Wednesdays at 4 plus Convergence of Science and the Humanities: Internet Technologies and Scholarly Resources Conference. The Buffalo Marriott. North Campus. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Call 645-2946. Environmental Engineering and Science Seminar Mercury in Adirondack Lakes, Dr. Charles T. Driscoll, Syracuse Univ. 140 Ketter. North Campus. 11 a.m. Anthropology lecture The Extent of Nepotism in a Kinship-Based Primate Dominance System, Dr. Bernard Chapais, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Montreal. 261 Millard Fillmore Academic Center. North Campus. 1 p.m. Sponsored by the Dept. of Anthropology and the Graduate Group in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology. Philosophy Lecture Prometheus, Kai Nelson. 280 Park. North Campus. 1:30 p.m. Myhill Lecture Dissipation and Its Delights, Prof. Stuart S. Antman, Univ. of Maryland. 146 Diefendorf. South Campus. 3 p.m. Economics Seminar Intertemporal Population Ethics, Walter Bossert, Univ. of Waterloo. 414 Fronczak. North Campus. 3:30 p.m. Chemistry Colloquium Kinetics of Bromide Oxidation by Peroxomolybdenum (VI): A Synthetic Analogue of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase, Prof. Martha Reynolds, Colgate University. 215 Natural Sciences & Mathematics Complex. North Campus. 4 p.m. UUAB Film Series Pulp Fiction. Student Union Theater. North Campus. 6:30 and 9 p.m. $2, $3.50. Call 645-2957. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Saint-Saens: two French masterpieces and the U.S. premiere of a work by Canada's leading composer, Maximiano Valdes, conducting; Pascal Rog , piano. Center for the Arts. North Campus. 8 p.m. $20, $30, $35. Call 885-5000. Summerfare Theater Nunsense II. Pfeifer Theater. 8 p.m. $10, $12, $15. Call 839-8540. UUAB Film Series True Romance. Student Union Theater. North Campus. 11:30 p.m. $2, $3.50. Call 645-2957. Saturday 25 BASAH Research Conference Women's Health: Science and Politics, Keynote Speaker: Judith LaRosa, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, Tulane Univ. Registration deadline is March 20. Sheraton Inn, 2040 Walden Ave. 8:45 a.m.-3 p.m. $10, $20. Call 645-3426 or 688-1721. Summerfare Theater Nunsense II. Pfeifer Theater. 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. $10, $12, $15. Call 839-8540. Lebanese Night Lebanese buffet dinner, belly dancer, live band. Center for Tomorrow. North Campus. 6 p.m. $15. Call 691-6202. Sunday 26 Summerfare Theater Nunsense II. Pfeifer Theater. 3 p.m. $10, $12, $15. Call 839-8540. Organ Recital Michael Burke, Dept. of Music. Slee Concert Hall. North Campus. 5 p.m. $2, $5, $6, $8. For information call 645-2921. St. Joseph's Day Dinner Italian buffet dinner, sponsored by the Italian Student Association. St. Joseph's University Church. All you can eat, $3. Proceeds benefit Children's Hospital. Alumni Event Engineering Student Awards/Dean's Reception and Concert. Slee Concert Hall. North Campus. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Call 645-2768. M.M. Degree Recital Bong-Ye Han, piano, Ms. Han is a student of Prof. Frina Arschanska. Baird Recital Hall. North Campus. 8 p.m. Call 645-2921. Monday 27 Architecture Exhibition Hamilton Houston Lownie. Dyett Exhibition Hall, 335 Hayes. South Campus. Gallery hours. Free. Through 4/21/95. Call 829-3485, x321. Biochemistry Seminar Translocations, Transcription Factors and T-Cell Leukemias, Dr. Peter Aplan, RPCI. 134B Farber. South Campus. 4 p.m. Children, Youth, Law and Social Policy Colloquium Violent Juvenile Crime and Public Policy, Prof. Barry Field, Univ. of Minnesota. 280 Park. North Campus. 4 p.m. Physiology Seminar Expression and Cloning of the Gastric Chloride Channel, John Cuppoletti, Ph.D. Univ. of Cincinnati, School of Medicine. 108 Sherman. South Campus. 4:15 p.m. Life Workshop Etiquette for the Aspiring Professional, Tanya Perrin-Johnson. 4:30-6 p.m. Call 645-6125 for registration information. Life Workshop Myths and Facts about Criminal Investigations, Therese R. Banas. 7-8 p.m. Call 645-6125 for registration information. Tuesday 28 Pediatric CONFERENCE ADHD-Controversies in the Diagnosis and Management, Martin Hoffman, M.D. Mercy Hospital. Cafetorium A, 8:30 a.m. Workshop for Nominators Professional Staff Senate Outstanding Service Award Nominators' Brown Bag Lunch. 545 O'Brian Hall. North Campus. Noon. Call 645-2107 or 645-6115. Brown Bag Reading Series Dial-A-Mom, by Diana Raznovich. Center for the Arts Rehearsal Workshop. North Campus. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free admission. Life Workshop Effective Communication, UB Counseling Center Staff. 5:30- 7 p.m. Call 645-6125 for registration information. Nursing Continuing Education Program Introductory Physical Assessment of the Adult. 6-9 p.m. $250. Call 829-3291 for registration information. Music Lecture Jazz, America's Unique Art Form, Dr. William H. Coles, Buffalo State College. Registration deadline was 3/22. Lifelong Learning Center, Buffalo State College. 7-10 p.m. $15. Call 878-5906. The Algonquin Table Coffeehouse Open Mic Nite. Harriman Hall. South Campus. 8 p.m. Free coffee and free music. Call 645-2957. Wednesday 29 Institute for Addictions Studies and Training Resistance and Control in Addictions Treatment: An Update, Shirley Kucera Reiser. Center for Tomorrow. North Campus. $60. Call 645-6140. Pharmacy Seminar Prozac Controversy, Edward Wang. 248 Cooke. North Campus. 8-9 a.m. Computer Seminar Internet Clinic: Government Resources. 110 Lockwood. North Campus. 9 a.m. Preregistration required. Contact Gemma DeVinney, 645-2817 or lolgemma@ubvm. Anthropology lecture The Ecology of Peace, Dr. Robert K. Dentan, UB Dept. of Anthropology. 261 Millard Fillmore Academic Center. North Campus. 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by the Graduate Group in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology and the Dept. of Anthropology. Outreach Workshop Being Yourself in Relationships, Counseling Center. 145E Student Union. North Campus. Noon-1 p.m. Roswell Park Staff Seminar The Role of TIMP-1 in Tumor Invasion and Resistance to Infection, Paul Soloway, Ph.D. RPCI. 12:30 p.m. Call 845-3261. COGnitive SCIence Colloquium Charles Nuckolls, Dept. of Anthropology, Emory Univ. 280 Park. North Campus. 2 p.m. Chemical Engineering Linde Seminar Series Tailored Adsorbents, Keith Gubbins, Cornell Univ. 206 Furnas. North Campus. 3:45 p.m. Hourani Lecture #1 Ethical, Philosophical, and at the same time Literary, Caleb Thompson. 684 Baldy. North Campus. 4 p.m. Wednesdays at 4 Plus Bilingual Poetry and Prose Reading, Christian Prigent. Center for the Arts Screening Room. North Campus. 4 p.m. Life Workshop The Business of the Bean, James Slayton. 4-5:30 p.m. Call 645-6125 for registration information. Geology Lecture High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy in the Alberta Basin, Dr. Roger Walker, McMaster Univ. 210 Natural Sciences & Mathematics Complex. North Campus. 4:10 p.m. Alumni Event Human Services Career Fair. North Campus. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Call 645-6857. UUAB Film Series Ukranian Film. Student Union Theater. North Campus. 6:30 p.m. $2, $3.50. Call 645-2957. Life Workshop Buying a Home. Peter J. Maurer Jr. 7-9 p.m. Call 645-6125. Opus: Classics Live Soprano and Counter-Tenor, Cristen Gregory and Theodore Gentry. Allen Hall. South Campus. 7 p.m. Free admission. Ensemble Series UB Wind Ensemble, Sarah L. McKoin, conductor. Slee Concert Hall. North Campus. 8 p.m. Call 645-2921. UUAB Film Series Macross II. Student Union Theater. North Campus. 9 p.m. $2, $3.50. Call 645-2957. Thursday 30 Cardiopulmonary Center Seminar Chronic adaptation to Myocardial Ischemia, Dr. John Canty, Dept. of Medicine. 108 Sherman. South Campus. 8 a.m. Life Workshop The World of E-mail, Jim Gerland. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Call 645-6125 for registration information. Pharmaceutics Seminar Relationships Between Nitro-L-Arginine Concentration and Hemodynamic Effects in Anesthetized Rats, Mohammed A. Tabrizi-Fard. C508 Cooke. North Campus. 3:30 p.m. Teaching Effectiveness Workshop Multiculturalism in the Classroom. 218 Talbert. North Campus. Free. Sponsored by the Office of Teaching Effectiveness. To register, call 645-3364 or E-mail to v443tplx@ubvms Biological Sciences Seminar Connections between Origins of Replication and Origins of Cancer, Dr. David Kaufman, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 114 Hochstetter. North Campus. 4 p.m. Life Workshop Dreams and Unhealthy Cultural Values, Pat L. Smith. 4-6 p.m. Call 645-6125. Mathematics Colloquium Bialgebra Actions, Twists, and Universal Deformation Formulas, Prof. Tony Giaquinto, Univ. of Michigan. 103 Diefendorf. South Campus. 4 p.m. Nursing Continuing Education Program Certificate Program in Gerontological Nursing. 4:30-7:30 p.m. Sessions run Thursdays through May 11. $15, $50 per session. Call 829-3291 for registration information; registration deadline is five working days before each session. Life Workshop Hate Speech and Harassment, Lucinda Finley, J.D. 5-7 p.m. Call 645-6125 for registration information. Biomedical Research Colloquia Scientific Misconduct: Fraud and Plagiarism, David Triggle, Ph.D., Dean, UB School of Pharmacy. Butler Auditorium, Sherman. South Campus. 5:15-7:15 p.m. UUAB Film Series Megazone 23 Part I. Student Union Theater. North Campus. 6:30 p.m. $2, $3.50. Call 645-2957. Computer Seminar Internet Clinic: Government Resources. 110 Lockwood. North Campus. 7 p.m. Preregistration required. Contact Gemma DeVinney, 645-2817 or lolgemma@ubvm. UUAB Film Series Megazone 23 Part II. Student Union Theater. North Campus. 9 p.m. $2, $3.50. Call 645-2957. EXHIBITS BEETOW SHOW OPENS MARCH 24 Master of Fine Arts candidate Christine Beetow's thesis exhibit opens March 24 with a reception from 7-9:30 p.m. in the Center for the Arts. Her illustrations will remain on display in the Art Department Gallery through April 10. Gallery hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. CONTINUING EXHIBITS "Construction, Intention, Detail: Five Projects from Five Swiss Architects" runs through March 24 in the James Dyett Exhibition Hall on the third floor of Hayes. Architects represented include Herzog & de Meuron, Burkhalter & Sumi, Meili & Peter, Diener & Diener, and Peter Zumthor. Gallery hours are Mondays 9 a.m.-8 p.m., and Tuesdays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Adrian Piper's exhibit, "Decide Who You Are," will be up through April 22 at the Center for the Arts Gallery (first Floor). Admission is free; gallery hours are 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and Noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Likewise, Victor Burgin's "The End" will be showing through April 22 in the Center for the Arts Gallery, second floor. Admission is free; gallery hours are 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and Noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Call 645-6912 or 645-6976. Simon Unger's "Red Vertical" runs through July 31 in the Lightwell Gallery; admission is free. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and Noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Call 645-6912. Notices CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Nominations are being accepted for the Professional Staff Senate Outstanding Service Award, presented each year to members of UB's professional staff who make outstanding community service contributions. To be eligible, individuals must be current full-time professional staff employees of UB, the Research Foundation, the UB Foundation or the Faculty-Student Association, and must have completed at least two years of continuous full-time professional staff service by January 1995. Nominations must be received, with dossiers complete, no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, 1995. Nominations may be submitted to, and more information obtained from, Ilene Fleishmann, Chair, Professional Staff Senate Awards Committee, 310 O'Brian Hall, North Campus; 645-2107 or 645-6115. COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER The University Commencement Committee seeks a student representative to address graduates at the 149th University Commencement, scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday, May 14 in Alumni Arena. All graduating seniors in the faculties of Arts and Letters, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Special and Individualized Majors are eligible to act as commencement speaker. Nicolas D. Goodman, vice provost for undergraduate education, will chair a selection committee comprised of faculty, staff, and students. Seniors who wish to be considered must submit a written version of their speech to Goodman. Each finalist will present his/her address before the committee, and the winning speech will be presented by the student at commencement. Speeches should be no longer than six minutes. Selection will be based on relevancy, appropriateness of content, and delivery. Entries must be submitted by Wednesday, April 5 to the Student Speaker Selection Committee, c/o Nicolas D. Goodman, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, 549 Capen Hall, North Campus, 645-2991. CREATIVE CRAFT CENTER The Creative Craft Center, located at 120 Fillmore, Ellicott Complex, North Campus, offers its Spring '95 Craft Workshops starting the week of March 20. Workshops are scheduled in weaving, crocheting and knitting, quilting, Brazilian embroidery, greeting card design, pottery, intermediate pottery, cartooning, basic photography, nature photography, creative photography, color photography, advanced color photography, aerial photography, darkroom techniques, jewelry construction, beginning stained glass, advanced stained glass, pottery and multimedia for children. All workshops run from 7-10 p.m. one night a week for six weeks, except children's classes on Saturday mornings. Fees are $30 for students and $50 for all others; early sign-up is advised. For more information, call 645-6125 or 645-2434. FULBRIGHT GRANT COMPETITION OPENS The official opening of competition for 1996-97 Fulbright Grants for graduate study in academic fields and professional training in the creative and performing arts is slated for May 1. Fulbright Grants are available for study or research; travel grants are available to selected countries to supplement maintenance awards from other sources that do not provide funds for international travel or to supplement the applicant's personal funds. The J. William Fulbright Scholarship Board, composed of 12 educational and public leaders appointed by the President of the United States, establishes criteria for the selection of candidates and awards the grants. Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application and hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent by the beginning date of the grant. Creative and performing artists are not required to have a bachelor's degree, but they must have four years of relevant training or study. Candidates in medicine must have an M.D. or equivalent at the time of application. All applicants must have sufficient proficiency in the language of the host country. Full grants provide round-trip international travel, maintenance for the tenure of the award, a research allowance, and tuition waivers, if applicable. Travel grants provide round-trip international travel to the country where the student will pursue research; all grants include health and accident insurance. Contact Dr. Barbara Bunker, Fulbright Program Advisor, in 362 Park Hall, 645-3650, ext. 362 or ext. 358. Deadline for receipt of applications is September 26, 1995. GETTING FUNDED CONFERENCE The Western New York Health Sciences Librarians will sponsor a daylong conference on "Getting Funded: Developing Skills in Proposal Writing" Friday, April 21 in UB's Health Sciences Library. Taught by Alan Rees, professor emeritus, School of Library and Information Science, Case Western Reserve University, the course will outline critical elements in the proposal writing process and will show how to prepare persuasive and winning proposals in a highly competitive grants marketplace. Practical guidance will be given in identifying relevant funding sources (government, foundation and corporate), refining ideas and following sequential steps involved in successful proposal writing. Cost is $25 for WNYHSL members and $30 for non-members. For those who wish to receive Medical Library Association continuing education credits, there will be an additional charge of $20, which includes six CE credits, a certificate and a course manual. The additional fee can be paid at the event, but participants should indicate this when they register. For more information, call Karen Kreizman, WNYHSL president, 887-3637, E-mail: Kreizman@bms.com. Registration deadline is April 14. HUMANITIES COMMITTEE SEEKS INPUT The University Humanities Committee asks the university community's aid in their consideration of the present state of the humanities at UB and the formation of plans for the future. If you have any ideas concerning this subject, the committee asks they be sent in writing to any of the following: Chair Carol Jacobs, English, 306 Clemens; James Bono, History, 559 Park; Diane Christian, English, 306 Clemens; Robert Daly, English, 306 Clemens; Stephen Dyson, Classics, 712 Clemens; Rodolphe Gasch , Comparative Literature, 638 Clemens; Jorge Gracia, Philosophy, 681 Baldy; John Peradotto, Classics, 733 Clemens; David Perry, Planning and Design, 201G Hayes; John Quinan, Art History, 606 Clemens; Henry Richards, Modern Languages and Literatures, 910 Clemens; Barbara Tedlock, Anthropology, 365 Millard Fillmore Academic Center; Tamara Thornton, History, 546 Park; Wolfgang Wolck, Linguistics, 629 Baldy. INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING All are welcome to join the International Folk Dancing group each Friday from 8-11 p.m. in 2 Diefendorf Hall on the South Campus. These free sessions begin with teaching. Partners are not needed. The sponsor is the Graduate Student Association. MEMORY STUDY UB researchers at Erie County Medical Center are seeking 500 adults ages 25-70 to take a test to evaluate memory. The written and verbal test requires about 45 minutes. Participants will be reimbursed for time and travel expenses. Anyone interested in participating in the study can call 898-3372 and leave their name and telephone number on the answering machine. POETRY CONTEST The Undergraduate Library announces the 1995 poetry contests sponsored in cooperation with the Department of English and the Friends of the University Libraries. Two prizes of $100 each are offered for the best poems submitted by UB students. The Academy of American Poets contest is open to both graduate and undergraduate students; the Friends of the University Libraries prize is for undergraduates only. Entries should consist of one to six typewritten pages. The writer's name should not appear on the poems, but on a cover sheet with the name of the prize and the writer's name, class, address and telephone number. Entries should be sent to Margaret R. Wells, Director, Undergraduate Library, 107 Capen Hall, North Campus, Buffalo, N.Y. 14260-2200. The deadline is Friday, March 24. Winners will be notified by April 12 and will be invited to read from their work at a poetry reading to be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 20 in the Poetry/Rare Books Room of the Library, 420 Capen Hall. WOMAN POWER CONFERENCE Woman Power in the 21st Century Act II, a two-day conference sponsored by Project WIN (Women's Issues Network), a forum for African American women in Western New York to discuss issues that affect them, will be held Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 at UB. Conference will include workshops on "Entrepreneurship: Starting Your Own Business," "Political Undertones: The Games People Play," "Resolving Conflict through Effective Communication" and "Prioritizing Commitments for a Well-Balanced Personal and Professional Life." The conference also will include presentations by Sarah Norat-Phillips, program and public service director at WKBW-TV; Rose Sconiers, state Supreme Court judge and WIN project director; and Jean Hill, news anchor and reporter at WKBW-TV. Registration is $65 after March 21. For more information, call the UB Office of Conference Operations, 645-3705. WORKOUT FOR AIDS Join the fun and show your support for AIDS and related Cancer research on Saturday, April 8 during the Workout for Aids at the Alumni Arena, North Campus, from 10 a.m. to Noon. All proceeds will benefit the City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute. Call 691-5676. ZALESKI MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD A memorial service for Marek B. Zaleski, M.D., Ph.D., will be held at Noon on Friday, March 24 in the Lippschutz Room, 125 CFS Addition, South Campus. Jobs RESEARCH Project Aide-Psychology, Posting #R-95019. Research Technician I (part-time position)-Biochemistry, Posting #R-95018. Senior Education Specialist-Biological Sciences, Posting #R-95021. Research Analyst (part-time position)-Archaeological Survey/Anthropology, Posting #R-95020. PROFESSIONAL Assistant for UB/SUNY Services (Internal Promotional Opportunity, SL-2)-Office of Trademarks and Licensing, Posting #P-5008. Residence Hall Director(s) (SL-2)-Residential Life, Posting #P-5007. To obtain more information on jobs listed above, contact Personnel Services, 104 Crofts Hall.