Breverman named Distinguished Professor
Harvey Breverman, professor of art and a widely exhibited and internationally acclaimed artist, has been appointed to the rank of Distinguished Professor by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.

Appointment to the rank of Distinguished Professor is conferred on professors who have achieved national or international prominence in their field. The promotion represents a rank above that of full professor.

Breverman's works are included in the permanent collections of more than 150 prominent museums and galleries worldwide, including the British Museum in London, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

"All of us at State University are proud that an artist of this caliber serves on the faculty of our largest university center," said SUNY Chancellor John W. Ryan.

Breverman holds a B.F.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University and an M.F.A. from Ohio University.

Jaen receives national fellowship
Carlos R. Jaen, director of the Center for Urban Research in Primary Care in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been chosen a fellow of the Primary Care Policy Fellowship of the U.S. Public Health Service.

The fellowship was established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 1990 to provide training annually in policy, legislation, education, research and service to a select group of primary-care professionals. Nominations came from 70 national organizations, with 30 fellows chosen.

Jaen, an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine, has been active in public-health research since 1985. He was honored by the American Academy of Family Physicians in 1992 for contributions to medicine and public health.

In 1995, he received a $240,000 Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He is co-director of UB's portion of a $900,000 grant awarded by the American Academy of Family Physicians to a four-university consortium, the Center for the Value of Family Practice, to conduct research in the way primary-care services are delivered and assessed.

Auction to aid public-interest scholarships
The Buffalo Public Interest Law Program, a student-run organization in the law school, will hold its annual auction from 7-10 p.m. April 9 in the Statler Golden Ballroom in the Statler Towers, 107 Delaware Ave. Proceeds will fund summer fellowships that allow law students to serve underrepresented and underprivileged communities.

Items to be auctioned include weekend getaways, artwork, personal services ranging from wine-tasting parties and tours of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery to theater and restaurant gift certificates. The event will feature an open bar and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Last year's auction proceeds provided scholarships for 15 student interns who worked at such programs as Neighborhood Legal Services of Buffalo, Legal Services for the Elderly and the Center for Women's Rights in Warsaw, Poland. Fellows worked in such areas as disability, domestic violence, children's rights and housing law. For more information, call Shannon Gourlay or Kim Forte at 645-6726.

Hillel to offer Seders, other Passover meals
Members of the university community are invited to take part in two traditional Passover Seders during the eight-day Festival of Pesach March 31-April 8 on the North Campus. The Seders are sponsored by Hillel, a member of UB's campus ministries.

Pesach celebrates the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt. On the first two nights, the Seder is observed with a special meal that includes a plate of symbolic foods: a roasted egg; a mixture of apples, nuts and wine (Charoset); bitter herbs; a shank bone, and parsley.

The Seders will be held at 6:30 p.m. March 31 and April 1 in Pistachios in the Student Union. Cost is $12 each, or $20 for both.

Other Passover meals will be held in the Campus Center, Room 210 of The Commons. They include lunches at $5 per person, to be held at noon April 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Dinners will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 2, 5, 6 and 7 at $7 per person. Call 639-8362 for reservations or more information.

SILS cited in U.S. News rankings
The School of Information and Library Studies (SILS) has been cited as one of America's leading graduate schools in the 1999 rankings compiled and published by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine ranked a total of 2,000 top graduate schools in various disciplines, based on the results of a national survey of deans, program directors and faculty affiliated with accredited schools in each field.

SILS ranked 18th among 48 graduate programs accredited by the American Library Association, topping such highly rated programs as those at the University of Wisconsin and Kent State University. SILS, headed by Dean George Bobinski, has enjoyed a vital resurgence of energy and program development due to the revolution in information technology. This summer, SILS will further advance its reputation and the development of its cybertech programs when it merges with the Department of Communication to form the School of Information Studies.

Other areas of study at UB ranked in the first tier this year are Nurse Anesthesia Program in the School of Nursing (6th out of 237); the School of Pharmacy (13th out of 65); programs in audiology (21st out of 118) and speech pathology (29th out of 225), both in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Education (46th out of 188). The Law School ranked in the second tier of law schools, just below the top 54 programs in the country.

WBFO's fund drive goes "over the top" on goal
More than 500 new members joined WBFO-88.7FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, during the Spring '99 Fund-raiser-held Feb. 27 through March 6-putting the spring campaign "over the top."

According to Joan Wilson, WBFO membership manager, telephone and mail pledges tallied through March 9 show that the station received more than $139,000-with 525 new members joining the WBFO family-during the fund-raiser, exceeding the goal of $135,000.

"Twice a year we put WBFO on the line by asking listeners if our service is worthy of a contribution," said Jennifer Roth, WBFO general manager. "It's a scary process, but also exhilarating: 'BFO staffers working hard to make the case, and people responding. Amazing, that response!

"All of us at 'BFO express deep gratitude to our community of new and renewing members, who help to make programming on WBFO possible.

"Even several weeks after the end of the drive, my hat is still off to the 'BFO staff and volunteers, led by Dave Benders, program director, and Joan Wilson, who worked way beyond the call of duty (and fighting the flu bug all the way!) to make the drive a big success."

Applications open for University Development Fellowship Program
The Office of the Vice President for Advancement and Development is accepting applications for the University Development Fellowship Program, an internship program that aims to encourage undergraduate students from minority groups to consider fund-raising as a career. It offers hands-on experience in a wide range of development areas, including planned giving, corporate and foundation relations, annual/regional prospect research and donor relations and stewardship.

Interns will receive monthly stipends and an undergraduate tuition waiver. Participants must be willing to make a two-year commitment to the program. To be eligible, applicants must be entering their junior year, have a minimum 2.8 GPA, be self-motivated and have a desire to explore fund-raising as a career.

Two letters of recommendation by faculty or professional-staff members must accompany the application. Deadline for applications is April 9. Applications are available in the Office of the Vice President for Advancement and Development, 503 Capen; the EOP Office, 208 Norton; the Student Development Center, 220 Norton, and the Office of Student Activities, 150 Student Union.

For more information, call 645-2925.

Graduation, student honors for Reporter's Commencement Extra
The Reporter will publish its annual "Commencement Extra" edition on May 13. Please send lists of students receiving graduation or other honors, identifying honors concisely. Information must be received no later than April 30.

Because of production requirements, the Reporter only will accept information electronically. No fax submissions will be accepted. Information may be submitted on disk, specifying the program in which it is written and including a printout of all information contained on the disk, or by e-mail: wuetcher@buffalo.edu.

All submissions must include a contact name, department, campus address and daytime telephone number. Disks may be delivered to 136 Crofts Hall, North Campus. For more information, call Sue Wuetcher, Reporter editor, at 645-2626.

Famous WNY women in Women's History Month exhibit
In celebration of Women's History Month, an exhibit titled "Recognizing Women from Western New York" will be displayed through the end of March near the entrance to the Undergraduate Library (UGL) on the North Campus.

The exhibit features information and samples of the work of such famous Western New York women as Joyce Carol Oates, Cindy Sherman, Lucille Ball, Ani DiFranco and Lucille Clifton.

The UGL also is sponsoring a quiz contest on the history of women, open to all undergraduates. The quiz is available at the UGL reference/information desk and submissions will be accepted through today. The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate from Talking Leaves bookstore.

CEL plans program to help emerging entrepreneurs
A special program designed to help new entrepreneurs grow their businesses is being offered by the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) in the School of Management.

The 10-week Emerging Entrepreneur Program is designed for small-business owners who launched their businesses within the past year or two, and who want to learn techniques and strategies for entrepreneurial success.

The program will be held from 8-10 a.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays, from April 30 through June 30, on the North Campus.

The curriculum will cover business-plan development, marketing and sales, human resources, financial management, and tax and accounting issues.

Participants will enhance their presentation skills and learn about valuable resources available to business owners.

The cost of the program is $599. For more information, call 645-3000.

In its 12th year, CEL also offers programs for established entrepreneurs and soon will launch a program for family-business owners.

JazzWriting workshop to be held April 10, 11
JazzWriting, a workshop for calligraphers and graphic designers, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 10 and 11 in Room 146 of the Center for the Arts. The workshop, to be conducted by Steven Skaggs of the University of Louisville and Eliza Schulte Holliday, will feature exercises to stir creative designs with the help of music.

Sponsors for the workshop, which will cost $50, is the Buffalo Pencrafters, a calligraphy society. For more information or to register, call Ben Fiore at 888-2822.