SEPTEMBER 17, 1998-vol30n4: Briefly

VOLUME 30, NUMBER 4 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1998

Briefly

Annual Linda Yalem Run set for Sept. 27

The university's Ninth Annual Linda Yalem 5K Memorial Run will be held on Sept. 27. The run will begin at 10 a.m. in front of Alumni Arena on the North Campus.

The U.S.A. Track and Field-certified event is held in memory of a UB student who was assaulted and murdered in 1990 near the North Campus while training for the New York City Marathon. Proceeds benefit area and campus safety and awareness programs and activities.

Registration is being taken in advance by mail, if postmarked no later than Sept. 23, and in person before 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 in the lobby of Alumni Arena. The registration fee is $13, $10 for UB students. Registration on the day of the run will cost $16, $10 for students, and be held from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in Alumni Arena.

Information and results will be available at <http://wings.buffalo.edu/student-life/vp-affairs/events/lyr>.

University community asked to update E-Directory information

The university community is being asked to update the information that is listed in the UB E-Directory, the online directory of faculty, staff and students.

The directory, which can be accessed at http://ldap. buffalo.edu, is a comprehensive and searchable electronic source of information that includes names, titles, campus addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

Instructions for updating information are available online. Persons who need more assistance can call the CIT help desk at 645-3540.

Adobe newsletter notes work of UB's illustration program

So what do a banana, a dog, a bird, a woman and a man in a room have in common?

That depends on the artist-and the "Banana Project." Students in Elka Kazmierczak's advanced illustration class at UB have received national recognition in the June issue of "Artline," a newsletter produced by software manufacturer Adobe, for their work utilizing those elements.

The students' assignment is to to illustrate the statement, "So much depends on a banana, a dog, a bird, a woman and a man in the room."

Acting in the role of an art director commissioning an illustration, Kazmierczak gives students the assignment. Students can use whatever medium they want-traditional or digital-as long as final artwork is presented as an Adobe Photoshop TIFF.

NPR correspondent Jacki Lyden to appear live on WBFO

Jacki Lyden, National Public Radio's award-winning senior correspondent, will be heard live on WBFO-88.7FM at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The hour-long broadcast of Lyden's speech, originating from Bobby Militello's Tralfamadore Cafe, 622 Main St., Buffalo, will be followed by a question-and-answer session, moderated by WBFO's Mark Scott.

Lyden's reports air on NPR's newsmagazines "Morning Edition," "All Things Considered" and "Weekend Edition." She has reported for NPR from the Middle East for more than six years, and was part of the team that won a prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award in 1992 for coverage of the Persian Gulf War. She is the author of "Landmarks and Legends of Uptown" and "Daughter of the Queen of Sheba," published by Houghton Mifflin in October.

The annual WBFO members event will include an opportunity to meet Lyden, as well as a book signing, from 9-9:30 p.m.

Members will attend the event at no charge. The public may attend by purchasing tickets for $40, which will entitle them to WBFO membership.

Correction

Dennis Malone was misidentified in the Sept. 10 Reporter as a Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. His correct title is Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Contest seeks name for computer-access areas

Computing and Information Technology and the University Libraries are sponsoring a contest to find a name for the new computer-access areas in Capen Hall and Lockwood Library.

They are seeking a name that is distinctive and appealing, one that reflects open access to computers and world-wide information resources and is a positive identity for student access to technology at UB.

First prize in the contest is a hand-held personal planner computer. Honorable-mention winners will receive UB Bookstore or Starbucks gift certificates.

To enter, fill out the form that is available at <http://wings.buffalo.edu/naming-contest>. Deadline for suggestions is Sept. 30.

Memorial celebration to remember Larry Chisolm

A memorial celebration to remember the life of Larry Chisolm, a humanities scholar and professor of American studies who died April 29, will be held Sept. 26 in the International Institute, 864 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.

A respected teacher and scholar, Chisolm helped found UB's Department of American Studies and was instrumental in nurturing it to the level of national prominence.

His interdisciplinary approach to American studies, which was novel 30 years ago, combined traditional emphasis on history, literature and the arts with a new appreciation of the social sciences. This multidisci-plinary strategy has since been adopted widely in the field.

The memorial celebration will include a buffet meal from 6-7:30 p.m., followed by opportunities to share memories from 7:30-9 p.m. and a party with live music from 9-11 p.m.

Those planning to attend are asked to call 838-2707.

Women's Club to open 53rd year with membership luncheon

The UB Women's Club will open its 53rd year Saturday with a fall membership luncheon in the Center for Tomorrow. Registration for activity groups begins at 11 a.m., followed by a noon luncheon.

The program will include a performance to be presented by the Buffalo dance company directed by Dorothy Lewis. Geraldine N. Ryder and Norma L. Zimmerman are hospitality chairpersons. For more information, call Geraldine Ryder at 833-8699.

Volunteers needed Saturday for Beach Sweep '98

Volunteers ages 16 and older are needed on Saturday to clean up and document debris found along campus waterways during the 10th annual Great Lakes Beach Sweep. The two-hour event will help clean up UB's portion of the Great Lakes Watershed-Lake LaSalle and a section of Ellicott Creek.

New York Sea Grant is a co-sponsor of the effort, along with the Great Lakes Program. Data gathered will be used to determine what steps might be taken to reduce or eliminate dumping of debris.

Those interested in participating should call Helen Domske, associate director of the Great Lakes Program, at 204 Jarvis Hall, 645-3610 or 645-2088. Participants will meet Saturday at 9:45 a.m., rain or shine, near the entrance to Jarvis Hall next to the Furnas parking lot. Certificates will be awarded to each participant. Garbage bags, gloves and data cards will be provided.