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Published: Aug. 25, 2011

  • Website provides Inauguration Week details

    UB has launched a website that provides all the details for events of the weeklong inaugural celebration and investiture ceremony of Satish K. Tripathi as UB’s 15th president.

    The inauguration website includes information on activities, beginning on Monday, Sept. 19, and continuing through Saturday, Sept. 24. Details will be available on each day’s specific theme, and signature and related events demonstrating UB’s local impact and global reach, as well as specifics on the Sept. 23 investiture ceremony.

  • Student group lauded for 30th year

    The School of Management’s student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) has earned the SHRM Superior Merit Award for the 30th consecutive year.

    This national award recognizes chapters for outstanding activities and programs that support the professional development of members, as well as the SHRM organization and the HR profession.

    The chapter was recognized for a number of activities, including hosting a variety of professional speakers and workshops; conducting an interviewing workshop for the school’s Entrepreneurship Training Program for high school students; developing and distributing a résumé book to assist members searching for jobs; publishing a monthly newsletter; and assisting and attending meetings for the Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association.

    “To be recognized by the national organization for 30 consecutive years is an extraordinary achievement,” says Joseph Salamone, associate professor of organization and human resources and chapter co-advisor. “Our chapter’s officers and members once again identified, designed and delivered professional programming worthy of national recognition, and our officers displayed professionalism and solid leadership abilities in maintaining the UB School of Management’s tradition of excellence.”

  • Flags at half-mast on Aug. 31

    Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings—including those at UB—be flown at half-mast on Aug. 31 in honor of a Fort Drum soldier who died in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 23.

    Army 1st Lt. Timothy J. Steele died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion of the 87th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Drum. Steele was from Duxbury, Mass.

    Cuomo has ordered that flags on all state buildings be lowered to half-mast in honor of and tribute to New York service members who are killed in action or die in a combat zone.

  • UB to Host Science and Technology Forum

    The hydraulic fracturing of New York’s shale deposits to access natural gas, the fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster and current trends in drug abuse are just a few of the topics that will be tackled at the 2011-12 Western New York Science and Technology Forum, “Horizons of the Sciences,” for Western New York teachers.

    Sponsored by UB, the program is designed to expose teachers at all levels—elementary, middle and high school—from Western New York districts, including the Buffalo Public Schools, to some of the most exciting new scientific developments in a broad range of fields.

    The forum will meet from 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays from Sept. 7 to Jan. 11 in room 201 of the Natural Sciences Complex on UB’s North Campus. Field trips to the Amherst Waste Water Facility, GZA GeoEnvironmental of New York, Williamsville Space Lab Planetarium, and a tour of UB’s Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Lab (SEESL) are also planned.

    This year’s forum will kick-off its five-month run of meetings on Sept. 7 with a presentation by Gerald R. Rising, UB Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of learning and instruction.

    Other topics scheduled to be presented by UB faculty include “Prescription Drugs and Drug Abuse in the USA” (Edward M. Bednarczyk, chair of pharmacy practice); “Recent Advances in Battery Technology” (Esther S. Takeuchi, Greatbatch Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering) and “Bioinformatics: What It Is and How It Will Affect our Future” (Michael C. Yu, assistant professor of biological sciences).

    Also, “Submarine Exploration of Volcanoes at Mid-Ocean Ridges” (Tracy K. Gregg, associate professor of geology); “Ecology of the Great Lakes: Past, Present and Future” (Helen M. Domske, associate director of the Great Lakes Program); “Fukushima Daiichi: Nuclear Power and UB Research Impact” (Andrew S. Whittaker, chair of civil, structural and environmental engineering); and the tour of SEESL (Thomas Albrechcinski, operations director for SEESL). Presentations by other local science and industry leaders will also be given.

    The forum was formed in 1969 by its director, George H. Nancollas, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Larkin Chair in the Department of Chemistry in UB’s College of Arts and Sciences. Co-directors are Stephen Free, professor of biological sciences, and Marcus Bursik, professor of geology.

    The fee for the lecture series is $30. For further information or to register for the series, contact Barbara Raff at 645-6800.