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Published: November 2, 2011

  • Wolfe named neurology chair

    Gil I. Wolfe, a leading authority on neuromuscular disorders at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical School, has been named Irvin and Rosemary Smith Professor and chair of the Department of Neurology in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

    Wolfe will join UB in December from UT, where he is Dr. Bob and Jean Smith Foundation Distinguished Chair in Neuromuscular Disease Research, and professor of neurology and neurotherapeutics.

    Wolfe is the seventh new chair or high-level physician that UB has hired in the past three years, an effort that Michael Cain, vice president for health sciences and dean of the medical school, says is a critical piece of his strategic vision for the medical school.

    His primary research interests are idiopathic and immune-mediated peripheral neuropathies and myasthenia gravis. He has authored or co-authored more than 80 research papers and 15 chapters on neuromuscular disorders.

  • Obesity, chronic diseases topic of lecture

    David L. Katz, founder and director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, will discuss obesity and chronic diseases as part of the School of Public Health and Health Professions’ 23rd J. Warren Perry Lecture, to be held at 1:45 p.m. Nov. 4 in Harriman Hall, South Campus.

    Katz’ talk, “The Road to Good Health is Paved with Good InVentions,” is free and open to the public; seating is limited. A presentation of School of Public Health and Health Professions awards will follow the lecture at 2:45 p.m. 

    Associate professor of public health at the Yale University School of Medicine and an internationally recognized leader in integrative medicine and patient-centered care, Katz will discuss his evidence-based, holistic-care approach to medicine, nutrition, weight control and the prevention of chronic diseases.

    The J. Warren Perry award and lecture series is presented by the School of Public Health and Health Professions to honor the late J. Warren Perry, an accomplished scholar, administrator, author and prominent national figure in his field, who founded the School of Health Related Professions, which preceded the School of Public Health and Health Professions at UB. Perry served as dean from 1966 until 1977.

    For more information about the lecture, contact Barbara Putzig at putzig@buffalo.edu or 829-6773.

  • Production showcases music of David Shire

    The Department of Theatre and Dance will present the world premiere of “It goes Like it Goes: The Music of David Shire” Nov. 16-20 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

    Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; matinee performances will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

    “It Goes Like it Goes: The Music of David Shire” is a new musical compilation piece featuring the music of the Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning composer and Buffalo native. Conceived by Nathan R. Matthews, UB associate professor of music theatre and director of music theatre, the full production with orchestra will include newly designed and executed sets, lights, and costumes.

    The production is co-directed by Matthews and Terry Berliner, a New York-based director, writer and choreographer. Berliner also will choreograph the production, while Matthews will serve as the show’s music director and arranger.

    The cast is comprised of students from the UB Music Theatre and Dance programs.

    Shire and his wife, actress Didi Conn, will attend an opening night dinner, gala performance and reception.

    Tickets for “It Goes Like it Goes” are $24 for the general public and $10 for students and senior citizens; all tickets for the gala opening performance on Nov. 16 are $24. Tickets are available at the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Ticketmaster.com.

  • UB’s EMBA ranked as one of world’s best

    The School of Management’s Executive MBA (EMBA) program has been ranked as one of best in the world by the Financial Times.

    UB placed 62nd out of 100 programs. The School of Management offers its EMBA program in Buffalo and Singapore.

    Among the ranking’s many components, the EMBA program was No. 34 for graduates’ salary growth, No. 30 for percentage of female faculty and No. 20 for percentage of international faculty.

    The ranking was compiled using data from two sets of surveys: one to alumni who graduated from the respective programs three years ago, and the other to the business schools.

    Programs were ranked in three major categories: career progress, diversity and idea generation—the percentage of faculty with doctorates, the number of doctoral graduates from each business school during the past three years and the faculty research rank.

    This year, 129 business schools took part in the survey and 5,255 alumni completed the online questionnaire.

  • Irvine to deliver Dave Memorial Lecture

    Darrell J. Irvine, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will speak on Nov. 9 as part of the annual Dave Memorial Lecture at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).

    Irvine, associate professor of biological engineering and materials science at MIT’s David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, will discuss “Engineering Nanomaterals as Vaccine Adjuvants and Agents for Cancer Immunotherapy” at 11:30 a.m. in the Zebro Conference Room on the first floor of RPCI’s Center for Genetics and Pharmacology, located on Virginia Street between Ellicott and Elm streets.

    Established to honor the late Chandrakant V. Dave, who served on the pharmacology faculty at RPCI, the Dave Lecture Series is organized by graduate students in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

  • Flags at half-mast honor fallen soldier

    Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings—including those at UB—be flown at half-mast on Nov. 8 in honor of a Fort Drum soldier who died in Afghanistan on Oct. 30.

    Staff Sgt. Ari R. Cullers died in Kandahar province of injuries suffered when an insurgent rocket-propelled grenade exploded near him. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion of the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Drum. Cullers was from New London, Conn.

    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.