UB to hold academic Convocation Oct. 6
UB will hold its fifth annual University Convocation at 3 p.m. Oct. 6 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.

Isabel Marcus, professor of law, director of the Women's Studies Program and co-director of the Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender (IREWG), will give an address entitled "Women's Global Citizenship: 'Who Will Make the Soup?'"

The Cassatt String Quartet, UB's Slee Quartet-in-Residence, will perform.

The three UB faculty members named SUNY Distinguished Professor and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professors during the last year, as well as last year's winners of the SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence, will be recognized.

The university also will honor Albert R. Mugel, a faculty member in the UB Law School, for 50 years of service and Miles L. Lasser, former SUNY trustee.

The convocation will begin with an academic procession from Capen Hall to the CFA by faculty and staff, as well as convocation participants. The procession will be led by UB's new marching band.

A reception will be held in the Atrium of the Center for the Arts following the convocation.

Ciancio to receive periodontology award
Sebastian G. Ciancio, professor and chair of the Department of Periodontology, will receive the President's Award from the American Academy of Periodontology Monday at the association's annual meeting in San Antonio.

The President's Award, one of the highest honors given by the 7,000-member academy, honors Ciancio for distinguished service to the organization.

Ciancio is past president of the academy, current president of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation and has served on several academy committees. He received the group's clinical research award in 1996, a special citation in 1994 and the William J. Gries Award in 1988.

In addition to his position at UB, Ciancio chairs the United States Pharmacopoeia Dental Division. He is an editor for Biological Therapies in Dentistry and Periodontal Insights, and is a consultant for the Journal of Periodontology.

Ciancio earned his dental degree from the UB School of Dental Medicine.

John Hopkins dean to give Bullough Lecture
Sue K. Donaldson, dean and professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, will discuss "A Quarter Century of Breakthroughs in Nursing Research" at the Third Annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture, to be held at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

The lecture, named for the late dean of the UB School of Nursing, is designed for interested nursing professionals.

For more than two decades, Donaldson has received National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants for her basic-science laboratory work.

In addition to being dean and professor of nursing since 1994, she also is professor of physiology and holds a joint appointment in oncology in Johns Hopkins' medical school.

Adult aphasia to be topic of conference
Adult aphasia, a disruption in the ability to speak, write, comprehend or read, will be the subject of a day-long conference to be held Oct. 1 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

The conference will be sponsored by the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences and the Center for Hearing and Deafness. There is a registration fee.

Aphasia usually is caused by a stroke or head injury that damages two particular areas in the dominant cerebral hemisphere called Broca's and Wernicke's areas.

Among presenters at the conference will be Alan Lockwood, clinical director of UB's Center for Positron Emission Tomography, who will discuss the use of PET imaging in diagnosing aphasia. Carol Sellers and Dona Ritter-Schmidt, from UB's Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic, also will participate.

For information and registration, call 716-829-2797, ext. 111.

Crofts Hall to implement new telephone/voice mail system
Offices in Crofts Hall on the North Campus will begin using a new telephone/voice-mail system at 8 a.m. Monday that will assign new extensions to individuals. Fax numbers will remain the same, and most offices will have operator-assisted lines.

Offices that will be part of the new telephone system are Campus Services; Controller's Office; Electronic Media; Financial Services, including Accounting and Budget Services, Endowment and IFR Account Services, Grants and Contract Services, and Travel; Human Resource Services, including Research Foundation and State Payroll, and Research Foundation and State Personnel; Internal Audit; News Services, including the Reporter; Procurement Services, including Fast Track Processing, Inventory Services, Research Foundation and State Accounts Payable, and Research Foundation and State Purchasing; Publications, and Technology Services.

Under the new system, individual staff members can be accessed directly by dialing 645-5000 and the staff member's four-digit extension at the voice prompt.

A list of employees' new extensions will be available by clicking on "Crofts Hall Telephone Extensions" on the University Business Services homepage at http://www.business.buffalo.edu.

Department homepages also will include staff members telephone extensions.

Offices also can be reached via their main telephone number, which will be the number that currently is being used. In most cases, an operator will answer the call and direct the caller to the appropriate party.

"Region" to be topic of lecture
Whether it's called "Western New York," the "Niagara Frontier" or "Buffalo-Niagara," what exactly is our region? Is it a culture, a history, an ecosystem, an economic model or a geological area? And with so many definitions possible, what does "regionalism" mean, anyway?

Beverly A. Sanford, associate director of the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth, will address those issues in a lecture to be given at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.

Entitled "Parameters, Perimeters, Persuasions, Politics: The Art and Science of 'Region,'" the lecture is the first of the academic year in the annual College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Lecture Series.

It will be free and open to the public.

With the subject of "regionalism" appearing more often as a topic in the local news, Sanford, an alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences, will look at some of the ways of understanding the region as a context for current regional issues and dynamics.

Hindu mythology, art to be topic of lecture
A lecture and slide presentation on the depiction of Hindu mythology through art will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in 830 Clemens Hall on the North Campus.

The presentation, which will be sponsored by the World Languages Institute, will be given by Sudha Satyawadi, an expert in village and folk art. She will focus on concepts related to creation and mythological figures in village art.

Folk art in the villages of India contains those symbols, designs and figures that are found in ancient cave paintings and includes the profound philosophy of the Hindu religion.

Satyawadi earned bachelor's and master's of fine arts degrees, with specialization in art and craft, and oil painting.

For more information on the lecture, contact WLI at 645-2292.

Inventor of cardiac pacemaker to speak
Wilson Greatbatch, whose research led to the development of the implantable cardiac pacemaker, will speak on "New Frontiers in Technology" at 3 p.m. Friday in 109 Knox Hall on the North Campus.

The legendary Western New York inventor, who holds more than 150 patents and is a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, will discuss the pacemaker, his work in finding a cure for AIDS and new energy resources, such as nuclear fusion.

A question-and-answer period will follow the lecture. Refreshments will be provided.

The lecture is part of the Department of Electrical Engineering's Fall 1999 Seminar Series.

Moscow Orchestra to perform Oct. 3
The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, considered to be one of the world's great chamber orchestras, will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.

Under the direction of American pianist Constantine Orbelian, who has been with the orchestra since 1991, the ensemble is expected to perform the works of Schnittke, Glinka, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, among others.

Founded in 1956 by conductor and violinist Rudolf Barshai, the orchestra has flourished over the years, giving roughly 120 performances annually throughout Europe and the United States. Renowned composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who entrusted the orchestra to perform for the first time his 14th Symphony, called the group the "greatest chamber orchestra in the world."

The concert is made possible through the Bernice Poss Memorial Fund, set up by the children of the late Bernice Poss, whose career at UB spanned 23 years.

Tickets for the performance are $20, $17 and $14 for the general public, and $12 for students, and are available at the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations.

To charge tickets, call 852-5000. For more information, call 645-ARTS. For information on group sales, call Karen at 645-6771.

PSS Announces Workshop Series
The Professional Staff Senate, as part of its Brown Bag series, will present three video presentations and workshops this fall. All workshops will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at sites on both campuses and are free and open to the university community.

"Nutrition: Breaking Your Behavior Chains" will be held Oct. 6 in 730 Kimball Tower on the South Campus and Oct. 7 in 330 Student Union on the North Campus. A 13-minute video will examine eating behaviors and offer suggestions to improve eating habits. The video will be followed by a discussion with Janice Cochran, UB nutritionist in the Living Well Center.

"Resume Writing and Cover Letters" will be held Nov. 3 in 730 Kimball Tower and Nov. 4 in 106 Jacobs Management Center on the North Campus. The workshop will be presented by Steven Harvey, testing coordinator in the Office of Career Planning and Placement, who will help participants to put together a professional resume and cover letter.

"Between You and Me: Solving Conflict" will be held Dec. 1 in 730 Kimball Tower and Dec. 2 in 106 Jacobs Management Center. A 28-minute video will teach participants how to resolve individual conflicts by following simple and effective steps. The video will be followed by a brief discussion facilitated by Ed Brodka, assistant director of UB Leadership Development Programs.

To sign up for the sessions, call the PSS office at 645-2003.

Student Leadership Institute set
The UB Student Leadership Development Center in the Division of Student Affairs will present the 7th annual UB Student Leadership Institute from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Student Union on the North Campus.

The event, which is free and open to UB students, is designed to give student leaders an opportunity to enhance leadership skills, meet and network with other student leaders, identify campus resources and work on group and individual goals for the 1999-2000 academic year.

Other sponsors include the Student Association, Graduate Student Association, Inter-Greek Council and University Residence Halls.

For more information, contact Ed Brodka at 645-6469, ext. 115.