Updated May 16, 2013
Published May 16, 2013
“Zooland,” a book authored by Irus Braverman, associate professor of law, received the Bronze Medal for outstanding book in current events from Independent Publisher as part of the online magazine’s annual IPPY competition.
The “IPPYs” – the Independent Publisher Book Awards – aim to bring increased recognition to exemplary independent, university and self-published titles.
Founded in 1983 as Small Press magazine, Independent Publisher is considered the voice of the independent publishing industry.
Published May 16, 2013
Andre Filiatrault, professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering and a former director of MCEER, UB’s internationally recognized center for extreme events research, is scheduled to give the keynote address at the 13th annual ROSE Seminar, an earthquake engineering conference held in Italy May 16-17.
The seminar, which bills itself as an opportunity for students to present and discuss their research with leading earthquake engineers, is part of program called “Understanding and Managing Extremes” at the Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia in Pavia, Italy.
Each year, a prominent scientist is invited to deliver the keynote speech. Filiatrault’s address is titled “Seismic Design of Nonstructural Building Elements: Why, How and Who?”
Published May 9, 2013
Campus Dining and Shops (CDS) received the Sustainable Business Award at the 2013 WNY Earth Day Awards presented on Earth Day—April 22—as part of the event to officially open UB’s Solar Strand.
The Sustainable Business Award is given to the enterprise that demonstrated the most significant impact on behalf of its clients or by changing its internal operations or business model to advance the goals of triple bottom-line thinking—people, planet and profit.
CDS’ winning entry detailed the design and construction of Crossroads Culinary Center as a LEED silver-certified building and the objectives of local construction, local food and materials purchasing, and on-site food-waste composting.
The 2013 WNY Earth Day Awards were sponsored by Ecology and Environment Inc.; entries were reviewed by a panel of five judges representing a cross section of experts from business, academia and nongovernmental organizations.
Published May 9, 2013
Michael Cain, vice president for health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed to the board of directors of HEALTHeLINK. HEALTHeLINKis a collaborative consortium established to develop a privacy-protected, community-bases system for health care providers and consumers to electronically share important medical and clinical information more efficiently.
