Steve Pinker, the uber-eminent and multiple award-winning cognitive scientist with rocker hair and a populist touch, will inaugurate the University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy's new Paul Kurtz Lecture Series on Dec. 2.
The Academic Writing Institute (AWI), part of Millard Fillmore College in UB's Division of Continuing and Professional Studies, will hold four non-credit courses designed to improve the writing skills of adults. The courses will feature shorter evening classes, each lasting about an hour and a half on a weeknight, making it easier for working adults to attend.
The New York Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association has awarded Robert G. Shibley, the next dean of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, the Michael J. Krasner Professional Planner Award.
The University Archives, University at Buffalo, and the Jewish Buffalo Archives Project, Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo, have received the New York State Archives' 2010 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History.
When University at Buffalo School of Social Work doctoral candidate Bincy Wilson tried to rescue teenage women from sexual trade slavery working the streets of Goa, India, she was the frequent target of threats made by the pimps -- some of them family members of the women -- whose livelihood relied on keeping these women in sexual servitude.
Greg Mortenson, co-author of this year's "UB Reads" selection, "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time," will be the featured guest at the latest installment of the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Speakers Series to be held Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. in Alumni Arena on the UB North Campus.
In response to demands for more individualized training in certified Lean Six Sigma instruction, the University at Buffalo's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) is launching new training sessions for local professionals that begin every month, featuring one-on-one mentoring with a Six Sigma expert. TCIE developed the program in recognition of the need for a flexible, year-round training model.
University at Buffalo political scientists James Campbell, PhD, Joshua Dyck, PhD and James Coleman Battista, PhD, will be available to the media on Wednesday, November 3 for post-election commentary and analysis.
The University at Buffalo has ranked among the top five research institutions in the United States in its production of Fulbright Scholars for the 2010-11 academic year.
University at Buffalo political scientists James Campbell, PhD, Joshua Dyck, PhD and James Coleman Battista, PhD, will be available to the media on Wednesday, November 3 for post-election commentary and analysis.
