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Shamanism, humankind's oldest spiritual and healing tradition, is in many cultures dominated by men, and Western skeptics often debunk its effectiveness. In a groundbreaking new book published this month by Random House, however, Barbara Tedlock of the University at Buffalo challenges the historical hegemony of the male shamanic tradition, restores women to their essential place in the history of spirituality and celebrates their continuing role in the worldwide resurgence of shamanism.

"Excellence Must Be Celebrated" will be the theme of the University at Buffalo Alumni Association's 2005 Celebration of Excellence award ceremony to be held at 6 p.m. April 15 in the Four Points Sheraton, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga.

A $30,000 gift from Christopher Michael Martell and his wife, Sally, will support a program that will bring architects of international significance to the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning to work with graduate students and give a school-wide public lecture.

Four students have been selected to receive the J. Scott Fleming Scholarship Awards for leadership and volunteer efforts that promote student involvement and enhance the student experience at the University at Buffalo.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Private Visions, Utopian Ideals: The Art of Howard Ben Tre will open in the UB Anderson Gallery with a public reception to honor the artist on from 6-8:30 p.m. April 1. A lecture by the artist entitled, "Taking the Personal Vision from the Privacy of the Studio into the Public Space," will occur at 2 p.m. on April 17 in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The lecture will be free with gallery admission and free to UB staff and students with valid ID.

Maple syrup is delicious on Cream of Wheat and its gathering is the stuff of cozy legends of northern springtimes and boiling tubs of sap. Consider that it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup and you will come to a new respect of the maple and the sugar makers. If you didn't know this already, perhaps it's time you tuned in to librarian David Bertuca in the University at Buffalo Arts and Sciences Libraries.

The Career Resource Center in the University at Buffalo School of Management, in conjunction with the student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association, has been selected to host the "2005 Northeast Region HR Games" on April 9.

The University of Buffalo has signed an agreement with Sleep Solutions, Inc., the medical device and health-care services company providing direct-to-patient testing services, to commercialize and distribute an innovative diagnostic testing technology for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR).

The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has advanced to second place in terms of individual grant funding awarded per Ph.D. faculty member from the National Institutes of Health.

Researchers in the University at Buffalo's School of Informatics have undertaken a long-term research project to study how information from blogs produced in specific American urban areas reflects the political agendas, opinions, attitudes and cultural idiosyncrasies of the general population of those places.