Walters named associate dean for undergraduate education in CAS
Deborah Walters, assistant professor of computer science and engineering and adjunct assistant professor of psychology, has been named associate dean for undergraduate education in the College of Arts and Sciences. She will be responsible for all undergra duate education in the arts and sciences outside the purview of UB's professional schools.

A faculty member at UB since 1983, she has a national reputation in the computer-science field linked to her extensive research in human visual psychophysics, computational vision, intelligent systems and neural networks.

Hyde is associate dean of Graduate School
Martha M. Hyde has been named associate dean of the Graduate School, which oversees all programs in graduate education. Hyde, associate professor of music theory, will be responsible for review and monitoring of graduate programs and will be active in ind ividual student program monitoring and review and candidacy issues.

She will work with departments in the College of Arts and Sciences and professional schools to improve their graduate programs, organize online information and application systems, and assist in student-recruitment. She will help monitor graduate academi c and administrative procedures and help develop priorities for initiation and strengthening of graduate programs and research. Hyde had been associate dean for graduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.

UCI to co-sponsor Urban Discovery Sundays
The University Community Initiative has joined with local schools, organizations, businesses and neighborhood residents to co-sponsor University District Urban Discovery Sundays, a celebration of life in the neighborhood surrounding the South Campus. The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday in Campus North School, 120 Minnesota Ave., and from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 7 in Westminster Community School, 24 Westminster Ave.

Urban Discovery Sundays, designed to help prospective residents evaluate the quality of life in the University District and encourage home sales, will feature information booths on city living, seminars on financing a home purchase, maps of open houses and tours of school facilities. For more information, call 829-3099.

PSS to offer workshop on building personal commitment to change
The Professional Staff Senate will present a symposium, "Building Personal Commitment to Change," from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 12 in Daffodils restaurant, 930 Maple Road, Williamsville.

The symposium, designed for members of any organization or department who want to adapt to changes in the workplace, will be led by Jackie Stroh, president of Jackie Stroh Personal and Professional Development. The training and human resources consulting firm specializes in team-building and interventions, TQM facilitation skills, management development, conflict prevention and one-on-one workplace coaching.

Registration will begin at 9 a.m., followed by a welcoming address from Senior Vice President Robert J. Wagner. Among the topics to be discussed are "Understanding the Need for Change," "Partnering for Change" and "Things to Do in Your Office to Foster C hange."

The cost of the symposium is $27, which will include a continental breakfast and lunch. Checks should be made out to UBF/Professional Staff Senate and mailed to the Professional Staff Senate Office, 543 Capen Hall, North Campus, Buffalo, N.Y. 14260. For more information, call 645-2003.

FBI agent Bernard Tolbert to speak at senior alumni lunch
Bernard A. Tolbert, FBI special agent in charge of the Buffalo office, a Buffalo native and a UB graduate, will offer tips on how to avoid falling prey to scams and cons during a presentation March 9 at a UB senior alumni luncheon, to be held at noon in t he Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

Before Tolbert joined the FBI in 1980, he briefly taught school and for five years was a social-work professional with several area service agencies.

For the past 30 years, he has been actively involved with Cradle Beach, a residential summer camp that serves youngsters with a range of physical, emotional and social developmental disabilities.

An outstanding track star, he was named to the UB Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.

Cost of the luncheon, designed for UB senior alumni, their spouses and guests, is $10 per person.

For more information or reservations, call the Office of Alumni Relations at 829-2608.

Study seeks adults with bad breath
Are you concerned about your breath? The Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences in the School of Dental Medicine is conducting a two-week clinical study of treatment for bad breath. Participants must make three, one-hour visits to the dental school. Free treatment will be offered in connection with the study.

Participants must be age 18 or older and in good general health. Call Leslie Gaines at 832-9835 for a screening appointment.

"UB Today" sets March lineup of shows
The Zodiaque Dance Company and marketing the university will be among the topics set to air next month on "UB Today," UB's cable-television program. The 30-minute show airs at 6:30 p.m. on Sundays on Adelphia Cable Channels 10 and 18 International; at 9 p .m. Mondays on Channel 18 International and at 6:30 p.m. Fridays on TCI's Channel 21. It features projects, activities and programs for and about UB faculty, staff, students and alumni.

On tap for March are Peter Killian, director of marketing, who'll discuss the importance, challenges and opportunities of marketing the university; Larry Hawk, director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic; interviews with Tom Ralabate, director of the Zodiaq ue Dance Co., and dancer Michele Utzig, and concert manager Phil Rehard, who programs some 100 events annually in Slee Concert Hall.

Graduate student associations set Research Symposium
Graduate student associations from the departments of Learning and Instruction, Counseling and Educational Psychology, and Educational Leadership and Policy in the Graduate School of Education will present a Research Symposium March 20 in the Center for T omorrow on the North Campus.

The keynote speaker will be Richard Ryan, professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, who will speak on "Facilitating and Undermining Students' Motivation to Learn: A Self Determination Theory Perspective." There is no charge for the event, w hich will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch and breakfast will be included.

Student presentations on research also will be part of the program. For more information, call David M. Forgues at 645-6155 or email him at forgues@buffalo.edu.

Carnegie-Mellon art professor to give slide lecture
Award-winning artist Joann Maier, professor of art and printmaking director at Carnegie-Mellon University, will present a slide lecture of her work titled "Prints, Drawing, Painting: Connections" at 1:15 p.m. Monday in the Center for the Arts Screening Ro om on the North Campus.

Her presentation, which will establish linkages between printmaking, drawing and painting, will be free and open to the public. It is sponsored by ePIC (experimental Print and Imaging Center) and the Printmaking Program in the Department of Art.

Center for Computational Research to present lectures
The Center for Computational Research will present three lectures given by Thomas Furlani, the center's associate director, to introduce parallel computing to the university community. All lectures will be held at 4 p.m. in Room 215 of the Natural Science s Complex.

Feb. 25: "An Overview of CCR" will focus on the center's supercomputing resources, including the SGI Origin2000 and the IBM SP. It also will include a very basic discussion of parallel computers and programming, including distributed versus shared memory models of programming.

March 4: "Code Development for Distributed Memory Computers Using Message Passing Interface"

March 18: "OpenMP: Programming Language for Shared Memory Computers."

For more information, contact Furlani at 645-6800, ext. 2120, or furlani@ccr.buffalo.edu.

FSA to sponsor food extravaganza
Faculty, staff and students who are interested in free food and fun can participate in the Fourth Annual "FSA Day," sponsored by the Faculty Student Association, to be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday on the first floor of the Student Union on the North Campus.

The event is a food extravaganza that will feature several local food vendors who will be providing free product samples. There also will be giveaways and prizes. For more information, call Scott Beahen at 645-3519.