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Khan named architecture chair
Omar Khan, an associate professor of architecture, has been appointed as chair of the Department of Architecture.
Khan is co-director of UB’s Center for Architecture and Situated technologies and an active member of the architecture department’s Situated Technologies graduate research group. He is co-principal with Laura Garófalo of Liminal Projects, an architecture design office.
Khan, who joined the UB faculty in 2002, received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Cornell University and a master’s degree in design and computation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work and teaching lie at the intersection of architecture and pervasive computing.
With colleagues, he organized a three-day symposium in 2006 on situated technologies, bringing researchers, artists, architects, technology experts and sociologists together to share ideas about how mobile and other pervasive computing technologies might affect the design and inhabitation of the contemporary city. He is co-editor of the Architectural League of New York’s Situated Technologies Pamphlets Series, set to conclude this year with its ninth publication.
Khan also has explored transitive materials and responsive architecture through the creation of installations such as “Open Columns,” a system of composite urethane elastomer columns that respond to the presence of human beings by changing shape based on the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.
Khan has exhibited nationally and internationally. A fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts, his work has been supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and the U.S. Department of Education.
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UB to celebrate girls sports day
UB will mark National Girls & Women in Sports Day on Saturday with a sports clinic and “hoopla activities, concluding with the women’s basketball game against Northern Illinois.
The theme of the celebration—the 21st at UB—is “Play, Believe, Achieve.”
The event will begin at 9 a.m. in Alumni Arena with a multi-sports clinic for girls in grades four through eight. Girls will be able to participate in a variety of sports stations representing UB’s varsity and club sports teams, as well as attend Healthy Living workshops. Following the clinic at 11 a.m., a pizza party and other “hoopla” activities, including a bounce house, face painting and autographs, will take place.
Tipoff for the basketball game is at noon.
The cost of all activities, including a ticket to the game, is $5. Space is limited and will be filled on a first-come basis. Additional tickets to the game may be purchased for $5 each.
For more information and to register, visit the UB Athletics website.
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Zodiaque to present spring concert
The Department of Theatre and Dance will present “Zodiaque Dance Company: The 37th Spring Season” Feb. 17-20 and 25-27 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
All weekday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; performances on Sundays are at 2 p.m.
The concert will showcase the work of eight distinctive choreographers, including dance faculty and returning alumni, who reflect the artistic excellence and movement diversity to which Zodiaque Dance Company is dedicated.
Choreographers include Anne Burnidge, Tressa Gorman Crehan, Karen Georger, Renee Giglia, Tim Goodman, Jon Lehrer, Tracy Navarro, Tom Ralabate and Kerry Ring.
Tickets for Zodiaque Dance Company are $18 for general admission and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Ticketmaster.com.
For more information, call 645-2787.
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Program on women’s health set
The UB Medical Alumni Association will present a new program, “The Heart of Women’s Health,” to physicians, clinicians, patients and families on Saturday in the Buffalo Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst.
UB clinicians and researchers will discuss myriad health concerns, including the care and prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, hormone replacement therapy, and stress and cardiovascular disease.
“The Heart of Women’s Health” will feature lectures by a panel of four prominent UB faculty members: Anne B. Curtis, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine; Teresa Quattrin, A. Conger Goodyear Professor, chair of the Department of Pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo; Jean Wactawski-Wende, professor and associate chair of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and vice provost for strategic initiatives; and Sylvia Regalla, clinical assistant professor of medicine at UB, adjunct professor of nutrition at the New York Chiropractic College and a founding diplomat of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine.
A question-and-answer session will follow the panel discussion. The event is sponsored by Buffalo General Hospital.
The cost of the program, which runs from 9-11:30 a.m., is $40 per person, or $350 per table of 10. Registration fees include breakfast, and participants will receive 2.25 continuing medical education credits. For more information and instructions on how to register, click here.
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