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Degner to deliver Bullough lecture
Lesley F. Degner, Distinguished Professor of Nursing at the University of Manitoba, will present the School of Nursing’s annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Adams Mark Hotel in downtown Buffalo.
The lecture, titled “Clinical ‘Mindlines’: A tool for improving unit-based practice,” is free and open to the public.
Those planning to attend the lecture should email Donna Tyrpak at tyrpak@buffalo.edu.
Degner’s current research is focused on how nurses can use the latest research evidence in their daily practice. She is involved in three major studies to better understand how health care organizations can alter the context for care within their organizations to promote knowledge use by nurses and, in turn, improve patient outcomes.
She also is interested in the effect such organizational interventions might have on the quality of nursing work life, and whether involvement in knowledge-translation activities will promote the retention of new nurses moving into the workforce.
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Philosopher Antony to give Kurtz lecture
Feminist philosopher, philosopher of mind and critic of religious faith Louise Antony will present UB’s 2011 Paul Kurtz Lecture at 4 p.m. Oct. 20 in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus.
Her talk, “Materialism, Naturalism and Nihilism,” is presented as part of the Department of Philosophy’s 2011-12 Colloquia Series, but is intended for a broader university and community audience.
“Antony has had a huge impact across the philosophical landscape, in part because she brings research in one field to bear on others,” says David Hershenov, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy. “She has repeatedly reinvigorated epistemology and philosophy of mind with insights drawing upon feminist philosophy.”
Hershenov points out that one of her better-known papers, “Quine as a Feminist—The Radical Import of Naturalist Epistemology,” has been cited by her peers in academic literature nearly 100 times, a remarkable accomplishment.
In fact, Antony’s articles and lectures are known not only for their philosophical insights and the commitment to social justice they represent, but for their style and wit, evident in such titles as “Back to Androgyny: What Bathrooms Can Tell Us About Equality.”
A professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Antony is co-editor of the provocative—and controversial—2007 book “Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life” (Oxford University Press). In this celebrated and highly readable collection, she and 19 other leading secular philosophers from the U.S. and Great Britain argue in sophisticated and compelling terms that God is not necessary for a moral life and that atheism, a naturalistic understanding of the human condition, requires adherents to pursue goals without illusion and act morally without hope of reward.
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Alumni to co-chair Scholarship Gala
Four UB alumni will serve as co-chairs for the sixth annual UB Scholarship Gala, which will take place from 6-11 p.m. Nov. 4, in the Edward Wright Practice Facility in Alumni Arena, North Campus.
Helen Cappuccino, MD ’88 & BA ’84, and Andrew Cappuccino, MD ’88, along with Pamela Davis Heilman, JD ’75, and Robert Heilman, MBA ’75, are all longtime supporters of UB. Independent Health and Turner Construction are the presenting sponsors for the gala.
Attracting the best and brightest students is one of the goals of UB 2020, the university’s strategic plan to become a model 21st-century public university. Scholarships are one of the most effective ways to guarantee that top students choose UB.
Only about half of UB students who qualify for financial aid receive it through scholarships and grants, while the others use jobs, work-study programs and student loans to help pay the bills. Nearly 70 percent of students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree from UB have loans averaging $29,000.
As a result, the university began holding an annual gala in 2006 to increase access to UB; to date, the university has raised more than $1 million in scholarship funds through five gala events.
Donor support—from corporations, foundations and individuals—helps to ensure that every promising student has the opportunity to pursue a first-rate education at UB.
This year’s event will include dinner, dancing, student performances and competitions, and live and silent auctions. Tickets are $200 per person, with sponsorships ranging from $2,500 to $25,000. For more information on the event, tickets or sponsorships, call 881-1709 or visit the Scholarship Gala’s website.
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UB Libraries introduce delivery service
The University Libraries this fall have introduced Delivery+, a document delivery service available to all UB faculty and staff that enables them to request materials from any UB library on any UB campus, including the electronic collections.
Need a journal article or a book chapter? With Delivery+, UB faculty and staff members can simply log on to ILLiad, the Libraries’ interlibrary loan system, and submit a request for materials found in any of the UB libraries. Scanned articles and book chapters are delivered electronically to faculty/staff desktops, while circulating books and media are available for pickup at the UB library circulation desk of the faculty or staff member’s choice. The Delivery+ service is offered in addition to ILLiad’s current options, which include Interlibrary Loan of non-UB items, UB Document Express and Annex Requests.
The promise of a 24-hour turnaround from receipt of request (excluding weekends and holidays) ensures that research materials owned by the UB Libraries will be delivered quickly. All current UB faculty and staff on the North Campus, South Campus, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and at UB-affiliated teaching hospitals may access Delivery+ by logging onto ILLiad or by visiting the “requesting materials” page on the UB Libraries website.
“Delivery+ ensures that UB faculty and staff members will receive the information they need to conduct their research, teaching and work in a timely and efficient fashion,” says H. Austin Booth, vice provost for university libraries.
For more information, contact Cynthia Bertuca, associate director of access services for document delivery, at cbertuca@buffalo.edu or 829-5738, or Anne Bouvier, manager, document delivery/ILL borrowing services, at bouvier@buffalo.edu or 645-2812.
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Scholarships for study in Germany available
Scholarships for study and research in Germany are available from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the academic year 2012-2013. At least one UB applicant is usually funded, with only one to six students typically applying each year.
Graduating seniors and graduate students from all disciplines may apply for a “study scholarship” to study at the German university of their choice for a 10-month period; “research grants” are available to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers for stays of one to 10 months.
The fellowships carry a monthly stipend of 750 to 1,000 Euros ($1,000-$1,330) and include tuition, travel and insurance. Applicants in the humanities and social sciences should have a good command of German; applicants in the sciences, music and the arts may have less German fluency. U.S. and Canadian citizens are eligible, as well as foreign students affiliated with an American university.
To apply, contact Patricia Mazon in the Department of History at 645-8429 or mazon@buffalo.edu. Applications must be submitted through Mazon, who screens all UB applications.
The campus application deadline is Oct. 24 for students in the arts and Nov. 7 for students in all other disciplines.
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Flags at half-mast honor fallen soldier
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings—including those at UB—be flown at half-mast on Oct. 19 in honor of a Fort Drum soldier who died in Afghanistan on October 13.
Spc. Jeremiah T. Sancho died in Kandahar province of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Drum. Sancho was from Palm Bay, Fla.
Cuomo has ordered that flags on all state buildings be lowered to half-mast in honor of and tribute to New York service members who are killed in action or die in a combat zone.
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