Hyatt Regency Buffalo will be the scene April 19 of the Seventh Annual Senior Bash, "Time to Remember," honoring the graduating class of UB's Sesquicentennial Year. The cash bar reception begins at 7 p.m. in the Hyatt's Atrium, with dinner at 8 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom, followed by a program and one-hour open bar. Dress is semi-formal.

After dinner, President Greiner and UB Alumni Association Executive Director William Evitts will address the group briefly and kick off the night of partying and dancing to Solid Gold Sound. Hosts are President and Mrs. Greiner. Mindy Lepard and Kelly Lane co-chair the event, sponsored by USAB, Undergraduate Student Association and UB Alumni Association.

Tickets at $25 are available until April 10 from the SA Office, 350 Student Union, and 109 Allen Hall. For more information, call 829-2608.

HONORED FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO BEAM

Eight individuals and two area firms received awards for outstanding service to the Buffalo Area Engineering Awareness for Minorities, Inc. (BEAM) at the annual meeting last month.

BEAM, headquartered in UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is a cooperative, educational-enrichment program to prepare teen women and minority youth for careers in science, engineering and architecture. It is sponsored by 30 WNY companies; UB; Erie Community College, North Campus; Buffalo State and Canisius colleges; the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Public Schools and the Tuscarora Indian School.

Also honored at the meeting was BEAM's volunteer executive director, Dorothy Gogel, who died Feb. 19. Gogel, involved with BEAM since its inception, became its unpaid executive director in 1991 following her retirement from General Motors.

Special awards went to: James Mazza, BEAM Canisius College summer program; Robert W. Miller Jr., of the engineering and architectural firm of Wendel, who served as BEAM treasurer; Robert E. Barnes, UB engineering school, who served as a BEAM officer; Darrell Peebles, Delphi Thermal Systems, chair of BEAM's program committee; Richard A. Adamy, Ford Motor Co., for continuous support of BEAM.

Industry Technical Advisor Awards went to Kenneth Holmes, of Moog, Inc., and Vikki Hirschey of Occidental Chemical Co. The Faculty Advisor Award was given to Richard Piech, who works at Seneca Vocational High School. Company awards were presented to Moog, Inc. and Superior Design Co., Inc.

New BEAM officers are: Arthur McKinnon, General Motors Powertrain, president; Anthony Campagna, ABC's to College Counseling Associates, vice president; Jean Palka, U.S. Navy Recruiting Office, secretary, and Drexel Gidney, UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, treasurer.

Marilyn Helenbrook, BEAM school coordinator, who was formerly with the Maryvale Community Education Program, has been named acting executive director of BEAM. She received a bachelor's degree in medical technology from UB in 1964.

SUMMER RESEACH SET FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS

The Department of Oral Biology in the UB School of Dental Medicine is offering a "Young Scholars" summer program designed to provide minority high school students with hands-on research experience. The eight-week commuter program, funded with a National Institutes of Health grant, will be held July 8- Aug. 30.

Eight minority students entering their senior year of high school will be selected to participate, as will two in-service teachers who are minorities or teach in a predominantly minority high school. Students selected will receive a weekly stipend of $160. Teachers will receive $478 a week.

Participants will conduct research in connective-tissue physiology, bacterial molecular genetics, structure-function relationship of macromolecules, cellular and humoral immunology, bacterial physiology or immunochemistry.

Students and teachers will work with an experienced UB researcher on a project, and share research experiences in weekly seminars. Teachers also will participate in a course on training students in cellular-molecular biological techniques and the application of their research experience to the classroom.

The deadline for applications for the program has been extended until April 8. Applications are available from high school principals or guidance counselors, or from the UB Department of Oral Biology at 829-3827.

Breverman works appear in international shows

Harvey Breverman, professor of art, has prints representing the United States in the "XIII Premio Internazion-ale Per L' Incisioni" in Biella, Italy and "International Triennial-Nuremberg."

Another of his works is included in the "World of Ex Libris," at Belgrade's Museum of Applied Arts, which travels in 1996-97 to London, Lausanne, Rome and Buenos Aires. The British Museum and Washington's National Portrait Gallery recently acquired Breverman drawings for their collections.

GEOLOGISTS GATHER FOR SESSION SPONSORED BY UB

Dinosaur bones, climate change and seismicity in the Northeast were among the environmental and scientific issues discussed by about 1,000 geologists who gathered at the Buffalo Hyatt March 20-23 for the 31st Northeastern Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, sponsored by UB's Department of Geology. Parker Calkin, UB professor of geology, was conference chair.

The program included presentations on local geological and environmental issues, including the West Valley nuclear site, Clarendon-Linden Fault, status of the Buffalo River and the collapse of the Retsof salt mine.

"People think geology is only about rocks and minerals," said Paul Reitan, professor of geology at UB and media coordinator of the conference. "But it's much more than that. At this conference, geologists discussed questions concerning how much water we can pump out of the ground before the well runs dry, the chances of a damaging earthquake hitting New York State and why the beaches are disappearing."

PAROSKI NAMED PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL ALUMNI

Margaret Paroski has been elected president of the Medical Alumni Association of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. John F. Coyne is vice president, and Jared Barlow, treasurer.

Paroski, a specialist in neurology, is an assistant professor of neurology and physiology at UB and clinical director of neurology at ECMC. A 1980 graduate of the medical school, she holds an undergraduate degree from Canisius College.

She is a member of the UB medical school's Dean's Advisory Committee and is president-elect of ECMC's medical/dental staff. A member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American EEG Society, she is medical advisor for the Western New York Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Coyne, a pediatrician, is a UB clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Niagara Falls Community Medical Center. He is a 1985 graduate of the medical school.

Barlow, an anesthesiologist, is medical director of the Millard Fillmore Surgery Center in Williamsville, and a UB clinical associate professor of anesthesiology. He graduated from the medical school in 1966.

Emeritus meeting is double feature

A talk by a UB dental surgeon who has carried out several missions in Africa, and a piano program memorializing the late Sparkle Furnas, will highlight the April meeting of the UB Emeritus Center Tuesday, April 9 at 2 p.m. at the center in Goodyear Hall, South Campus.

William Carl, who has performed dental surgery on natives in several African nations-at times in open fields and jungles-will speak on "Travels in Africa Among the People, Mountains, Plains and Deserts." He is an associate professor in the UB School of Dental Medicine.

Florence DaLuiso, Emeritus member and a UB librarian for many years, will perform piano selections to open and close the program as a memorial tribute to Sparkle Furnas, widow of former UB Chancellor Clifford Furnas. Sparkle Furnas died Feb. 21. A board meeting at 1 p.m. will precede the regular meeting.

IIMAK, FISHER-PRICE "ADOPT" MANAGEMENT COURSES

IIMAK and Fisher-Price each have "adopted" a course in the UB MBA program as part of a pilot program designed to help augment course material and help bridge the gap between the classroom and the workplace.

Executives from IIMAK (International Imaging Materials, Inc.) and Fisher-Price will work with UB management professors to keep them current on issues facing managers. This information will be used in classroom discussion, with students applying theory to real-life examples. Executives also may help evaluate student projects, offer tours of their facilities and talk to students about their own business experiences.

IIMAK, in Amherst, is working with faculty who teach a financial-management course; East Aurora-based Fisher Price has adopted a course in marketing management. The courses are required of all UB MBA students.

"Business schools absolutely must bridge the gap between classroom and workplace," says Frederick W. Winter, dean of the School of Management. "And many executives I've spoken with would like to pass on the knowledge they've learned in the field to students, but there aren't formal programs in place for this type of exchange. The adoption program satisfies both objectives," Winter says

McNair scholars present research at conference

Miguel Belen and Adrian Knight, two outstanding student scholars in the Ronald McNair Program at UB, have been selected to present academic research at the 10th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR-10) at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. The McNair Program is designed to prepare talented students for graduate school.

The annual conference, to be held April 18-20, will feature more than 1,800 undergraduate students from 290 U.S. colleges and universities who will present their research or creative work through lectures, posters, performances or exhibits.

The conference, which began in 1987, travels each year to a different academic site and, in addition to giving students an opportunity to present original research, allows them to meet undergraduates in similar fields and to learn about research in other disciplines.

STUDENTS TO SELL WORK TO SUPPORT ART PROGRAMS

Art students at UB will offer their work for sale Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13, with a portion of each sale going to support programs in the UB Department of Art. There is no admission charge and the public is invited. The sale, a biannual event, will be held from 3-7 p.m. in the atrium of the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

Artwork by graduate and undergraduate students executed in a variety of mediums-painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking and illustration-will be offered for sale. They make great graduation, birthday, Mother's Day and Father's Day gifts.

JOHNSTONE TO DISCUSS U.S. RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

D. Bruce Johnstone, University Professor at UB and former State University of New York chancellor, will address a "UB at SUNRISE" program at 7:30 a.m. April 24, in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus.

Johnstone's topic will be "A Sesquicentennial Look at Higher Education."

Johnstone will discuss how U.S. research universities like UB have reached worldwide prominence, the social and political forces that threaten U.S. research universities and what the future holds for them.

Head of SUNY from 1988-94, Johnstone was president of Buffalo State College from 1979-88. In 1995, he was awarded a $50,000 Ford Foundation grant to form a Learning Productivity Network to share information and best practices in "learning productivity" in higher education.

"UB at SUNRISE" is produced by UB Alumni Association, UB's Office of Conferences and Special Events, News Services and Office of Publications. It also is supported by the Office of University Development and Office for Public Service and Urban Affairs. The Buffalo Marriott is corporate sponsor.

Price of the program, which includes a full breakfast, is $9 for UB Alumni Association members and $10 for others. For more information, call 829-2608. Ticket orders must be received by April 19.

Discussion to focus on human rights concerns

Claude Welch, distinguished service professor of political science, and Omo Omoruyi of Harvard University will lead a discussion on "Linking Environmental and Human Rights Concerns: The Case of the Ogoni of Nigeria" at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 12 in 545 O'Brian Hall, North Campus.

The discussion follows the November execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, world-renowned playwright and leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). For more information, contact the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, 645-2102.