VOLUME 29, NUMBER 9 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1997
ReporterBriefly


Greiner to speak on WBFO Oct. 29
President William R. Greiner will speak to the campus community in a live call-in show Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 7-8 p.m. on WBFO-FM 88.7, UB's National Public Radio affiliate. He'll answer questions from listeners on the show, hosted by WBFO reporter Mike McKay. Call 829-6000 with your questions.

Prof receives award for teaching excellence
Kenneth J. Takeuchi, associate professor of chemistry, has received the inaugural Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics from Dean Joseph J. Tufariello.

The award, which consists of a certificate and a cash prize, recognizes superior teaching, outstanding innovations or sustained superior performance over an extended period in the areas of teaching performance, teaching techniques and materials, instructional scholarship, student services and maintenance of academic standards.

A faculty member since 1983, Takeuchi has received numerous teaching awards, including a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Most recently, he received the Chemical Manufacturers Association's 1997 Responsible Care Catalyst Award.

Sensors that measure substances in blood to be topic of talk
Simple sensors that measure levels of oxygen, drugs, toxins and other substances in human blood simultaneously and in-real time would be a major advance over the current method of detecting only one chemical at a time in a blood sample. Such sensors, now under development by Frank V. Bright, professor of chemistry and medicinal chemistry, will be the subject of a talk he will give at 7 p.m. on Monday in Room 201 of the Natural Sciences Complex on the North Campus. The talk, sponsored by the Sciences Alumni Association, is free and open to the public.

In "Real-Time Sensing in Humans?," Bright will discuss his work in developing small-scale, inexpensive sensors that can be used to monitor and quantify important biochemical and chemical species in vivo in real-time. These sensors would reduce the need for expensive, time-consuming and often imprecise diagnostic tests currently performed in clinical laboratories, Bright said. For more information, call Cindy Nydahl, 645-2531.

Ilene Alt receives Women's Health Award
Ilene Alt, a coordinator for UB's student-health GYN clinic, a member of the allied health professionals staff at Buffalo General Hospital and a nurse health practitioner for Health Care Plan, received the Women's Health Award Oct. 8 from Planned Parenthood of Buffalo and Erie County. The award was one of two presented to outstanding members of the pro-choice community during Planned Parenthood's 65th annual celebration at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

Alt, who has served as a nurse practitioner since 1974, is a co-founder of GYN Women-services, where she served as director of nursing services until 1989. She lectures to graduate nursing students in the nurse-practitioner program in the UB School of Nursing and to students in the physician's-assistant program at D'Youville College.

Pharmacy students receive Women's Club scholarships
Three pharmacy students at UB have been awarded $1,000 scholarships by the Women's Club of the Columbia University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

This year's recipients, chosen on the basis of academic standing and financial need, are Carmen Panetta, Brian Schoenle and William Lam.

The School of Pharmacy is one of four institutions selected to receive funds from the Women's Club when the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Columbia closed.

The SEFA campaign has reached 72 percent of its goal for 1997. For more information on how you can help UB reach its goal, see the SEFA Web site at wings. buffalo.edu/sefa or contact your department liaison.

Payments to UUP members to be made in Nov. 26 check
Eligible members of United University Professions will receive payments authorized under the recently approved contract in the Nov. 26 paycheck.

Jean Dickson, president of the Buffalo Center Chapter of UUP, said that paycheck will include a $1,250 lump-sum payment, and a 1 percent across-the-board raise divided equally among members and added to members' base salaries, about $500 per person. Since this increase is retroactive to July 1996, members will receive a payment on Nov. 26 of $780 per person, Dickson said.

John V. Bell, UB director of accounting and payroll services, confirmed that the payments are scheduled to be made in the Nov. 26 paycheck. However, he noted the payments are subject to approval by the SUNY Board of Trustees, which will meet on Oct. 28.

Union members also are scheduled to receive 3.5 percent across-the-board salary increases in both January 1998 and January 1999.

In addition, 1 percent discretionary salary increases are to be paid in December 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Foul play is ruled out as cause of student's death
Funeral Services were held Tuesday in New York City for a UB sophomore who died Saturday in his apartment near the North Campus.

Town of Amherst police are investigating the death of Daniel J. Kim, 20. While the results of an autopsy conducted by the office of the Erie County medical examiner aren't in yet, police have ruled out foul play in Kim's death.

Barbara J. Ricotta, interim dean of students, said the university has offered counseling to Kim's roommates and friends at UB.

Entrepreneurial center enrolls record class for fall
A record 41 Western New York business owners and operators have enrolled this fall in the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) in the UB School of Management.

The program this fall launched a pilot "Post-CEL" component for 17 graduates of last year's core program who will receive monthly clinics and trouble-shooting advice on topics of interest to their businesses.

The participants receive instruction in the CEL's 10-month core program, designed for successful business leaders who want to grow or better manage their businesses by developing or enhancing entrepreneurial skills. According to Marianne Sullivan, CEL director, the businesses participating this fall average $5 million in sales annually (from $200,000 to $20 million), have been in operation for an average of 22 years (from 2 to 50 years) and employ an average of 30 people (from 2 to 1,200 employees).

The CEL "fellows" participate in a self-assessment program that exposes their entrepreneurial strengths and weaknesses; deliver a detailed presentation about the status of their business and the challenges confronting it; and attend clinics and symposia designed to enhance their understanding of business applications.

In its 11th year of operation, CEL has assisted nearly 250 Western New York businesses, 95 percent of which are still in operation, Sullivan says. The program is hoping to expand to Rochester within the next year and soon will launch an entrepreneurial "help-line," on the Internet from which local entrepreneurs can access the expertise of successful business executives and management professors on topics such as start-up financing, marketing or tax law, she says.

UB to host Buffalo premiere of prizewinning Greek film
An epic odyssey through the Balkan Peninsula will unfold in the Buffalo film premiere of the 1995 Theo Angelopoulos film, "Ulysses' Gaze," a modern rendition of Homer's "Odyssey" starring Harvey Keitel. The film will be screened Nov. 1 in the Center for the Arts Screening Room on the North Campus.

Admission is $20 per person and includes a champagne reception beginning at 2 p.m., followed by a lecture and the film. Two additional screenings will be held at 3 and 7 p.m. Nov. 2. Admission will be $5.50.

The event will be sponsored by Kerry S. Grant, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, and the Hellenic Cultural Committee of Western New York. Proceeds will benefit the Program in Modern Greek offered through the World Languages Institute.

"Ulysses' Gaze," filmed in Greece, Italy, France and the Balkans, won the Grand Jury Prize and International Critics Prize at the 1995 Cannes International Film Festival. Keitel stars as a Homeric Greek film director who embarks on a quest from Athens to Sarajevo to find three long-lost reels of film shot by two Balkan brothers in another era. The journey portrayed gives viewers a compelling eyewitness account of war-torn Sarajevo, while addressing the conflict that is still unraveling. A lecture preceding the screening will be given by Peter Pappas, noted authority on Greek cinematography, who will discuss the film's historical implications. For more information or tickets, call 645-6902, ext. 1494.

Teleconference seton personal investing
UB will broadcast "The Art of Investing: Tips from America's Experts," a free, live satellite teleconference on personal investing, on Tuesday from 3-4:30 p.m. Open to the public, the teleconference will be held in 31 Capen Hall on the North Campus.

The program, originating from New York, will be moderated by Deborah Roberts, news correspondent from ABC's 20/20. Panelists will include personal finance columnist Jane Bryant Quinn; Jerry Farley, president of Washburn University and past chair of the National Association of College and University Business Officers; Chris Farrell, senior economics and business editor, Minnesota Public Radio; James Tobin, 1981 Nobel Laureate in economics, Yale University, and Martin Leibowitz, vice chairman and chief investment officer for TIAA-CREF, program sponsor.

Convocation plannedfor English majors
Students from Western New York colleges and universities will meet to enjoy literature, exchange ideas and consider career choices at a Convocation for Undergraduate English Majors, to be held Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Clemens Hall on the North Campus. Readings will be given by Robert Daly, UB professor of English, and Mick Cochrane, professor of English, Canisius College.

Topics include: How to Transfer from a Two-Year College to a Four-Year College: Michael Pikus, instructor of English, and Larry Bolster, counselor/professor in student affairs, Niagara County Community College; How to Prepare for the GRE and How to Apply to Graduate School: Robert New-man, UB associate professor of English; Journalism as a Career: Lee Smith, UB lecturer in English; Careers for English Majors: Ian Stapley, instructor of English, and Mary Roseberry, assistant professor of English, Niagara County Community College; Law as a Career, Nathan van Loon, third-year law student, UB; Would You Like to Create a Career in a College? Kathy Boone, associate dean, Daemen College; Advertising as a Career: Blair Boone, founder of The Writers' Block: Art Directors/Communicators of Western New York; Nancy Cardillo, creative services manager, Carr Marketing Communications, and Dom Cimei, senior vice president, Creative Services, Marketing Resources of New York.

For more information, call Michael Pikus at 731-3271 or Victor Doyno at 634-9221.

Forum on violenceto be held at UB
A forum on "Violence as a Public Health Issue" will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday in the Center for Tomorrow. Hosted by state Sen. Mary Lou Rath, it will focus on the effects of violence on individuals and the community, as well as the social and monetary costs that result from violent behavior.

In addition to Rath, speakers will be John Johnson, commissioner, state Office of Children and Family Services; Brian Wing, state social services commissioner; Sen. Kemp Hannon, chair, Senate Committee on Health; Attorney General Dennis Vacco; Sens. Thomas Libous, Dale Volker and George Maziarz; Eileen Tully, deputy director, state Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, and Kenneth C. Spitalny, director, Center for Community Health, state health department.

Outreach program to assess health needs
The Department of Family Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has been contracted by the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) to initiate the Bailey Community Outreach Program to assess health needs in the neighborhoods near Bailey Avenue and to promote the Bailey Family Health Center (BFHC) as an available health-care option.

The first phase of the program will survey approximately 2,000 individuals in a door-to-door health assessment to determine how the BFHC can best serve community-health needs.

The center opened in 1996, using a community approach to meet the health-care needs of residents in the Bailey-Gerald area. One of four family health centers operated by ECMC, it is located at 2589 Bailey Ave., just north of East Delavan Avenue. Targeted areas for the survey include households south of the Kensington Expressway to Genesee Street and from Bailey Avenue east to Eggert Road.

The survey is scheduled to begin in late October and continue until the end of the year.

In phase two, physicians at the BFHC will use the information collected during the survey in developing future health-education programs to match residents' needs. The Department of Family Medicine will help seek funding for such programs.

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