Dec. 9 issue to be last of fall semester
Today's issue of the Reporter will be the final one published for the fall semester. The regular publication schedule will resume on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2000.

SEFA tops $700,000
The 1999 State Employees Federal Appeal (SEFA) campaign has topped $700,000, the most raised in the campaign's history.

The campaign has brought in $700,995 as of Monday, more than $45,000 over its goal of $655,000 (see chart on page 3 for the SEFA Progress Report listing individual units' contributions).

The highest total previously collected in a SEFA campaign was $687,194.

UB traditionally has been one of the largest contributors nationally to United Way campaigns among institutions of higher education.

SEFA benefits the United Way, as well as other local, national and international human-services organizations.

Psychologists garner national awards
Three faculty members in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences have been recognized nationally for their research in the field of personal relationships.

Joanne Davila, assistant professor, received the Young Investigator Award from the Relationships Special Interest Group of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology. She was invited to present a paper titled "Toward an Understanding of Adult Attachment Stability and Change" at the society's annual conference in October.

Sandra Murray, assistant professor, received the New Contribution Award from the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships for her paper, "Through a Looking Glass Darkly? When Self-doubts Turn Into Relationship Insecurities."

The paper was chosen for the award from all research published in this field for the past two years. The society commended Murray's paper for its "significant and original contribution to the study of personal relationships."

Frank Fincham, professor of psychology, was chosen to be the first contributor for a new feature section in the journal Personal Relationships called "Distinguished Scholar Article." Personal Relationships is the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships. Fincham's paper is titled "The Kiss of the Porcupines: From Attributing Responsibility to Forgiving."

Emeritus Center schedules meeting
A meeting of the Emeritus Center will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the South Lounge in Goodyear Hall on the South Campus.

Pianist Stephen Manes, chair of the Department of Music, and flutist Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, a lecturer in the department of Music, will present "Music of the Season."

For more information, call the Emeritus Center at 829-2271.

Glazier to discuss EPC
"Teaching (Electronic) Poetries: Technology, Pedagogy and the Electronic Poetry Center" will be the topic of a talk from noon to 1 p.m. today in 218 Baldy Hall on the North Campus.

Loss Pequeno Glazier, founder of the Electronic Poetry Center (EPC) http://epc.buffalo.edu/, will discuss the site, which, over the past few years, has emerged as a uniquely important, worldwide resource for the production and dissemination of new and experimental poetry.

Glazier's talk is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Technology in Education.

UB continues program with Riga university
UB and Riga Technical University (RTU) in Latvia have signed a five-year agreement to continue the scholarly exchange and collaboration between the two universities that was begun in 1991.

Under the original agreement, UB, the University of Ottawa and RTU collaborated to found the Riga Business School (RBS) at RTU-which offered the first Western-style MBA program in Eastern Europe. UB also established an English Language Center at RBS to instruct students before they entered the MBA core program, which is taught entirely in English.

The new agreement allows RBS faculty to enroll in doctoral programs at UB, and UB School of Management faculty to teach at RBS. It permits RBS' English Language Center faculty to pursue master's and doctoral studies in second-language education at UB, and UB's English Language Institute to send interns and instructors to the RBS center.

Search committee recommends King to be SUNY chancellor
A search committee of the SUNY Board of Trustees Monday unanimously recommended the appointment of Robert L. King, New York State's budget director, as the next SUNY chancellor.

The Board of Trustees is expected to vote on King's appointment at its meeting Tuesday at the College of Optometry. King would replace Chancellor John W. Ryan, who is retiring after serving more than three years in the post. Ryan will be remain at SUNY as chancellor emeritus.

"The full search committee has made a marvelous recommendation to the trustees in Bob King, who has a tremendous range of experiences to bring to bear on the office of chancellor," said President William R. Greiner, who served as a member of the advisory committee to the search committee. "All will stand him in good stead. His knowledge of New York State government, the executive chamber, and his experience as director of the Division of the Budget are all terrific preparation for the chancellor's role.

"Although to some it may appear to be an unconventional choice, it's not if one understands modern higher education and the challenges specifically facing SUNY," Greiner pointed out. "Bob King has demonstrated outstanding management and leadership skills and a political awareness that is necessary in the SUNY system administration office.

"SUNY has been fortunate to have the wise leadership of Chancellor Ryan over the past few years; we at UB feel equally fortunate that a person of such accomplishment as Bob King will take the helm of SUNY, and look forward to working with him in his new role."

Added Thomas F. Egan, chair of the board of trustees and head of the search committee: "Bob King is exceptionally well-tuned to the state university's new focus on performance, efficiency and accountability, which our campus presidents have begun implementing with dramatically positive results.

"He will work effectively with our campuses to build on this momentum and advance us to the front ranks of American public higher education."

As budget director, King is primarily responsible for producing the governor's Executive Budget and for implementing all aspects of what is now a $73 billion spending and revenue plan. Prior to his appointment as budget director in February 1998, he served for three years as director of the governor's Office of Regulatory Reform, a post in which he was credited with cutting $2.7 billion in state regulatory costs.

A graduate of Trinity College who earned his law degree at Vanderbilt University, King served from 1992-94 as Monroe County executive and was a member of the state Assembly from 1987-91. He also has held senior executive positions in several companies in the computer software and electronics industries.

TCIE recognized by trade group
The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) in the UB Business Alliance has been recognized for its outstanding work by the National Association of Management and Technical Assistance Centers (NAMTAC).

TCIE received an award as one of nine outstanding "Projects of the Year" in the category of technology transfer for its work with the Rochester-based firm OhmCraft, Inc., entitled "Resistor Development and Characterization."

The project was led by Tim Mattulke, project manager for the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR) at UB.

The UB project involved TCIE's work with OhmCraft, which manufactures specialty resistors for electronic components, to expand its current product line, improve production and better evaluate the performance of resistors. OhmCraft wanted to expand the capabilities of its research-and-development department, but lacked the financing. So TCIE worked with the company to obtain New York State funding through SPIR, based in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, which was used to underwrite some of the project's costs. With the alliance providing project management and support services, OhmCraft increased employment from 20 to 60 workers over two years and constructed a new facility.

Designed to provide research-and-development support and technical expertise to small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, SPIR has funded more than 470 projects during the past year.

Mattulke says SPIR "aims to bolster the state economy by promoting the transfer of knowledge from university to industry."

The award was presented to Mattulke at the annual conference of NAMTAC, a nonprofit association that provides advocacy, information and a forum in which to enhance the performance of organizations that provide business, economic development and technical assistance.

$11,000 gift to aid Ukrainian studies
The Buffalo Group-Ukrainian American Business and Professional Association recently presented a $11,000 check to the College of Arts and Sciences to further Ukrainian studies in the college.

The gift, presented to Dean Kerry Grant, will be used for the Ukrainian Studies Fund, which hopes to establish a study-abroad program in Ukraine; promote scholarly exchanges between UB and Ukrainian universities; support Ukrainian cultural exhibitions at UB; assist the University Libraries in the expansion of the Ukrainian collection; establish and support scholarships at the undergraduate and graduate level for domestic students who want to study the history, language and culture of Ukraine, and to offer support to eligible students from Ukraine who wish to study at UB.

The contribution was given in memory of Myroslaw Hreshchyshyn, former chair of the Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Hillel students to visit Israel in January
Twenty students affiliated with Hillel of Buffalo will visit Israel Jan. 5-16 as part of Israel 2000, a pilot program funded through Birthright Israel, a group of philanthropists, Hillel and the Israeli government.

Hillel of Buffalo was one of only 80 Hillel foundations of the campus-based educational, cultural and religious affiliates selected to participate.

The trip will include tours of ancient and modern sites punctuated with interactions and discussions with Israelis at an archeological dig at Beit Guvrin, the ancient port in the old city of Jaffa, a kibbutz in Northern Israel, the Knesset or parliament, Jerusalem and the museum and memorial of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem.

UB to celebrate Millard's birthday
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, UB's first chancellor and 13th president of the United States, will be observed in ceremonies to be held at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

The annual observance honors Fillmore, who played a major role in the founding of numerous cultural, civic and community organizations in Erie County.

Kerry Grant, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will speak at the ceremony.

A reception will follow.