UB to follow Monday class schedule on Tuesday
University Registrar Joanne Plunkett reminds members of the university community that due to the Yom Kippur holy day, no classes will be held on Monday until 6 p.m.

Faculty and students will follow a Monday class schedule on Tuesday, Plunkett says.

The Tuesday class schedule will not be followed next week.

Eckert moves to provost's office
Barry Eckert, dean of the School of Health Related Professions, has been named associate provost for institutional educational collaboration.

In his new position, Eckert will work with Provost David Triggle on a review of the university's mission, and develop distance-learning collaborations with other SUNY campuses.

Eckert has been dean of HRP since 1995 and prior to that, served for a year as associate dean for academic affairs and research at the school.

Fountain appointed chair of Geology
John C. Fountain, professor of geology, has been appointed to a three-year term as department chair.

A UB faculty member since 1975, Fountain is nationally known for his research, which uses surfactants - a major ingredient in soaps and detergents - to treat and remove chemical contaminants from underground water supplies.

With his UB colleague Robert Jacobi, professor of geology, he conducted major research using soil gas to delineate fracture systems along the Clarendon Linden Fault Zone and the Akzo-Nobel Retsof salt mine in Western New York to predict areas of future collapse.

Fountain also is director of the department's Environmental Geochemistry Program. The program's members conduct much of their research using surfactants and studying other treatments for water supplies contaminated with non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPL) such as chlorinated solvents, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which flow through fractured rock.

In 1998, Fountain received the Water Environment Federation's Jack Edward McKee Award for outstanding achievement in groundwater protection, restoration or sustainable water use.

"City of Light" author returns for book reading
Buffalo native Lauren Belfer will read from her first novel, "City of Light," at 8 p.m. Friday in Allen Hall on the South Campus. The event will be broadcast live by WBFO FM 88.7.

A romantic thriller set at the turn of the century in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Belfer's novel has been widely praised by critics. The New York Times called it "ingenious," while USA Today noted the book is "breathtaking in its achievement."

The Buffalo News called the novel-which was chosen as a Book of the Month Club selection-"quite possibly the best book of any sort ever written about Buffalo history."

The reading, which will be sponsored by just buffalo Literary Center, Talking Leaves Books and WBFO, is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer period and book signing will be held after the reading.

For more information about the event, call just buffalo at 832-5400.

Youth violence expert to open Baldy Center fall lecture series
Franklin Zimring, an expert on youth violence and juvenile justice, will address "The Common Thread: Diversion and the Aims of Juvenile Justice" today at 3:30 p.m. in 545 O'Brian Hall on the North Campus.

The lecture will be free and open to the public. A reception will be held after the lecture.

The professor of law at the Boalt Hall Law School at the University of California at Berkeley, Zimring also serves as director of the Earl Warren Legal Institute at Berkeley and is the author of "American Youth Violence."

The presentation is the first in the Baldy Center Fall 1999 Visiting Scholar Series. Upcoming speakers will include Nicholas D. Reppucci of the University of Virginia's Department of Psychology on Sept. 30 and Peggy Cooper Davis of New York University's School of Law on Oct. 28.

For more information, call the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy at 645-2102.

Race in memory of UB student Linda Yalem set for Sept. 26
More than 1,600 individuals are expected to race, run, jog, stroll or walk as part of the 10th annual Linda Yalem Memorial Run, to begin at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 26 on the North Campus.

The 5K U.S.A. Track and Field certified course NY90027AM, part of The Buffalo News Runner of the Year Series, will start and finish near Alumni Arena.

Held in memory of a UB student who was assaulted and murdered while jogging on a bike path near the North Campus, the event promotes personal-safety awareness and supports campus-based, crime-prevention programs.

Volunteers are needed from 8 a.m. to noon on race day.

Advance registration is $13 per person if postmarked by Sept. 22. Registration on race day is $16. The cost for students is $10. Checks should be made payable, in U.S. funds only, to the UB Foundation, Inc.

Preregistration application forms and race packets will be available from 4-7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in Alumni Arena. Packets also may be picked up at the arena from 8-9 a.m. on race day.

Registration forms also will be available on the North Campus in 350 Student Union, at the lobby counter of the union and in 130 Alumni Arena, and in 65 Farber Hall and at the Harriman Hall lobby counter on the South Campus. In addition, they will be available at residence hall offices on both campuses.

Awards will be given to the overall male and female finishers in the open division, the top-three male and female finishers in five-year age and wheelchair categories, the top race walkers and the top UB male, female, faculty/staff, student and residence-hall finishers.

Following the awards ceremony, a kids' dash will be held.

For more information, call 716-645-3141 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, or visit the Web site at .

UB sponsors of the event are the Division of Student Affairs, the Anti-Rape Task Force-Sub-Board I, Inc., the Student Association and the Faculty Student Association. The Women's Health Initiative is a run supporter.

ETC to hold grand opening
The Educational Technology Center, created to help faculty members and instructors at UB to incorporate information technology in their teaching, will hold its grand opening ceremony at 4 p.m. Wednesday in 212 Capen, adjacent to the Science and Engineering Library, on the North Campus.

The reception will showcase the ETC's many services and resources and will include remarks by David Willbern, director of the center and associate vice provost for information technology; Provost David Triggle; Joseph Tufariello, senior vice provost for educational technology, and William Fischer, vice provost for faculty development. Refreshments will be served.

The ETC is open to all full- and part-time faculty members, teaching assistants, lecturers and Millard Fillmore College instructors.

The center, which also is designed to enhance general computer literacy, will expose faculty to everything from document-preparation software, email and the Internet to Java script, Web-page design and PowerPoint. It also has a software library where visitors can try out various software packages before deciding to purchase them.

UB grad endows study center for students in dental school
A UB graduate who is a prominent Western New York attorney has honored his brother's memory through an endowment gift for a student study center in the School of Dental Medicine.

Gordon R. Gross, senior partner in the Buffalo law firm Gross, Shuman, Brizdle and Gilfillan, has given $100,000 to establish the Alan J. Gross Student Resource Room.

Gross, a 1955 graduate of the UB Law School, said he could think of no better way to remember his brother, a dentist and a UB faculty member in the dental school who died in 1998. "Alan was an enthusiastic teacher who stayed young because of his actions and attitude of caring about his students and their lives."

Alan Gross' widow, Nancy Gross, concurred. "Nothing meant more to Alan at the school than the students and the quality of education," she added. "My children and I are so proud that this fund will keep the spirit and the memory of Alan alive at the dental school."

Elaine Davis, associate dean for student affairs in the dental school, said: "The resource center is a testament to a wonderful teacher and it provides a much needed study space for the dental-school students."

The center opened this past spring with a few desks, a computer and a small library collection, and Davis said each year she will work with Nancy Gross and student representatives to decide how best to use the yearly interest generated by the fund. Davis said the plan is to expand the current space, add more study carrels, buy additional books and upgrade the computer.

Those wishing to contribute to the Alan J. Gross Student Resource Center fund may contact Eric Alcott at 716-829-2052.

Plunkett to receive Newman Award
Joanne Plunkett, university registrar, will receive the Newman Centers' prestigious Newman Award recognizing distinguished service of students and others in the community at the 23rd Annual Newman Centers' Convocation and Liturgy of the Holy Spirit, to be held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in the flag room on the second floor of the Student Union on the North Campus.

David Ballard, associate director of student unions, will receive the Rev. Raymond J. Murray Campus Ministry Award.

Rev. Msgr. J. Patrick Keleher of the North Campus Newman Center and the Rev. Jacob C. Ledwon of the South Campus Newman Center will conduct the service.

Beach Sweep '99 to be held Saturday
Volunteers are needed to participate in the 11th annual Great Lakes Beach Sweep, which will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday along the banks of Lake LaSalle and the section of Ellicott Creek that runs through the North Campus.

Participants will clean up and document the types of debris found along the campus waterways as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. The data gathered from around the world will be categorized to determine what steps need to be taken to reduce or eliminate the dumping of debris. Last year, 30 UB volunteers removed more than 30 bags of trash.

Participants will meet at 9:45 a.m., rain or shine, near the entrance of Jarvis Hall, next to the Furnas parking lot. Garbage bags, gloves and data cards will be provided.

Volunteers must be age 16 and older. Individuals and groups interested in joining the beach cleanup effort should contact Helen Domske, associate director of UB's Great Lakes Program/New York Sea Grant extension specialist, at 204 Jarvis Hall, North Campus, or by calling 645-3610 or 645-2088.

PSS seminar will look at effect of Internet on life at work and home
The Professional Staff Senate will sponsor "The Internet, You and UB: How Electronic Commerce is Changing Your Job and Your Life," a half-day seminar to be held from 1-4 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Holiday Inn Buffalo-Amherst, 1881 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst.

The seminar is designed to enhance employees' productivity at home and in the office by providing insights into personal and professional uses of electronic media. The seminar will be of interest to those who are thinking about using the Internet, those who already have been marketing their services via the Internet and those who want to learn about future uses of the Internet.

The speaker will be Jim Gerland, president of After Five Internet Applications, executive vice president of EdgeNet, Inc. and a lecturer in the UB Department of Computer Science and Engineering. A representative of Citicorp Services, Inc., also will give a presentation.

The workshop fee is $12, payable to UBF/Professional Staff Senate, and includes lunch. Deadline for registration is Wednesday. For more information, call the PSS Office at 645-2003.

UB to host Kids Voting WNY voter-education conference
Western New York's young adults will get a chance to speak their minds at UB on National Kids Voting Day.

Approximately 500 students from 75 high schools in Erie and Niagara counties will convene at several sites on the North Campus Sept. 28 to participate in a half-day conference on voting behavior and civic responsibility.

The event was organized by Kids Voting WNY, a non-profit voter-education program where students under the voting age participate in a curriculum about the electoral process. The organization receives support from 11 sponsors - called "corporate champions of democracy" - including UB.

Molly Thompson, executive director of Kids Voting WNY, says the organization isn't about promoting political candidates, but rather, making young adults aware of the issues.

Students attending the event will be polled concerning issues of interest to their age group, listen to speakers, view a new Kids Voting video and exchange political views in small group discussions facilitated by UB students.

Students participating in the event, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., also will be polled on party-platform preferences and a host of development issues concerning Buffalo's future.

Mary Gresham, vice president for public service and urban affairs, says the event is aimed at reducing voter apathy among young people.

"It's a national movement to try to rekindle interest in civic behavior," she said.

In addition to the Office of Public Service and Urban Affairs, sponsors of the event include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Division of Student Affairs, the Office of Admissions, the Office of the Provost and the Division of University Services.

Kids Voting WNY is part of the national organization Kids Voting USA.

Dental Meeting to be held Sept. 30, Oct. 1
The 22nd Greater Niagara Frontier Dental Meeting, sponsored by the UB Dental Alumni Association, will be held Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in the Buffalo Convention Center.

Nearly 2,500 dentists, dental researchers, students, educators and dental auxiliaries are expected to attend.

Two firms fund fellowships
The Bergquist Corp. and Custom Electronics, Inc. are betting on the brainpower of UB students by giving gifts to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to fund fellowships for students affiliated with its Energy Systems Institute.

Mark H. Karwan, dean of the engineering school, said the fellowships "reflect true corporate leadership in helping to develop a stronger industry/university partnership." He added: "These companies are providing the margin of excellence required for today's engineers by helping them obtain a quality graduate education."

W. James Sarjeant, professor of electrical engineering and director of the SEAS Energy Systems Institute, formerly known as the High Power Electronics Institute, said the gifts will strengthen UB's graduate-engineering programs by supporting recruitment of talented individuals who will add depth to the school's research efforts.

"These students are willing to ask questions of 'how' and 'why' that may challenge our assumptions, they are thorough in following up on the details, both theoretical and experimental, and with their unbridled enthusiasm, they make the project fun."

Bergquist is giving $35,000 a year for up to six years in support of a doctoral student. The first Bergquist Doctoral Fellow in Energy Systems is electrical engineering student Jennifer Zirnheld.

Bergquist, based in Minneapolis, is a world leader in the manufacture of thermally conductive electrical-isolation interface materials.

Custom, a privately held company in Oneonta that manufactures high-voltage capacitors and high-voltage electronic modules for aerospace and defense applications, is giving $21,000 a year for up to three years to support a master's-level fellowship. Harold Gill is the first Custom Electronics Master Fellow in Energy Systems.

The students are working with Sarjeant in his research on how electronic systems age and how advanced energy systems can become more efficient. Sarjeant said he is taking a very different approach to managing reliability in energy systems, which is critical in the aerospace and defense industries.