Pinsky to give Silverman reading
Robert Pinsky, former U.S. poet laureate, will deliver the 25th Oscar Silverman Annual Poetry Reading at 8 p.m. tomorrow in 250 Baird Hall on the North Campus.

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The reading, part of the Poetics Program's "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" literary series, will be free of charge and open to the public.

It will be presented in memory of Oscar Silverman, the distinguished UB scholar and teacher who chaired the Department of English and directed the University Libraries. Silverman also helped to develop UB's remarkable collection of 20th-century poetry.

Author of "Jersey Rain," "The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems 1966-1996"—which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize—and "The Want Bone," Pinsky was named the U.S. poet laureate and poetry consultant to the Library of Congress in 1997.

The New Jersey native, who teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University and is poetry editor of the weekly Internet magazine Slate, and is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters award, Poetry magazine's Oscar Blumenthal prize and the William Carlos Williams Award.

Second City to perform
Chicago's legendary comedy theatre troupe, The Second City National Touring Company, will perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

The performance will feature some of the best sketches, songs and improvisations from Second City's 40-plus year history; some material may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

Founded in Chicago in 1959, Second City has become one of the premier training grounds for the world's best and brightest comedians. Among the group alumni are Mike Nichols, Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Robert Klein, Peter Boyle, Harold Ramis, John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, George Wendt, Martin Short, John Candy, Chris Farley and Mike Myers.

Second City will appear at UB as part of the CFA's Off Center Series, sponsored by the Student Association. The series media sponsor is WBFO 88.7 FM, UB's National Public Radio affiliate.

Tickets for The Second City National Touring Company are $12 for the general public and $10 for UB students and are available from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations. For more information, call 645-ARTS.

East Indian musicians to perform in Slee
A concert featuring some of India's premier "musical ambassadors" will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 in Slee Concert Hall, North Campus.

The concert will be presented by Triveni, a non-profit organization that brings the finest East Indian classical musicians and dancers to Buffalo.

Featured in the concert will be Shankar, on double violin, Zakir Hussain, on tabla, and Gingger, on double violin.

Tickets are priced at $20-$30 and are available at Super Bazaar and at Asian Market, both on Sheridan Drive in Amherst, or by calling Mamta Bhargava at 689-6294.

Death penalty to be topic of luncheon
The death penalty, one of the most controversial issues in American society, will be the topic of the UB Alumni Association's Senior Alumni Luncheon program at noon on Nov. 16 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

Addressing the topic will be Diane Christian, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of English, and Bruce Jackson, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture, also in the Department of English.

The cost is $14 for UB Alumni Association members and $16 for non-members. Call 829-2608 for reservations.

Author to participate in WBFO book club
Witold Rybczynski, an expert in architecture, design and urbanism, will participate in the WBFO's Book-Club-of-the-Air, a live, in-studio program broadcast on WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB.

The broadcast will take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Allen Hall on the South Campus.

The focus of the show will be Rybczynski's "The Look of Architecture," which addresses the significance of style and fashion in architecture. Listeners are invited to call in at 829-6000.

Later in the day, Rybczynski will give a public talk at 8 p.m. in the Allen Hall theatre. He will discuss his book, "A Clearing in the Distance," a biography of Frederick Law Olmsted.

The cost is $7. Call 832-5400 for tickets.

Grantsmanship workshops planned for faculty members
A series of workshops designed for faculty members who want to learn the "ins and outs" of applying for National Institutes for Health grants will be presented this month by the Office of the Vice President for Research.

The workshops, which will be in lecture format with time devoted to questions and answers, will focus on a different topic each week. The level of discussion will range from the very basic, "What is NIH?" to the more complex, "How much do you get in Phase II of an SBIR, versus an STTR?" All sessions will be conducted from an "insider's" perspective.

The same lecture will be given twice each week—on the North Campus from 7:30-9:30 a.m. on Mondays, beginning Nov. 5 and running through Nov. 26 in 200-G Baldy Hall, and on the South Campus from 4-6 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning today and running through Nov. 29 (except for Thanksgiving) in the Lippschutz Room, 125 Biomedical Education Building. Participants can attend at either location. Registration is not required. The lectures are open to all faculty, professional staff, students and fellows.

The agenda for the workshops:

• Week 1: Overview of Workshops: Deconstructing the NIH as an Agency; Contacting NIH—Who, How and When
• Week 2: Grant Mechanisms: Career, Training and Research Grant Mechanisms; Supplements; Success Rates Revealed
• Week 3: How to Write a Winning Proposal, Part I: The Idea, Collaborations, Pilot Data and Background/Progress Report. Since this is Thanksgiving week, this lecture will be held only on Monday on the North Campus.
• Week 4: How to Write a Winning Proposal, Part II: Specific Aims Page, the Research Plan, the Budget

The series will culminate on Dec. 5 with mock study sessions to be conducted by NIH scientific review administrators who will fly in from NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Md., specifically for the event.

The sessions, which will review proposals from three different disciplinary areas ranging from "cells to society," will be held from noon to 5 p.m. in a location to be announced.

Pre-registration is required for the mock study sections. Seating is limited; therefore only faculty may attend.

Anyone interested in participating in the mock study sessions may contact Joseph Cusker at 645-3321 or cusker@research.buffalo.edu to pre-register.

Updates and additional information will be posted at www.research.buffalo.edu/events.

Graduate Student Association to present mini-film festival
The Graduate Student Association will present a Fall Mini-Film Festival at 7 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

"Canticle of the Stones" will be screened today and "Bossa Nova" will be shown tomorrow.

"Canticle of the Stones" tells the story of how two Palestinians overcome difficulties to find true love.

"Bossa Nova," set in Rio de Janerio, is a funny, feel-good film about being in love.

A reception will be held before the screening.

For more information, contact the GSA at 645-2960.

Comedian to perform
Scott Thompson, who spent six years as a member of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall, will present his one-man show at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.

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During his stint with The Kids in the Hall, Thompson brought his outlandish comedic powers to bear in some of the funniest portrayals skit television has ever seen. From his priceless portrayal of gay barfly Buddy Cole to his glowing parody of the Queen of England, he's proved that he's anything but your average stand-up comic. The Kids In the Hall, which aired on CBC and CBS after a six-year run on HBO, now appears regularly on Comedy Central.

Thompson also was a cast member on HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show" for three years.

His one-man show is part of the CFA's Off Center Series, which is sponsored by the undergraduate Student Association. The series media sponsor is WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB. Some material may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

Tickets for Scott Thompson are $21 for the general public and $16 for UB students, and are available from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday in the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations.

For more information, call 645-ARTS.

Charlie Hunter Quartet to perform
The Center for the Arts will present an evening with The Charlie Hunter Quartet at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Mainstage theater of the CFA on the North Campus.

Media sponsor for the concert is WBFO 88.7 FM, UB's National Public Radio affiliate.

Returning to UB by popular demand for the third consecutive year, Charlie Hunter plays a unique, eight-string guitar that allows him to cover deep, rich bass lines with chordal accompaniment and single-note melody lines simultaneously in a synthesis of jazz, fusion, funk, blues and rock.

Reaching a very diverse audience, Hunter continues to explore what he calls "improvisational-oriented pop music," expanding the palette and reach of jazz to a new generation.

He will appear in the Mainstage with conga player Chris Lovejoy, drummer Stephen Chopek and saxophonist John Ellis. The quartet has been together for more than a year, and has played 200 shows.

Tickets for The Charlie Hunter Quartet are $16.50 for the general public and $14 for UB students, and are available from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday in the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations.

For more information call 645-ARTS.

Evidence-based health care the focus of conference
"Teaching for Tomorrow," a conference about evidence-based health care, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the University Inn and Conference Center, North Forest Road, Getzville.

The primary goal of evidence-based health care is to make conscientious and judicious use of current best evidence in the decision-making process regarding the care of patients. Combining individual clinical expertise with the most current and best available external clinical evidence from systematic research, it is a system-wide approach that seeks the involvement of all professions associated with health care.

The program will focus on evidence-based health care as an important movement in improving the quality of health care, and will bring together faculty in the health professions and librarians to discuss strategies for teaching evidence-based health care principles. The goal is to insure that faculty and students in the health professions apply EBHC principles in clinical practice and adopt its methods.

Speakers from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, will share their collective experience and knowledge based on that school's outstanding EBHC programs. A panel of faculty and librarians from the UB health sciences schools will relate their experiences in integrating EBHC into their teaching.

The conference is sponsored by the Health Sciences Library and the schools of Health-Related Professions, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Nursing. Additional support was provided by the Friends of the Health Sciences Library, the Department of Family Medicine and the Western New York Library Resources Council Hospital Library Services Program.

Continuing education credits through the various schools represented at the conference are available.

For more information, contact Heather Munger at 829-3900, ext. 110, or hmunger@acsu.buffalo.edu.