Creeley wins Lannan award

Robert Creeley, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Professor in the Department of English, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lannan Foundation.

The award, which carries a purse of $200,000, recognizes writers who have made significant contributions to English-language literature. Creeley is the eighth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

A recipient of the prestigious Bollingen Prize, Creeley has written more than 75 volumes of poetry. His most recent stand-alone volume, "Life and Death," was published in 1998.

Dansereau named fellow of APS

Fred Dansereau, professor of organizational and human resources in the School of Management, has been named a fellow of the American Psychological Society (APS).

The prestigious scientific society has close to 15,000 members world-wide. Fellowship status is awarded to APS members who have made "sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, and application."

Dansereau was awarded fellowship status in recognition of his significant and programmatic research on leadership theory and the simultaneous management of individuals, teams and organizations. He is the co-author of four books, the author of more than 60 published articles and the co-editor of an annual book series.

Milbrath to be honored by ESI

Lester W. Milbrath, professor emeritus of political science and sociology, will receive a Lifetime Environmental Achievement Award from the UB Environment and Society Institute (ESI) today during the Learning Sustainability Regional Community Forum, to be held in the Buffalo Convention Center.

In addition to the award, the ESI has established The Lester W. Milbrath Environment and Society Institute Fellowship in his honor. The fellowship will be awarded annually to a graduate student who has the potential to excel in interdisciplinary environmental study and research.

Milbrath directed the UB Environmental Studies Center from 1976-87, and was associate provost for social science and director of the Social Science Research Institute from 1969-76.

Women's club lists activities

The UB Women's Club has announced the schedules for all the club's activities for the coming year.

The club fields groups pursing a variety of interests, including books, bridge, gardening, needlework, evening gourmet and gourmet techniques, tennis, cross-country skiing and French conversation.

Interested parties should contact Julia Cohan at 645-3286 or visit the club's Web site at http://wings.buffalo.edu/org/womens.

UB to hold Desmond moot court contest

More than 50 second- and third-year UB law students are expected to participate in the 2001 Charles S. Desmond Moot Court Competition, to be held Oct. 22-26.

Preliminary rounds will be held Oct. 22-24 in the law school in O'Brian Hall on the North Campus. Quarter- and semi-final rounds will be held Oct. 25 in the Erie County Courthouse. The final round will take place Oct. 26 in the Law School's new courtroom in O'Brian Hall, and will be heard by jurists who include Hon. Julio M. Fuentes (U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit), Hon. Judith Lieb (Criminal Court of the City of New York), and Hon. Barbara Howe (Supreme Court, Eighth Judicial District).

A banquet for competitors and board members, sponsored by the UB Law Alumni Association, will follow the final round of competition. Participants will receive awards and the winning team will be announced.

This year's competition problem will involve the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) and whether it violates First Amendment freedoms. Competitors will argue the case of Ashcroft v. ACLU, a case scheduled for oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 28.

Ballet cancels performance

Due to increased national and international travel concerns, Ballet British Columbia has cancelled its performance of "The Faerie Queen" scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

A new date will be announced. Ticket refunds are available at point of purchase.

James Magavern to receive law school's Jaeckle Award

James L. Magavern, a member of the law firm Magavern, Magavern & Grimm LLP, will receive the Jaeckle Award, the highest honor bestowed by the UB Law School and its Alumni Association, at the 26th Annual Alumni Convocation and 2001 Jaeckle Award Luncheon to be held at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

The Jaeckle Award is given annually to an individual who has distinguished himself or herself and has made significant contributions to the UB Law School and the legal profession. It is named after its first recipient, the late Edwin F. Jaeckle, a UB alumnus, who for decades was a towering figure in the legal profession and in local, state and national politics. Previous winners have included Vincent E. Doyle, Matthew J. Jasen, Manly Fleischmann, John T. Curtin and M. Dolores Denman.

Dean R. Nils Olsen Jr. will present the award to Magavern at the luncheon, which will follow a morning-long continuing legal-education program.

A 1959 graduate of the UB Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Buffalo Law Review, Magavern has concentrated his practice in health care, corporate, and state and local government law.

He has served as counsel to the New York State comptroller, county attorney of Erie County and assistant attorney general of New York State.

In the 1970s, Magavern served as a legal consultant and expert for the United Nations Development Program in the Philippines and as a legal advisor on national housing policy for the government of South Korea.

An adjunct professor in the Law School, Magavern has taught full-time and part-time at UB since 1963, and is a member of the Law School's Dean's Advisory Council.

The law school's 26th annual alumni convocation, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon, will focus on appellate practice and procedures and the ethics implications of high-profile cases.

Long-time employees to be recognized at reception

President and Mrs. William R. Greiner will host on Nov. 8 a service-recognition reception honoring faculty and staff members who have completed 30 and 40 years of service to UB.

To be honored for 40 years of service will be Ruth Bryant, Architecture and Planning; David Cadenhead, Chemistry; Vera Lobdell, Records and Registration, and Neal Niesen, Microbiology.

To be recognized for 30 years of service will be Robert Ackerhalt, Nuclear Medicine; William Allen, History; Lorna Arrington, Educational Opportunity Center; Harvey Axlerod, Academic Services, CIT; Warren Barbour, Anthropology; Leroy Barnhard, Facilities Operations, University Facilities; Thomas Barry, Classics; George Bobinski, Library and Information Studies; James Britt, University Police; Patricia Brock, Industrial Engineering; Gerard Bucher, Modern Languages and Literatures; Barbara Bunker, Psychology; Josephine Capuana, University Honors Program; Charles Carman, Art History; Michelle Chasse, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering; Kah Kyung Cho, Philosophy; Diane Christian, English; Ronald Cichocki, Operational Support Services, CIT; Anne Coe, Medicine; John Corcoran, Philosophy.

Also, James Cownie, Accounting and Budget Services; Donna Cross, University Development; Charles Dunn, Technical Support Services, CIT; John Duskin, Mathematics; Albert Ermanovics, Student Unions; Barbara Evans, Academic Services, CIT; Frederic Fleron Jr., Political Science; Ho Leung Fung, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Suzanne Gale, Arts and Sciences; Billy Gant, Student Health; Debra Gidzinski, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Patricia Hambridge, Accounts Payable; Edward Hammer, Facilities Operations, University Facilities; Sheryl Harvey, Dental Medicine; Robert Joynt, Restorative Dentistry; Thomas Kalman, Chemistry; Robert Klocke, Medicine; Daniel Kosman, Biochemistry; Antonette Lazarro, University Libraries, Central Technical Services.

Also, Barry Lentnek, Geography; Jerry Linder, Human Resource Services; Dean Marky, Research in Special Environments; Roger Mayne, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Donna McKernan, University Libraries; Ida McLean, Admissions; Joseph Merrick, Microbiology; Edward W. Michael, Athletics; Sarunas Milisauskas, Anthropology; Barbara Montgomery, Student Health; Russell Nisengard, Dental Medicine; Carole Orsolits, Linguistics; Albert Pautler, Educational Leadership and Policy; Donna Phelan, Academic Services, CIT; Michael Potoczak, Educational Opportunity Center; Florence Prine, State Accounts Payable; William Ridley III, Educational Opportunity Center; Joel Rose, Academic Services, CIT; Margaret Rose-French, Research Foundation Employment Services; Michael Rott, Operational Support Services, CIT.

Also, Patricia Ruggiero, University Libraries, Central Technical Services; Peter Scott, Computer Science and Engineering; Mark Shechner, English; Karen Smith, Lockwood Library; Garry Soehner, University Residence Halls; Edmond Strainchamps, Music; Richard Taber, Operational Support Services, CIT; Constantine Tung, Modern Languages and Literatures; Joy Vella, Management; Raymond Volpe, Academic Services; Mary Ann Wachowiak, Law Library; Edward Watson, Educational Opportunity Center; James Whalen, Electrical Engineering; Edward L. Wright, Athletics.

Comic magicians Penn & Teller to perform

The Center for the Arts will present comedic magicians Penn & Teller at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Mainstage theater in the CFA on the North Campus.

A couple of eccentric guys who have learned how to do a few cool things, Penn & Teller have performed together since 1975, and their award-winning theater show has been a long running hit, both on and off -Broadway. The duo keeps a busy schedule, performing live more than 100 times per year.

After playing small clubs, theaters and the Renaissance Fair circuit, Penn & Teller's off-beat brand of magic and comedy gained national attention when their stage show opened off-Broadway in 1985, leading to appearances on "Late Night with David Letterman," "Saturday Night Live" and "Miami Vice." In 1987, their stage show moved to Broadway, the first of two successful runs.

Penn & Teller recently were named two of the funniest people alive in Entertainment Weekly's "50 Greatest Comedians Today" issue.

Tickets for Penn & Teller are $35, $31 and $26 for the general public and $31, $27 and $22 for UB students. Tickets are available at the CFA box office from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and at all Ticketmaster locations.

For more information call 645-ARTS.

Baldy Center to present symposium

The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, the Mitchell Lecture Fund and the Buffalo Environmental Law Journal will present a symposium, "Environmental Law and Stewardship for a Sustainable Society," Saturday in the Law School in O'Brian on the North Campus.

The symposium is part of a regional community forum, "Learning Sustainability: Achieving Environmental, Social and Economic Well-Being," that began yesterday and will run through Saturday in the Buffalo Convention Center.

The forum, co-sponsored by the UB Environment and Society Institute and The Green Gold Development Corporation of Buffalo, is designed to encourage a regional discussion about the global and local issues of sustainability as they affect Western New York's economics, environment and social choices.

Among the topics to be explored at the Saturday symposium at UB are "Theoretical Perspectives on Environmental Law and Sustainability," "Linking Public and Private Responsibilities for Sustainability," and "Environmental Law: Progress Toward Sustainability?"

For more information on the symposium, as well as the regional forum, go to www.sustain.buffalo.edu/index.html or call Errol Meidinger at 645-6692.

"King Of Queens" star Kevin James to perform at UB

Comic Kevin James, star of the hit television sitcom "The King of Queens," will perform Saturday as part of UB's Homecoming and Family Weekend 2001.

He will perform at 8 p.m. in Alumni Arena on the North Campus. Doors will open at 7 p.m.

The show will be sponsored by the Office of Student Unions & Activities, the undergraduate Student Association and Kiss 98.5.

After attending Cortland State College, James got his start in stand-up comedy the old-fashioned way—at an open mic night. His big break came at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival, followed by a development deal with NBC to create his own show. He also was cast in a recurring role on the CBS comedy series "Everybody Loves Raymond," with his friend and fellow comic, Ray Romano.

When NBC didn't order his pilot, CBS, knowing James from his work on "Raymond," snapped it up. "The King of Queens" now is in its third season.

James has starred in a one-hour comedy special, "Sweat the Small Stuff," for Comedy Central and has hosted the "Peoples Choice Awards" and the pre-game show at the 2001 Super Bowl for the NFL. He also was a presenter at the American Comedy Awards and the 2000 Grammy Awards, and appears regularly on the "Late Show with David Letterman."

Tickets for James' UB performance are $15 for UB students and $17 for the general public. There will be general seating.

Tickets are available through Tickets.Com outlets in Tops or at www.tickets.com, or by calling 888-4000. Tickets may also be purchased at the Alumni Arena Box Office or the Sub Board I Ticket Office located in 221 Student Union, both on the North Campus. Tickets also will be sold at the door while seats remain available.

Jazz trio to perform

The Center for the Arts will present Medeski Martin & Wood at 8 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Mainstage theatre in the CFA on the North Campus.

Organist John Medeski, percussionist Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood formed the band that bears their names in New York City in 1991. The members previously had played with such avant-garde jazz groups as the Lounge Lizards and John Zorn's Masada. The band's funky version of jazz-fusion and deep, improvisatory grooves earned them a stellar reputation on the club circuit as a live act. Nine years of tireless touring and nine albums later, Medeski Martin & Wood still is progressing, pushing the envelope and assimilating new styles—and new fans—into its universe.

Tickets for Medeski Martin & Wood are $20 for the general public and $17.50 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.

Philippine dance company to perform

The Philippine National Dance Company Bayanihan will present the third performance in the Center for the Arts 2001-02 KeyBank Dance Series at 8 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Mainstage theater in the CFA on the North Campus.

The performance is sponsored by KeyBank.

The company, which has performed all over the world, takes its name from the ancient Filipino tradition of Bayanihan—working together for the common good. It is this spirit of togetherness that bonded parents, teachers, researchers, technicians, dancers and musicians, working as one in a common effort to achieve the objectives of the company.

The first Filipino group to perform on Broadway, Bayanihan also was the first non-American dance company to take the stage at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, as well as the first Philippine cultural group to perform in Russia, the People's Republic of China and throughout South America.

Tickets for Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company are $20, $16, $12 for the general public, and $10 for UB students. Discount coupons are available at all area KeyBank locations. Tickets 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.