Smithers Environmental Risk Sciences will be coming to UB to meet with our undergraduates on May 5th and discuss career opportunities and internships at their company. Representatives will be at UB on May 5, from 4-6 PM in Natural Sciences Complex Room 684.
University Communications (UC) is seeking an organized and self-motivated editorial assistant to work with the editorial team for 8 hours a week. Duties include content creation and management for the university homepage and other editorial/administrative duties as needed. The editorial assistant also serves on a committee tasked with updating the UB style guide to reflect our institutional values of diversity, equity and inclusion. The ideal candidate will have strong writing and research skills, careful attention to detail, a high level of digital literacy and the ability to work productively on a team. Interested candidates should apply at https://www.buffalo.edu/career/bullseye.on-campus-employer.html (posting No. 6279343).
For questions about whether these courses will count toward your university requirements, please speak to your academic advisor.
T/R 6:00-7:20 PM SEATED Instructor M. Schwartz
This course will familiarize students with social media and social networking as they influence community change. Specifically, students will be introduced to the fundamental terms and concepts of social media and networking, including various interfaces, tools, and platforms that may be leveraged to promote community change and development. Students will also explore existing scholarship and best practices, as well as issues of social justice, trauma and adversity, social disadvantage, and human rights as they apply to the democratization of technology.
This course provides a general introduction to the history, organizations, strategies, and practice issues related to community organizing and development. Specifically, this course examines different types of community organizing and development approaches including, but not limited to workforce development, neighborhood revitalization, and arts and culture. Current trends and strategies for organizing residents and collaborating with community-based organizations on development initiatives are explored. This course also introduces empowerment, strengths-based, human rights, and trauma-informed perspectives as frameworks for developing, exploring, and analyzing community organizing and development efforts in urban and rural settings.
This course provides the foundational knowledge to understand and recognize child maltreatment in diverse settings. The course covers the historical and comparative perspectives, including a trauma-informed and human rights perspective, on child maltreatment, with an emphasis on improving outcomes for children and families. This course is designed for, but not limited to, students who are interested in public health, social work, human services, nursing and other health professions, sociology, psychology, law, and education.
This course is designed to increase student understanding of the adverse experiences of children growing up in various countries. The purpose of this course is to expose students to considerations of socioeconomics, health, culture, religion, and politics and how these affect the welfare and well-being of children across the world. This course examines advocacy efforts using a trauma-informed, human rights framework.
T/R 6:00-7:20 PM REMOTE Instructor K. Heim
This course is designed to provide students with practical and theoretical knowledge and skills for addressing and resolving conflict through the use of mediation and negotiation strategies and tactics. Students will explore the ways in which power operates in a variety of approaches, theories, and perspectives, including conflict theories and styles, strategies for empowering relevant parties in managing conflict through negotiation, and techniques and frameworks for third party intervention.
The Department of Learning and Instruction, in The Graduate School of Education, is looking for “Science Ambassadors,” UB students interested in science education and outreach, to support local biology teachers in the Buffalo Public Schools. This is a full academic year (2022-2023) commitment, in which the ambassadors are paired with a teacher and spend 4 hour per week working collaboratively in that teacher’s classroom. During the fall semester, the ambassadors are enrolled in a 3 credit course, during which they share experiences, discuss classroom challenges, and develop educational strategies to be used in the classes. The ambassadors stay paired with the same teacher and are paid for their time in the classroom during the Spring 2023 Semester. It is highly recommended that interested students have transportation to get to and from their assigned schools.
Interested students should reach out to Dr. Sandra Small (sksmall@buffalo.edu) to discuss their interest and commitment, as instructor approval is required to enroll in the course.
The Honors College is excited to host author Keith O’Brien for a small group discussion about his new book, Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe.
“The staggering story of an unlikely band of mothers in the 1970s who discovered Hooker Chemical’s deadly secret of Love Canal—exposing one of America’s most devastating toxic waste disasters and sparking the modern environmental movement as we know it today.”
KEITH O’BRIEN has written for The New York Times, Politico, and The Boston Globe. A longtime contributor to National Public Radio, he has appeared on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and This American Life, among other programs. See a short trailer for the book here.
The first fifteen people who RSVP for the event will receive a free copy of the book.
RSVP here
Title: Social Media Multimedia Content and Engagement Assistant
UB Department: University Communications
Website: www.buffalo.edu
Supervisor: Kaileigh Saeva, Social Media Specialist, kaileigh@buffalo.edu
716-645-4577, 330 Crofts Hall, UB North Campus
Application Due Date: April 27th, 2022
Application Deadline: Applications accepted immediately, until position is filled
Position Start / End Date: Flexible start dates beginning May 2022
Paid Position? Yes ($13.20/hr)
Position Details
Department Profile
UB’s division of University Communications (UC) is responsible for university-wide communications and marketing — including branding, media relations, digital (web, social media), editorial/content, and creative design — for the University at Buffalo (UB). The division is highly visible, nationally recognized, and its award-winning communication products represent the public face of the university. As a member of UC’s Digital Communications & Strategy team, you will help us transform the way content is created, distributed and tracked on social media, the web, and other digital communication platforms. You will support the department’s efforts to monitor and shape perceptions, fulfill information needs and provide exceptional service to external and internal audiences of UB.
As our Social Media Multimedia Content and Engagement Assistant you will focus on promoting UB by creating multimedia assets with strong visual acuity to amplify and enhance the research, stories and people of UB.
Additional tasks include:
You will also learn how to communicate on behalf of the brand and capture UB’s distinct mission and culture.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will:
Hours
Responsibilities
The Social Media Content/Engagement Assistant will work directly with the Social Media Specialist and collaboratively with other members of the UC team to accomplish the following goals:
Qualifications
To apply:
Applications are being accepted immediately with a cut off of April 27, 2022. Start date is flexible.
The University at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Thursday, April 28
5:30pm to 7:00pm
508 Clemens Hall
Check out the IDS Office and student center
Explore Fall 2022 Courses
Meet IDS Professors
Enjoy food and drinks!
Learn about the new IDS Minor
Questions, want to learn more: indigenous-studies@buffalo.edu or 716-645-7923
Thursday, April 21st 2022
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Capen Hall 259 – Meeting Room – Capen Hall
One perk of being in the Government, Law, International Affairs + Policy Career Community meetups like this! 
The secret is out! Searching for a job or internship in the federal government doesn’t need to be so hard. Join Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, for a meet up to learn:
How to use online tools to explore different job/internship postings in the federal government.
Tips on what to expect from the application process.
Insights into the Pathway program.
How to make professional friends because **spoiler alert** 80% of people find jobs or internships from the people they know. 
Sign up through the link below!
As in the past several years, the Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development is sponsoring a three part webinar series that I will be conducting, to prepare rising junior and senior undergraduates as well as first-and second-year graduate students in STEM fields to apply to NSF’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
WEBINAR #1
Applying to NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program
July 25 • 3:00pm – 4:30pm
This webinar will include all the basics about GRFP, such as the benefits, eligibility, parts of the application, the review process, and basic tips. Please bring your questions!
WEBINAR #2
Winning Strategies for GRFP (and How to Get Started)
July 27 • 1:00pm – 2:30pm
This webinar will include discussion of NSF’s review criteria (Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts), how to maximize the impact of your planned research, and other winning strategies.
WEBINAR #3
Write! (As if Your Career Depends on it)
July 29 • 10:00am – 12:00pm
This webinar will cover how to write about your research in an interesting and lively way, tailored to your audience (recommended for all fellowship and grant writers)
The SEAS Office of Undergraduate Education is looking to hire four student assistants for Fall 2022. Interested candidates should email resume to Noelle Matthews, Sr. Academic Advisor by Friday April 22nd. noellehi@buffalo.edu
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
•Phone Triage
•Assist students with SEAS policies and procedures
•High School Transcript data entry
•Data Entry and document scanning
•Schedule student advisement appointments as well as same day drop in appointments
•Conversations with prospective students and parents to UB and SEAS
•Assist with various SEAS and UB recruitment events such as tours and open house
•Special projects as assigned
Qualifications:
•Must be a student within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
•Must be in an approved SEAS Major
•Must be a rising Sophomore or rising Junior
•Must be in Good Standing
•Timeliness, professionalism and a desire to help make OUE an inclusive environment
