A discussion of the human and financial costs associated with the U.S.’s reliance on mass incarceration
Featuring Distinguished Speaker David Fathi, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project
March 13, 2019 509 O’Brian Hall 4:30 p.m. FREE and open to all. Reception to follow.
The American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project brings challenges to conditions of confinement in prisons, jails and other detention facilities. The Prison Project also works to end the policies that have given the U.S. the highest incarceration rate in the world. Fathi has a special expertise in challenging “supermax” prisons, where prisoners are held for months or years at a time in conditions of near-total isolation. Fathi also represented the ACLU during negotiations in the U.N., which lead to the adoption of the Nelson Mandela Rules.
Sponsored by the UB Inclusive Excellence and the UB School of Law
The PAC Undergraduate Research Conference is a one-day, interdisciplinary event for undergraduate students from
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and
Delaware.
The conference is an opportunity for students to meet others with an
interest in Asia and to develop their presentation skills in a
supportive setting. First time presenters are welcome as are non-presenters.
The
conference will begin with check-in at 8:00 am in the Howard J. Burnett
Center, followed by two morning panel sessions, a lunch and keynote
presentation, and two afternoon panel sessions.
The conference will end at 4:00 pm.
PRESENTATION PROPOSALS
Presentations
may be from any discipline and about any region of Asia, including the
Middle East, about Asian communities or activities outside of Asia, or
about relations with or perceptions
of the peoples or states of Asia. Most presentations will be in the
form of a 10-15 minute oral report in a panel setting with a faculty
discussant. Posters and other forms of presentation are also welcome.
Presenters must have a faculty sponsor. Sponsors are encouraged but are not required to attend the conference.
The conference registration is free but required.
STUDENT PRESENTERS
Please complete and submit an online proposal by visiting https://goo.gl/forms/UhE9Cc11xhNzaijb2. Presentation proposals
are due by March 8, 2019. Registration and attendance, including
lunch, are free. Submission of a presentation proposal constitutes
registration for the conference.
The Music Graduate Student Association in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University at Buffalo is pleased to announce the 2019 Graduate Student Conference, which will take place on Friday & Saturday March 29-30, 2019. Events will include paper sessions, concerts, & a keynote address.
Our call for papers extends to all graduate students in the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, and composition, but also includes students from other disciplines who wish to submit a proposal for a paper that relates in some way to music.
Senior undergraduates are also welcome to submit with the guidance of a faculty member. Interdisciplinary papers are especially encouraged with subjects including, but are not limited to, intersections of music with philosophy, film & media studies, popular culture, psychology/cognition, & gender studies.
Paper presentations should be no longer than twenty minutes in length, to be followed by ten minutes for questions. The deadline for proposals is Friday, January 4th, 2019. All applicants will be notified of their status by Monday, January 14th, 2019.
Abstract Submission Guidelines:
– Send abstracts to Jesse Kiser (he/him), at jessekis@buffalo.edu, with “Buffalo 2019
Graduate Conference” as the subject.
– Abstracts should not exceed 300 words.
– Please attach your abstract in the form of a Microsoft Word document or PDF.
– Name the file with the following format: LASTNAME_UB2019.
– Include your name, e-mail address, & academic affiliation (degree program &
institution) in the body of the e-mail.
– Do not put your name or affiliation in the document.
– List any audio-visual requirements or other special needs in your e-mail.
– Only one submission per applicant.
For additional information or queries please e-mail Jesse Kiser (jessekis@buffalo.edu).
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
SUNY UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH CONFERENCE
APRIL 26-27, 2019
The SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) is a multidisciplinary spring semester event hosted each year by different SUNY institutions. It brings together undergraduate student researchers and faculty mentors from across the SUNY system for activities, including sessions devoted to student presentations—oral, performance, artistic displays, and posters presentations—in ALL academic disciplines. Farmingdale State College (SURC East), SUNY Adirondack with SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury (SURC Central), and Niagara County Community College (SURC West) will co-host SUNY SURC this coming April. By bringing together students and faculty from across the state, SURC helps realize the synergistic power of the SUNY system.
2018 Rustgi Undergraduate Conference on South Asia
Origins of the Contemporary
November 3, 2018
University at Buffalo, SUNY
We inaugurate the first annual Rustgi Undergraduate Conference on South Asia by reflecting upon the great body of historical work done in this field and bringing historical analysis and context to the study of contemporary issues. We invite papers on the theme of “Origins of the Contemporary.” We may think of these origins as fixed dates or as strands of ideas and events buried in the colonial and pre-colonial past. The conference will feature a keynote lecture by Sujatha Gidla, acclaimed author of Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017).
By opening up the conference to both historical and contemporary analyses, we invite
undergraduate
participants from all disciplines, working on any topic. These topics include but are in no way limited to:
Modern political movements including Hindutva and New Right in India, ethnic and caste-based parties, leftist and Maoist movements.
Independence movements and postcolonial trends in present-day Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
New religious movements as well as reform movements and fundamentalisms within Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Sikhism.
Trends in domestic and international law, including NGO and INGO work.
Social issues, human rights issues, LGBTQ issues, gender and caste concerns.
Wars, genocides, ethnic or political violence, and refugee issues (in recent or long-standing conflicts).
Human migration, population shifts, and environmental issues.
Literary genres, artistic movements, new and old technologies, trends in South Asian cinema and pop culture.
While this list of suggestions is by no means exhaustive, we encourage papers that address less commonly researched sociopolitical issues, communities, or theories. We hope to organize panels with presenters addressing similar issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Please visit http://bit.ly/rustgiconferencesubmissions to submit proposals. Accepted applicants who submit complete proposals by August 1, 2018 may be eligible for a travel subvention of up to $200. Applicants should also seek funding from their home institutions. The conference organizers will assist participants in seeking affordable accommodations in Buffalo.
Format The conference will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the University at Buffalo
, SUNY
. Students presenters should plan for 15-minute presentations. Each panel will include 30 minutes for discussion.
Deadline
Proposals, including 250-word abstracts and the contact information of a faculty supervisor, must be submitted via the online submissions portal (http://bit.ly/rustgiconferencesubmissions). Those seeking travel subventions must submit their complete application (including a brief justification of expenses and efforts to seek supplemental funding) no later than August 1, 2018. Submissions will be accepted after this date on a rolling basis, space permitting, until September 7, 2018. Applicants will be notified about the status of their submissions and the availability of travel subventions beginning in late August 2018.
The RIS²E Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lecture Series is an interdisciplinary lecture series on entrepreneurship and innovation across the fields of engineering, law, management, and medicine. This series will run once a month from September to May in the CTRC Building on the 5th Floor from 4pm-5pm. Additionally, the lecture series will be streamed live across the various campuses. Details on live streaming to follow.
The University at Buffalo’s Leadership Initiative for Tomorrow’s Schools (LIFTS) program prepares students to become educational leaders at the building and district levels. This 36-credit hour CAEP accredited program fulfills NYSED academic requirements for the following certificates:
School Building Leader (SBL)
School District Leader (SDL)
School District Business Leader (SDBL)
At this info session you will meet with program faculty, graduates and an admissions representative to discuss the LIFTS program, career opportunities and application requirements.
Pre-registration is suggested. Please contact Baylee Richards at bayleeri@buffalo.edu to pre-register or if you have any questions regarding the admission process.
If you have already registered, thank you for your RSVP! We will be in touch the week of January 22 with additional details regarding our session.
The session will be begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. Parking is free and open on weekends.
As a leader in graduate and professional education, the University at Buffalo is a destination for scholars, researchers, leaders, thinkers and lifelong learners who come here to do work that makes a difference.
We invite you to attend a UB Graduate Information Session to learn why UB is the right place to take the next step in your education. This is your chance to discover opportunities within our graduate and professional schools, learn more about the application and admissions processes, and gain insight on how to prepare for graduate study.
Register today for one of the following UB Graduate Information Sessions:
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With more than 300 programs, renowned faculty, unmatched intellectual diversity and vast opportunities for interdisciplinary study, UB’s graduate programs offer more chances for professional advancement, personal growth and greater global impact.
