Submission deadline for SUNY –
SURC is linked to the bottom right icon found on the CURCA website
DEADLINE TO APPLY TO
SUNY-SURC is FRIDAY, MARCH 8th, 2019
https://curca.buffalo.edu/ SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference
Funding is available from CURCA to pay the registration cost, and provide transportation for any UB undergrad accepted to present at this conference.
The submission form is live for
students to apply to present their research and creative works at the 15th
Annual UB Celebration of Student Academic Excellence…The Celebration is Thursday
April 25th, 2019 in the CFA .
Students must apply to present
and await acceptance of their submission…DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FRIDAY
MARCH 15th, 2019
https://curca.buffalo.edu/students/coae.php
Roswell Park is looking for volunteers to assist with running the Buffalo Health Care Exploration this summer. We are especially looking for males but have unfilled positions for both genders. You must currently be in college and preference will be given to applicants who participated in BHE during high school or have worked with Roswell previously.
BHE is a program for high school students who believe they
may want to go to medical school or pursue a science career. The students get
to do activities such as shadow doctors, think of medical instruments, get
college and premedical mentoring, and networking opportunities within Roswell.
It is during the month of July with extra commitments during June for the Ride
for Roswell. If you apply be sure you can commit to being present for the vast
majority of events and all program dates. The days begin at 9 and end at 4pm.
As a TA you would be acting as a mentor and a guide for a team
of students. You would be responsible for transporting them to different
locations, supervision and mentoring. You’ll act as a positive role model and
peer for the students and help them gain the most out of the program.
As a college student you have the opportunity to network
within Roswell with the many talented physicians involved. You will also gain
exposure to the ATLAS interns who work with the urology department on various
research projects. The networking and connections you make can be integral in
gaining an internship at Roswell, gaining access to medical school, or gaining
access to graduate school. You will be working alongside other motivated
students from nearby colleges.
For information please visit the BHE link which can be found
on Roswell Park’s website. https://www.roswellpark.org/education/atlas-program/buffalo-healthcare-exploration
For additional information about BHE, Roswell, or the ATLAS
internship contact
Lindsay Nitsche, Current Honors Scholar
Email: Ljnitsch@buffalo.edu
ErieHack
First
held two years ago, Erie Hack is returning for spring 2019. Erie Hack is an
innovation challenge that accelerates technology solutions to Lake Erie’s most
significant problems. Student teams can compete for more than $100,000 in
prizes at the final as well as a smaller pool here at during the UB selection
process.
Working from challenge statements derived
from ideation sessions with NASA representatives and regional stakeholders,
teams are charged with creating innovative digital tools, hardware innovations
and solutions that build “the Blue Economy,” the emergent economic sector
dedicated to the sustainable stewardship of bodies of freshwater around the
globe.
The
local part of the competition kicks
off Feb. 19 with an information session from 4-5pm, a team building day on
March 8th from 3-5pm, and a hacking day on March 9th from
9-3pm all held in room 210 Student Union. UB will host the Buffalo
quarterfinals April 19, with the winners advancing to the June 6 semifinals in
Detroit. The finals will be held in conjunction with an Innovation Summit in
Cleveland June 20.
Students
with any questions should reach out to Derek Nichols, Sustainability Engagement
Coordinator, at djn2@buffalo.edu.
Transforming
our Tomorrow: A New Clean Energy Vision
UB
Sustainability is searching for students from across New York State to present
their revolutionary clean energy ideas. Students that have completed a project
or program, or have an idea for a new policy, invention or business can apply.
First place will receive $3000, second place $2000, third place will receive
$1000 and all students that are selected to participate in the final will
receive a professionally edited video of their presentation.
Participants
will have five minutes to showcase their work either in teams or individually
in front of a panel of judges on UB’s campus in April. Each presentation will
be scored by a panel of judges on from the following rubric:
- Creativity
- Presentation
- Research
A
one to two minute video application is due on February 8th
(the video does not need to be a polished production). Please share
this information with students that may be working on a school project in the
renewable field or just have a passion for clean energy and might be interested
in applying.
Blackstone
LaunchPad, International Education, and UB Sustainability are partnering up to
host the 2019 World’s Challenge Challenge. This competition calls on students
to address a key challenge that the world faces. In teams of three, students
from diverse backgrounds will choose one idea and relate it to one (or more) of
the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the global community. It is an
engaging opportunity for students to gain real-world experience through social
innovation and entrepreneurship. Teams will compete locally here at UB in
April, and the winning team goes on to contend against students from all around
the world in London, Ontario in June.
Each
team will have 5 to 7 minutes to talk about the World’s Challenge you wish to
address, using a slide deck for visual support. Your presentation should
reflect the concepts and principles being discussed through visuals and a
limited amount of text. Video and other multimedia files and links are allowed,
within the given time allotted.
Prizes:
- First Place $2,000
- Second Place $1,000
- Third Place $500
- Plus a chance to compete at the finals for an
additional $30,000 Canadian.
Once
you have your team and idea, you will need to submit a video that is no longer
than two minutes (you can book the Video Recording Rooms in the Silverman
Library through the online reservation system if needed: https://booking.lib.buffalo.edu).
Video submissions must be sent by 2/8 (see website and flyer for more details).
NEXT
WEEK! 8th Annual Life Raft Debate (Tuesday, 2/12 at 6pm in 107
Capen)
When
disaster threatens all of humanity, only one professor will make the cut to
join the survivors. Join your peers in deciding the fate of faculty and
academic disciplines in the 8th annual Life Raft Debate!
Dr.
Michelle Benson
Associate Professor, Political Science
Dr.
Sharonah Fredrick
Clinical Assistant Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures
Dr.
Joe Gardella
SUNY Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Dr.
Jessica Kruger
Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health and Health Behavior
Dr.
Henry Taylor
Professor, Center for Urban Studies
Dr.
Nikolaus Wasmoen
Visiting Assistant Professor, English
Fresh
off her win last year, Dr. Wendy Quinton (Clinical Associate
Professor, Psychology) will return in the role of Devil’s Advocate.
The
debate will kick off at 6pm in 107 Capen on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 and will
be followed by light refreshments and snacks in the Don Schack Student Lounge.
Join us for an Open House
and Exhibit Opening on the topic of Domestic Violence!
Thursday, February 7, 2019
from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm.
The Health Sciences Library is pleased to host an Open
House and the Opening of the exhibit, “Confronting Violence: Improving Women’s
Lives”, produced by the National Library of Medicine. This six-banner
traveling exhibition celebrates the pivotal role played by nurses, who
mobilized the medical profession to tackle the problem of domestic
violence. The panels display images, manuscripts and records that tell
the stories of the nurses who witnessed the effects of domestic violence and
campaigned for change. NLM also has an online
version of the exhibit.
In honor of highlighting this important issue, we have
invited two speakers who are intimately involved with domestic
violence. Judith Olin, Director, Family Violence and Women’s Rights
Clinic in UB’s School of Law, and Mary Murphy, Executive Director of The Family
Justice Center of Erie County.
Judith will speak on: The Influence of Dr. Jacqueline
Campbell, RN, PhD on the creation of the High Risk Team Model”.
Mary will talk about the Family Justice Center and her group of survivors (a
few dozen incredible women) who weigh in day in and day out on how best to
serve their clients, and their new ReachOut initiative involving a standalone
website with videos on how to have the conversation with someone you suspect
may be in an abusive relationship.
Staff will also be on hand to offer brief tours of the
library and its magnificent and historic Reading Room, as well as our History
of Medicine collection that includes Nursing books and artifacts.
Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to pmrose@buffalo.edu or call
716-829-5722. Close parking is available in the Diefendorf
Lot on South Campus, without a permit.
Look forward to seeing you at this event!
SPEAKERS
Judith Olin joined the faculty in 2016 to direct the Family
Violence and Women’s Rights Law Clinic in UB’s School of Law. Her legal
career is dedicated to advocacy on behalf of victims of family violence. In her
years as a legal services attorney, she focused on the representation of victims
of domestic violence in divorce and child custody cases and initiated impact
litigation leading to reform in the Buffalo Police Department’s policies in
domestic violence cases. Olin went on to become an Erie County
prosecutor specializing in domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault
cases. As Director of the Lee Gross Anthone Child Advocacy Center, Olin led a
multidisciplinary team that coordinated child abuse investigations for Erie
County. Olin chairs the Domestic Violence Committee of the Women’s Bar
Association of Western New York and serves on The Erie County Coalition Against
Family Violence and the local Rape Crisis Advisory Board. Olin received
her B.A. from New York University, and her juris doctor from The University at Buffalo
School of Law. Her academic experience includes teaching in the University of
Michigan’s Child Advocacy Law Clinic and teaching child abuse Law as an adjunct
instructor at the University at Buffalo law School.
Mary Murphy is the Executive Director of The Family Justice
Center of Erie County.
ELI is currently
recruiting Chat Room partners for the spring semester. The Chat Room is a
face-to-face conversation program matching an undergraduate student with two
international students for conversation practice. Chat Room partners are welcome to volunteer or register for ESL
320 Conversation Seminar for two pass/fail credits. For more information and
force registration, go to the ELI, 320 Baldy Hall.
How Culture
Shapes the Climate Change Debate
with Andrew Hoffman
Wednesday, February 13
4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
107 Talbert Hall
North Campus
What causes people to reject or accept the scientific consensus
on climate change?
Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate
change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized.
Hoffman makes a case for a more scientifically literate public,
a more socially engaged scientific community and a more thoughtful mode of
public discourse. Synthesizing evidence from sociology, psychology and
political science, Hoffman lays out the opposing cultural lenses through which
science is interpreted and extracts lessons for engendering a better
understanding of the problem and possible ways to bridge the divide on this
important issue.
About the Speaker:
Andrew (Andy) Hoffman is the Holcim (US)
Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan; a position
that holds joint appointments in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the
School of Environment and Sustainability. His research uses organizational
behavior models and theories to understand the cultural and institutional
aspects of environmental issues for organizations. He has published more than
100 articles/book chapters, as well as 14 books, which have been translated
into five languages. He earned his PhD from MIT in Management and
Civil/Environmental Engineering.
Sustainable Urban Environments Initiative
The College’s Sustainable
Urban Environments Initiative is focused on leveraging our unique faculty
strengths in sustainability to engage Buffalo and the region in efforts to
create the sustainable city of the future. Under inaugural director, Susan
Clark’s leadership, the initiative will build consensus, develop a culture of
shared goals and success, and foster communication with regional and campus
partners, including the UB Office of Sustainability
