Please join the Friends of the Buffalo State College Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum for a discussion on the adventure-filled life of the first ecologist, Alexander von Humboldt, on Thursday, March 12, at 6:30 p.m. in Technology Building 160. During his lifetime, von Humboldt was one of the most famous people in the world, known for his scientific brilliance, his inexhaustible energy, and his renowned charm.

The discussion will be informed by the exceptional von Humboldt biography and New York Times best seller, The Invention of Nature, by Andrea Wulf. This timely book has helped inspire worldwide celebrations this past year for Von Humboldt’s 250th birthday. Thursday’s program will also include a brief video and lecture on von Humboldt by Stephen Vermette, Buffalo State professor of geography and von Humboldt expert, followed by a discussion facilitated by Dr. Vermette and Robert Warren, associate professor of biology.

All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Susan McCartney, director of the Small Business Development Center.

The grading window for 2020 Summer Session ES will close tomorrow, July 2, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF, 191 KB) is available on the Banner website. Additional assistance is available from the IT Help Desk, 878-4357 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please e-mail the Registrar's Office. We have provided a grading tip sheet (PDF, 712 KB) to assist you in successful grading.

Faculty members will enter their summer 2020 grades using Banner. The grading window for Summer Session ES is now open and will close Thursday, July 2, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF, 191 KB) is available on the Banner website. Additional assistance is available from the IT Help Desk, 878-4357, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please e-mail the Registrar's Office. We have provided a grading tip sheet (PDF, 712 KB) to assist you in successful grading.

Faculty members will enter their summer 2020 grades using Banner. The grading window for Summer Session ES will open at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 24, and close at 9:00 p.m. Thursday, July 2. In preparation, faculty members are encouraged to log on to Banner to be sure that all their courses are listed under their accounts. Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF, 191 KB) is available on the Banner website.

Additional assistance is available from the IT Help Desk, 878-4357, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please e-mail the Registrar's Office. We have provided a grading tip sheet (PDF, 712 KB) to assist you in successful grading.

Faculty members will enter their Summer Session 2020 grades using Banner. In preparation, faculty members are encouraged to log on to Banner to be sure that all their courses are listed under their accounts.

Detailed documentation for entering grades (PDF, 191 KB) is available on the Banner website. Additional assistance is available from the IT Help Desk, 878-4357, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please e-mail the Registrar's Office. We have provided a grading tip sheet (PDF, 712 KB) to assist you in successful grading.

The grading window for Summer Session ES opens Wednesday, June 24, and closes Thursday, July 2.

The grading window for Summer Sessions VS and LS opens Wednesday, August 5, and closes Thursday, August 13.

Would you like help promoting your event or program on the Life at Buff State social media channels?

Student Leadership and Engagement is happy to assist any student organization or campus department with the promotion of events and programs. You can submit event fliers and information to request promotion on the @LifeatBuffState social media accounts any time. If you are interested, please submit a Social Media Promotion Request.

More information can be found on the Student Leadership and Engagement website.

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Please direct questions to Mason Meiler, programming coordinator in Student Leadership and Engagement.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

The Africana studies program is proud to bring the award-winning Black History 101 Mobile Museum to Buffalo State College on Wednesday, March 18, where a portion of its 7,000 artifacts will be on display in the lobby of the Campbell Student Union from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The museum contains original artifacts of black memorabilia from the transatlantic slave trade era to today's hip-hop culture. The museum is free and open to campus and the community, and will be interesting and relevant to students, faculty, staff, family members, and community partners. Its curator, Khalid el-Hakim, and guest historian Fredrick Douglass Dixon, assistant professor of culture, gender, and social justice at the University of Wyoming, will be on hand to answer questions about specific artifacts of African American memorabilia and about the phenomenon of the mobile museum itself. Please join Dr. el-Hakim and Dr. Dixon at a reception afterward from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Technology Building 160 for extended conversation and light refreshments.

Please join the Chemistry and Physics departments for the seminar "Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis: A Sustainable Route for Fine Chemical Production," presented by Sourav Biswas, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Delaware's Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, on Thursday, March 12, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Science and Mathematics Complex 176.

Selective oxidation of organic molecules by molecular oxygen is a subject of considerable importance in the context of the environmentally benign synthesis of commodity chemicals. Heterogeneous materials have been established as fundamental pillars supporting the advances in "green chemistry," from the perspective of cost and waste minimization. However, dependability on precious metals, promoters/additives, and harsh reaction conditions hinder the widespread use of heterogeneous catalysts over traditional pathways for chemical synthesis. This talk will introduce some of the fundamental and practical challenges facing this field, together with a presentation of efforts we have made to address these challenges, emphasizing the development of a unique type of mesoporous transition metal oxide and its application in a series of selective oxidation reactions. This will be followed by understanding the mechanistic aspects, especially the role of the surface oxygen species, oxygen vacancies, and related oxygen transportation by the metal oxides. At the end, I will highlight my future research program spanning interrelated yet complementary sub-areas of diverse heterogeneous catalytic systems. The particular focus will be on conceptual designing of oxidation catalysts inspired from electrocatalysts and C-C coupling reactions yielding to biological and pharmaceutical relevant compounds.

Please join us for the talk "Society and Development: Discover Cambodia through My Journey," presented by Anthony Janda, student in Buffalo State College's Political Science Department, today, March 12, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 216. This event is part of the ninth annual Southeast Asia Week celebration and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Learn about one of the fastest growing countries in the world, Cambodia. This talks provides insights through a personal experience and journey in examining the history, culture, politics, education system, labor, and society and their evolving relationships in shaping the past, current, and future development of the country.

Please join us for the talk "Contesting Land Reclamation in Bali," presented by Jennifer L. Gaynor, research fellow in the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy at the University at Buffalo, today, March 10, from 12:15–1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 216. This event is part of the ninth annual Southeast Asia Week celebration and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

The protest movement against land reclamation in Bali, Indonesia, initially began with the resistance of coastal communities whose livelihoods were threatened by a proposed development project. The protest movement spread quickly among Balinese and their supporters, partly because of Indonesians’ extensive use of social media and as a result of international exposure. (Bali is a major tourist destination.) Yet the movement's spread has also relied on water’s importance in Hindu-Balinese society and religion. Referred to as the “religion of water” (agama tirta), water’s sacred character has given the Balinese a unique moral position in ethical and legal arguments with developers and the state, as well as inspired people to stage creative forms of resistance and to join mass mobilizations.