Take an additional 50 percent off clearance merchandise during the Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore's flash sale. Today only, October 24. Includes clothing, accessories, dorm shop, and school supplies—clearance merchandise only.

Please join the Biology Department and the Great Lakes Center for the seminar "The Genomics of Adaptation to Salt Marsh Habitats in Sparrows," presented by Jennifer Walsh, postdoctoral associate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, today, October 28, from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m. in Technology Building 160. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome.

Abstract
Theory suggests that different taxa having colonized a similar, challenging environment will show parallel or lineage-specific adaptations to shared selection pressures, but empirical examples of parallel evolution in independent taxa are exceedingly rare. My research employs a comparative genomics approach to identify parallel and lineage-specific responses to selection in North American sparrows that have independently colonized tidal marsh habitats. My work highlights the interplay of shared and lineage-specific selection pressures in the colonization of challenging habitats and confirms theoretical expectations that steep environmental gradients can drive repeated and rapid diversification in birds.

Please join the Biology Department and the Great Lakes Center for the seminar "The Genomics of Adaptation to Salt Marsh Habitats in Sparrows," presented by Jennifer Walsh, postdoctoral associate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, on Monday, October 28, from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m. in Technology Building 160. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome.

Abstract
Theory suggests that different taxa having colonized a similar, challenging environment will show parallel or lineage-specific adaptations to shared selection pressures, but empirical examples of parallel evolution in independent taxa are exceedingly rare. My research employs a comparative genomics approach to identify parallel and lineage-specific responses to selection in North American sparrows that have independently colonized tidal marsh habitats. My work highlights the interplay of shared and lineage-specific selection pressures in the colonization of challenging habitats and confirms theoretical expectations that steep environmental gradients can drive repeated and rapid diversification in birds.

Buffalo State is hosting a holiday supply drive to benefit None Like You/We Care Family Education Community Outreach, a nonprofit organization based on Buffalo's East Side. A long-standing partner of Buffalo State, None Like You will hand out winter clothing and school supplies to low-income families throughout the city in the coming weeks. Donations of coats, gloves, mittens, hats, socks, paper, pencils, notebooks and other similar items may be made to the Civic and Community Engagement Office, South Wing 130, by Friday, November 22.

The third biennial E. H. Butler Library Archives and Special Collections Charles Rand Penney Speaker Series, in association with the Burchfield Penney Art Center and Buffalo State’s Bengal Allies, presents Jeffry Iovannone tomorrow, November 2, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center's Tower Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

In this lecture, based on his book project about gay liberation in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Iovannone uses the Madeline Davis LGBTQ+ Archive of Western New York to complicate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots. Through an analysis of the founding of the Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier, Buffalo's first gay and lesbian civil rights organization, he challenges the significance of Stonewall within the history of the American LGBTQ rights movement, arguing for a holistic narrative of LGBTQ+ history that takes into account the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people in Rust Belt cities such as Buffalo. Finally, he discusses how Buffalo State’s Madeline Davis Archive provides a blueprint for LGBTQ+ social change outside of coastal American cities today.

Dr. Iovannone completed his Ph.D. work in American studies at SUNY at Buffalo and is currently a full-time lecturer in interdisciplinary studies as well as the coordinator of the Women and Gender Studies Program at SUNY Fredonia. He has extensively mined Buffalo State’s Madeline Davis and associated LGBTQ+ collections for his previous, current, and upcoming research and publications.

A reception will follow the talk and Q&A.

Free parking will be available in the Burchfield Penney Art Center lot.

For additional information, please contact Dan DiLandro, head of archives and special collections in Butler Library, 878-6308.

The third biennial E. H. Butler Library Archives and Special Collections Charles Rand Penney Speaker Series, in association with the Burchfield Penney Art Center and Buffalo State’s Bengal Allies, presents Jeffry Iovannone on Saturday, November 2, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center's Tower Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

In this lecture, based on his book project about gay liberation in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Iovannone uses the Madeline Davis LGBTQ+ Archive of Western New York to complicate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots. Through an analysis of the founding of the Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier, Buffalo's first gay and lesbian civil rights organization, he challenges the significance of Stonewall within the history of the American LGBTQ rights movement, arguing for a holistic narrative of LGBTQ+ history that takes into account the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people in Rust Belt cities such as Buffalo. Finally, he discusses how Buffalo State’s Madeline Davis Archive provides a blueprint for LGBTQ+ social change outside of coastal American cities today.

Dr. Iovannone completed his Ph.D. work in American studies at SUNY at Buffalo and is currently a full-time lecturer in interdisciplinary studies as well as the coordinator of the Women and Gender Studies Program at SUNY Fredonia. He has extensively mined Buffalo State’s Madeline Davis and associated LGBTQ+ collections for his previous, current, and upcoming research and publications.

A reception will follow the talk and Q&A.

Free parking will be available in the Burchfield Penney Art Center lot.

For additional information, please contact Dan DiLandro, head of archives and special collections in Butler Library, 878-6308.

Buffalo State will host a Thanksgiving food drive to benefit None Like You/We Care Family Education Community Outreach, a nonprofit organization based on Buffalo's East Side. A long-standing partner of Buffalo State, None Like You will serve thousands of Thanksgiving meals to low-income families throughout the city in the coming weeks. Donations of Thanksgiving dry goods, including dried stuffing and mashed potatoes, and canned cranberries, squash, beans, and gravy, may be dropped off in the Civic and Community Engagement Office, South Wing 130, by Friday, November 1. This year they also need napkins, string beans, and plastic forks. Thank you for your generosity.

The Community Academic Center will host an AmeriCorps ABLE interest meeting on Thursday, October 24, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Technology Building 258. Students can serve 300 hours at the CAC working with multilingual children and families and receive an education award that can be used toward educational expenses, including student loans. Join us to learn more about the CAC, AmeriCorps, and details about the education award. For more information, please visit our website.

This week's SEFA online raffle in support of the United Way is for a $100 gift card to Wegmans, courtesy of Maria Garrity, senior systems programmer. To participate, simply visit the SEFA raffle website. Entries close at 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 25. The winner will be announced Tuesday, October 29. For more information, please contact SEFA campaign chair Tom Koller, senior associate athletics director, 878-6514. 

And congratulations to Lori Mabry, assistant director of financial management, winner of last week's raffle for an overnight stay and breakfast for two at the Buffalo Grand Hotel.

The Buffalo State UUP Chapter invites you to a reception in honor of Adjunct Celebration and Appreciation Day for UUP statewide campus equality week on Wednesday, October 23, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Your dedication to Buffalo State and support for student engagement is appreciated. RSVP online.