The online Campus Application Portal for Scholarships, CAPS, is now open and accepting applications for a small number of spring 2018 scholarships. CAPS will be open for applications from today, November 1, to Friday, December 1. Please encourage students to check out available scholarships through CAPS.

Please join the Biology Department, the Great Lakes Center, and the Great Lakes ecosystem science program today for the seminar "Give Me That Candy Bar! The Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Comfort Food," presented by Naomi McKay, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Buffalo State, from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West. All students, staff, and faculty members are welcome.

Abstract
Stress-induced overeating has gained attention as one factor that contributes to obesity. Elevated stress increases energy intake through an alteration in food preference toward items that are specifically high in fat and carbohydrates. This increase in overall calories, along with the shift in macronutrient intake, likely propagates obesity. The effect that stress has on food intake has been extensively examined; however, the result that eating has on the stress response has received very little attention. It seems likely that consumption of high-fat, high-carbohydrate food items would have a short-term anxiolytic effect. This, however, has yet to be determined experimentally. The current research has begun to establish if both healthy and unhealthy foods accelerate recovery of the stress response.

Upon entering the laboratory, participants rated their anxiety levels. They then ate a Twix candy bar, an equal weight portion of carrots, or nothing. Participants then filled out a second anxiety questionnaire. Eating either the Twix or eating nothing significantly alleviated anxiety in participants who had an initially high anxiety level. Furthermore, the reduction of anxiety was not influenced by the preference for the food items. These results indicate that consumption of either high- or low-fat food ameliorates anxiety in participants with a high baseline level of self-reported anxiety.

Please join the Biology Department, the Great Lakes Center, and the Great Lakes ecosystem science program for the seminar "Give Me That Candy Bar! The Physiological and Psychological Effects of Eating Comfort Food," presented by Naomi McKay, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Buffalo State, on Monday, November 6, from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West. All students, staff, and faculty members are welcome.

Abstract
Stress-induced overeating has gained attention as one factor that contributes to obesity. Elevated stress increases energy intake through an alteration in food preference toward items that are specifically high in fat and carbohydrates. This increase in overall calories, along with the shift in macronutrient intake, likely propagates obesity. The effect that stress has on food intake has been extensively examined; however, the result that eating has on the stress response has received very little attention. It seems likely that consumption of high-fat, high-carbohydrate food items would have a short-term anxiolytic effect. This, however, has yet to be determined experimentally. The current research has begun to establish if both healthy and unhealthy foods accelerate recovery of the stress response.

Upon entering the laboratory, participants rated their anxiety levels. They then ate a Twix candy bar, an equal weight portion of carrots, or nothing. Participants then filled out a second anxiety questionnaire. Eating either the Twix or eating nothing significantly alleviated anxiety in participants who had an initially high anxiety level. Furthermore, the reduction of anxiety was not influenced by the preference for the food items. These results indicate that consumption of either high- or low-fat food ameliorates anxiety in participants with a high baseline level of self-reported anxiety.

If you or people you care about use medical devices that use software, are wired, or are wireless, please read about this new guidance being provided to manufacturers from the FDA.

As you know, data breaches happen all the time, but it may be weeks, months, sometimes years before the company releases information to account holders. HaveIbeenpwned? tracks these breaches and publishes the lists of compromised accounts when they are made public. The site also notifies Buffalo State when pwned accounts are linked to a Buffalo State e-mail address. This means the user who set up her account on Kickstarter, for instance, used a Buffalo State e-mail address with the account.

We have been notified about the following accounts over the last three weeks. The figure in parentheses indicates the number of account holders who used a Buffalo State e-mail address to sign up for the account:

Military Spam List (1)

We Heart IT (13)

Diet.com (19)

Disqus (113)

Kickstarter (37)

Bitly (16)

Go to https://haveIbeenpwned.com and type in your Buffalo State e-mail address. If it shows up, change your password, please.

This article in Wired about a man who purchased bitcoins, locked them in a secure web vault, and then could not retrieve them without paying a hacker to help him can teach all of us something about risk, the illusion of security, tangibility, and readiness, as well as a little bit about bitcoin.

RITE is pleased to announce the upcoming availability of the EvaluationKIT electronic course evaluation platform. This system will replace the use of Blackboard Enterprise Surveys for electronic course evaluations and provide greater efficiency for the deployment, collection, and analysis of course evaluations across the institution.

EvaluationKIT offers a fully hosted online course evaluation and survey system designed to streamline the entire student feedback process for our campus. A pilot of EvaluationKIT was conducted during the spring semester, and a limited rollout to the campus is planned for the fall 2017 semester.

Register for a session through the Workshop Evaluation System to learn more about EvaluationKIT and participate in a question-and-answer session.

This year's celebration of National Distance Learning Week (NDLW) is November 6–10. All sectors in the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) will educate their constituents on the amazing growth in distance learning and showcase their accomplishments during NDLW.

RITE's Instructional Design and Training division will host webinars during NDLW to support innovation in teaching and learning within distance education. Please view the session schedule for webinar details.

From the Special Adviser for Economic Development
All Buffalo State students are invited attend an information meeting about the 2018 New York State Business Plan Competition on Tuesday, November 14, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication East. All students—both undergraduate and graduate—are invited to participate in the New York State–sponsored contest, which awards a top prize of $50,000 and additional prizes starting at $10,000. Students do not need to be in a business program to compete. The Small Business Development Center will assist all students in the preparation of their business plans and presentations. Please advise interested students to attend the information meeting. Please contact me, Susan McCartney, with questions.

From the Special Adviser for Economic Development
All Buffalo State students are invited attend an information meeting about the 2018 New York State Business Plan Competition on Tuesday, November 14, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication East. All students—both undergraduate and graduate—are invited to participate in the New York State–sponsored contest, which awards a top prize of $50,000 and additional prizes starting at $10,000. Students do not need to be in a business program to compete. The Small Business Development Center will assist all students in the preparation of their business plans and presentations. Please advise interested students to attend the information meeting. Please contact me, Susan McCartney, with questions.