No, you’re not paranoid. But you may be overconfident. If you use voice commands with an IoT device, think about where your words are being saved. Read this article in Wired magazine. Your activities may never rise to the level of law enforcement intervention, yet you should be aware of how some of your most private information could potentially be collected and stored.

Ann Emo, chair and associate professor of theater, will present "Finding Mastery: How Tae Kwon Do Informed My Scholarship" today at 3:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320 as the second talk in the spring "Conversations in and out of the Disciplines" series. A Q&A and short wine-and-cheese reception will follow the talk. Everyone is welcome.

Ann Emo, chair and associate professor of theater, will present "Finding Mastery: How Tae Kwon Do Informed My Scholarship" tomorrow, March 3, at 3:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320 as the second talk in the spring "Conversations in and out of the Disciplines" series. A Q&A and short wine-and-cheese reception will follow the talk. Everyone is welcome.

Cafe Oh Le in the Science and Mathematics Complex will reopen Monday, March 6. Hours of operation will be Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Do you and your student want to learn more about the Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship (USRF) program? The USRF program supports eight weeks of full-time research, scholarly, and creative activities for Buffalo State students with a graduation date of December 2017 or later.

Each fellowship provides

• a student stipend of $3,000,
• a faculty stipend of $1,000,
• $500 for travel, supplies, or equipment.

Plan to attend one of the following sessions to hear about suggestions for identifying a project, completing the online application, resources for mentors, and program expectations. Both sessions will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Science and Mathematics Complex 178.

Tuesday, March 14
Friday, March 17

To learn more about the USRF program, please visit the Undergraduate Research website.

The Community Arts Academy (CAA) at Buffalo State College offers classes in the visual arts and music for teens, kids, and young children. The following offerings are now available:

• Music Enrichment classes (birth–grade 8), beginning Saturday, February 4
• Jazz Workshop (grades 6–12) starting Sunday, February 5
• Introduction to Digital Audio (grades 9–12), starting Tuesday, February 7

Course offering details can be found on the Music Department website. All registration is online. 

Discount
Buffalo Public Schools students registering to take Introduction to Digital Audio (grades 9-12) receive a 25 percent discount. An overview of CAA programming is available on the Arts and Humanities website. CAA offers classes for students from birth to grade 12 in music, creative writing, and digital and visual arts right here at Buffalo State.

Training on how to review and select Buffalo State scholarship recipients via the online Campus Application Portal for Scholarships system (CAPS) will be offered in Butler Library 208 on the following dates:

Monday, March 6; 10:00–11:00 a.m.
Thursday, March 9; Noon–1:30 p.m.
Friday, March 31; 10:00–11:00 a.m.

Training sessions will walk participants through the scholarship reviewer portal in CAPS. Training will cover logging in, the reviewers/chairperson view, rubrics for scoring applicants, selection of recipients, and what happens after the selection is made.

Facilitated by Laura Worley, scholarship coordinator, in the Financial Aid Office.

RSVP by e-mail to scholarship@buffalostate.edu.

The Career Development Center will host the Job and Internship Fair on Thursday, March 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. This event is open to all students from all majors and class years, as well as alumni. Employers from local, regional, and national organizations will be in attendance to recruit for full-time jobs as well as paid internships.

More information, including a list of participating employers, is available on the CDC website.

Recently, Wired magazine ran a story about Cloudfare. Cloudfare provides platform services to help companies with website performance: strengthening site security and reliability and providing analytics. Companies like Uber and Fitbit and some banking institutions, insurance companies, blog providers, and webmail providers use Cloudfare services in connection with their own websites. For instance, when customers log in to Uber, their credentials and account information go through Cloudfare. Cloudfare had a vulnerability resulting in a leak of information, and deposited customer data on the websites it serves. While Cloudfare reacted quickly, security researchers are suggesting that everyone who uses a website supported by Cloudfare change all their passwords for all their accounts. How do you know if you were affected? You don’t, and often you won’t. Changing passwords is often a best practice.

"Story Night: Exploring Current Events through Story-Building" provides practical tools and vocabulary for community building, conflict resolution, and identity exploration. Story Night is an open forum for students to decide which pressing issues to explore through discussion and the Anne Frank Project's story-building process. Topics of interest may include sexuality, patriotism, religion, privilege, police shootings, oppressive behavior, mass incarceration, gender, and trust. 

Register online.

Tuesdays, March 14 and May 9
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Savage Building, Flexible Theatre

Sponsored by the Anne Frank Project, the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, and the Counseling Center.