In observance of Native American Heritage Month, the Native American Student Organization (NASO) at Buffalo State will showcase the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (the People of the Longhouse) with a display in the lobby of Butler Library through November 30.

Buffalo State is surrounded by two unique tribal nations, the Seneca (Tonawanda Seneca and Newtown Seneca) and the Tuscarora (from North Carolina). These two nations are part of a confederacy that is made up of six nations: Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora. New York is known to be one of the many areas of the Haudenosaunee people.

Please visit the NASO website or contact Brandon VanEvery, NASO president, with questions about the display.

Buffalo State and Butler Library will host a four-day event that will bring together professionals from campus, the community, and Buffalo Game Space, a local game-developer organization, to discuss the role that games and gaming have in our culture and careers.

In recent years, games, gamers, and the gaming industry have become areas of serious academic research. Students also have more paths than ever into the game industry as a career choice. Explore these ideas—and play some fun games—at Butler Library’s Game as Culture and Career event series November 17–20.

The event will include two panel discussions: The Game as Career panel, featuring experts from campus and from Buffalo Game Space, will take place on Tuesday, November 17, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Bulger Communication Center West 2. Panelists will discuss games and gaming from the perspective of professionals in the field. Find out what it takes to have a career in the game industry.

The Game as Culture panel will be held on Thursday, November 19, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Bulger Communication Center West 2. Panelists from Buffalo Game Space and the Buffalo community will discuss the impact of games and gaming on popular culture.

The library will also host Game Demo Night on Wednesday, November 18, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., when representatives from Buffalo Game Space will demonstrate independent games at various stages of development. The Buffalo State community can be among the first to see new, locally produced games and meet their creators.

The culminating event will be an open gaming night, Are You Game?! on Friday, November 20, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. C.R.A.G.G., Buffalo State's student gaming club, will be on hand to run tournaments and help manage the event. Game Demo Night and Are You Game?! will allow attendees the opportunity to explore new games, meet local game designers, and have fun playing some new and old favorites.

For more information on Game as Culture and Career, please visit the event website. Thanks to the Grant Allocation Committee for helping fund this event, and to Buffalo Game Space and C.R.A.G.G. for their support.

Buffalo State College and the Student Life Office will host the annual Western New York Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, February 20, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center. More information to follow.

The Women and Gender Studies Program will host its first Brown Bag talk today at 12:15 p.m. in Butler 181B, when Catherine Mazzotta, assistant professor of social work, presents "Intimate Partner Violence: What We Need to Know and How We Can Help." Bring your lunch; cookies will be provided. Free and open to the public.

Elisabeth Barone, a graduate student in forensic science at Buffalo State, will present the literature seminar "Forensic Applications of Immunoassays" at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, November 19, in Classroom Building B119. Light refreshments will be served before the seminar. This seminar is supported by the Faculty-Student Association. The abstract of her talk appears as below.

Abstract
An immunoassay is a type of bioanalytical test where the detection of a target compound (analyte) depends on a specific antibody-antigen reaction. Antibodies are large proteins produced by the immune system in response to the presence of antigens. Antigens are foreign compounds that can come from the environment or originate from within the body. Antibodies are known as highly specific proteins because they will only bind to their target antigen. By using a purified antigen or antibody with a signal-generating label, one can detect the presence of an antibody-antigen complex. Several different types of immunoassay methods have emerged over the years, but they all require three main components: an analyte, an antibody, and a signal-generating label. Immunoassays are popular tests used in medical diagnostics and pharmacology studies. They are also important in forensic science. This seminar will focus on two forensic applications of immunoassays: their ability to detect trace amounts of drug in money and fingerprints, and their ability to detect explosive residues.

When illegal drugs such as cocaine are found on money, they may help link physical evidence (money) to drug trafficking. If cocaine is found in a person’s fingerprints, it can show that the person was either using cocaine or in direct contact with it. Money and latent fingermarks are typically analyzed in the forensic lab with expensive chromatographic methods and mass spectrometry. Though these methods are quite accurate, they can be time-consuming and costly. Development of a competitive enzyme immunoassay has shown promise in quantifying cocaine from both banknotes and fingermarks. 2 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, better known as TNT, is a popular explosive because it is easy to manufacture and has strong explosive properties. If located in sites where explosions have occurred, TNT can help forensic investigators study the source of the explosion. Though liquid chromatography and gas chromatography techniques are typically employed to detect TNT, development of immunoassay tests for TNT detection have become popular. Two tests in particular have been evaluated for their ability to detect TNT. These include a chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (CL-ELISA), and a colorimetric lateral flow assay.

The annual Design Faculty Exhibition is currently on display in Upton Hall's Czurles-Nelson Gallery through Thursday, December 3. A closing reception for the artists will be held December 3 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the gallery. The campus and community are invited to attend.

The Design Faculty Exhibition features a wide variety of creative work by our talented faculty in ceramics, fibers, communication design, design foundations, metals/jewelry, and wood/furniture.

For more information, please call the Design Department at 878-6032.

Please join the Biology Department for the seminar "Is Your Cornea on Drugs? Bringing the Bedside to the Bench," presented by Sangita P. Patel, clinical instructor and research assistant professor with the Ross Eye Institute and UB Department of Ophthalmology, on Monday, November 16, at 3:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West.

All faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

Abstract
Our broad research goal is to understand the physiology of fluid transport in the cornea, the clear dome on the front of the eye that serves as the eye’s primary refracting surface. The posterior layer of the cornea, the corneal endothelium, has a “pump” function to maintain the optimal hydration of the cornea to prevent corneal edema and maintain clarity. Active ion transport and solute fluxes underlie the “pump” function, but the full molecular identities of the components and mechanism of coordinated action remain an enigma. In this presentation, I will discuss how clinical observations are driving our bench research to understand the physiology of the corneal endothelium.

On the second Friday of every month, the Burchfield Penney hosts something great, thanks to the support of M&T Bank. With openings and happy hours, programs, concerts, screenings, and other special events, visitors experience the best of the Burchfield Penney every Second Friday. Members always receive free or discounted admission to special programs. For general inquiries, please call 878-6011.

More information is available on the Burchfield Penney website.

5:30–7:30 p.m.
Happy Hour with Live Music by the Small Appliance Orchestra

5:30–7:30 p.m.
Drop-In Art-Making Workshop

8:00 p.m.
A Musical Feast
Tickets: $10 Burchfield Penney members / $20 not yet members
Call 878-6011 for tickets.

“Look” is the theme of the Burchfield Penney Art Center's fall launch festival celebrating the legendary media scholar Gerald O’Grady, former University at Buffalo professor of English who led the media revolution in Buffalo in the early 1970s. Buffalo was among the first cities in the nation to create a public access center for film and video equipment and education.

M&T Second Friday
Friday, November 13
Performance: Happy Hour with Live Music by the Small Appliance Orchestra
5:30–7:30 p.m.

Drop-In Art Making Workshop 
5:30–7:30 p.m.

Performance: A Musical Feast
8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10 Burchfield Penney members / $20 not-yet members.
Call 878-6011 for tickets.

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Saturday, November 14
Lecture / Discussion: Anthony Bannon Interviews Gerald O’Grady
10:30–11:30 a.m.

Lecture / Discussion: John Minkowsky Interviews Gerald O’Grady
2:00–3:00 p.m.

Screening: Paul Sharits: A Film by Francois Miron
7:00 p.m.

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Sunday, November 15
Special Event: Brunch and Reminiscences with Gerald O’Grady
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Call 878-6011 for reservations.

Screening: Works by Tony Conrad, Steina, Woody, James Blue, Peter Weibel, Paul Sharits, and Hollis Frampton
2:00–4:00 p.m.

More information is available on the Burchfield Penney website.

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This weekend in the Front Yard
REM Cycles 4, Tony Conrad and Brian Milbrand
Palindrome, Hollis Frampton
Pluriverse, Peter Weibel
Truthtable, Woody Vasulka
Grazing, Woody Vasulka
Art of Memory, Woody Vasulka
Spheres, Steina
Pyroglyphs, Steina
Nuna, Steina
Lava and Moss, Steina
Geomania, Steina
Synchronous Sound Tracks, Paul Sharits
3rd Degree, Paul Sharits

Interested in working with children and adolescents in the school system? School psychologist, guidance counselor, educational psychologist—not sure what kind of graduate degree or certification to get, how to choose a program, or how to apply? Come and learn more about your options during this graduate school information session on Wednesday, November 18, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in Classroom Building C311, run by Toni Hooven (M.S. in progress). Start a plan for how you can get where you want to go with advice from a recent undergraduate alumnus currently in grad school. You could be next!

Everyone is welcome; bring your questions. Refreshments available. Sponsored by Buffalo State’s Psi Chi chapter (International Honor Society in Psychology) and funded by the Career Development Center.