Please join us on Tuesday, October 23, at 12:15 p.m. in Bishop Hall 340 for an informal and informative follow-up session to Dr. Hauptman's September 28 lecture. The agenda includes excerpts of the lecture's video and discussion of the papers distributed during the lecture.
Buffalo State has achieved 40 percent of its goal. Our volunteer solicitors have done an outstanding job of soliciting donations. Please help in the mission to "Change a Life, Change a Neighborhood, and Change the World." We appreciate your support by October 26.
The McNair Scholars Program helps prepare first-generation, low-income, and/or underrepresented Buffalo State students for graduate study. Students who participate in this program are provided with research opportunities and faculty mentors. The program will host an information and recruitment session on Thursday, October 25, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Science Building 250. Please inform any student you feel qualifies for this program. For more information, please visit www.buffalostate.edu/mcnair or call the McNair office at ext. 3411.
New York State Department of Health volunteers will provide free flu vaccinations to hundreds of individuals during a training exercise at the University at Buffalo South Campus on November 8. This exercise, part of the “ProtEX NY” initiative, is designed to enhance the ability to protect New Yorkers in the event of a widespread disease outbreak. The exercise will provide experience in vaccinating a large number of people in a very short time. By participating in this exercise, you’ll be contributing to a vital health-preparedness effort.
Rob Selkowitz of the Physics Department will give a talk titled "Shocks or Turbulence?: Electron Acceleration in Solar Flares" on October 18 during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in Science Building 272.
Rick Bettencourt from Apple Computers will be on campus on Thursday, October 18, to give a presentation of the Mac iLife '08 software suite. He will be in Butler Library 210 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. All are welcome. Invite your students and colleagues. Registration is not required.
Join us tonight for the Houghton Chapter, New York State Archaeological Association lecture series at the Buffalo Museum of Science for a talk by Dr. Mima Kapches, senior curator at the Royal Ontario Museum, titled, "Champlain and Cartier and All That French Stuff…" The lecture begins at 7:00 p.m.
A publishers' book fair will take place on Thursday, October 18, in Twin Rise 104 and surrounding spaces, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Every year, SUNY faculty and instructional support professionals come together on a SUNY campus in an informal atmosphere of sharing and networking among colleagues. The Faculty Access to Computing Technology (FACT) Advisory Committee will host CIT 2008—the Conference in Instructional Technology—at Genesee Community College from May 27 to 30, 2008.
One in 10 Americans has a hearing loss of some kind, and nearly one in 20 suffers from a speech-language disorder, according to information from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.