Faculty members will enter their summer 2013 grades using Banner. The grading window is now open for Summer Session A and will close Wednesday, June 26, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades is available at http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/grading.pdf. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have any questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet so that your end-of-summer-session grading will be smoother and more successful.

Faculty will enter their summer 2013 session "A" grades using Banner. The grading window will open Thursday, June 20, at 9:00 a.m. and close Wednesday, June 26, at 9:00 p.m. In preparation, faculty are encouraged to log on to Banner and be sure that all their courses are listed under their accounts. Detailed documentation for entering grades is available at http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/grading.pdf. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have any questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet so that your end-of-summer-session grading will be smoother and more successful.

Did you know that Buffalo State is home to the first graduate student association among the comprehensive SUNY institutions? In order to maintain the momentum created by this year's executive board and senators, future leaders will be elected through Angel next week. The Graduate School will continue to receive nomination forms through Wednesday, April 17, for the positions of president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary to serve during the 2013–2014 academic year. Descriptions for these positions can be found in the GSA Constitution. Nominations and the election for senator positions will be held in September.

Nomination forms for the executive board are available through the GSA website. These forms may be submitted electronically to buffalostategsa@gmail.com or to the Graduate School, Cleveland Hall 204.

Students enrolled in Introduction to Fashion Merchandising (FTT 150) are hosting clothing donation drives during the week of April 22 for refugees residing on the West Side of Buffalo. Everyone can participate by donating gently used clothing. Items that students are looking for include pants, jeans, sweaters, T-shirts, jackets, blouses, sweatshirts, winter items, shoes, and accessories. Clothing drives will also be hosted in all residence halls during the week. Clothing collected through the clothing drives will be given away to refugees at the Second New World New Wardrobe Clothing Giveaway, which will be held Saturday, May 4, at the Asarese-Matters Community Center.

On-campus drop-off boxes will be set up at the Campbell Student Union during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) on Tuesday, April 23, and Thursday, April 25. Or you can e-mail student Lauren Poplawski or assistant professor of fashion and textile technology Vicky Oh to arrange personal drop-offs.

The Barnes & Noble at Buffalo State Bookstore will host a book signing by Thomas J. Reigstad, author of Scribblin' for a Livin': Mark Twain's Pivotal Period in Buffalo, today, April 15, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Please call Kathy Hanaka, assistant manager, at ext. 5509 for more information.

The grading window for Summer Session "SM" will close tomorrow, June 19, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades is available at http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/grading.pdf. Assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet so that your end-of-session grading will be smoother and more successful.

Faculty members will enter their summer 2013 grades using Banner. The grading window is now open for Summer Session "SM" and will close Wednesday, June 19, at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades is available at http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/grading.pdf. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have any questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet so that your Summer Session grading will be smoother and more successful.

Faculty members will enter their 2013 Summer Session "SM" grades using Banner. The grading window will open at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, June 13, and close at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 19. In preparation, faculty members are encouraged to log on to Banner to be sure that all their courses are listed under their accounts. Detailed documentation for entering grades is available at http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/grading.pdf. Additionally, assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have any questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet so that your Summer Session grading will be smoother and more successful.

Please join the Biology Department for the seminar "Identification of the Bacterium Hylemonella gracilis as an Antagonist of the Persistence of the Plague Bacterium Yersinia pestis" by David Pawlowski, senior research scientist with CUBRC Inc. and research assistant professor at the University at Buffalo, on Tuesday, April 23, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Classroom Building B119.

All faculty, staff, and students are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

Seminar abstract:

Yersinia pestis, the etiological agent of plague, is of interest because of its potential use for bioterrorism. The plague bacterium is thought to only persist within a host such as a flea or small mammal reservoir. Following an event such as an intentional release however, the plague bacterium would be spread throughout a number of atypical environments such as soil or water ecosystems. Recently, studies have been published describing the plague bacterium's persistence in some of these atypical environments. Here we show that Y. pestis can colonize sterilized water microcosms for over three years. However, another bacterium, Hylemonella gracilis, was identified using 16SrRNA genomic analysis that apparently could prevent this long-term Y. pestis persistence in water microcosms. The conditioning and outgrowth of H. gracilis on rich media is directly attributable and proportional to the introduction and concentration of Y. pestis to the microcosm. These results could aid in the development of new diagnostic devices for Y. pestis for use by first responders.

The grading window will close tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. Detailed documentation for entering grades is available at http://buffalostate.edu/banner/documents/grading.pdf. Assistance is available by calling the Computing Help Desk at ext. 4357 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

If you have any questions about grading, please call the Registrar's Office at ext. 4811. We have provided a grading tip sheet so that your end-of-semester grading will be smoother and more successful.