Daniel Haick, lecturer in the Business Department, presented his paper "Career Academies: A Matter of School Engagement" at the Association for Career and Technical Education CareerTech Vision 2012 conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in December.
Tamara McMillan, associate director of student life for leadership, received the Emerging Leader Award from the WNY ACE Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education during the organization's annual conference, "Women's Empowerment: Empowering Ourselves," on April 26.
McMillan was also named Professional of Month by the Community Action Organization (CAO) on May 3. She was recognized for being a trailblazer in higher education and serving as a community role model.
Jagat Mukherjee, research scientist in the Great Lakes Center's Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Lab, presented his current research on chemical carcinogenesis at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held in Washington, D.C., April 6–10. The title of the presentation was “Benzopyrene Diol Epoxide Attenuates p34cdc2 and Inhibits Cell Growth: Role of p53.” Subodh Kumar, interim director of the GLC's toxicology lab, coauthored the presentation. This research has the objective to develop a chemo-preventive strategy against PAH–induced carcinogenesis.
Heidi Dietz Faletti, associate professor of English, read her paper “The Caligarian Cabinet of Norman Bates in Psycho” at the 34th annual conference of the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 13–16.
Sharon Raimondi, associate professor of exceptional education, received the 2013 Distinguished Professor Award from the University at Buffalo's Learning and Instruction Department. The award recognizes a professor whose efforts, disposition, and commitment to graduate students set a high-water mark from within the department of highly accomplished peers.
At the end of each academic year, UB students nominate and select the award winner. This is the second time Raimondi has been honored with the LAI Distinguished Professor Award. Raimondi directs the joint doctoral program in special education, a collaborative program operated by the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State.
"Dr. Raimondi tirelessly devotes her energies toward ensuring her students are critical thinkers, thorough researchers, participatory students and, most of all, are attentive to details," remarked doctoral scholar Andrew Hashey when presenting the award at the annual LAI awards banquet. "She models these behaviors as both a teacher and mentor. She strives to provide each and every one of her students with the tools required for success...and her careful attention to her students' lives outside the campus ensures their educational experience is one characterized by support and nurturing."
Edward Helling, an officer with the University Police Department, earned an award for his outstanding effort in DWI enforcement in 2012 from the Erie County Stop DWI Program on May 3. Helling was recognized along with 25 police officers in Erie County. UPD is proud of Helling's dedication to DWI enforcement and contribution to the quality and safety of the community.
Candace (Keegan) Masters's artwork made the cover of Artvoice for the week of April 18, accompanied by the review Aye, Robot by J. Tim Raymond.
A member of the Art Education Department since 2008, Masters is a service-learning faculty fellow and exhibits her artwork regionally, nationally, and internationally. Her current exhibit ran through April 30 at the Queen City Gallery in the Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre. She currently teaches AED 302W, AED 315, and AED 609.
Michael Johnson, associate professor and interim department chair of Modern and Classical Languages, presented his poster "Aspects of Creativity Theory in Genesis 1:1" at the 43rd annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature Eastern Great Lakes Region, held in Erie, Pennsylvania, April 4–5. He also serves on the SBL's Regional Scholar Award Nominating Committee.
Drew Kahn, professor of theater and director of the Anne Frank Project, was the keynote speaker at Point Park University's Storytelling and Human Rights Symposium on April 12. Kahn's address, "Using Storytelling to Heal the World," kicked off a daylong event with workshops and panels focusing on the power of stories from a variety of disciplines. The symposium was sponsored by Global Solutions Pittsburgh and the Point Park University Honors Program.
Wanda Slawinska, associate librarian, was invited to take part in the 2013 Buffalo State Women's Studies Research Symposium in E. H. Butler Library in honor of Women's History Month. She presented a poster and read a paper on the achievements of Maria Siemionow, a Polish microsurgeon and face transplantologist at the Cleveland Clinic, who in 2008 successfully transplanted a nearly full face for the first time in the United States. Only four facial transplants had been done in the world to that date. Slawinska's paper was titled "You Need a Face to Face the World."