You are invited to join the Social Justice Book Club this spring as we read essays from Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Writers.

The book club meets in person every other week, beginning Tuesday, February 11, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Bacon Hall 223.

Meeting dates are February 11 and 20, March 6 and 20, and April 10 and 24. (Please note: the first meeting date has been changed to Tuesday, February 11. All other meeting dates are on Thursdays.)

The book club is free and open to all Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff.

Thanks to generous funding from E. H. Butler Library, the Muriel A. Howard Honors Program, and Student Leadership and Engagement, print copies of the text will be provided to all registered student participants while supplies last.

Anyone interested in joining the book club should fill out this form.

More info is available on the book club website.

Any questions can be directed to Julie Setele, senior assistant librarian.

Butler Library subscribes to several of the EBSCO Research Databases. This month, the EBSCO interface has been updated with a modern, responsive design. Functionally, the new interface is virtually the same. There are some minor deviations in some specific searches. Additionally, with the exception of the following indexes, all EBSCO content is included in our ALL-Search results:

• Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) (Education)
• MLA International Bibliography (English)
• Business Source Complete (Business & Public Administration)
• Philosopher's Index (Philosophy)

Additionally, please check your syllabi and/or library links in Brightspace to be sure they are no longer connecting to Summon (use ALLsearch instead), and that database and library links are up to date.

As always, librarians are available to assist you and your students. If you have any questions please contact Chris Hulsman, Electronic & Educational Resources Librarian OR Joe Riggie, Head of Information Services. Have a wonderful start to the semester! 

Each month we invite you to volunteer and participate in the Newman Center's Service Saturdays where we highlight social justice issues in our community. On Saturday, February 1, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. we will be helping the St. Vincent DePaul Society by serving a warm meal to those in need. Lunch will be provided. If interested, please get in touch with the Newman Center today at (716) 882-1080 or newmancenter@buffalostate.edu. 

Every Thursday night beginning Thursday, January 30, at 6:30 p.m. come to the Newman Center right across the street from campus at 1219 Elmwood Avenue for a free, homecooked meal! All are welcome. Bring your friends for a delicious meal; stay for game night!

Liberty Mutual's Defensive Driving Course

The Buffalo State Alumni Association and Liberty Mutual are teaming up to offer a defensive driving course on Saturday, March 1, 2025. All members of the campus community—alumni, students, faculty, and staff—are invited to register for the course and earn up to 10 percent off your auto insurance (regardless of your provider). Discount lasts for three years.

Defensive Driving Course Details
When: Saturday, March 1, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Where: JVL Alumni & Visitor Center
Fee: $30 per person
 
To register for the defensive driving course, please contact Buffalo State’s representative, Damien Lawrence, at (716) 984-9111 by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 26th, to reserve your spot.
 
Parking Information: Parking is free on Saturdays. Participants should park in Lot R-14 or R-15. Enter the Alumni and Visitor Center's main door facing the R-15 Lot.

Undergraduate Research is now accepting applications for the Spring 2025 Early Undergraduate Research Opportunity (EURO) Program, which provides lower-division students with the opportunity to serve as a research assistant to a faculty mentor. Awards of $1,000 (full EURO award) and $500 (EURO micro-projects) are provided for student participation in the program, with up to $200 available for supplies. Students must be classified as freshmen or sophomores with at least 12, and no more than 60, earned Buffalo State credit hours at time of application. Student assistants should be encouraged to present at the 27th annual Student Research and Creativity Conference on May 2, 2025. Faculty applications are due by Friday, February 21. For more information on this and other programs for students, visit the experiential learning website.

The 17th year of Buffalo State University’s own interdisciplinary lecture series, “Conversations in and out of the Disciplines,” continues this spring with talks by Naila Ansari from the Theater Department, and a joint presentation by Mehwish Sarwari and Patrick McGovern from the Government, Planning, and Philosophy Department.

On Friday, February 28, Naila Ansari, assistant professor, will present "The Power of Joy: A Radical Act of Resistance and Healing in the Face of Trauma;" and on Friday, May 9, Mehwish Sarwari, assistant professor, and Patrick McGovern, associate professor, will present "Blue Helmets as Political Regime Influencers: The Impact of Democratic Peacekeeping Personnel on Democratization in Conflict-Affected States." The talks, each followed by a brief Q&A, will begin at 3:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 320. A short wine and cheese reception will follow. Everyone is welcome.

The "Conversations" series was started 17 years ago by Ann Colley, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emerita of English, to “celebrate and draw attention to the research being done in various departments at Buffalo State University.” Over this time, colleagues from Anthropology, Art Conservation, Art History, Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, and Secondary Education, among others, have shared their work with the Buffalo State and Buffalo communities.

The SUNY Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (SUNY DEISIJ) Fellows program invites you to attend one or more of our SUNY DEISJ Fellows Webinar Series 2025 events this semester:

• Friday, February 14, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.—“Constructions of Class Identity and Power”
• Friday, February 21, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.—“Critical Disability Studies and Intersectional Ableism”
• Friday, March 7, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.—“Developing DEISJ Content Across the Curriculum”
• Friday, March 28, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.—“Intersections of AI and DEISJ”

For more information (including descriptions of each event, panelists, and registration), visit the SUNY DEISJ Fellows webpage.

The Social Work Department and the Art and Design Department’s Visual Arts Board student organization invite you to HeART Yourself on Thursday, February 13, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. This self-care event offers participants the opportunity to paint a picture with guidance from an art student (modeled after the community “paint nights”); create a self-portrait silhouette; and/or make an essential oils room spray or lotion. Refreshments will be served. This event is funded by the Buffalo State Faculty-Student Association.

Come celebrate the 2025 Lunar New Year on Tuesday, February 4, during Bengal Pause (12:15–1:30 p.m.) in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. This event is sponsored by the Modern and Classical Languages Department.