Please join the Biology Department and the Great Lakes Center for the seminar "A Sulfurous End for the Dinosaurs," presented by Chris Junium, Ph.D., associate professor and director of graduate studies for geobiology, astrobiology, paleoclimate, and paleoceanography at Syracuse University, on Monday, September 12, from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 214. All Buffalo State students, staff, and faculty are welcome.

Abstract
The timeline of Earth’s history is pockmarked with the impacts of comets, asteroids, and other planetary bodies. Surprisingly, impacts are quite common, with meteorites as large as a kilometer in diameter striking about every million years. The geologic record of life as we view it today reveals little about how impact events changed the course of life, except in the case of end-Cretaceous mass extinction. The 10 km asteroid that struck the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico 66 million years ago resulted in the annihilation of nearly 75 percent of animal life on Earth including the dinosaurs. This raises the question: Why did the Chicxulub impact have such a profound effect? It turns out that it may not be that large impacts happen, but where they strike. The sulfur-rich rocks of the Yucatan have long been implicated in the extinction, and new geochemical evidence shows that the injection of sulfur into the stratosphere caused decades-long cooling and served as the primary cause for the K-Pg mass extinction.

Please join us for a faculty-led roundtable discussion about what it means to be Latino in the twenty-first century on Friday, October 14, from noon to 2:00 p.m. in Bacon Hall 115. Light refreshments will be served. This event is part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a monthlong celebration of the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. Hope to see you there.

Come and see Buffalo State Music Department students perform classic Latin Americans songs as students from the Modern and Classical Languages Department provide background information on the pieces on Thursday, October 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Ciminelli Recital Hall. A reception will follow the performance. This event is part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a monthlong celebration of the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. Hope to see you there.

Please join us for a free film screening of Tortilla Soup, a look into the life of a Mexican American master chef and father to three daughters who has lost his taste for food—but not for life—on Thursday, October 6, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Popcorn will be provided. This event is part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a monthlong celebration of the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. Hope to see you there.

Please join us for a free film screening of In the Heights, a look into the lives of several characters living in the neighborhood of Washington Heights, on the northern tip of Manhattan, on Thursday, September 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Assembly Hall. Popcorn will be provided. This event is part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a monthlong celebration of the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. Hope to see you there.

Please come and see our students compete for small prizes in a Spanish game show on Thursday, September 22, from 12:05 to 1:40 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center 214. Light food and refreshments will be served. This event is part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a monthlong celebration of the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. Hope to see you there.

Please join us for a salsa, merengue, and bachata demonstration on Friday, September 16, from noon to 2:00 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union. Food and refreshments will be served. This event is part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a monthlong celebration of the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.

The Teacher Education Council (TEC) will hold its first meeting of the fall semester on Friday, September 9, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in the Grande Conference Room, Cleveland Hall 418. TEC representatives will receive a meeting invitation and agenda. All TEC representatives and Teacher Education Unit members are encouraged to attend. Non-members who would like to attend may contact their TEC representative for more information.

A reception for Across the Visual Arts XIII: Dean's Creative Associates Awards Exhibition will be held today, September 8, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Czurles-Nelson Gallery and the Upton Hall foyer. Across the Visual Arts XIII features one outstanding student from each concentration within the Art and Design Department. The artists will be recognized during the first hour of the reception. Refreshments will be served, and all are welcome. Please join us as we celebrate our creative students!

Students in this exhibition were awarded the Dean’s Creative Associates award in April:

James Aumer – Photography
Dante Feliciano – Painting
Ashley Fidler – Fibers
Taylor Gainey – Printmaking
Liam Glynn – Wood/Furniture
Sam Krakowski – Graphic Design
Bianca MacPherson – Ceramics
Duyen Phan – Metals/Jewelry
Jane Potter – Art Education
Mark Trudell – Sculpture

Czurles-Nelson Gallery Fall 2022 Hours*
Monday
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuesday
12:30–3:00 p.m.
4:30–5:30 p.m.

Wednesday
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Thursday
12:30–3:00 p.m.
4:30–5:30 p.m.

Friday
8:30–10:30 a.m.
12:30–4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday
Closed

*Or by appointment

Please contact Marie Bogner, Czurles-Nelson Gallery coordinator, (716) 878-4390, with questions.

The Art and Design Department is pleased to announce a new exhibition, Across the Visual Arts XIII: Dean's Creative Associates Awards Exhibition, currently on view in the Czurles-Nelson Gallery through Wednesday, September 28. A reception will be held tomorrow, September 8, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Across the Visual Arts XIII features one outstanding student from each Art and Design concentration. Students in this exhibition were awarded the Dean’s Creative Associates Award in April:

James Aumer – Photography
Dante Feliciano – Painting
Ashley Fidler – Fibers
Taylor Gainey – Printmaking
Liam Glynn – Wood/Furniture
Sam Krakowski – Graphic Design
Bianca MacPherson – Ceramics
Duyen Phan – Metals/Jewelry
Jane Potter – Art Education
Mark Trudell – Sculpture

Czurles-Nelson Gallery Fall 2022 Hours*
Monday
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuesday
12:30–3:00 p.m.
4:30–5:30 p.m.

Wednesday
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Thursday
12:30–3:00 p.m.
4:30–5:30 p.m.

Friday
8:30–10:30 a.m.
12:30–4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday
Closed

*Or by appointment

Please contact Marie Bogner, Czurles-Nelson Gallery coordinator, (716) 878-4390, with questions.