New Medical School Marks New Era

FALL 2017 VOL. XXVI, NO.2

NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL MARKS NEW ERA

From the Vice Provost....4 By Ellen Goldbaum ues to grow as the new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences build- ixty-four years after moving to the ing opens its doors to the future leaders Inclusive Excellence...... 5 University at Buffalo’s South Cam- of 21st century medicine, research and S pus, the Jacobs School of Medicine technology,” Governor Cuomo said. “By New Undergrad Dean.....7 and Biomedical Sciences has re- moving this state-of-the-art facility down- turned to downtown Buffalo. town, we strengthen Buffalo’s economy Study Abroad Incubator..8 The massive $375 million, 628,000- while helping to ensure the city’s growth square-foot building ofﬁ cially opened and development continues strong.” December 12, 2017 at 955 Main St., just “Moving the Jacobs School of Medicine DREAM Act...... 9 steps from where it was located from 1893 and Biomedical Sciences downtown is a to 1953. major milestone for the University at Buffa- Pharmacy in Jamaica...... 11 The building was the ﬁ rst to receive lo that has been a decade in the making,”

Sapienza Exchange...... 12

Welch Ludwig Photos....13

Refugee Camp in Greece...14

Global Innovation...... 15

Threats to Biodiversity...16

Malala Speaks at UB...... 17

Alum from Malaysia...... 18

Open Doors 2017...... 19 At the ribbon-cutting for the new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (l to r): Byron Brown, Jere- my Jacobs, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Satish Tripathi, Michael Cain, and medical student Laura Reed.

Bruneau Honored...... 20 NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant funding said UB President Satish K. Tripathi. through NYSUNY 2020, legislation that “UB is now poised to achieve our vi- International Activities of was signed into law by Gov. Andrew M. sion of excellence in medical education, Faculty & Staff...... 21 Cuomo in 2011. The initiative has spurred research and patient care. We are so in- economic growth across the state and debted to Governor Cuomo, who shared Directory...... 27 strengthened the academic programs of and supported our vision all along. From New York’s public universities and col- the very beginning, he, along with the leges. The mission of the NYSUNY 2020 Western New York state delegation, saw UB International program is to elevate SUNY as a catalyst the great potential in moving the Jacobs

Visit the Offi ce of International for regional economic development and School to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Education website at: affordable education. Campus and recognized the pivotal role it http://www.buffalo.edu/ “Western New York’s transformation could play in the remarkable transforma- internationaleducation into a national health sciences hub contin- tion of our region. Governor Cuomo ad- continued on p. 2 2 MEDICAL SCHOOL “This is an incredibly exciting time for the medical community in the City of Buffalo,” Brown said. “I would like continued from page 1 to thank President Satish Tripathi for his tremendous leadership in making this project a reality; Jeremy Jacobs, and vanced our vision by signing the historic New York SUNY his family, for their generosity – not just to UB – but to the 2020 legislation into law.” entire City of Buffalo; and Governor Andrew Cuomo for “This defi ning and transformative moment would also his vision and determination to put Buffalo on the map as not have been possible without the incredible support a leader in medical education, care and research.” and generosity of Jeremy Jacobs and his family, for whom Michael Cain, MD, vice president for health sciences at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is UB and dean of the Jacobs School, said today’s opening “marks a long-awaited reunion for the Jacobs School of Med- icine and Biomedical Sciences. “It reunites our faculty conducting research, who have been located on the university’s South Campus, with those involved in patient care in our partner institutions. This building fully integrates medical education into Buffalo’s growing academic health center, em- phasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and strengthening our relationships with our clin- NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL ical partners. “A medical school that is just steps away from UBMD Phy- sicians’ Group at Conventus, John R. Oishei Children’s Hos- pital, Buffalo General Medical Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and all of our other named,” Tripathi added. partners will foster synergies that will expand and improve “Mr. Jacobs and his family are committed to our vision health care in Western New York,” he said. because they know that the students we educate here, and the discoveries and treatments generated here, will save Addressing the physician shortage and benefi ting lives and improve the quality of life for people around the the region world. Their belief in our institution has transformed the The new building allows the Jacobs School to expand dream of a world-class downtown medical school building its class size by 25 percent, from 144 to 180 students, into a concrete reality.” training many more doctors to address local and national “My family is thrilled to join UB and our elected offi - physician shortages. This year, the Jacobs School admitted cials at today’s ribbon-cutting ceremony,” said Jeremy its fi rst class of 180 students; by 2021, the school’s enroll- M. Jacobs, UB Council chairman, whose family’s historic ment will reach 720 students. $30 million gift was critical to the medical school’s move That expansion, in turn, boosts UB’s ability to recruit downtown. and retain world-class faculty with medical expertise in “The new medical school building fulfi lls the collabora- specialties that the region sorely lacks so that Western tive and innovative vision of the medical campus, which New Yorkers do not have to leave town for specialty care. will have a transformative impact on health care in West- The move of the Jacobs School to the Buffalo Niagara ern New York. By moving the school downtown, UB is en- Medical Campus bolsters the city’s biomedical sector as hancing its role in the fabric of our city and furthering its a catalyst for regional economic development. Medical commitment to our community.” innovations will result from increased synergies with the Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown noted that the Jacobs clinical and research partners on the medical campus, in School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will bring turn, creating new medical technologies and spinoff busi- over 2,000 students, faculty and staff to the heart of nesses. downtown Buffalo. Deliberately positioned as a “gateway” to the medical in a class of 180, can not only contribute but also present 3 campus, the building features a pedestrian walkway from data to the entire group with the touch of a button. Allen Street and the vibrant Allentown neighborhood to Small classroom and study spaces are available through- Washington Street. out the building, all The building’s sus- with optimal technol- tainable features in- ogy connections. clude bicycles avail- A casual café is lo- able to rent in the cated on the second walkway and the fl oor but for full-ser- NFTA Metro station, vice dining options, which is located un- faculty, staff and stu- der the building, a dents will be encour- fi rst for Buffalo, so aged to patronize that the public can local businesses, a de- readily access the liberate feature of the medical campus building. from the Allen/Med- State-of-the-art ical Campus station. laboratory spaces on A 32-foot tall, the building’s third, two story light tow- fourth and fi fth fl oors, er at the Main and are modern and light- High streets en- The spectacular atrium of the new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences fi lled. trance functions as The sixth fl oor in- the building’s sig- cludes expanded facil- nature feature, a beacon, often lit in UB blue, but which ities where students will hone their skills, from the Behling NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL can beam virtually any color, which architects intended as Simulation Center, where students will gain interprofes- emblematic of the school’s return to its downtown roots. sional training using life-like mannequins in realistic med- Just upstairs, on the second fl oor, in a more concrete nod ical scenarios, to the Clinical Competency Center, where to the historic past of the Jacobs School, hangs a pair of students will interact in scripted clinical scenarios using lanterns. standardized patient volunteers. Originally gaslights, they illuminated the High Street Students, medical residents and professionals also will medical school lobby from 1893 until 1953 when the have access to the building’s surgical suites and robotics medical school moved to the UB South Campus on Main suites, where they will be trained in the newest surgical Street. The lanterns were restored by Ewa Stachowiak, as- and robotics skills. In addition to the traditional gross anat- sistant professor in the Department of Pathology and Ana- omy training using cadavers, students will have access to tomical Sciences and Brian Koyn, in the UB health sciences visualizations of the cadavers, providing far more detailed fabrication department who used a 3-D printer to restore anatomical information. missing and decaying lantern pieces with exact replicas of the original metalwork. Historic support and generosity In addition to the support provided by Gov. Cuomo, Active learning the new building was made possible through state and The building design was produced by HOK, a global de- UB capital appropriations and support from the UB Foun- sign, architecture, engineering and planning fi rm, which dation, as well as the generosity of alumni, community was selected for the project by UB in 2012 after winning leaders, corporations and foundations who gave to a $200 an international competition to develop the best design million campaign for the Jacobs School of Medicine and concepts for the new Jacobs School building. Biomedical Sciences, including a historic $30 million gift Through its classrooms and open spaces called learning from Jeremy M. Jacobs and family. landscapes, the Jacobs School’s new building promotes In recognition of the Jacobs family gift and Jacobs’ tre- collaborative interactions among faculty and students. mendous service and philanthropy to the university, the Its huge, open seven-story, light-fi lled atrium, comprising medical school in 2015 was named in their honor. more than 19,000 feet of glass, fosters collegiality and a strong sense of community. Ellen Goldbaum is the senior science editor for University A key educational attribute of the building is its empha- Communications. Photos by Douglas Levere. sis on active learning classrooms, which contain triangular tables that are fully electronic so that any student, even 4 FROM THE VICE PROVOST

ur cover article tells the story of a remarkable The medical school’s return to downtown recalls the and historic event that encapsulates all the good frontier days of the fl edgling City of Buffalo, when in 1846 O things that have been happening at UB and in under Chancellor Millard Fillmore, the university got its Buffalo during its recent renaissance. The offi cial start as a small medical school to train local physicians. opening, on December 12, of the new Jacobs School of Despite that local mission, I like to remind colleagues Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara that among the small number of medical students in the Medical Campus truly represents a watershed, as our med- fi rst class were two from nearby Canada--at that time still ical school and thus our university return in a strikingly part of the British Empire and not yet an independent impactful way to our roots in country. Thus, from its very ori- downtown Buffalo. gins, the medical school and the UB alumni and friends university have reached beyond around the world have been our national borders and en- waiting expectantly for this gaged the larger world. milestone moment, and all Fast forward to today, and the positive developments we witness a globally intercon- that will fl ow from it for both nected Buffalo Niagara Medical the university and the com- Campus attracting the students, munities it serves. Faculty faculty, clinicians, researchers have already begun moving and patients from across the in and setting up their lab- globe. Today’s medical school oratories; soon the medi- recognizes the importance of cal students will be joining international engagement not them. only for the conduct of research FROM THE VICE PROVOST The magnifi cent new but also for the preparation of building for the medical school is literally steps away from future physicians. Global learning and cross-cultural com- the school’s original site on High Street, where Buffalo petencies are part of the skill set that health professionals General Hospital is now located. Also in close proximity must have today to be successful in their practice. are the brand-new John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital, the At the beginning of an exciting new year and a new era Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Center and the for UB, I take the opportunity to congratulate President recently opened Coventus Building housing UBMD Physi- Tripathi, Provost Zukoski, and Vice President and Dean cian’s Group offi ces, where many medical school faculty Michael Cain for their visionary leadership in making the have their practices. new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences These new state of the art facilities join the nearby Ros- a reality. well Park Cancer Institute, the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, and the Hauptmann-Wood- Stephen C. Dunnett is professor of foreign language educa- ward Institute in constituting a top-tier, comprehensive tion and vice provost for international education. clinical and research center. UB COMMITS TO INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE 5

By Michael Andrei identities of individuals, the campus climate that deter- mines whether diversity is sustainable and the importance B’s strategic diversity and inclusion plan, “Our of curricular transformation to include differing perspec- Commitment to Inclusive Excellence,” focuses tives and modes of inquiry previously neglected or miss- U on coordinating and facilitating diversity and in- ing. clusion-related efforts and processes campus-wide to in- The Offi ce of Inclusive Excellence is the centerpiece of tegrate inclusive excel- UB’s strategic diversity and inclusion plan. lence into all aspects of “OIX will foster a culture of shared responsi- university operations. bility for equity and inclusion,” Miller says, “and UB is reaffi rming a create transparent processes that encourage commitment to sup- the entire university to work toward inclusive port inclusivity across excellence. Through the offi ce, benchmarks the university by in- and goals will be set and progress toward them creasing cultural under- monitored.” standing, enhancing teaching and scholar- Employing inclusive excellence as a stra- ship, and creating and tegic framework sustaining a welcoming Under Miller’s leadership, the offi ce will coordi- environment in which nate and facilitate university planning process- all faculty, staff and stu- es, program initiatives, educational strategies dents are valued. and research inquiries that shape goals, actions The plan provides an and advancement of inclusive excellence at UB. overview of UB’s earlier They will focus on facilitating: INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE and ongoing efforts to  Improved communication and coordina- ensure the university is tion among UB’s various equity and inclusion diverse and inclusive, assets. and explores the evolu-  A climate that is supportive of all mem- tion of faculty, staff and bers of the UB community (faculty, students, student demographics staff and administrators). and the campus envi-  A culture of self-refl ection and innovation ronment. to address issues of diversity, inclusion and ex- Teresa Miller Photo: Douglas Levere The plan will be ad- cellence. ministered through the  Structuring environments and interac- newly renamed Offi ce of Inclusive Excellence (OIX). tions that encourage individuals to explore and under- “There are currently a variety of strategies and efforts stand others, learn from their differences and commonali- to enhance diversity and inclusivity going on across cam- ties, and succeed together. pus,” says Teresa Miller, vice provost for inclusive excel-  Infusion of diversity-related content in courses, lence. “However, we still have work to do to achieve our programs and experiences across the disciplines and in so- diversity and inclusion goals. cial aspects of the campus environment. “We can maximize the effectiveness of our diversity and  Research, education and engagement programs inclusion-related efforts with better university-wide coor- that support diversity and inclusion in the community. dination to enhance impact, minimize overlap and more  Development of diversity and inclusion-related deeply integrate inclusivity into all aspects of the universi- goals and plans at the department and school levels. ty,” she says. “Adopting inclusive excellence as the center of our di- Inclusive excellence is the recognition that diversity is a versity and inclusion strategy challenges UB to employ the driver of excellence. Miller points to Scott Page’s pioneer- principle as a strategic framework,” Miller says. She adds ing research on diversity as expressing with mathematical that without inclusion, diversity is unsustainable. certainty the principle that diverse teams solve problems “You can successfully recruit individuals who diversify faster and better than homogenous teams with more ex- your department, but if they don’t feel valued and respect- perience. “For a public research university that aspires to ed, they won’t stay.” Miller went on to say that adopting solve the world’s hardest problems, diversity is mission inclusive excellence requires the university to be honest critical,” she explains. and clear about identifying challenges and issues related Inclusive excellence acknowledges the multiple social to diversity and inclusion so that UB can come together as continued on p. 6 6 INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE continued from page 5

a campus community to address them. council of nearly 50 members of the campus community, organized into eight different committees. In collaboration Allowing all students, faculty and staff to thrive with OIX staff, they are focused on a number of initiatives. The Offi ce of Inclusive Excellence will be drafting a State- One such project is to create new pipelines for under- ment of Principles of Community (SOPOC) that will out- represented minority students and women in STEM fi elds line ideals that UB stands for. through new initiatives. These include creating a Native “We will be holding a listening tour and focus group American Health Inclusion Initiative and exploring the fea- meetings over the next few months to get input from all sibility of an inclusive excellence-centered living and learn- members of the UB community, and understand what ing community. they would like to see refl ected in the SOPOC,” Miller OIX will continue to train faculty and decanal search says. “UB has values that are centered around inclusion, committee members on reducing barriers to diversity, equity and diversity. such as implicit bias, through the use of best practices. “Free speech is also Training videos on this topic already something we value,” have been posted to UB EDGE; OIX she notes. “These prin- staff members are also planning to ciples will refl ect our schedule in-person training sessions collective thoughts as and developing toolkits to assist search an academic commu- committees. nity. This enables us to OIX staff members are, in addition, ‘call out’ speech that is working to create a Diversity Lead- legally permitted, but ership Workshop to develop and ad-

INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE contrary to our institu- vance sophisticated leadership, prob- tional values. “We are lem-solving approaches and inquiry developing a tool kit on about diversity and inclusion at UB. this issue, which will be OIX also is developing a university available to the campus statement on diversity, equity and in- community.” clusive excellence to be prominently Miller says the state- displayed on UB’s website, Miller says. ment will be drafted “In drafting ‘Our Commitment to based on feedback from Inclusive Excellence,’ a review of our the meetings, and will campus climate regarding issues sur- be offi cially signed by rounding diversity and inclusion was members of the UB com- conducted by OIX,” she says. munity at the university’s fi rst annual diversity summit in Miller notes this research reveals a strong commitment March 2018. by members of the UB community toward diversity and In fall 2018, a campus climate survey will be conducted inclusion, as well as efforts that, if coordinated to reduce to assess attitudes, behaviors and standards concerning overlap and ineffi ciency, could increase their impact across the level of respect for individual needs, abilities and po- the campus. tential at UB. “The creation of the Offi ce of Inclusive Excellence, as Unlike surveys in the past, Miller says, faculty, staff and suggested by this report, will coordinate, facilitate and students will be asked the same questions. bond together all of these efforts,” she says, “as well as “This will make it possible to compare answers across support increased data collection, new programs and re- these three distinct populations,” she explains, “allowing search. us to draw meaningful conclusions from survey data with- “Responsibility for inclusive excellence rests in every of- out having to compare questions from widely varying sur- fi ce and individual at the University at Buffalo, and the OIX vey instruments. will assist in facilitating and coordinating all of our efforts,” “We aspire to foster a healthy, productive, ethical, fair she says. and affi rming campus community to allow all students, “The ideas, goals and strategies we have established in faculty and staff to thrive and realize their full potential.” this plan are just the start.”

Additional strategic plan priorities Michael Andrei is a public affairs and internal communica- The ofﬁ ce’s efforts are fueled by an expanded leadership tions specialist for University Communications. ANN BIZANTZ APPOINTED DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION 7

By Cory Nealon

nn Bisantz, a renowned expert in human factors A UB faculty member since 1997, Bisantz has served as engineering who has led the Department of Indus- professor and chair of the Department of Industrial and Atrial and Systems Engineering since 2012, has been Systems Engineering since 2012. She specializes in human named dean of undergraduate edu- factors engineering and cogni- cation. tive engineering — fi elds that She succeeds Andrew M. Stott, who left concern designing products, UB in summer 2017 for the University of systems or processes that focus Southern California. on the well-being of the people Her appointment, effective January 29, using them. was announced by Graham L. Hammill, She has published more than vice provost for educational affairs and 70 journal articles and book dean of the Graduate School. chapters, edited two books and “Dr. Bisantz has distinguished herself delivered more than 160 con- through an outstanding record of edu- ference and invited lectures. cational and academic service that has She has received more than greatly benefi ted students and fellow fac- $15 million in research fund- ulty members. Her research and leadership ing from agencies including the has continuously placed the University at National Science Foundation Buffalo in the spotlight as a premier pub- (NSF), Agency for Healthcare lic research university,” said Hammill, who Research and Quality, and nu- served as interim dean of undergraduate merous defense agencies. DEAN NEW UNDERGRADUATE education after Stott’s departure. A fellow of the Human Fac- Bisantz was chosen from a strong pool tors and Ergonomics Society of candidates, all of whom expressed tre- (HFES), she has received nu- mendous ideas and vision for the position, merous awards and honors, in- Hammill said. cluding an NSF CAREER award, In her new post, Bisantz will be respon- HFES Paul M. Fitts’ Education sible for providing dynamic academic leadership, as well Award and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in as articulating, shaping and elevating learning for under- Scholarship and Creative Activities. graduate students at UB. She will facilitate the university’s Bisantz has developed fundamental and advanced un- undergraduate academic enterprise, and oversee campus, dergraduate and graduate courses in human factors en- system and state processes for all undergraduate curricular gineering and industrial engineering that are highly re- changes. garded by students and colleagues, and has advised or Bisantz also will provide guidance, purpose and a sense mentored 60 graduate students. of strong collaboration among the areas she oversees — Previous to her appointment as department chair, she including the Honors College, UB Curriculum, Center for served as director of undergraduate studies and was re- Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, and the sponsible for student advisement, curriculum develop- Experiential Learning Network. She will collaborate with ment and leading a successful accreditation of the under- other leadership within the Offi ce of Educational Affairs graduate degree program. and across campus to promote and strengthen under- Bisantz received her Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of graduate student success and satisfaction. Technology. She received a master’s and bachelor’s degree “I am looking forward to serving students and the UB from UB. community in new ways,” Bisantz said. “In particular, I am excited about working with faculty and staff from across Cory Nealon is associate director of community relations for the campus to help all our undergraduate students achieve University Communications. a transformative educational experience.” 8 FIRST STUDY ABROAD INCUBATOR CONDUCTED IN COSTA RICA

By Peter Murphy Jensen highlighted his broad perspective when submitting his application to participate in the incubator. ight UB faculty members traveled to Costa Rica in “As part of my role in the UB Academies, I encourage June 2017 as part of the university’s fi rst-ever Study a broad range of students to participate in study abroad E Abroad Incubator, a program for faculty and staff programs, not just civil and environmental engineering interested in designing and leading new study students,” says Jensen, a professor of environmental abroad initiatives. engineering and academic director of the Sustainability Academy. His research on water in the developing world also was a key element of his application to the incubator. Atkinson, an assistant professor of environmental engineering, notes that he and Jensen were unaware the other was going to Costa Rica. His application stressed his research interests, which include air pollution control, environmental and water resources engineering, and more specifi cally, sustainability. “Costa Rica is fascinating,” STUDY ABROAD INCUBATOR Atkinson says. “They are highly ranked in global sustainability surveys. Almost 98 percent of their electricity is from renewable sources. Over 25 percent of their land is protected forests.” The Incubator group in Costa Rica; Trevor Poag is 4th from the right The UB group, led by Poag, was in Costa Rica June 5-9, visiting different sites around the “We decided to pick a group of applicants who had a country. Among them were a government-run health strong desire to advance global learning in their respective care services center; the Institute for Central American departments at UB,” says Trevor Poag, director of global Development Studies; a public school; the Association of learning opportunities in the Offi ce of International Costa Rican Engineers and Architects; coffee, pineapple and Education. banana plantations; the Kekoldi indigenous community; “This was a non-traditional workshop with hands-on and the Quetzal Education Research Center, as well as experience. Our team was able to see Costa Rica fi rsthand hydro and wind energy generation sites. and look at different ways to connect students to all it has “Based on my experience living there for a number of to offer in terms of experiential learning opportunities.” years, I was able to select a few key sites to illustrate the Jim Jensen and John Atkinson represented the Department topics that were present in the study abroad incubator,” of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. Other Poag says. “This was a place to sharpen some ideas and participants were Shamim Islam, clinical assistant professor, spur ideas for new development. The idea now is to try Department of Pediatrics; Lisa Vahapoglu, program to advance some of the great ideas our team brought to coordinator, Community of Excellence for Global Health the table.” Equity; Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah, clinical assistant professor, Only 80 students from the School of Engineering and Department of Organization and Human Resources, Applied Sciences reported studying abroad when such School of Management; Mary Nell Trautner, associate data was last collected during the fall 2016 semester, a professor and director of graduate studies, Department of refl ection of the overall trend of low participation rates of Sociology; Sarah Robert, associate professor, Department engineering students in study abroad programs. of Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education; “Engineers study abroad at a very low rate compared to and Cynthia Stuhlmiller, professor and director of global other majors,” says Jensen, who also serves as director of nursing initiatives, School of Nursing. undergraduate studies for the environmental engineering

continued on p. 10 TRIPATHI JOINS CHANCELLOR JOHNSON IN SUPPORT OF DREAM ACT 9

By Sue Wuetcher DACA students across our state and our nation, should have the opportunity resident to pursue their educa- Satish K. tional goals and their P Tripathi and professional aspira- SUNY Chancel- tions. lor Kristina John- “The University at son were among Buffalo is committed several universi- to a diverse and inclu- ty presidents and sive campus commu- chancellors join- nity, and we urge Con- ing lawmakers gress to protect the and “dreamers” in earned rights of New Washington in Oc- York State’s 42,000 tober to urge Con- DACA enrollees.” gress to pass the bi- Johnson told those partisan Dream Act. attending the press “On behalf of the conference that her University at Buf- grandparents came falo, I once again to America through Chancellor Johnson (4th from r) and Presidient Tripathi (3rd from r) at DREAM Act press would like to pub- conference, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaking. Photo: Robert Mayer Ellis Island, and that licly express my like many children of support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigrants, her mother pursued education as a way to SUPPORTING THE DREAM ACT (DACA) program,” Tripathi said. “All students, including continued on p. 10

UB HOSTS BIENNIAL WHO HEALTHY HABITATS MEETING

By Jessica Scates

ne of 700 collabo- University at Buffalo faculty, rating centers from staff, and students. Oover 80 WHO mem- The Schools of Public ber states, the Col- Health and Health Profes- laborating Centre for Health sions, Architecture and Plan- and Housing at UB focuses ning and the Community for research and technical as- Global Health Equity orga- sistance in the design of the nized events which included built environment to foster a keynote address by Natha- the health and functioning lie Roebbel, Technical Ofﬁ cer, of all people, including those Public Health, Environmental with disabilities. and Social Determinants of In April 2017, the Univer- Health, WHO. sity at Buffalo’s WHO Col- Roebbel’s talk addressed WHO delegates at the Refugee Summit in Buffalo. Photo: Douglas laborating Center on Health Levere how to tackle health in- and Housing and the Region- equalities through action on al Secretariat of the Inter-American Network for Healthy housing. UB’s Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., professor of urban Habitats, accompanied by the Pan American Health Orga- and regional planning, shared a multi-national vulnerable nization and the UN Ofﬁ ce for Latin America, organized neighborhoods project and Samina Raja, professor of ur- and hosted the 11th Biennial Meeting of the Inter-Ameri- ban and regional planning led a discussion on implement- can Network of Healthy Habitats. ing plans, policies, and designs for healthy housing and This exciting meeting brought together over 20 health habitats. and environment leaders from across South America with Collaborating Center members also participated in a continued on p. 10 10 DREAM ACT HEALTHY HABITATS continued from page 9 continued from page 9

better herself, her family and her community. special Symposium on Promoting the Health of Migrants “The privilege to do this — to pursue the American with a keynote talk given by Dr. Marcelo Korc, Regional Dream — is one that our nation promised to DACA en- Advisor, Sustainable Development and Human Security, rollees,” she said. “It is a privilege that, today, Congress Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organi- can and must act to protect. As chancellor of the country’s zation. largest comprehensive system of public higher education Following these events, Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. applied and the granddaughter of immigrants, I am proud to stand for an National Institute of Health conference grant, with students, colleagues and federal representatives in to- which would bring together representatives from the In- day’s call for the immediate passage of the Dream Act.” ter-American Network for Healthy Habitats to complete a The bipartisan Dream Act would offer legal permanent grant for a multi-national project on developing a neigh- residence — and eventually a pathway to citizenship — to borhood-scaled health intervention strategy for the mit- young immigrants if they arrived in the U.S. as children, igation of neighborhood effects on undesirable health obtained a high school degree or GED, and are enrolled in outcomes in Buffalo, New York; Buenos Aires and Villa del higher education, employed or serve in the military. Totoral, Argentina; Belem and Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil; San President Donald Trump rescinded DACA in September Jose, Costa Rica; Havana, Cuba, and Lima, Peru. If funded, 2017 and passed the issue to Congress. the conference will be held in Buffalo. Other academic leaders attending the press conference were University at Albany President Havidán Rodrí- Jessica Scates is staff assistant for the Community for Global guez; Stony Brook President Samuel L. Stanley Jr.; Gary Health Equity. May, chancellor for the University of California, Davis; and the Rev. Michael J. Sheeran, president of the Association

HEALTHY HABITATS HEALTHY of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Lawmakers attending included New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; Senate Demo- PHARMACY PRACTICE cratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-IL, who introduced the bipar- continued from page 11 tisan Dream Act in the Senate; House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA; and Rep. Joe Crowley, D-NY, chair of the House Democratic Caucus. cultural interaction. An onsite orientation included a meet and greet with current UWI Pharmacy Students and a his- Sue Wuetcher is editor of UBNow for University Communica- torical tour describing the colonial plantation origin of the tions. UWI Mona campus. Students had the opportunity to sample local produce at a farmers market for discussions on the effect of sea- STUDY ABROAD INCUBATOR sonal availability of foods and increased availability of pro- cessed foods on traditional Jamaican nutrition. continued from page 8 program. Engineering requires cultural sensitivity. It Follow-up requires you to know about people, and how people Post trip debrieﬁ ng indicated all students would recom- from other cultures think. A 21st-century engineer needs mend this rotation to expand their global health knowl- to spend time abroad so they can bring a more global edge/ experience. They were able to explain or list the perspective into their decision-making.” sustainable developmental goals, social determinants of Jensen and Atkinson acknowledge the importance of health, universal health care, and access to health care. study abroad programs and their impact on students. With this international partnership in place, the UB SPPS “The cultural experience is very important,” Atkinson plans through the SUNY-UWI Research Task Force, to ex- says. “The experience of observing how different people pand this experience to other health professional schools. do things, of relating to people from other cultures, and This will allow for the development of student interests of identifying similarities and differences changes the way in exploring further opportunities for capacity building to you think and act. Even if you never step foot abroad again, advance health care systems. It is also anticipated to serve it will make you a better engineer — a more complete, as a template for the UWI as they advance their level of well-rounded and thoughtful professional.” pharmacy practice.

Peter Murphy is a staff assistant for the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. PHARMACY PRACTICE IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA 11

By Tyler R. Mullen, Gene D. Morse and Gina M. Prescott faculty, including the Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sci- ences, to receive an overview of health care in Jamaica and he School of review the objectives and expectations. Pharmacy and Students engaged in T Pharmaceutical group discussions on Ja- Sciences participated in maican healthcare dis- a collaborative Intro- parities and attended the ductory Pharmacy UB-UWI global health Practice Experience implementation research with the University of meetings. As a capstone the West Indies (UWI) assignment, students -Mona Campus in gave formal presentations Kingston, Jamaica. to the UWI health scienc- Tyler Mullen, a Glob- es faculty on their global al Health Implemen- health experiences with tation Research Fellow comparisons to the US supported by the UB healthcare system. Center for Integrat- ed Global Biomedical Jamaican Disease Bur- Sciences and the UWI L to r: Sneha Monzy (UB), Hui Hong Liu (UB), Maxine Gossell-Williams (UWI), den and Clinical Activ- Faculty of Medical Sci- Theresa Tufuor (UB), Cameil Wilson-Clarke (UWI), Tyler Mullen (UB-UWI), Steven ities Yen (UB) ences, led a group of During their time at second and third year the University Hospital, PHARMACY PRACTICE IN JAMAICA doctor of pharmacy students on a global health focused UB students participated in medical rounds with UWI rotation in June 2017 with leadership and organizational physicians, medical students, and pharmacy students. support from Gina M. Prescott, UB Department of Phar- Their inter-professional interactions provided a template macy Practice, in Buffalo. This project is also a component for the advancement and integration of clinical pharmacy of the SUNY-UWI Health Research Task Force and its role in experiences within the hospital. Students also experienced developing a clinical and translational research workforce. a different system for chart documentation, order fulﬁ ll- As part of the initial program development and implement, and medication review. mentation, four, second and third year UB Doctor of Phar- Students also had the opportunity to explore differences macy students traveled to Kingston, Jamaica to participate in healthcare infrastructure through an outpatient phar- in clinical and community centered experiential learning. macy; they worked alongside community pharmacy staff During the 7-day, short-term experience in global health to dispense, compound, and counsel patients from an in- (STEGH), students participated in a variety of clinical ex- ternational perspective. periences, global health experiences, and cult ural activities As part of the UWI initiative for Social Accountability, that will develop an implementation research infrastruc- the Faculty of Medical Sciences organizes health fairs in ture in Jamaica. rural or underserved communities where residents can The UB-UWI pharmacy faculty designed the experience receive medical, dental, and pharmaceutical care free of to address global health implementation research, social charge. UB-UWI students were able to work together in determinants of health, Jamaican communicable and inter-professional teams to assist primary care providers at non-communicable disease burden, promote cultural ex- the clinic. change and to serve as a template for the UWI as they Pharmacy students assisted physicians by giving input advance towards a doctoral degree pharmacy program. on drug Information, formulary therapeutic interventions, The pre-travel preparation, learning activities, and as- dispensed medications, monitored prescription medica- sessments were linked to outcomes derived from the Con- tion supplies, performed blood pressure checks and col- sortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) and In- lected patient data. Students were able to practice the ternational Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) competencies. local Jamaican dialect Patois (Patwa or Patwah) an En- glish-based creole language with West African inﬂ uences. Research Exposure and Social Determinants of Health Cultural Exchange and Immersion Students attended several events at UWI to broaden their Students were housed in on-campus student dormito- global health knowledge. Initially students met with UWI ries to offer a realistic student experience and promote continued on p. 10 12 ENGINEERING EXCHANGE WITH SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY IN ITALY

By Josep Jornet This is why a study abroad semester is not just a good line on a resume, but often a deciding factor by the end n 2012, UB and the Sapienza University of Rome, Ita- of many job interviews in today’s hyper-competitive job ly, signed a memorandum of understanding to create market, in which multi-national companies greatly value I and foster a student exchange program between the international experience. two institutions. This agreement is not just a mechanism for our students Since then, six UB students in the Department of Elec- to study abroad, but a vehicle to attract top Italian stu- trical Engineering have spent one dents to UB and the City of Buffa- semester in Rome at Sapienza Uni- lo. In the last ﬁ ve years, a total of versity--not only at a top Europe- nine Italian students have joined an university and one of the old- UB for one to two semesters to est, but fully immersed in Italian take courses in Electrical Engineer- culture, cuisine and life style. ing and Computer Science as well As part of this program, senior as to conduct supervised research undergraduate students join the for their master or Ph.D. thesis. Sapienza to take Electrical Engi- While chicken wings might not neering and Computer Science be comparable to Italy’s ﬁ nest courses in English, which are then cuisine, all the Sapienza students seamlessly transferred to their have left UB impressed by the transcript here at UB, allowing quality of education, the state- them to graduate in four years of-the-art research facilities, the (thus debunking one of the “old- faculty and staff commitment to

SAPIENZA EXCHANGE est myths” of study abroad--that it excellence, and the warmth of the delays graduation). university and the city. Moreover, while in Italy, stu- For many students, their expe- dents share an apartment with rience at UB has been a key fac- Italian roommates, shop in Ital- L to r: Isabella Claire Adriani, incoming student at UB from tor to decide to continue their ian stores, enjoy the Italian pub- Sapienza in Spring 2018; Josep Jornet; Parker Woodard, professional career in the US. As UB student at Sapienza in fall 2017; and Prof. Francesca lic transportation system… and Cuomo, Sapienza University we move forward, our aim is to eventually return to Buffalo being increase the number of students much more ﬂ uent in Italian than who beneﬁ t from this program. when they left (not a requirement). To start, four students from Sapienza have just been ad- All of this, while living in the heart of Italy and less than mitted to UB. two hours by plane to other major European cities, including Brussels, Paris, Barcelona or Berlin. Josep Jornet is an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering and coordinator of study abroad for the department.

WELCH AND LUDWIG “You can’t walk away from how people live in their envi- continued from page 13 ronment and say that’s not interesting. People live perfectly wonderful lives and perfectly difﬁ cult lives in places all favors Ghana and Senegal in Africa. But both continue to over the world.” be amazed by the architecture of Italy. So with every new journey, the collection will grow. Ludwig vividly recalls a colorful mosaic in Sicily’s Piaz- And just how Ludwig was once inspired to study abroad za Armerina, a Roman bath and gymnasium, that depicts after viewing photos from a college classmate’s trip to women stretching, exercising and lifting weights. The im- France, she hopes UB students, faculty and staff receive age stunned her with its beauty and depiction in ancient the same motivation from their collection. days of an everyday activity that is still practiced in our The Welch-Ludwig Collection serves as their ﬁ nal lesson time.Moments like these fuel Welch and Ludwig’s desire to their students.“Lesson number one: Feel free to develop to continue their travels overseas. The couple have a trip your own collection and contribute them to the universi- planned to Germany in spring 2018. For them, there is no ty,” says Welch. “Lesson two: Recognize what an inten- country they won’t like. tional world we’re in and that the U.S. is only part of it.” “We as a people walk away pretty easily when we’re not The Welch-Ludwig Collection is available online in the interested. The fault is in you, not the place,” says Ludwig. UB Digital Collections. WELCH AND LUDWIG’S LASTING LESSON: SEE THE WORLD 13

record of the varied effects of urbanization and political By Marcene Robinson change. “The pictures show the shift in the dominant external in- laude Welch and Jeannette Ludwig have no plans ﬂ uences away from colonial powers toward us, China and to stop teaching, despite both retiring from the multinational corporations,” Welch says. “Our ﬁ rst picture C classroom. taken in Africa dates from 1963. The last time we were in What has changed is that they’ve discovered a China was 1988; however that country is changing at an new method of instruction: photography. exceptional rate. The collection is designed to help people Through the new Welch-Ludwig Collection, images as- understand these kinds of transformations.” sembled throughout more than 50 years of travel across Adds Ludwig: “It would be interesting to see what’s happening in China now. It’s like going home but everything is a little bit different since the last time you went there. The places change, attitudes change, and way of doing things change.”

Early beginnings Adventuring around the world began at a young age for the pair. Welch credits his fascination with various cultures to his parents, who took the family on several vacations WELCH AND LUDWIG PHOTOS across the U.S. and Europe. For Ludwig, however, the passion began with language. As a child, the languages she heard at home ranged from English to Malay to Schwyzerdütsch, a dialect of Ger- man spoken in Switzerland. Jeannette Ludwig and Claude Welch in Silverman Library, where some of their photos are exhibited. A search for the correct pronunci- Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki ation of the word “bourgeois” sent her off on an exploration of the the globe, the couple aims to inspire future generations of French language that lasted a lifetime. students to embark on journeys of their own. “I found language fascinating,” says Ludwig, who is fl u- “I see this collection as a legacy that plants a seed, a ent in English, French and Swedish. lure to get people out into the world. If someone sees a “Understanding how other people communicate in a photo and wants to go there, then our job is fulfi lled,” says way that we don’t was like looking under the hood of car Ludwig, associate professor emerita in the Department of and fi nding out how it runs. Language is invisible, but it Romance Languages and Literatures. binds people together.” The collection, held in the UB Libraries Digital Collec- Religion, a second window into culture, was another cat- tions, contains thousands of photos from their personal alyst for Ludwig. As an undergraduate at Drake University, and academic trips around the world. Their images cap- her natural curiosity of how various religions functioned ture nearly two dozen nations in sub-Saharan Africa, and led her to the campus’ divinity department and later to the breadth of Western Europe and Asia. Buddhism. However, Welch, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeri- Of the dozens of countries Ludwig has traveled to, India tus in the Department of Political Science and self-desig- remains her favorite, partly because of the country’s mul- nated photographer, does not consider himself a traveler. tifaceted culture. But also because India is the birthplace Welch, a pioneer in the study of human rights, particularly of Hinduism and Buddhism, her travels there held more in Africa, collected many of the images while conducting meaning and took the form of a pilgrimage. research. Rather than an assortment of vacation photos, the im- Still moving, still growing ages taken over the course of decades instead serve as a While India is the favorite destination of Ludwig, Welch continued on p. 12 14 WORK IN GREEK REFUGEE CAMP TRANSFORMS VIEW OF HEALTH CARE

By Marcene Robinson worked from a portable dental unit that provided them access to water and suction. Cleanings, fi llings and ex- efore returning to campus for their fi rst week of tractions were performed to treat cavities, the most com- classes in fall 2017, nine UB nursing and dental stu- mon oral health need among the refugees. Because it was B dents traveled 5,000 miles to the Greek island of not known when a dentist would again visit the camp, Lesbos to take part in an experience that can’t be recreat- teeth with large cavities were pulled. ed in a lab or lecture hall. Children received fl u- The students, along oride treatments, tooth- with several UB faculty brushes and toothpaste, and staff members, jour- and were instructed on neyed across the world oral hygiene. Faculty also to provide free screen- trained medical volun- ings and emergency teers at the camp to ap- dental and health care to ply fl uoride varnish, and hundreds of refugees dis- donated medical supplies placed by the civil war in and equipment so that Syria and ongoing con- the treatment would refl ict in the Middle East. main sustainable. The weeklong human- But the greatest gift the itarian mission, which students provided to the began July 26, was a refugees was the glimpse partnership between the of hope that someone

GREEK REFUGEE CAMP UB’s schools of Dental The UB team at Lesbos, led by Joseph Giambacorta, far left cared about their condi- Medicine and Nursing; tion, says Molli Olden- the George Washington University School of Medicine burg Warunek, clinical assistant professor of nursing who and Health Sciences, whose students and faculty treated traveled with the group. refugees affected by PTSD; and DocMobile, a non-gov- Adds Linda Paine Hughes, clinical assistant professor of ernmental organization (NGO) providing medical care to nursing who also traveled to Greece: “Being treated as hu- remote areas of Greece. man beings rather than refugees can be a life-changing “Regardless of your opinion on the matter of refugees, experience for the individual.” everyone is human and deserves to have the same oppor- The collaborative program between the School of Nurs- tunities for medical and dental care,” says dental student ing and School of Dental Medicine also provided students Sara Perrone. with experience working in a stressful environment with “Dentistry was the type of help I was able to offer, and limited resources, as well as a new appreciation for treat- I’m happy that I was able to do something about the crisis ing patients with cultural humility. other than read about it in the news.” “We exposed the students to a world crisis and gave Added Ilyana Rahman, a student earning her Doctor in them the opportunity to work fi rst-hand with NGOs and Nursing Practice (DNP): “This experience provides stu- refugees while also improving their quality of life,” notes dents with the ability to respond to a global crisis and not Joseph Gambacorta, assistant dean for clinical affairs in the sit idle while waiting for the crisis to resolve itself.” School of Dental Medicine who led the team of dental The Moria camp, the temporary home for thousands students. The next step, says Tammy Austin-Ketch, clinical of refugees, has made headlines for its horrendous living professor and assistant dean for MS/DNP programs in the conditions. School of Nursing, is to pay it forward. The UB mission marked the fi rst dental care received by “This global humanitarian health experience encourages refugees living in the camp in more than a month, and the students to culturally immerse themselves,” she explains. fi rst time the area was visited by advanced practice nurses. “They can then bring back information that can be used in Nursing students, faculty and staff set up a clinic in the practice to enhance care in Western New York immigrant form of an urgent care setting to treat pressing medical populations, inspire other students to go on future mis- issues that ranged from orthopedic injuries and stomach sions and raise awareness of the problems facing refugees infl ammation to ear infections, head lice and scabies. Anx- around the globe.” iety was also addressed through relaxation and breathing exercises. Marcene Robinson is a news content manager for University Their counterparts in the School of Dental Medicine Communications. GLOBAL INNOVATION CHALLENGE 15

By David J. Hill gap between Western culture and the student’s native cus- toms, especially when it comes to health and well-being. o develop their winning idea at thwe 2017 Global In all, fi ve groups presented ideas. United Youth won Innovation Challenge, team United Youth looked to the overall award, while RHAT Pack won the Innovation T their own individual experiences for inspiration. Award. Two of the four group members — Hemanta This was the second annual Global Innovation Challenge. Adhikari and Pemba Sherpa — are refugees from Nepal. The event, which is sponsored by UB’s Community of Ex- Another, Rosy Zel, is an immigrant from Myanmar. All three cellence for Global Health Equity, is an intensive, weeklong freshmen under- workshop where stand the role ideas to address education can a specifi c global play in the life health issue are of an immigrant, developed, chal- as well as how lenged, changed important social and refi ned. support systems “I know it’s are to helping been a really in- newcomers ad- tense week,” just to life in CGHE Co-Direc- America. tor Pavani Ram “We know the told the student importance of teams moments education be- before the win- GLOBAL INNVOATION cause the school ners were an- system in our nounced Friday country was not “The Bridge” team (from left): Bianca Kohli, Chrys Terrado, Kellie Schmit, Rachel Daws and Dipesh afternoon follow- that great. That Patel. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki ing the judges’ was one of the deliberation. “I reasons we moved to the United States. Ever since we think you can see what happens when you put numerous were young, we saw education as way to get rid of pover- minds together from different disciplinary perspectives, ty in the world,” Adhikari said. how you can transform an idea and make it into some- United Youth, which also includes Nicole Little, who thing really new and bold.” graduated with a bachelor’s in architecture in May, pro- “Our larger vision has to do with the continuity of care posed a social support network for high school-aged refu- and improving overall health and well-being, and the spe- gee students in Buffalo, with a focus on International Prep, cifi c challenge we’ve taken on has to do with bridging that Lafayette and Riverside high schools because of their high gap between Western and non-Western cultures of care,” concentration of refugee students and low graduation added CGHE Co-Director Korydon Smith. rate. Students spent the fi rst two days of the week hearing “Our main goal is to facilitate a two-tier, social-support presentations from three GIC fellows — Grace Karambizi, structure for newly arrived high school-aged refugees in Steven Sanyu and Saladi Shebule — and several guest UB order to improve both short-term health needs and posi- faculty and community partner presenters. tively infl uence long-term health needs,” Zel said. Next they formed groups and began formulating their These support networks will help high school-aged ref- ideas and pitches, receiving feedback and coaching from ugee students break through the non-academic barriers the fellows along the way. On Friday, each team pitched they face, including trauma they’ve experienced, bullying its idea to the judges. and feeling a loss of identity. “There are a lot of academic A synopsis of each group’s idea: programs, but the graduation rate for refugees is still very  Language Access (Harris Bresowsky, Riyam Wan- low,” said Little, noting some of the other impediments nas and Ko Meh) proposed addressing the shortage of fe- newly arrived refugee high school students face. male interpreters in health care settings. “This is a huge The idea is to pair newly arrived refugee high school stu- problem. The absence of language access results in the dents with former refugees who can serve as mentors. In use of untrained friends and family to address their needs, addition, group meetings will take place monthly to offer and in a lot of cases they use their children to interpret for further support and guidance in an effort to bridge the them at their appointments,” Wannas explained. continued on p. 27 16 MONITORING THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY

ed areas forming a UNESCO World Heritage Site. By Charlotte Hsu The system is capable of detecting abnormal changes in fynbos plant life. This is no easy task, as it requires outh Africa’s Cape Floristic Region is one of the rich- distinguishing between unnatural aberrations — such as est repositories of plant life in the world. declines resulting from drought, development or climate S Here, about 20 percent of Africa’s fl ora grows in change — and natural variations caused by wildfi res, a landscape that accounts for less than 0.5 percent of the which are common in the region. continent’s area, according to the United Nations Edu- As Wilson explains, land in the fynbos burns roughly ev- cational, Scientifi c and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). ery six to 20 years, and fi res are an important part of the The diversity of plant life is among the highest on the plan- life cycle of many local plants. The seeds of some species,

A view of the Cape Floristic Region. Photo: Adam Wilson for example, grow in cones that only open naturally after fi re. “Wildfi re is an important part of the ecosystem, so THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY THREATS et. About 69 percent of the region’s estimated 9,000 plant there is a natural cycle of vegetation loss and recovery,” species live nowhere else in the world. says Wilson. “To monitor this ecosystem, you need to be Now, a team of scientists including UB biogeographer able to identify changes that fall outside of these natural Adam Wilson has won a United Nations data prize for cre- variations, and our system does this quite well.” ating a digital tool for monitoring threats to this biological “By detecting potential threats to the ecosystem in jewel. near-real time, our tool can inform the responses of con- The researchers — including Wilson, assistant professor servation authorities, citizen scientists and policymakers,” of geography; ecologist Jasper Slingsby from the South Slingsby says. African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON); and data scientist Glenn Moncrieff from Ixio Analytics in Mapping threats to shrubland South Africa — were one of six winning teams in U.N. The team’s tool is called EMMA — the Ecosystem Mon- Global Pulse’s Data for Climate Action Challenge, which itoring and Management Application. It is still being pi- asked scholars to use private sector data sources to address loted, but it includes an interactive, web-based map that problems tied to climate change. researchers can use to compare expected vegetation sta- The group won the competition’s Thematic Award for tus to actual changes seen in images from NASA’s Terra Climate Mitigation. The competition was hosted by U.N. and Aqua satellites, and from Planet, a private company Global Pulse — a fl agship innovation initiative of the U.N. that provided high-resolution satellite images of the Earth Secretary-General that aims to accelerate discovery, devel- through the U.N. Global Pulse data challenge. opment and scaled adoption of big data innovation for EMMA also includes a smartphone app that fi eld rang- sustainable development and humanitarian action — in ers, landowners and citizen scientists can use to map loca- collaboration with Western Digital Corporation and with tions where they have spotted specifi c plant species in the support from the Skoll Global Threats Fund. wild, along with threats such as invasive plants, landslides Wilson traveled to Bonn, Germany, to receive the award and illegal clearing of vegetation. on Nov. 12, 2017 at a companion event to theSustainable “Systems like EMMA have been very useful for monitor- Innovation Forum, a side event to COP23, the annual U.N. ing forest ecosystems, but we don’t have any way of do- Climate Change Conference that took place Nov. 6-17. ing this in non-forest ecosystems such as shrublands and natural grasslands, as far as I am aware,” Moncrieff says. Aiding conservation of South Africa’s fynbos The digital tool the team created is a system that maps Charlotte Hsu is a news content manager for University Com- and analyzes vegetation in the fynbos, a belt of shrubland munications. in the Cape Floristic Region that includes parts of protect- Malalas.” deprived ofeducationtoschool. Iwanttoinspiremore girls toschool.Iwantsend all130milliongirlswhoare around theworldtofosteraccess toeducationforgirls. organization, theMalalaFund,workswithlocalleaders she said,“becausenowI’mspeakingoutglobally.” Her posite effect.“Theextremistsmadesuchabigmistake,” being.” never gettheopportunitytobeawoman,human she wouldbecome“wife,motherandgrandmother, and audience. Sheknewthatifshedid,itwouldmean by theTaliban,” co-writtenwithjournalistChristinaLamb. oftheGirlWhoStoodUpforEducationandwasShot ry she publishedhermemoirin2013:“IamMalala:TheSto- inahospitaltheUnitedKingdom, ing alongrecovery bus, targetedforadvocatinggirls’education.Follow- ing again,onlytobeshotinthefacewhileonschool promote educationforgirls. abouttheeffortsofMalalaandherfatherto documentary to protectheridentity. TheNewYork Times thenmadea blogging fortheBBCunderpenname“GulMakai” school inhervillagePakistan. Taliban bannedgirlsfromgoingto attending schoolin2008whenthe tional equality, Malalahadtostop er whostronglybelievesineduca- child laborinIndia. cated hislifetoadvocatingagainst Kailash Satyarthi,whohasdedi- la receiveditin2014alongwith ever beenawardedtheprize,Mala- the stage. Yousafzai whenshecame outonto Nobel PeacePrize-winnerMalala feet togiveastandingovation ty crowdof6,500jumpedtoits introduction. Theadoring,capaci- ly female—AlumniArenaaudiencedidn’t needmuchofan P By EllenGoldbaum MALALA SPEAKSTOSELL-OUTCROWDABOUTEDUCATION FORGIRLS After abriefformal talk,Malalasatdown forarelaxed Her goalsarehardlymodest. “Iwanttosendallthe The Taliban’s attemptonherlife,ofcourse,hadtheop- “I didn’t wanttobemarriedat13,”shetoldtheUB When herschoolreopenedin2011,shebeganattend- Just 11yearsold,shetookherfrustrationtotheweb, The daughterofaschoolteach- The youngestpersontohave youthful—andwhatappearedtobealarge- But thevery Taliban becauseshewantedtogoschool.” Tuesday eveningas“thewomanwhotookonthe er inthe2017-18UBDistinguishedSpeakerSeries resident SatishK.Tripathi introducedthefi Malala speakingwithLieslFolks.Photo:NancyJ.Parisi rst speak- nizational Effectiveness. School ofManagement’s CenterforLeadership andOrga- Collaborative, aBuffalo-based nonprofi yourself. Sodon’t stopyourself.” believe inyourself.Oftenyou arethefi sibility startswithwomen.“Women needtofi kistan thanintheUK.”To reversethis,shesaidtherespon- adding “wehavemorewomenParliamentmembersin Pa- came tothisrealization.“Iwasreallysurprised,”shesaid, said. even wheretheyhavereadyaccesstoeducation,”Folks there isn’t any. “Butwomenarealsounderrepresented, providing girlswithaccesstoeducationinplaceswhere change.Folks thennotedthatMalala’s workemphasizes gee campsandthepowerofsocialmediatobringabout above all,knowledge.Shediscussedclimatechange,refu- ity educationthatemphasizesharmony, toleranceand heads ofstate,shesaidthattheanswertoisqual- ugee bychoice,”shesaid. are createdbyconfl perience, shesaidthatpeopleneedtolearnrefugees derestimate thepoweryouhaveinyourvoice.” “long journey”aheadofthem.But,shesaid,“Donotun- that theyarestillinschool,inexperiencedandhavea your campaign?”Malalanotedthatyoungpeopleknow that camefromaudiencemembersatthearena. volved aroundquestionsthathadbeentexted,tweetedor two establishedaninstantrapport.Theconversationre- and AppliedSciences.Althoughtheyhadnevermet,the chat withLieslFolks,deanoftheSchoolEngineering Malala’s talkwasco-sponsored bytheGirlsEducation Malala agreed,notingherdisappointmentwhenshe When askedabouttheintoleranceexpressedbysome On thesubjectofrefugeesandintolerancetheyex- “What cananaverageyoungpersondotohelpyouin ict andwar. “You don’t becomearef- rst persontostop t, andtheUB rstbebrave, 17 MALALA SPEAKS AT UB 18 PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING ALUM FROM MALAYSIA SHARES ADVICE

By David J. Hill postpone his visit when the newspaper sent him to Mosul, Iraq, on an extended assignment. He was able to spend or those of you who are in the right ﬁ eld and do- a few days at UB last week, meeting with students and ing what you love, you know this feeling — it’s as faculty and talking about his career as a visual storyteller. F though the planets have lined up. I just knew this is “When I graduated as a student here, I didn’t think I was what I was supposed to be doing for the rest of my life.” coming back ever again,” Yam joked. Marcus Yam’s unlikely path from aerospace engineering “Marcus’ journey has been nothing but amazing and major at UB to Pulitzer Prize winning photographer began inspiring,” Scott Weber, UB’s vice president for student with a simple ﬂ yer. The Spectrum was recruiting new staff life, said in introducing Yam to a crowd of faculty, staff and students who came to hear him speak and show a few highlights of his work. “His success illustrates the idea presented in a National Science Foundation report that a degree is not an identity or a destiny.” In the 11 years since he graduated, Yam has traveled the globe pho- tographing celebrities and capturing the raw emotion of natural disasters, protests and terror attacks. This summer, Yam covered the Coachella mu- sic festival in California.

ALUM FROM MALAYSIA Yam has shared two Pulitzers, one as a member of the Seattle Times team that won for its coverage of the mudslides that killed 43 people in rural Washington state in 2014; the second was as a member of the Los Angeles Times staff that won for Marcus Yam discusses his career as a photojournalist. Phoro: Brittany Sandor its coverage of the San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack in 2015. members by advertising that contributors could receive Sometimes, Yam said, he looks to capture the absurd, English course credits for writing articles or taking photos. like when he photographed a guitar-wielding man, The fl yer was especially appealing to Yam who, as an dressed like a ram, at Coachella. Other times, it’s about re- international student — he was born in Malaysia — need- lating, such as when he photographed a motorist who was ed to fulfi ll a certain number of course credits in English. just looking to get home after what must have been a long “I thought, that’s an easy way to get credits, even better day but couldn’t because his car was caught in the mid- than taking an English class. So out of sheer laziness, dle of a protest in Los Angeles. And other times, the best I signed up and bought my fi rst camera and was imme- photos are the result of persistence and fi ghting through diately hooked to taking pictures,” Yam, a 2006 graduate the crowd. of UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, re- “It always is worth it just to go the extra mile to see called Friday during one of two talks he gave in the Stu- what’s around the corner,” he said. dent Union Theater. “Love what you do, and throw yourself into it Yam’s work at The Spectrum caught the attention of whole-heartedly,” Yam told graduate students as part of John Davis, then the design director for the Buffalo News, the annual Career Perspectives and Networking Confer- who offered him an internship. “That internship changed ence. my life,” Yam said. “For those of you who are in the right Yam also joined fellow UB alums for a panel discussion fi eld and doing what you love, you know this feeling — it’s on “Building a Fulfi lling Career vs. Having a Job: An Intro- as though the planets have lined up. I just knew this is spective Look.” They shared their collective wisdom with what I was supposed to be doing for the rest of my life.” about 100 graduate students on topics ranging from why Yam is now a staff photographer at the Los Angeles networking skills are important to how to turn impatience Times. He was originally scheduled to come to campus into positive work opportunities. last spring for a communicators conference but had to UB AGAIN AMONG TOP UNIVERSITIES HOSTING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 19

By Michael Andrei teraction with the faculty, and meeting so many people from around the world,” Tan says. or the 15th straight year, UB is among the top 25 Tan, who holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from U.S. institutions hosting international students. Singapore Management University and an MBA from the F UB is ranked No. 21 by the Institute of Interna- UB School of Management, plans to pursue a career in tional Education (IIE) in the institute’s 2017 Open Doors academia. Report on International Educational Exchange, released “While I was working on my MBA, my adviser, Dr. Jessie today in Washington, D.C. Poon, who is also from Singapore, suggested I focus on The census of international students at UB in fall 2016 international trade. A Ph.D. in geography is a good fi t for totaled 7,252, including 2,188 students on post-gradua- me,” says Tan. tion Optional Practical Training, according to the Open Ran Wang, a seventh-year student from Beijing, is work- Doors report. The number places UB third in New York ing on a Ph.D. in linguistics. Ran, who came to UB with a State, behind only New York University and Columbia, BA from Capital Normal University in Beijing, is planning a and ahead of all other SUNY institutions. UB has a total career in academia. enrollment of 30,648 students. “I would say my best experience during my time at UB UB’s international students hail from 112 different coun- is meeting so many people from around the world,” says tries. The largest numbers come to the university from Wang. “I have been exposed to many different ideas and China, India, South Korea, Canada, Iran and Turkey. ways of thinking, and I am a more open-minded person “The fact that UB has retained its ranking in this highly as a result.” competitive space refl ects the extraordinary efforts of our Doeun Park is a fourth-year student from Seoul, South International Enrollment Management staff led by Joseph Korea, majoring in accounting. Hindrawan,” says Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for inter- “I am planning to work here in the U.S. for the fi rst fi ve national education. or six years after I graduate,” he says. “I haven’t thought OPEN DOORS 2017 “Joe and his colleagues now recruit around the world, too much beyond that right now.” year-round, to fi nd excellent students for UB,” Dunnett Park, a sergeant on active reserve in the South Korean says. “As our numbers grow, we are more mindful of our military, took advantage of a study abroad program. He efforts to facilitate the inclusion and engagement of inter- is enrolled in the School of Management Undergraduate national students to ensure their retention and long-term Honors Program, and hopes to work for one of the Big success at UB.” Four accounting fi rms. New York State, with a total international enrollment of “I met many more people once I became involved in 114,316 students, is second among the 50 states for inter- more of the programs at the School of Management,” he national student enrollment, according to the report. The says. “UB offers many opportunities for students outside of fi gure represents an increase of 7.1 percent over last year. the classroom, as well as inside.” “With the implementation of our comprehensive inclu- According to the Association of International Educators sion and engagement strategy,” says Dunnett, “UB will (NAFSA), economic benefi ts gained from international stu- become even more attractive for international students, dents attending UB bring an economic impact of $184.7 whose institutional choices still depend very much on the million to Western New York, which supports 2,230 jobs. recommendations of fellow students.” In the fall of 2016, the number of international students Hwan Lee, a third-year student from Busan, South Ko- enrolled in U.S higher education decreased to 903,127 — rea, chose UB for the opportunities presented by the uni- up 3.4 percent versus 7.1 percent last year. International versity’s biomedical research programs. students represent just over 5 percent of the more than 20 “I am a biotechnology major, and plan to work in the million students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities. fi eld after I graduate,” says Lee, “ideally, in biomedical re- According to the 2017 Open Doors report, 60.3 percent search near a hospital. I would recommend UB to anyone of international students at institutions across the U.S. rely interested in the medical or biological fi elds. on personal and family resources as their primary source “UB is very diverse, and I have met many different peo- of funding. ple from around the world, which I have greatly enjoyed,” The Open Doors Report is published annually by the IIE Lee adds. in partnership with the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of The diversity of the campus community is also a favor- Educational and Cultural Affairs. The 2017 Open Doors re- ite point about UB mentioned by Gordon Tan, a fi fth-year port was released on the occasion of the 18th annual cel- student from Singapore who is pursuing a Ph.D. in geog- ebration of International Education Week, a joint initiative raphy. of the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Department of “One of the things I have enjoyed most about UB is in- Education. 20 BRUNEAU NAMED CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FELLOW

By Peter Murphy

ichel Bruneau, a professor in UB’s Department of tion signifi es a well-deserved honor based on his contribu- Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering tions to structural and earthquake engineering. Michel has M received his third major award of 2017, when and continues to be one of the most infl uential researchers he was inducted as a Fellow into the Canadian in structural and earthquake engineering. We are proud Academy of Engineering (CAE). of his contributions and this distinc- tion.” Bruneau is recognized, nationally and internationally, for the impact of his innovative research contributions to the design of steel structures sub- jected to earthquakes and blasts, and for his signifi cant contributions to design codes and standards. He has authored over 500 technical publications and is one of the most cited researchers in structural engineering. His work has defi ned disaster resilience in a manner that has since driven research in this fi eld, and he BRUNEAU HONORED is lead author of a textbook that is the reference for the seismic design CAE President Douglas Ruth (l) and Michel Bruneau. Photo: Jordan P. Wines of steel structures. He led the development of the world’s most versatile Bruneau is regularly recognized by national and interna- earthquake engineering testing facility. tional organizations and has received numerous honors for Bruneau was born in Quebec City, Canada, and studied his research contributions. as an undergraduate student at the Université Laval, Qué- Over the course of his career, Bruneau has contributed bec in 1983. He received his Ph.D. in structural engineer- to the development of codes and standards, bridge engi- ing from the University of California, Berkeley in 1987. He neering and structural and earthquake engineering. He is joined UB in 1998 an author or co-author on over 500 technical publications Bruneau and other new Fellows were honored at the and is one of the most cited researchers in structural en- CAE’s 2017 Annual General Meeting and Symposium in gineering. Ottawa, Ontario on June 26. According to his CAE Fellow induction notice, “His work The CAE was established in 1987 as an independent, has defi ned disaster resilience in a manner that has since self-governing and non-profi t organizations. It is a nation- driven research in this fi eld, and he is lead author of a text- al institution comprised of Canada’s most distinguished book that is the reference for the seismic design of steel and accomplished engineers. structures. He led the development of the world’s most It is through this institution that Canada’s most expe- versatile earthquake engineering testing facility.” rienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of “Professor Bruneau earns the distinguished honor of critical importance to Canada. Members of the CAE are Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow,” said Joseph nominated and elected by peers to honorary Fellowships Atkinson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil, based on their achievements and career-long service to Structural and Environmental Engineering, “this distinc- the engineering profession. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF FACULTY AND STAFF 21

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING a large tondo engraving depicting Herbert Hauptman, the late No- Department of Architecture bel-Prize-winning mathematician and UB faculty member, whom the Brian Carter, professor, and Annette W. Lecuyer, professor, were artist had drawn on several occasions. Breverman was one of 80 artists appointed as the 2017 International Architects in Residence at the (and the only American) invited to exhibit in the International Biennial University of Auckland. During their residency in July-August 2017, “Graﬁ ca ed ExLibris (March 11-April 17, 2017) at Citta Di Casale Mon- they taught a graduate design studio and gave public lectures in Auck- ferrato, Italy, organized by Gruppa Arte Casale. Reproduced in color in land, Christchurch and Wellington. the catalog, Breverman’s tondo copper engraving and drypoint featured the New York artist Sigmund Abeles. Stephanie Davidson, visiting assistant professor, and Georg Rafail- idis, associate professor, have been named Visiting Professors for the In September 2017, Elizabeth Otto, associate professor, spoke at fall term 2017 at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, University of To- the Museum of Modern Art in a symposium on the German pho- ronto to direct an option research studio to pursue ongoing material tographer August Sander along with an international cast of scholars research in paper / ﬁ ber casting and temporary structures in collab- and artists and members of the August Sander Foundation, based in oration with the Material Culture Research Group at the University Cologne. Passages of Exile, a volume on creative people of the twenti- at Buffalo where graduate architecture students will be working on eth century in transit that she coedited with Burcu Dogramaci of the aligned projects. Field trips between Buffalo and Toronto will allow for Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, was published in October crosspollination of studio cultures, research methods and pedagogical 2017 by Edition Text + Kritik. Otto is currently on a fellowship in North models offered by the distinct institutions of the University of Toronto Caroline to complete her current book project, Haunted Bauhaus. and the Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. Department of Comparative Literature Department of Urban and Regional Planning Rodolphe Gasché, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Eugenio Do- Daniel B. Hess, professor, attended and organized three sessions for nato Chair, has been an invited participant at two roundtables at a the Cities After Transition Conference (CATference) in Kiev, Ukraine workshop on “Derrida übersetzen” in November 2016 at the IFK (In- in September 2017. He also presented a study there entitled “New ternationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften) in Vienna, Perspectives on Housing Estates: Planning, Policy, and Persistent Chal- Austria. On that occasion he also gave two radio interviews, one for lenges.” At the October 2017 Annual International Architecture and Radio Austria, and another for Radiokolleg Austria. For all of July 2017 Urban Planning Conference at Riga Technical University, Latvia, he he was a guest scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of presented in research about “Network Connections and Neighbor- Science in Berlin, Germany. In August 2017 he presented a paper en-

hood Perception: Using Social Media Postings to Understand Neigh- titled “Infi nitely Finite,” at an International Workshop on “Finitude La ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL borhood Perceptions.” He was also invited to address the Finnish Ur- Finitud” in Mexico City, at the Centro Horizontal. In September 2017 banism Foundation in Helsinki in April 2017, where he spoke about he delivered the keynote address at an International Conference on “Pathway to Intelligent Growth: Zoning in American Cities.” In Octo- The Idea of Europe: The Clash of Projections, with a lecture entitled: ber 2017 Hess was a scientifi c reviewers for a doctoral research semi- “An Idea Beyond the Idea: Europe in a Post-European Era.” He publi- nar in architecture at Riga Technical University in Riga, Latvia. shed “En a-t-on fi ni avec l’empire du jugement?,“ in Jacques Derrida. La philosophie hors de ses gonds, ed. M. Goldschmit, Paris: Editions COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES T.E.R., 2017, pp. 73-91. Department of Anthropology Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, professor, received a grant from the Department of Economics Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy for her project “Shamanic Alex Anas, Frank H. and Josephine L. Goodyear Professor and chair, Justice and International Human Rights in Chile: Judge Karen Atala’s attended the 2017 annual International Transportation Economics Transformative Vision and her LGBT Rights Child Custody Case.” Baci- Association conference in Barcelona, Spain, June 21-23, where he galupo conducted ethnographic and archival research in Southern presented the paper “How and how much do public transportation Chile for this project between June 18 and July 18, 2017. Bacigalupo megaprojects induce urban agglomeration? The case of the Grand also received a grant from the Community for Global Health Equity to Paris Project” co-authored with Huibin Chang of the University of In- engage in collaboration and partnerships to Improve Health Equity in ternational Business and Economics, Beijing. Anas presented the same Northern Peru between July 19 and August 7, 2017. paper at the First Workshop on Urban and Regional Economics, June 27-29, held in Bogota, Colombia and sponsored by the Universidad Jaume Franquesa, assistant professor, gave a keynote lecture on Javeriana and the Central Bank of Colombia at Cartagena. At the Bo- September 6, 2017 at the 14th Conference of Spanish Anthropolo- gota Workshop he also gave a keynote address titled “Perspectives on gists, held in Valencia, Spain. His lecture was titled, “Committed an- Transportation Economics.” thropology: Demystifying the real, rescuing the possible.” Isaac Ehrlich, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Melvin H. Baker Department of Art Professor of American Enterprise, was invited to give a lecture at the Franck Bauchard, clinical associate professor and director of the Asian Developing Bank Institute and the Asian Growth Research Insti- Arts Management Program and Techne Institute on arts and emerging tute (ADBI-AGI) conference “Public and Private Investment in Human technologies, participated in the symposium “new textualities in the- Capital and Intergenerational Transfers in Asia” in Kitakyushu, Japan, atrical practices in the digital era” (University of Montpellier, October Nov. 14-15, 2017 on Ehrlich’s work in process “Testing the role of 13, 2017) and co-curated the event “Theater of the Anthropocene’ in public higher education as engine of sustainable growth – the case La Fabrique de Theatre (Belgium, November 13-18). Three students of the US.” of the Arts management Program were invited to be part of this event with the support of Techne Institute and La Fabrique de Theatre. Yun Pei, assistant professor, presented his paper “Optimal Sovereign Defaults in the Presence of Financial Frictions” at the Tsinghua Work- Harvey Breverman, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, was shop in International Finance and Monetary Policy at Tsinghua Univer- invited to exhibit in the “4th Guangzhou International ExLibris and sity in Beijing, China on May 26, 2017. Mini-PrintBiennial” at the Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in China. It was sponsored by the Culture Department of Paul Zarembka, professor, made presentations at three internation- Guangdong Province in February-March 2017. The work selected was al conferences in September and October 2017. The fi rst was in Berlin, 22 Germany for a conference of some 400, sponsored by the Interna- She gave a conference paper, “Confucian Audiences and the Diffi culty tional Initiative for the Promotion of Political Economy. He presented of Other Minds,” for the seminar “Psyche, Suasion, Style: Compara- an outline for a book he is working on tentatively entitled Limitations tive Rhetoric and the Mind” at the American Comparative Literature of Marx’s Revolution in Political Economy. He argues that Marx made Conference in Utrecht, July 2017. a very important theoretical revolution in political economy, but further progress requires recognizing that Marx himself pulled away from Cristanne Miller, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Edward H. Hegel’s infl uence while, as a separate matter, leaving an incomplete Butler Chair, delivered a paper on “Moore’s ‘Marriage’ and White- legacy on such matters as the accumulation of capital -- an issue Rosa ness: Occidental and Oriental Threads from a Poetry Notebook” at Luxemburg subsequently addressed. Marx did recognize that the the Modernist Studies Association in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in state does sometimes engage in conspiracy against its own people August 2017. and Marxists should be unafraid of considering such events as possible in the United States. Zarembka then participated in a workshop at Randy Schiff, associate professor, presented a paper, “Managing the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, as to whether Nikolai Sieber Time and Ethnicity beyond Benoît’s and Chaucer’s Troy,” while par- could be considered the fi rst Russian Marxist. Sieber was a scholar in ticipating in the Trojan Temporalities: Constructing Hybrid Antiquities Kiev whose work in 1872 was complimented by Marx himself. Final- in Medieval Troy Narratives International Workshop, which was held ly, Zarembka participated in the conference in Winnipeg, Canada on at the Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany, from August 31-September “Revolutions”, both with regard to his being General Editor for the 2, 2017. annual publication Research in Political Economy (Emerald) as well as presenting his work on the above book. Tanya Shilina-Conte, assistant professor, gave a paper, “Selective and Elective Mutism: Adorno’s ‘Cinema of Negativity’ and Deleuze’s Department of English ‘Minor Cinema’” at the Film-Philosophy Conference in Lancaster, UK In summer 2017 Jerrold C. Frakes, SUNY Distinguished Professor, in July 2017. She also curated the riverrun Global Film Series at the published two books on early Yiddish literature: The Emergence of Early Burchfi eld Penney Art Center in October 2017, with a focus on Cuban Yiddish Literature: Cultural Translation in Ashkenaz. Bloomington: Indi- Cinema and Culture. ana University Press, 2017; and A Guide to Old Literary Yiddish. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Department of Geology In July and August 2018, Jason Briner, professor, led a fi eld research In Summer 2017, Judith Goldman, assistant professor, had a video team in southwestern Greenland. Briner’s research group included installation, “Ice Core Modulations: Performative Digital Poetics,” fea- three UB Geology graduate students--Allison Cluett, Brandon tured in the International Symposium on Electronic Art at Universidad Graham and Alia Lesnek--and a UB Geology alumnus, Nicolás de Caldas in Manizales, Colombia. The video is a collaboration with Young, and was part of an National Science Foundation (NSF)-fund- INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL Bridget Baird, professor of computer science at Connecticut College ed grant focused on improving knowledge about Greenland Ice Sheet and Andrea Wollensak, a visual artist at Connecticut College. In Sep- response to global warming and sea level rise predictions. The team tember of 2017, Goldman did a reading tour in the UK for her new worked in remote areas at the margin of the ice sheet, maintained book, a hybrid of criticism and poetry, agon (The Operating System several tent camps and were deployed by helicopter. The total fi eld 2017), performing her poems for the Royal Holloway Poetics Research season duration was about six weeks, during which the team had six Centre, University of London; the Creative Writing Department in the different camps where they collected geologic samples that they are School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow; and in the indepen- currently analyzing. dent poetry series Peter Barlow’s Cigarette in Manchester. During this trip, Goldman also participated in a seminar and improvisational, col- From June 13 to August 23, 2017, Louis Anthony Buccella, an laborative performance at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, around MA student of Mary Alice Coffroth, professor, was in Japan on a key pages of Wordsworth’s late compositional manuscripts. The event research internship through the Japan Society for the Promotion of was convened by Jeffrey Robinson (University of Glasgow) and also Science (JSPS). The centerpiece of the JSPS Summer Program is the fel- featured poets Andrea Brady and Peter Manson. low’s internship at a host research institution, where they take part in research activities with frontline Japanese researchers in their respective In November 2017, Walter Hakala, associate professor, gave a pa- fi elds. Buccella conducted research on coral colonies in the Okinawa region. per at the Kyungpook National University annual Humanities Con- ference and the keynote talk at the British and American Literature Department of History Association of Korea meeting at Keimyung University in Daegu. Hakala Andreas W. Daum, professor of modern history, received in 2017 also met with colleagues in the Asian Studies Department at Seoul a Baird Society Resident Scholarship to spend three months at the National University and the Hindi Department at Hanguk University Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC to work on a new biogra- of Foreign Studies. phy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), one of the world’s early globalizers. He also participated in September 2017 in the 40th anni- The Wooster Group, New York’s most celebrated experimental the- versary celebrations honoring the John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow- ater group, has mounted a production based on SUNY Distinguished ship at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies. The Kennedy Professor Bruce Jackson’s 1964 work in Texas Prisons: The B-Side: Fellowship promotes the interdisciplinary study of Germany, Europe “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons.” It is primarily based on a and transatlantic relations. At the annual conference of the German 1965 LP album of that title; it also includes material from Jackson’s Studies Association in October, he contributed to a panel on “Refugee Wake Up, Dead Man (Harvard University Press, 1972), and Afro-Amer- Scholars and Forced Migration,” a topic he has researched for years ican Worksongs in an American Prison, a fi lm Jackson made with Pete and is also documented in the volume edited by Andreas W. Daum, Seeger in 1966. The production had its world premiere at the Taipei Hartmut Lehmann and James J. Sheehan entitled The Second Gener- Arts Festival September (September 8-10, 2017). The production then ation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians (New York: Berghahn went to Korea for two performances (September 23-24) at the Asia Books, 2016). Arts Center, Gwangiu. It opens for a month in New York City October 25, then comes Buffalo for four performances (February 8-11, 2018). Kristin Stapleton, professor and director of graduate studies, presented a paper at a conference on “Conceptions of the World in Twen- In December Arabella Lyon, professor, will give an invited lecture, tieth-Century Chinese Historiography” hosted by Georg-August-Uni- “Confucian Relationships and Deliberative Acts,” at University of Can- versität Göttingen, Germany, on October 26-27, 2017. berra’s Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance. Department of Jewish Thought Department of Psychology 23 Richard Cohen, professor, spent the spring 2017 semester as a visit- Eduardo Mercado III, professor and member of the Evolution, ing research professor at the University of Rome-La Sapienza, Depart- Ecology & Behavior program, served on the scientifi c committee of ment of Political Science, where he gave a series of lectures on modern the Humpback Whale World Congress in Reunion Island, France, July political philosophy. Cohen received a $70,000 NEH grant to support 2017. the 5th international Levinas Summer Seminar, “Emmanuel Levinas on Morality, Justice and the Poltical,” held at UB July 17-21, 2017. Cohen Leonard Simms, associate professor, spent six weeks in summer organized the symposium “Cosmopolitanism versus Globalization” on 2017 teaching in UB’s program at the Singapore Institute of Manage- October 23-24, 2017 at UB; it involved presenters from various UB ment in Singapore. departments as well as from abroad. SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE Alex Green, assistant professor and director of undergraduate stud- Department of Oral Biology ies, has completed the manuscript for a new book focusing on the Stefan Ruhl, professor, was invited by the Brazilian Division of the medieval Jewish philosopher and biblical exegete Joseph Ibn Kaspi, International Association for Dental Research (IADR) to speak at a sym- entitled Joseph Ibn Kapi and the Meaning of History: The Bible as His- posium during their Annual Meeting in September 2017 in Sao Paulo torical Wisdom. – Campinas, Brazil. The title of his presentation was “The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Potential of Bacterial Glycan Recognition in the Sal- Noam Pines, assistant professor, organized a two-day international ivary Proteome.” symposium on “Jews and Melancholia” in March 2017 at UB. Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences Department of Linguistics Richard Ohrbach, professor, received an Exceptional Contribution Juergen Bohnemeyer, professor, and Jean-Pierre Koenig, profes- Award from the International RDC/TMD Consortium Network on sor, each gave invited talks at the international conference entitled March 23, 2017; the business meeting was held in conjunction with Linguistics Perspectives on Causation, which was held at the Hebrew the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), San Francis- University of Jerusalem in Israel from June 28-30, 2017. Bohnemey- co. The award was for his service to that organization from before it er’s talk was titled “Causality across languages: state of the art,” and was founded. Ohrbach was a consultant to the NIH grant that pro- Koenig’s was titled “Why do we have the causal predicates we have?” vided the start–up funding for the organization, was an executive offi cer when this separate organization was established in 2000 and Department of Mathematics met in conjunction with annual IADR meetings, was the fi rst elected Lewis Coburn, professor, was recognized with a workshop honoring president serving a 4-year term, established the Consortium as a for- his work. Titled “Functional Analysis and Operator Theory: In Honor mal Network within the IADR, and has been chair of the Translations of Lewis Coburn,” the workshop was hosted by Liebniz Universität Committee as well as a member of the Executive Committee since ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL Hannover, Germany on June 19, 2017 and featured presentations by 2000. The Translations Committee has approved over 200 translations Coburn and other distinguished mathematicians from several German of different research and clinical instruments into over 20 languages, universities. with many more translations in progress. Most recently, Ohrbach established a young investigator award by the Network, sponsored by Yiqiang Li, associate professor, delivered an invited talk on his recent Quintessence Publishing, Inc, and the Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and progress on sigma-quiver varieties at 2017 Taipei, Taiwan workshop Headache; the fi rst award competition will potentially take place at on representation theory of Lie superalgebras and related topics in the IADR to be held in London, 2018. The Consortium Network has July 2017. Li was later invited to present his work at colloquiums of been recently renamed to International Network for Orofacial Pain Xiamen University and Shanghai Jiaotong University in China. and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM) in recognition to its past success in developing instruments and diagnostic standards for Department of Media Study temporomandibular disorders, and it now targets a wider range of Laura Kraning, clinical assistant professor, screened her most recent disorders. short fi lm, “Meridian Plain,” at numerous international fi lm festivals in Ohrbach was an invited participant to the closed workshop, ‘Orofa- 2017, including the BFI London Film Festival, International Film Fes- cial and Head Pain (OF&HP) Classifi cation Meeting’, held September tival Rotterdam (Netherlands), 25 FPS Experimental Film and Video 11-12, 2017 at Rutgers University, New Jersey. The goal of this work- Festival (Zagreb, Croatia), Moscow International Experimental Film shop was to continue the taxonomy development process initiated 8 Festival (Russia), Hamburg International Short Film Festival (Germa- years ago at the Miami Consensus Workshop and progressed through ny), VideoEx International Experimental Film and Video Festival (Zu- subsequent workshops. This project will produce a new integrated rich, Switzerland), Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Hawick, standard, Diagnostic Criteria for Orofacial Pain (DC/OFP), which will Scotland), and Antimatter Media Art (Vancouver, BC), and will have also incorporate the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Dis- its French Premiere in November at the Rencontres Internationales orders (DC/TMD) and of which Ohrbach was a co-lead author. The Sciences & Cinémas at Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Marseille. DC/OFP will also serve as a diagnostic reference standard for incor- poration into subsequent versions of two other recently released pain Department of Philosophy classifi cations: the chronic pain disorder classifi cation developed by Barry Smith, SUNY Distinguished Professor, has been appointed the International Association for the Study of Pain, and the revision of project lead by the International Standards Organization for an ISO the standard headache classifi cation developed by the International standard top-level ontology. In addition, he recently gave talks on Headache Society. Participants at this workshop represented the fol- “The Four Phases of Philosophy and Its Present State” at the University lowing organizations: International Association for the Study of Pain of Vienna, Austria; on June 1, 2017 (“Four Phases of Philosophy and Its (IASP), International Headache Society (IHS), American Academy of Present State”) , on “What is the Difference between Goods and Ser- Orofacial Pain (AAOP), and the International Network for Orofacial vices?” at the Japan Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM; previously known Kanazawa, Japan; on “Applied Ontology: A New Philosophical Disci- as the International RDC/TMD Consortium Network); and the par- pline” and “Foundations of the Ontology of Law”) at Keio University, ticipants were from the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Cana- Tokyo, Japan; on “Why do we need upper-level ontologies?” at the In- da, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, ternational Applied Ontology Association (IAOA) Summer Institute on Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States. Upper Ontologies in Toronto, Canada. He also presented at the Inter- Ohrbach presented three lectures at the IV Congresso Internacional national Conference on Biomedical Ontology in Newcastle, England. de DTM/DOF, Porto, Portugal, October 5-7, 2017. The lectures were: 24 (1) Etiology of TMD – The OPPERA studies; (2) Evolution of TMD Di- agnosis – Part 1: The times they are a changin’; and (3) Evolution of SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES TMD Diagnosis – Part 2: Next steps, international collaborations, and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering linking etiology with treatment. In addition, during the pre-congress, Paschalis Alexandridis, UB Distinguished Professor, visited Japan in Dr Ohrbach presented a Masterclass: DC/TMD. October 2017 at the invitation of the Japan Society of Colour Material Ohrbach was awarded an honorary doctorate, Odont.Dr. (honoris (JSCM) to participate at the 90th Anniversary JSCM Conference held causa) by Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden, on Oct 20, 2017. As in Tokyo. Alexandridis presented there a lecture on “Amphiphiles in part of the award process, on October 18, he presented a general Colloidal Dispersions: Solution and Surface Organization”. While in lecture to the faculty and students in the School of Dentistry, Malmö Japan, Alexandridis gave seminars on “Amphiphilic Polymers: Struc- University. The topic of the general lecture, “Successful Research Net- ture in Aqueous Solution and on Surfaces/Interfaces” at the Advanced works and Collaborations,” was based on nearly 20 years of collabora- Research Center of Shiseido Co., Ltd., in Yokohama, on “Amphiphilic tive research with multiple projects and groups internationally. After Polymers in Solution and on Surfaces: Nanostructure Leads to Func- a reception, he presented a seminar to the faculty and students, OP- tion” at the LION Corp. Functional Materials Science Research Labo- PERA: Past, Present, and Future. ratories in Tokyo, and on “Amphiphilic Polymers at Solid-Water and Oil-Water Interfaces” at the Department of Materials Chemistry, Fac- GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ulty of Engineering, Shinshu University in Nagano, hosted by Professor Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Toshio Sakai. During summer, Alexandridis hosted in his laboratory Stephen L. Jacobson, UB Distinguished Professor, was appointed to at UB Mr. Sylvain V. Duparc, graduate student at the École Natio- the honorary role of Visiting Professor (beginning Oct. 2017) at the nale Supérieure des Ingénieurs en Arts Chimiques et Technologiques University of Huddersfi eld, England, where he will deliver a series of (INP-ENSIACET) in Toulouse, France, who did an internship on poly- invited lectures in summer 2018. He was also invited by the Institute mer dissolution. for Educational Planning & Administration (IEPA) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana to deliver a guest lecture in January 2018 Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering and work with UCC faculty to help develop a potential partnership in Michel Bruneau, professor, is the lead author of the November 2017 educational leadership program with UB. Finally, Jacobson was named Quake Centre report “Reconstructing Christchurch: A Seismic Shift in a Fellow of The Fund for the Advancement of Humanities and Social Building Structural Systems.” After the 2010–2011 Canterbury earth- Sciences in Israel, where he will deliver invited lectures at Ben Gurion quakes in New Zealand, much of the Christchurch Central Business University and The Open University of Israel in March, 2018. District (CBD) was demolished, and a new city has emerged in its place. From a structural engineering perspective, to date, the new Melinda Lemke, assistant professor, recently published the follow- “heart” of Christchurch is quite different from the old one. Where ing article: Lemke, M. (2017). Traffi cking and immigration policy: reinforced concrete buildings dominated the urban landscape, with INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL Intersections, inconsistencies, and implications for public education. almost all multistory buildings relying on RC frames or walls to re- Educational Policy, 1-21 (online fi rst). Lemke is also co-editing an ac- sist earthquake shaking, the emerging Christchurch has a variety of cepted interdisciplinary special issue for the journal, Children’s Geogra- structural forms, an extensive number of steel structures, and a num- phies, with Sergei Shubin (Geography) and Anthony Charles (Law) of ber of structural systems introduced to make the new buildings of Swansea University, Wales, UK. The focus of the special issue is policy Christchurch more seismically resilient. This report describes a study and programmatic responses to child and youth displacement within conducted to (a) quantify the extent to which various types of struc- North America and Europe. tural system have been used in the new buildings constructed by early 2017, and (b) identify some of the drivers that have infl uenced de- Margaret Sallee, associate professor, served as a visiting scholar at cisions about the selection of structural material and specifi c struc- Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada for a month in the fall tural systems used. The study involved a series of interviews with the semester. While there, she collaborated with Rebecca Cox, an associ- structural designers of more than 60% of the post-earthquake build- ate professor in the Faculty of Education, on a joint research project on ings constructed to date in Christchurch’s CBD (i.e., 74 buildings), as the experiences of community college students with children in the well as with engineers from Wellington and Auckland, an architect, U.S. and Canada. Additionally, she gave several talks, both at Simon a project manager, and a developer. Data was also collected from Fraser University and at the University of British Columbia, on her re- various sources (including Christchurch’s City Council database), and search on work/family policy in colleges and universities. quantitative information on structural forms and decision drivers has been assembled for the 74 buildings considered. The report provides Department of Learning & Instruction insights into some of the mechanisms that can dictate structural en- X. Christine Wang, associate professor and director of the Fish- gineering decisions during the post-earthquake reconstruction of a er-Price Endowed Early Childhood Research Center, presented two modern city. The Christchurch experience may be unique today, but papers entitled “’Sometimes the Internet doesn’t know everything’: it could repeat itself in other similarly developed cities worldwide after Children’s epistemic reasoning in science inquiry” (Wang) and “Kin- future devastating earthquakes. dergarteners’ reading behaviors with multimodal digital texts and comprehension outcomes” (Christ & Wang) at the biennial meeting Andre Filiatrault, professor, presented presented a keynote lec- of European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction in ture entitled Seismic Testing of Nonstructural Building Components: Tampere, Finland in September. Her collaborator (Strekalova-Hughes) Needs and Recent Advances at the 7th International Conference on and Wang also presented a paper entitled “Agency and voices of Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering (7AESE) held in parents: Refugee families’ storytelling with young children” at the Pavia, Italy on April 6-8, 2017. Filiatrault will be co-presenting with annual meeting of European Early Childhood Educational Research Professor Michele Calvi from the University School of Advanced Stud- Association in Bologna, Italy in September. In October, Wang will ies in Pavia, Italy a two-day Seismic Engineering Workshop entitled: present a keynote talk entitled ”Young children’s epistemic reasoning Issues in Displacement Based Design and Assessment in Vancouver, in classroom-based scientifi c inquiry projects” at the Conference Canada on September 18-19, 2017. This workshop was part of the on Early Childhood Education in the Era of Scientifi c and Techno- International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) logical Innovation: STEM in Early Childhood Education (hosted by Symposium held in Vancouver on September 20-23, 2017. Filiatrault Chinese Society of Education) in Shanghai, China, as well as an in- will be presenting an invited lecture entitled Supplemental Damping vited talked entitled “Crossing the boundaries of reading and play- and Seismic Isolation for Non-structural Elements at the 2017 Hilti ing: Young children’s engagement with multimodal digital text with Seismic Academy held in Milan, Italy on October 24, 2017. He will be peers” at Jiangxi Normal University in Nanchang, China. teaching a two-day short-course entitled Seismic Design and Analysis of Non-structural Building Components in the Department of Civil En- ing all of 2017 as a visiting professor (or Profesora Visitante) at the 25 gineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada on November Universidad Pontifi cia—Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid, Spain. She was 23-24, 2017. an OECD Fellow from March – July 2017, examining agricultural land conservation programs in Spain. She also has a grant to continue this Department of Electrical Engineering research into 2018 from the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy. Huamin Li, assistant professor, was interviewed by his alma mater, In May 2017, she presented at the Second Annual Tarragona Interna- Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Korea, a partne of UB. The inter- tional Environmental Law Colloquium (II TIEC) at the Rovira i Virgili view was published on the SKKU homepage and SKKU News. Li grad- University (Tarragona, Spain). uated from SKKU with a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and In September 2017, Owley was an invited international expert at a Ph.D. degree in Nano Science. In the interview, he introduced UB the “Workshop on Legal Instruments for the Effective Protection and to SKKU students, and talked about his Ph.D. study on nanoscience Sustainable Management of Soils in Africa” organized by the German and nanotechnology in SKKU as well as his new research on emerging Environment Agency, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Makerere Universi- nanoelectronics in the UB Electrical Engineering Department. ty and Kampala International University in Kampala, Uganda. Also in September 2017, Owley served as an expert reviewer for Forest and Kwang W. Oh, associate professor, was invited to visit Bendong Liu’s Land Use Policies on Private Land: An International Comparison from laboratory at Beijing University of Technology during the last week of the Climate Policy Initiative of Brazil. In December 2017, she took August, 2017. Liu is currently a chair in Department of Mechanical fi ve students to the negotiations in Bonn, Germany as part of her Cli- Design and Theory at College of Mechanical Engineering and Applied mate Change Law and Policy course. Her book chapter (“The Use of Electronics Technology, Beijing University of Technology, China. He Property Law Tools for Soil Protection”) will appear in early 2018 in was a visiting scholar in Oh’s SMALL (Sensors and MicroActuators International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy (Harald Ginzky, Elizabeth Learning Lab) laboratory at UB for one year from January 2015 to Dooley, Irene Hauser, Till Markus, & Tianbao Qin, eds. Springer Global January 2016. The research topic was microfl uidic devices based on Publishing). She is a member of the International Academic Associa- the gas permeability of silicone rubber (e.g., PDMS) for BioMEMS en- tion on Planning, Law, and Property Rights (PLPR), the International deavors when Liu was in Oh’s lab, which was very fruitful and enlight- Ecological Law and Governance Association, and on the board of the ening. During this short visit, they had a great opportunity to discuss Association of Law, Property, and Society (and co-editor of the or- potential collaboration for particle/cell capture and treatment using ganization’s international peer reviewed journal). She is member of controllable microbubbles via an ultrasonic actuation. Also, Oh gave the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World a brief introduction of UB programs and the research activities at his Commission on Environmental Law, World Commission on Protected SMALL lab to graduate students. Through this visit to Beijing Univer- Areas, and Species Survival Commission. sity of Technology, he expects to bring more attention to potential students and collaborators. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Department of Accounting and Law ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering This spring, Kathy Nesper, clinical assistant professor, will teach a Jun Zhuang, associate professor, and Chen Wang of Tsinghua Uni- new international study course, “Baltic States: Doing Business at the versity, China co-chaired the International Conference on Risk Analysis, Crossroads of the European Union (EU) and Eurasia,” to help students Decision Analysis and Security, in Beijing, China, July 21-23, 2017. The gain interdisciplinary and cross-cultural experience essential in today’s topics include risk analysis, decision analysis, game theory, homeland global economy. Conducted in partnership with the Riga Business security, risk perception, risk communication, community resilience School (RBS), the course begins with pre-travel sessions to prepare and disaster management. About 60 researchers from the United students for the experience, followed by a two-week trip to Riga, Lat- States, China, Singapore, Norway, Korea, Thailand, and Tunis partici- via, where they will visit local and regional businesses, government pated in this conference. Vicki Bier (University of Wisconsin-Madison) offi ces and other institutions to gain exposure to business practices gave a keynote speech on “A career of risk and uncertainty.” in the EU. In addition, the trip will include cultural experiences and classroom sessions at RBS. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Deborah Chung, professor, gave a keynote lecture titled “Dielec- Career Resource Center tric behavior of carbon materials” at the International Conference on The School of Management’s Career Resource Center delivered a se- Carbon (a part of RACI Centenary Congress 2017) in Melbourne, Aus- ries of workshops this fall for international students. During an MBA tralia, on July 28, 2017. On July 26, at the same conference, Chung Advantage session, Ellen Murphy, assistant director, discussed the gave an invited lecture and performed on the piano in the plenary H1-B visa lottery process and corporate surveys from the Graduate session titled “Remembering Mildred Dresselhaus.” She gave an invit- Management Admission Council outlining employers’ hiring plans for ed lecture titled ”Science and applications of exfoliated graphite” in international candidates and ways candidates can develop their story The International Symposium on Carbon Research Frontiers, The Uni- to highlight the value they bring. In another workshop for internation- versity of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, on July 22, 2017. Chung gave a al students, MBA students Jiawen Wei, Arunmohan Rajmohan seminar titled “Multifunctional carbon fi ber polymer-matrix structural Nair and Ronald Mendoza, along with Master of Science in Finance composites” in the Mechanical Engineering Department, The Univer- student Ran Wang, shared how they found summer internships sity of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, on July 21, 2017. and the skills they gained from their internships. In November 2017, the Career Resource Center hosted “Your Passport to Employment,” LAW SCHOOL during which four international alumni who are employed in the Unit- Jessica Owley, professor, brought six students to the International ed States discussed how to conduct a successful job search and adapt Climate Change treaty negotiations in Marrakesh, Morocco in No- to an American workplace, what surprised them about their work en- vember 2016. In December 2016, Owley participated in a symposium vironment and more. on Climate Displacement, Migration, and Relocation in Honolulu, with people from throughout the Pacifi c to address how climate change Department of Finance is forcing humans to move within and amongst different countries. In June 2017, Veljko Fotak, professor, attended the 2017 European The event was co-sponsored by hosted by the White House Council Meeting of the Financial Management Association in Lisbon, Portugal, on Environmental Quality, NOAA Offi ce for Coastal Management, the where he presented one paper, discussed another, and won the best Environmental Law Program of the University of Hawai i William S. paper award at the conference for the following paper: Fotak, Veljko, Richardson School of Law, the Alaska and Hawai i Sea Grant College Feng Jiang, Haekwon Lee, and Erik Lie, and Haekwon Lee, “Trust and Programs and the Pacifi c Islands Climate Science Center. She is spend- Debt Contracting: Evidence from the Backdating Scandal” Discussed: 26 Sokolov, Vladimir and Laura Solanko, “Political Infl uence, Firm Perfor- Arcahaie, Haiti. A community needs assessment is currently underway. mance and Survival.” In October 2017 Fotak presented a paper at the Critelli, Lewis, and Ph.D. candidate, Asli Yalim contributed a paper Moscow Finance Conference in Russia: Fotak, Veljko, Hae Kwon Lee, on the effects of migration on individuals and families to a report by and William L. Megginson. “A BIT of Investor Protection: How Bilateral The International Association of Schools of Social Work titled, “The Investment Treaties Impact the Terms of Syndicated Loans.” Experience of Transnational Migration in Post-Soviet Countries: The Effects of Separation on Individuals and Families.” JACOBS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Department of Biomedical Informatics Susan Green, clinical associate professor, and Tom Nochajski, The department has begun a student exchange program with the research professor, who co-direct the Institute for Trauma and Trau- University of Pavia in Italy. ma-informed Care together with Travis Hales, Ph.D. candidate and Samantha Khoury, project director, made presentations at the Sarah Mullin, a graduate student of Peter L. Elkin, professor and XXXVth International Congress on law and Mental Health, Charles chair, won a best student paper award at the context sensitive health University, Prague, Czech Republic in July 2017: Green, S., & Khoury, informatics conference in Hong Kong. Her paper demonstrated that S. (2017). Organizational Sustainability of Solution-Focused Trau- computers are better at abstracting clinical data than are clinicians. ma-Informed Care (SF-TIC); Hales, T. & Nochajski, T.H. (2017). Con- fi rmatory Factor Analysis of the Trauma-Informed Climate Scale; and Department of Nuclear Medicine Nochajski, T., & Hales T. (2017). Assessing the Associations between Partha Sinha, associate professor, is an Invited Speaker at the 49th Solution-Focused Factors and Trauma-Informed Factors Using Explor- Annual Conference of the Society of Nuclear Medicine in New Delhi, atory Structural Equation Modeling. India in December 2017. Sinha has been asked to speak on Intelligent Systems in Nuclear Medicine. Denise Krause, clinical professor and Associate Dean for Alumni Re- lations and Community Engagement, directs The UBSSW Mentoring Department of Surgery program, which has 8 Canadian mentors, 6 of whom are paired with Weidun Alan Guo, associate professor of clinical surgery, was a vis- Canadian students. iting professor at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) from April 29 – May 6, 2016 in Australia. He fi rst delivered an in- Amy Manning, project director; Catherine Dulmus, professor and vited speech at the Younger Fellow Forum entitled “My Professional Associate Dean for Research; Tom Nochajski, and their research as- Hats” in O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, Canungra, Queensland. He then sistants presented a poster titled “Relationship of some easily assessed served as a faculty in the Developing a Career in Academic Surgery factors with suicidality in children and adolescents” at the European Course in Brisbane. He was also a speaker at the RACS Annual Scien- Academy of Paediatrics 2017 Congress and MasterCourse (EAP 2017) tifi c Congress in Brisbane. The topic of his presentation was related in Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 2017. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL to quality improvement entitled “My Trauma Center’s QI Program.” Nadine Shaanta Murshid, assistant professor, studies the social Steven D. Schwaitzberg, professor and chair, will be inducted as and relational context of microfi nance and the utilization of Mo- an honorary member in the Japanese Society of Endoscopic Surgery bile-money in Bangladesh with community partner bKash. She has (JSES) in Kyoto, Japan in December 8th 2017. This singular honor is published the following manuscripts: Murshid, N.S. (2017). Wom- given as recognition for 10 years of collaborative programming been’s participation in microfi nance and control over resources in Ban- tween JSES and SAGES, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and gladesh, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, doi: Endoscopic Surgeons. 10.1080/10911359.2017.1382416; Murshid, N.S. (2017). Intimate partner violence and contraceptive use in Pakistan: Results from Pa- SCHOOL OF NURSING kistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13, Women’s Studies Tiffany Cole, clinical instructor, completed her second mission trip International Forum, doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2017.08.003; Murshid, N.S. to Haiti in January 2018, during the winter break. The missionaries & Zippay, A. (2017). Social networks in the context of microfi nance consist of nurses, physician assistants, pharmacy students and clergy. and intimate partner violence in Bangladesh: A mixed-methods study, The group will conduct two in-house clinics in Delmas 21 (commune Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare; Murshid, N.S. (2017). Asset of Port-Au-Prince) and two mobile clinics in the commune of Kenscoff ownership and intimate partner violence in Pakistan: Results from Pa- Chaine de Selle mountain range. The projected number of patients kistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13, Public Health, doi: that will be treated by the group ranges from 400-600 people of all 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.004; Murshid, N.S. (2017). Bullying victim- ages. ization and mental health outcomes of adolescents in Myanmar, Pa- kistan, and Sri Lanka, Children and Youth Services Review, Advance Joann Sands and Jen Guay, clinical assistant professors, gave a podi- online publication, doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.03.003; and Mur- um presentation, “Providing Future Nurses with Experiential Learning shid, N.S. (2017). Parents, friends, and depression: A multi-country Opportunities in Global Nursing: The Belize Experience” at the Sig- study of adolescents in South Asia, Children and Youth Services Re- ma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society International Research view, doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.018. Murshid also writes for Congress in Dublin, Ireland in July 2017. the Daily Star, a Bangladeshi periodical. Her recent pieces have been titled: “Reproductive coercion or business as usual?”; “The case for SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK feminist men”; “Saving fl ood victims as we look for solutions”; “Spot Laina Bay-Cheng, associate professor and director of the Ph.D. Pro- the patriarchy”; “The case for angry women”; “In the wake of Cyclone gram, delivered an invited lecture, “Bad choices & blocked capabil- Mora”; and “Only yes means yes.” Murshid made a presentation titled ities: Barriers to young women’s sexual agency” at a symposium in “Microfi nance, intimate partner violence, and justifi cation of intimate Utrecht, Netherlands. The symposium, Rethinking Sexual Agency, was partner violence in Bangladesh” at the Annual Conference on South organized by Rutgers, a Dutch NGO focused on sexual and reproduc- Asia, in Madison, Wisconsin. tive justice. Yunju Nam, associate professor, gave an invited talk titled “Economic Filomena Critelli, associate professor; Kelly Patterson, associate Security and Financial Capability among Older Adults in an Aging So- professor; and Laura Lewis, director of Field Education and Assis- ciety at the Department of Economics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea tant Dean for Global Partnerships, joined colleagues from 10 SUNY in July, 2017. campuses in various disciplines and fi ve not-for-profi t organizations to create a sustainable village and learning community in the town of Annette Semanchin Jones, assistant professor, implemented a COIL module titled: “Social Work and Human DIRECTORY 27 Rights” as part of a UB SSW course SW500 GLOBAL INNOVATION Social Welfare History and Policy. She collab- continued from page 15 Offi ce of the Vice Provost for orated with Marijke Steegstra from the HAN International Education University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of  The Bridge (Rachel Daws, (716) 645-2368, 645-2528 (Fax) Email: [email protected] Health and Social Studies in the Netherlands. Kellie Schmit, Bianca Kohli, Chrys Ter- Web: buffalo.edu/internationaleducation The goal of this course is to gain understand- rado and Dipesh Patel) wants to build Stephen C. Dunnett, Vice Provost ing about social work in an international bridges between a UB-based research John J. Wood context. Students are asked to refl ect on the Senior Associate Vice Provost principles of human rights and social justice team and the Syrian community in Patricia Shyhalla Associate Vice Provost and Director and what they mean for social work. Buffalo to gain the Syrian refugee Resource Management community’s perspectives on mental Trevor Poag, Director of Global Learning Larry Shulman, emeritus professor, gave health issues that affect them. They Opportunities a presentation focusing on practice and su- Marvis Robinson pervision of students at the Toronto, Ontario propose using focus groups to pro- Financial Resource Offi cer Phoung Van, Staff Assistant for Resource Sunnybrook Health Science Center in Octo- duce qualitative data that can then be Management ber 2017. shared with area mental health care providers to increase their cultural International Enrollment Hilary Weaver, professor and Associate Management Dean for Academic Affairs, gave presentation competency. (716) 645-2368, 645-2528 (Fax) [email protected] titled “Social Work and Indigenous Environ-  The Undividables (Noshin Joseph J. Hindrawan mental Activism: Examples from the US” at Ahmed, Arsalan Haghdel, Sadat Associate Vice Provost and Director the International Consortium for Social De- Khan, Aye Ba Na Sa, Kathleen Lau, Ali Raymond Lew, Associate Director velopment, Zagreb Croatia. Laurel Root, International Recruiter Kayahan and Anmol Bambrah) have International Admissions UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES developed an intervention aimed at (716) 645-2368, 645-2528 (Fax) Christopher Hollister, Education Librar- bridging the cultural gap that exists [email protected] ian, co-presented a paper with colleagues between primary care physicians and Steven L. Shaw from Portland State University and University Assistant Vice Provost and Director of East Anglia (UK) at the 5th European Con- their Arabic-speaking refugee patients Jessica M. Kane, Assistant Director for Marketing and Communications ference on Information Literacy in St. Malo, in the Community Health Center

Amy Matikosh, Assistant Director for DIRECTORY France. This paper detailed fi ndings of a of Buffalo. They propose doing this Outreach study on the evolution of scholarly discourse through an internship program called Kaileigh Hubbard, Admissions Advisor in the area of information literacy in North Joshua Harrington, Admissions Advisor America and Europe over the last decade. CARE for Refugees. Jennifer Mdurvwa, Admissions Assistant Zachary Demaio, Admissions Assistant Hollister was also the recipient of Beta Phi  RHAT Pack (Carol Notting- Mu’s 2017 Harold Lancour Award in support ham, Mackenzie Vergason, Salwa International Student and Scholar of his research on the provision of affordable Alawneh and Yasmein Okour) created Services textbooks for students in the University at (716) 645-2258, 645-6197 (Fax) Buffalo’s partnership program, the Singapore a smartphone app called the Refugee [email protected] Ellen A. Dussourd Institute of Management. Health Access Tool. “Knowing that Assistant Vice Provost and Director technology is an important part of our Jessica Ereiz, Assistant Director OFFICE OF THE VICE PROVOST FOR daily life, our goal is to harness this Amy Burk, SEVIS Coordinator INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION Darla Maffei technology and information-sharing International Student Advisor Amanda Vakeva Stephen C. Dunnett, professor and vice network to assist refugees in access- International Student Advisor provost, was a presenter for the panel, ing culturally competent health care James Bowman “Campus Perspectives on the Changing Po- facilities,” Alawneh said. International Student Advisor litical Climate” at the World Education Ser- Jenna Lenz vices (WES)-Center for International Higher International Student Advisor Education Serminar at Boston College in June David J. Hill is a news content manager Immigration Services 2017. The panel was the basis for an essay for University Communications. (716) 645-2355, (716) 645-6197 (Fax) in the WES Newsletter titled, “Internation- Oscar E. Budde, Esq. al Education in a Diffi cult and Uncertain US Associate Vice Provost and Director Political Environment,” co-authored by Amir Mary Jean Zajac, Paralegal ENGEL Cinthya Alvarez, Reza of Babson College. Dunnett was a pre- Immigration Law Specialist senter for the panel, “Internationalisation: continued from page 28 Seeing through the World’s Sceptical Eyes” at Study Abroad Programs the annual conference of the European Asso- chair of the Asian Studies Advisory (716) 645-3912, 645-6197 (Fax) ciation for International Education in Seville, [email protected] Council Mary Odrzywolski, Director Spain in September 2017. He is a long time member of CISP Olga Crombie, Assistant Director Krista Pazkowsky, Study Abroad Advisor John J. Wood, senior associate vice provost, and served as its chair from 2007 Caitlin Rioux, Advising Assistant was a presenter on the panel “Professional- to 2016. In this capacity, he helped izing Risk Management in the International Council on International Studies oversee the development and imple- and Programs Offi ce” at the annual conference of the Euro- mentation of the university’s strategic (716) 645-2368, 645-2528 (Fax) pean Association for International Education Peter F. Biehl, Chair in Seville, Spain in September 2017. internationalization plan, The Global Imperative. Non-Profi t Org. U.S. Postage PAID Buffalo, NY Permit No. 311 UB INTERNATIONAL Offi ce of International Education University at Buffalo The State University of New York 411 Capen Hall Buffalo, NY 14260-1604 U.S.A.

DAVID ENGEL RECEIVES COUNCIL AWARD

avid M. En- and productive institu- gel, SUNY tional affi liations in Thai- Distinguished land, and leadership of D a study abroad program Service Pro- fessor of Law, was hon- for law students in Thai ored with the 2017 Legal Culture at Chiang Award for Outstand- Mai University. ing Contributions to In addition, Engel has International Educa- been an outstanding uni- tion at UB. The annu- versity citizen throughout al award conferred by his career, serving in var- the Council on Inter- ious Law School adminis- national Studies and trative positions and on Programs (CISP), was many university commit- presented by President tees. Among others, he Tripathi, Vice Provost L to r: Stephen Dunnett, David Engel, Satish Tripathi, Peter Biehl has been a member and Stephen Dunnett and continued on p. 27 Council Chair Peter to international education have been Biehl during a luncheon ceremony in over his more than three decades at the Center for the Arts on November UB, amply fulfi lling all ten criteria es- UB INTERNATIONAL 14, 2017. tablished for the award. Engel was nominated for the award These have included extensive in- by his Law School colleague and fel- ternational and cross-cultural scholar- is published twice yearly by the low Council member, Professor Mere- ship in comparative legal studies and Offi ce of International Education dith Lewis, Vice Dean for International social policy, collaborative research of the University at Buffalo, and Graduate Programs. In introduc- and international grantsmanship, The State University of New York. ing Professor Engel, Lewis emphasized mentoring international students and how comprehensive his contributions scholars, facilitating longstanding John J. Wood, Editor