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INSIDE … A look at Attracting the digital video best students L In this week’s Q&A, Suzanne M i l l e r t a l k s UB Engineering offers new incentives about the pow- By ELLEN GOLDBAUM Dean Harvey G. Stenger Jr. er of the digital Contributing Editor The program offers exceptional video medium T’S an annual rite of spring: students annual scholarships rang- and the Gradu- high school seniors discussing ing from $3,000 to full tuition, ate School of Education’s City with their parents one of the room, board and fees, totaling Voices, City Visions project. most important decisions they approximately $15,300 for in-state PAGE 2 face—whereI to attend college. students and $21,600 for out-of- Luke Scannell from Schodack state students. Landing near Albany, now a fresh- In its inaugural year, the 24 fresh- man in the School of Engineering men entering UB last fall as Dean’s and Applied Sciences, remembers Scholars had an average SAT score how he decided to come to UB. of 1433, collectively boosting the Scannell, who had participated average UB engineering fresh- in the Science Olympiad in high man SAT score by 20 points. They Memorable school, was sure he wanted to graduated at or near the top of pursue engineering, but he wasn’t their high school classes. murders sure where. “These students are deciding be- UB Law professor Charles Pat- During his visit to UB last tween UB and schools like Cornell, rick Ewing has released a new spring, he was impressed with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute book that takes readers into the its environmental engineering and Rochester Institute of Tech- minds of David Berkowitz, John laboratories, as well as the school’s nology,” says Stenger. “We want Wayne Gacy and other notori- internationally known Structural them to know that in addition to ous murderers and debunks Engineering and Earthquake Sim- the scholarship, they’re going to re- the stereotypes surrounding ulation Laboratory. ceive personal attention once they the insanity defense. PHOTO: NANCY J. PARISI Then he found out that UB get here. Students in this program PAGE 3 Engineering had something ex- have a close relationship with the tra in mind for him: the Dean’s professors and administrators in V-Day at UB Is UB open? Scholars Program, which rewards the engineering school.” Faculty, staff and students look- academically talented applicants That relationship doesn’t end The handprints and signatures of members of the UB ing for information about the with four-year scholarships, as after orientation, Stenger notes. community who denounce violence mark a window university’s office hours and well as special academic and net- All 24 freshmen in the UB En- of the Student Union in support of V-Day, a global class schedules during inclem- working opportunities, as long as gineering Dean’s Scholars Program movement to end violence against women and girls. ent weather can call 645-NEWS a student maintains a grade-point are Stenger’s advisees during the or sign up to receive a text mes- average of at least 3.0. critical fi rst year. sage sent to their cell phone That, Scannell says, made his de- Throughout the academic year, and/or an email account. The telephone line will cision easy: He would attend UB. Dean’s Scholars also are involved tailgate party hosted by the dean at “We are doing these things to be available 24 hours a day. With cost a major factor in the in various social and networking the UB-Toledo football game. anchor the students, to let them get The recorded message will be great majority of college decisions, events, including dinners with This spring, the group will take comfortable and to give them the updated and a text messaging the Dean’s Scholars Program, insti- the dean. Last fall, they visited the in a Buffalo Bisons baseball game, opportunity to do their very best alert will be issued as soon as tuted in 2007, is designed to attract GM PowerTrain plant, took the tour Northrop Grumman-Am- at UB,” Stenger says. university offi cials decide to and retain the best and brightest Miss Buffalo cruise on Lake Erie herst Systems and visit Fisher-Price So far, they seem to be doing alter office hours and class applicants, says UB Engineering and attended with their parents a in East Aurora. schedules due to weather con- Continued on Page 7 ditions or other situations. To receive text-messaging alerts, go to http://emer- gency.buffalo.edu/. No ibuprofen for stroke patients Closing information also will be available on WBFO-FM By LOIS BAKER a second neurological visit after this interaction. Whatever number were taking aspirin plus Motrin [a Contributing Editor 88.7, at www.buffalo.edu discontinuing NSAID use and were of patients who have had strokes brand of ibuprofen]. and at MyUB.buffalo.edu. TROKE patients who use tested again, all had regained their because of the interaction between “The prescription medication ibuprofen for arthritis pain aspirin sensitivity and its ability aspirin and NSAIDs, those strokes Aggrenox, which also is used for or other conditions while to prevent blood platelets from were preventable.” secondary stroke prevention and WWW.BUFFALO.EDU/REPORTER taking aspirin to reduce aggregating and blocking arteries. Gengo is professor of neurol- contains aspirin and extended The Reporter is published theS risk of a second stroke under- The study is the fi rst to show ogy in the School of Medicine and release dipyridamole, is affected weekly in print and online mine aspirin’s ability to act as an the clinical consequences of the Biomedical Sciences and professor the same way as aspirin,” Gengo at http://www.buffalo. antiplatelet agent, UB researchers aspirin/NSAID interaction in pa- of pharmacy practice in the School continued. “In preventing strokes, edu/reporter. To receive have shown. tients being treated for prevention of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical it is statistically a little better than an email on Thursdays In a cohort of patients seen by of a second stroke, and presents a Sciences. Results of the study were aspirin, but more expensive. that a new issue of the physicians at two offices of the possible explanation of the mecha- published in the January issue of the “However, one of the most com- Reporter is available online, Dent Neurologic Institute, 28 nism of action. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. mon side effects when you fi rst go to http://www.buf- patients were identifi ed as taking The Food and Drug Admin- “We fi rst looked at this issue way start taking Aggrenox is headache, falo.edu/reporter/sub- both aspirin and ibuprofen (a istration currently warns that back in 1992 in a study conducted so some physicians, pharmacists scribe/html, enter your nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ibuprofen might make aspirin less in normal volunteers, but it was or physician assistants tell patients email address and name, drug, or NSAID) daily and all were effective, but states that the clini- published as an abstract only,” he to take a Motrin so they don’t get and click on “join the list.” found to have no antiplatelet effect cal implications of the interaction said. “We never followed through a headache. This likely would ne- KEY TO REPORTER ICONS from their daily aspirin. have not been evaluated. with a manuscript, but another gate the effects of the aspirin and Thirteen of these patients were “This interaction between aspi- group published an elegant study extended release dipyridamole. M more text at Web site being seen because they had a second rin and ibuprofen or prescription in the New England Journal of Those patients might as well take stroke/TIA while taking aspirin and NSAIDs is one of the best-known, Medicine showing this interaction this expensive drug and fl ush it L link on Web site an NSAID, and were platelet nonre- but well-kept secrets in stroke at least seven years ago. down the toilet.” sponsive to aspirin (aspirin resistant) medicine,” said Francis M. Gengo, “When we began to assess this Gengo and colleagues veri- more photos on Web P at the time of that stroke. lead researcher on the study. in our stroke patients, a surpris- fi ed with urine testing that all 18 The researchers found that when “It’s unfortunate that clinicians ingly high percentage of a group patients—six men and 12 wom- A additional link on Web 18 of the 28 patients returned for and patients often are unaware of of 653 patients, around 17 percent, Continued on Page 2 2 Reporter March 27, 2008/Vol. 39, No. 26 uestions

Ne w s m a k e r s Suzanne M. Miller, associate professor of nswers Here is a sampling of recent learning and instruction, Graduate School of & media coverage in which UB is Education, is director of City Voices, City VisionsQ (CVCV), a joint mentioned prominently. partnership between GSE and the Buffalo Public Schools that pro- “It was quite typical in the ’90s A with the market going up. Lots vides professional development for classroom teachers on how to of plans were over-funded, and if use digital video composing as a learning tool in the classroom. L M they were going to try to down- size, they would fund buyout packages with their excess pen- You were a classroom English outside schools and to bring these creating videos on academic like Keith Hughes at McKinley sion packages. I am not aware of teacher. When did you realize “print-mixed” texts into the class- content as a learning tool that High School helped to develop the power of the digital video it happening that often among room. Graphic novels, Web pages, integrates print text and writing. the idea that the video genres collective bargaining plans.” (DV) medium? music mashes, video—all of these DV composing develops perfor- students already knew were a u James Wooten, profes- There was a time when I was teach- and more appear in students’ ev- mance knowledge—knowing good way to go. They can ap- sor of law and a pension expert, ing a semester elective I developed eryday lives outside of school. A how to find, gather, use, com- propriate these ready-made in an article in the Detroit Free called “Film Study.” We watched Press on Detroit automakers growing body of research shows municate and create new ways of structures for use in their own that are using pension funds to and critiqued films, talked about that these millennial students who orchestrating knowledge that is DVs. So, for example, based pay for retirement incentives. the power of the medium, looked have never known a world without so useful in deciding how to vote, on what they know about mu- “Any program that decreases at political ads and the distortions. computers and the Internet have making a business plan, looking sic videos, students make an body dissatisfaction is valuable. Eventually, the students wanted developed all kinds of social lit- for a college, finding a vacation iSpeak, where they find an Decreased body dissatisfaction to make films. But it was hard. eracy practices in these activities. spot, engaging and persuading important text or write a text among program participants is We used a hand-cranked editing The problem is, they know how to others. So useful for life. and use that as the narration especially promising in light of gizmo with a secured razor blade make sense of and to make digital the increased body dissatisfaction You said there are “a million for a video. Public service an- we noted among nonpartici- you pushed down to cut 8 mm texts—but most often they don’t stories” of students breaking nouncements persuade young pants. Body dissatisfaction is the filmstock and tape it back together. have opportunities to use those through an educational bar- people, for example, that love most robust risk factor associated No transitions, no special effects, skills and strategies in school. In rier because of DV. Can you does not include abuse. Movie with eating disordered behavior.” no sound. When I first saw the too many classrooms, students are tell us one or two? trailers are popular genres: u Melinda Scime, a staff movie-making software that is as being prepared for the print-only There was the 11th-grader failing “The Solar System: Coming therapist in UB’s Center for Chil- easy to use as word processing, I industrial, clerical world of the English who came to life when his Soon to a Classroom Near dren and Families, in an article was hooked on the potentials for late 1800s and 1900s. It’s probably distributed by Reuters Health teacher introduced digital video You.” Students’ videos can be on a promising eating disorder student learning. no surprise, then, that a 2006 na- along with a novel. His teacher seen at www.cityvoicescityvi- prevention program aimed at You’ve said we have an oppor- tional survey of students showed said he finished his first book sions.org and our ongoing elementary school girls. tunity to take advantage of a that only 28 percent of graduating ever because he wanted to—so professional development and “This is a very important ob- change in the way our culture seniors felt that what they learned he could make a DV advertise- archived videos can be seen communicates that only oc- servation because we tend to in high school was meaningful ment for it. His grades rose to 80 at http://cityvoicescityvi- under-treat the elderly. Often we curs once in several genera- and useful in their lives. This has percent and he showed up before sions.blogspot.com. Better intuit that these medications are tions. Can you explain your declined rapidly over the past two too little, too late, so why bother. new communication model? school, during study halls and at yet, come to the City Voices, The study stresses that these decades. lunch to work on his production. City Visions Film Festival from Lots of scholars are trying to cap- are higher-risk patients, and How does the renewed em- This change continued into other 5:30-7:30 p.m. June 5 at the medications should be used as ture this millennial moment we are phasis on writing skills fit into novels, too, because he suddenly Market Arcade Film and Arts aggressively in older patients as living. One of them (DiSessa) says your communication model? seemed to “get” that reading was Centre, 639 Main St. in down- in younger patients.” the emergence of the computer is a Where does print fit in? making sense and interpreting. town Buffalo. It will be free and u William E. Boden, pro- once-in-several-centuries innova- Print will always be with us. For Here’s my favorite story: Two suc- open to the public. fessor of medicine and public tion that has changed the way we health, in a U.S. News & World example, in digital video compos- cessful students designed a movie live, learn, think and work. One What advice do you have Report article distributed by ing, students make storyboards or on Jim Crow laws in social studies for those of us intimidated dramatic change has been a move HealthDay News that reports write movie proposals, both with class. Paige and Nicole researched or unfamiliar with digital the long-term survival of older from print only to visually centered print-text narratives. They write on the Internet, analyzed their video technology? Americans who have heart at- communication. You only need to and perform voice-over narra- sources, wrote a narrative and tacks has improved steadily in think of USA Today and Web pages Ask a child you know and let recent years, apparently because tions. They write reflections on enacted scenes at a water fountain to see how images dominate. The them teach you, or figure it out of the drugs they are prescribed. the process of making and show- labeled “whites only.” After much New York Times and The Wall and learn together. You can find ing videos. They make written discussion, they used a few pho- “Thirteen is the number of Street Journal don’t look the way tutorials online for software that people at the Last Supper and critiques of other students’ movies. tographs of lynchings from the they used to, even if we don’t go to comes on computers, like iMovie the crucifixion took place on a What’s more, we’ve found that Library of Congress and searched their online versions that include for Macs and Movie Maker for Friday. So, when you have both making a digital video develops for appropriate music. In the end, coming together, that’s a double streaming video. The visual turn PCs. If you try it, I suspect you’ll deep understanding of curricular they decided on a song one of whammy.” doesn’t mean print is dead: It like it. More than a few of our content. Students focus so intently their mothers suggested, using teachers have found that their u Phillips Stevens, asso- means print is now mostly mixed on the question, the book and the Billy Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” as a ciate professor of anthropology, with images and, often, movement, students know much more about concept while they are planning, soundtrack to their movie trailer, in an article in the Chicago Tri- music or voice narration. In our these things than they do. One bune on the impact superstition dramatizing, filming, editing and which they called “For Coloreds digital world, these different ways teacher brought a DV camera to has on the economy. screening that the knowledge Only.” When the screening of of representing and communicat- class. Her desk was immediately seems to be embodied in them. their film was over, the class was ing meaning are mixed even more surrounded by admiring eighth- In state tests aimed at measuring stunned, silent. Later that week, because new computer software graders. She was smart enough to Re p o r t e r their ability to interpret text and to the two broke up a fight about makes it easier to create such things learn from them. They made DV write, they choose to write about stepping on sneakers between two The Reporter is a campus as music, newsletters, Web pages, poetry interpretations, and one the literature they made movies boys in the cafeteria. They said, community newspaper blogs and digital videos. of her students said she learned published by the Office of about. And they do very well on “Don’t you know what people have from her project that “poetry News Services in the Who should be paying atten- those tests. So digital video also can been through so we can be here? is everywhere.” As an English Division of External Affairs, tion to this? Does it matter serve as a bridge to print essays. You can’t fight about something teacher, that’s an attitude I’d like University at Buffalo. beyond those working in like this!” Editorial offices are technology? How will students be able to to see in all students. I think DV located at 330 Crofts Hall, use this model in professional, What kind of projects have composing helps give people new Buffalo, (716) 645-2626. It matters a lot. Professional or- personal or civic contexts? the students done in CVCV? eyes to see with. That’s another [email protected] ganizations are urging teachers reason to try it. to take note of what’s happening The CVCV project focuses on Early in the project young teachers Associate Vice President for University Communications Joseph A. Brennan Assistant Vice President for News Services and Periodicals Ibuprofen Arthur Page Continued from Page 1 Reporter Editor and en—were taking their aspirin or as- in time, and that time point may has an effect on platelet aggregation Dent Family Foundation. Associate Director for Internal Communications pirin and extended-release dipyri- have been during the four-to-six- for 72-96 hours,” Gengo said. UB-Dent personnel who also Sue Wuetcher damole as directed. Information on hour window when concentrations “When I lecture to pharmacy contributed to the study were Mi- Reporter Staff Writer the concomitant use of NSAIDs was of NSAIDs were sufficiently high to students, I tell them ‘Please, you chelle Rainka, adjunct instructor Kevin Fryling obtained from patient interviews. inhibit aggregation. have a responsibility to the patients of pharmacy practice; Donald E. Designer Data from the earlier healthy vol- “Our data report the entire time you care for. When you counsel a Mager, assistant professor of phar- Kristen Kowalski unteer study showed the magni- course of this interaction,” he said. patient taking aspirin/extended- maceutical sciences; and Vernice Contributing Editors tude and time course of each drug “The results showed that platelets release dipyrdamole to lower Bates, clinical associate professor Charles Anzalone Lois Baker administered separately, as well as resumed aggregating within four stroke risk, tell patients they may of neurology. Matthew Robson John DellaContrada in combination. to six hours when aspirin and ibu- have some transient headaches, but and Michael Gengo, research as- Patricia Donovan The UB study provides important profen were taken close together, to avoid ibuprofen. You may have sistants at the Dent Neurologic Ellen Goldbaum S. A. Unger information, Gengo noted, because leaving patients with no anti- prevented that patient from having Institute, and Lisa Rubin, a former Christine Vidal in most previous studies, measure- platelet effect for 18-20 hours a day. another stroke.’” UB student, also contributed to Ann Whitcher-Gentzke ments were taken only at one point Normally, a single dose of aspirin This study was supported by the the research. March 27, 2008/Vol. 39, No. 26 Reporter 3

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Insights into notorious murders Norfolk to read in fiction series UB Law insanity-defense expert releases book on celebrated murder trials Distinguished British novelist By CHARLES ANZALONE research that the defense is rarely what many people think is wrong an indeterminate—sometimes Lawrence Norfolk will conclude Contributing Editor raised, rarely applicable and even with the insanity defense. lifetime—commitment to a secure this year’s Exhibit X Fiction Series with a reading at 7 p.m. harles Patrick Ewing, more rarely successful,” Ewing “Insanity: Murder, Madness mental hospital. And most of these on Wednesday in Hallwalls the UB Law School pro- says. “And when it does succeed, and the Law” argues that the ‘hospitals’ are much more like Contemporary Arts Center, lo- fessor considered one the defendant usually loses his or Fitzsimmons case was extremely prisons than treatment facilities.” cated in Babeville, formerly The of the country’s leading her liberty for many years, some- rare, particularly in today’s legal ewing, who has taught UB law Church, 341 Delaware Ave., Cexperts on the insanity defense, times for life.” climate. Nevertheless, Ewing says, students for more than 25 years, Buffalo. The first international guest takes readers into the minds of Da- ewing’s recently released book the Fitzsimmons case shapes pub- often tells his class “you have to be to participate in the Exhibit X vid Berkowitz, John Wayne Gacy delves into the personal crazy to plead insanity.” series, Norfolk will read a selec- and other notorious murderers in background and legal “I mean, of course, that to suc- tion from his novel-in-progress, his new book of chilling insights maneuvering of mur- ceed with the defense, you have to which is set in 17th century into some of the most well-known der cases that have be- have a severe mental illness and, if England during the Civil War, as well as answer questions. A book murder trials in recent memory. come household names. you do succeed, you will likely be signing will follow the reading. ewing, a SUNY Distinguished His 10 case studies locked up longer than you would The Exhibit X Fiction Series Service Professor and forensic psy- include “Son of Sam” have been if you were convicted.” is presented by the Department chologist, uncovers rich personal killer David Berkow- “Insanity: Murder, Madness and of English, College of Arts and histories and intricate trial details itz; John Gacy, who the Law” also delves into the volatile Scienes. Norfolk’s talk, as well as all others in the series, is free of murderers who have become killed at least 30 boys life of Jack Ruby, who was born and open to the public. household names in “Insanity: and young men and Jacob Rubenstein, the man who Norfolk has been called “the Murder, Madness and the Law” buried most in a small shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald. most successful British novelist (Oxford University Press, 2008). crawlspace beneath his Ewing calls the case that Ruby was of his generation” by The Inde- In it, Ewing debunks the pub- Chicago home; and insane “extraordinarily weak, the pendent and “Britain’s brightest young writer” by The Guard- lic’s and legal profession’s endur- Andrea Yates, a men- expert testimony for the defense was ian. He is the author of three ing stereotypes surrounding the tally ill Texas mother poorly presented and a conscien- historical novels—“Lemprière’s insanity defense. who drowned her five tious jury would have been forced Dictionary,” “The Pope’s Rhi- “Every time a defendant pleads children in the family’s to nullify the law” to acquit him. noceros” and “In the Shape of insanity, the case makes headlines,” bathtub. ewing also profiles Andrew a Boar,” which together have sold more than a million cop- says Ewing, whose previous book, ewing’s narrative be- Goldstein, the mentally ill man ies and been translated into 34 “Minds on Trial,” is considered a gins with the case of who shoved Chautauqua County languages. landmark study of the criminally George Fitzsimmons, resident Kendra Webdale in front Norfolk, who lives in London insane defense. “In those rare in- an Amherst, N.Y., man of a New York City subway train. with his wife and two sons, is stances in which a defendant is who killed his parents The case, Ewing argues, led to a le- the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the Buda- actually found insane, the public with karate chops in gal precedent that may fundamen- pest Festival Prize for Literature. is usually outraged. 1969. After he was found Charles Patrick Ewing’s new book delves tally alter the way expert testimony into the personal background and legal Students to show “In homicide cases, especially, not guilty by reason of maneuvering of court cases involving such is presented in insanity trials. they believe that the defendant ‘got insanity, Fitzsimmons well-known murderers as David Berkowitz “In only two of these cases did work at Atelier ’08 away with murder.’” was released from Buf- and John Wayne Gacy. the defense succeed, and in one At its annual atelier, the School Drawing on personal evalua- falo Psychiatric Center of those cases it took two trials of Architecture and Planning tions of hundreds of defendants and moved to Pennsyl- before the defendant was finally celebrates work completed and extensive research, Ewing vania to live with his elderly aunt lic and legal opinion, despite being acquitted by reason of insanity,” throughout the year by under- graduate and graduate students conveys the psychological and legal and uncle. A few years later, in 1973, the exception. Ewing writes. “As these cases also in architecture and in urban drama of 10 landmark insanity Fitzsimmons killed them, stabbing “In most cases, a defendant ac- demonstrate, the insanity defense and regional planning. cases. At the same time, he chal- them 34 times. He was awaiting quitted by reason of insanity will is often pled because the defendant Atelier ’08 will open tomor- lenges misconceptions made by sentencing for assaulting his wife spend more time locked up than really has no other defense. In a row with a reception from 7-9 the general public and many in the when his final attack occurred. a defendant who is found guilty,” sense, the insanity defense is to p.m. on the first floor of Crosby Hall, South Campus. legal community. since then, the name Fitzsim- according to Ewing. “Being found criminal trials what the ‘Hail Mary’ Also on the first floor will be “I know from experience and mons has been associated with insane almost always results in pass is to football.” an exhibition of drawings, mod- els and other work produced in freshman and sophomore archi- tecture studios. Junior, senior and graduate L UB partners on microfinance education student architecture projects will be exhibited on the second floor By JACQUELINE GHOSEN School of Management, the Center edge of microfinance to as broad channels of capital.” and graduate work in architec- Reporter Contributor for International Development of an audience as possible, which is Jeffrey D. Straussman, dean of ture, urban and regional plan- he UB School of Man- the Rockefeller College, University now happening through partner- the Rockefeller College of Public ning and environmental design will be shown on the third floor. agement, the University at Albany and the Levin Institute, ships like this one with SUNY.” Affairs and Policy, said the agree- All activities are free and at Albany’s Center for will further develop and deliver the The Levin Institute, the Center ment with UNCDF offers an open to the public. International Develop- course to a broad audience. for International Development unprecedented opportunity for A second and related exhibi- Tment, the Levin Institute and “The Microfinance Distance and the UB School of Manage- SUNY to impact the academic tion in UB’s Anderson Gallery the United Nations Capital De- Learning program represents a ment will further develop strategic and business worlds in the area will feature models of housing units for athletes that satisfy velopment Fund (UNCDF) have significant innovation for organiza- partnerships to expand the imple- of microfinance. “And the col- their domestic needs, as well as signed an agreement to expand tions engaged in the critical work of mentation of the training program laboration of the different SUNY their requirements as perform- a microfinance training program creating opportunities for building in the U.S. and internationally. organizations is an excellent model ers. The show opened March that explores why and how micro- entrepreneurship and small busi- Possible partnerships may in- to maximize SUNY’s outreach— 22 and will continue through finance operations grow to provide ness in emerging economies,” said clude NGOs, governments and locally and globally,” he said. April 21 in the gallery, 1 Martha Jackson Place, off Englewood financial services to low-income John M. Thomas, dean of the UB development agencies, with the established in 1966 by the U.N. Avenue in Buffalo. Gallery hours people on a sustainable basis. School of Management. goal of offering training programs General Assembly with a unique are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednes- Microfinance is focused on “It is also a unique opportunity on microfinance using the UNCDF mandate to invest in the least day through Saturday and from providing basic financial services for the UB School of Management materials. Symposiums on microfi- developed countries (LDCs), the 1-5 p.m. on Sunday. to the poor. Financial services to apply our expertise in manage- nance for academics and business- United Nations Capital Develop- The models were produced by freshman students in a stu- needed by the poor include small ment education to this important people are also being planned. ment Fund is affiliated with the dio taught by Joyce Hwang, as- loans, consumer credit, savings, goal,” he added. “We look forward “The opportunity for SUNY U.N. Development Program and sistant professor of architecture. pensions, insurance and money- to working with our SUNY part- and the Levin Institute to work contributes to the attainment of A third exhibition, “Archi- transfer services. ners and the U.N. Capital Develop- with the United Nations in helping the millennium development goals tecture of Doubt,” will open to- The Microfinance Distance ment Fund to make this project a to inform a new cohort of busi- at the local level through a unique morrow in the James Dyett Gal- lery in Hayes Hall and will run Learning course, which was de- long-term, sustainable success.” ness leaders, policy-makers and combination of investment capital through April 28. Gallery hours veloped by UNCDF for Web, henriette Keijzers, interim ex- entrepreneurs about the world of (grants, credits and guarantees), ca- are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday distance-learning and classroom ecutive secretary at UNCDF, said microfinance represents an excit- pacity building support and techni- through Friday. delivery, brings together advice the partnership with SUNY offered ing educational opportunity for cal advisory services within its two It will present the work of and best practices from successful another boost to building more us,” said Denis Simon, provost of practice areas: inclusive financial Spanish architect Eva Franch Gi- labert, the school’s 2007-08 Pe- microfinance practitioners and in- inclusive financial sectors. the Levin Institute. “By assisting in sectors and decentralization and ter Reyner Banham Fellow. Her stitutions around the world, from “Our UNCDF microfinance the diffusion of knowledge about local development. UNCDF cur- research in Buffalo focuses on Latin America to Africa to Asia and colleagues invested a lot of time, microfinance, we hope to spark new rently has active programs valued three operative fields: utopias the Arab states. energy and resources into develop- pockets of growth and development at approximately $125 million in 39 (historic), metaphors (formal— With the signing of the agree- ing this program,” she said. “The in countries that will benefit greatly LDCs. More information is avail- cognoscitive) and atmospheres (experiential). ment, SUNY—through the UB intention was to promote knowl- from being able to access these new able at http://www.uncdf.org. 4 Reporter March 27, 2008/Vol. 39, No. 26

Chong Cheng works to build smaller structures to transport drugs throughout the body Ku d o s The late Mecca S. Cranley, who served as dean of the School of Healing power of nanomedicine Nursing from 1991 to 2006, was inducted posthumously into the By KEVIN FRYLING nanostructures used to transport plications of nanomedicine, it’s themselves. “You can conceive of Western New York Women’s Hall Reporter Staff Writer drugs throughout the body—that necessary to make the templates it [the template] as a plane,” he of Fame during the 12th annual Western New York Women’s Hall chemical engineer in are no larger than 25 nanometers, biodegradable.” says. “In order to make a plane of Fame Award Luncheon held the emerging field of significantly smaller than the ones The recipient of a doctorate in work as a fighter, you need to on March 13. Cranley’s induction nanomedicine, Chong that have been readily produced chemistry from the City Univer- have radar, missiles, everything.” recognizes her accomplishments Cheng says creating the through physical methods. sity of New York and master’s and Providing the expertise to equip as a nurse, educator, researcher Atools to target tumors with power- Smaller templates increase the bachelor’s degrees in engineering nanostructures created in his lab and community volunteer “which have had lasting, beneficial effects ful drugs—while bypassing healthy “bioavailability” of cancer drugs, polymer materials from Beijing with elements to detect and target on nursing, community service, parts of the body—is the first step he adds, using a term that describes University of Chemical Technology cancerous cells, improve medical education, family life, health, in achieving a future where cancer the percentage of imaging for health care providers medicine and social sciences.” A patients don’t suffer from the worst medicine that ac- and administer medication will plaque bearing a likeness and bi- side affects of treatments such as tually reaches the be collaborators from other fields, ography of Cranley will be added to the Hall of Fame. chemotherapy. part of the body he says, particularly medicine and Although it’s a tough job fab- where it’s most biomedical sciences. Cheng says his The Arts Council in Buffalo and ricating nanostructures that are needed. Although mission is simply to develop the Erie County honored Roland E. Martin, lecturer in organ and small enough and versatile enough nanomedicine is most versatile and efficient vehicles harpsichord performance in the to effectively transport nano- vastly more ef- to help other researchers and medi- Department of Music, College medicine, Cheng, who joined the ficient than con- cal experts get the job done. of Arts and Sciences, as Out- UB faculty last fall as an assistant ventional medi- “My research lab will provide standing Individual Artist during professor in the Department of cations, Cheng the nanostructures, but for the the council’s 22nd Arts Awards luncheon March 14. Chemical and Biological Engineer- says that smaller targeting elements, for the detec- ing, School of Engineering and nanostructures tion components, I need collabora- Donald E. Mager, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sci- Applied Sciences, says the mission circulate through tions,” he says. “And I prefer to have ences, School of Pharmacy and underlying his research is really a patient’s system those close research collaborations Pharmaceutical Sciences, was a very simple—helping people who with even greater within UB.” visiting professor during January suffer from serious illness. ease. In addition to cultivating these at Université René Descartes— “It’s not easy work—it’s a chal- “ Ta r g e t i n g research relationships—as well Paris V, where he gave a series of lectures and hands-on work- lenge,” he says, “but I think targeted drug delivery as establishing a lab and working shops in PK-PD modeling. drug delivery will greatly improve is a key aspect with doctoral students—Cheng Thomas Burrows, executive human health. I think it’s very im- of nanomedi- says his past academic year at UB arisi director of the Center for the portant research for human beings cine research,” has been spent teaching a graduate Arts, has been elected to the everywhere.” he says, “but it’s course on polymer thermodynam- board of directors of the Soci- And rising sales numbers from very hard to con- ics, as well as an undergraduate ety for the Arts in Healthcare. the global drug-delivery market— centrate nano- course on heat and mass trans- Burrows’ appointment follows

the recent announcement of a from an estimated $26 billion in medicine on tu- P hoto : N ancy J. fer—a subject that he says actually Chong Cheng says the mission underlying his $287,182 grant from the John 2000 to approximately $67 billion mor tissue since has many applications to targeted research is helping people who suffer from cancer R. Oishei Foundation to the CFA in 2006—appear to confirm this a tumor can be a and other serious illnesses. drug delivery. to establish a program that will assessment. very small por- Even before first coming to bring the performing arts and “It’s also a very fast-growing area tion of the entire the U.S.—about 10 years before artists into health care settings. of research,” he adds. “People care human body.” and Hefei University of Technology joining UB— Cheng points out “Sea Lion,” a film by Caroline about cancer—over 50 percent of Equally important is making in China, respectively, Cheng says he was familiar with the univer- Koebel, assistant professor in the Department of Media the research [support] is for can- sure templates are biodegradable, the fabrication of biodegradable sity through colleagues who had Study, College of Arts and Sci- cer—so this research could have says Cheng, noting that nonbio- nanostructures is an exciting new come here to teach and learn. In ences, will be featured at “Eyes great commercial significance.” degradable polymeric nanostruc- challenge for him after years of fact, Cheng says, the year after he and Ears: Sound Needs Image,” Cheng explains his research tures, which have been used to studying nonbiodegradable poly- finished his master’s degree his a multimedia event being held plans include tackling some of administer targeted therapies in mer nanostructures as a doctoral former thesis advisor, Hongmin at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center on April 5. the greatest barriers preventing certain cancer patients as a last student and later a postdoctoral Zhang, served as a visiting profes- nanomedicine from being a vi- resort, are toxic over a long period research associate under Karen L. sor at UB under Eli Ruckenstein, Seven UB faculty members are able option for anyone but the of time because they accumulate in Wooley, a prolific scholar and re- SUNY Distinguished Professor in among Business First of Buffalo’s “Health Care 50”—50 innova- most serious cancer patients. For a patient’s system. searcher at Washington University the Department of Chemical and tors, strategists, outstanding instance, the size of nanostructures “Typically,” he says, “cancer in St. Louis, from 2003 to 2007. Biological Engineering. caregivers and pioneers in the has been a major obstacle to ef- patients need to take drugs for As a chemical engineer, Cheng “UB is a great university with a health care field. They are Mi- fective treatment, he says, noting some years. If one can significantly explains that his work at UB will global reputation and outstand- chael Cain, dean of the School that one of his research group’s decrease the toxicity of the drug, it concentrate on the fabrication of ing faculty members,” says Cheng. of Medicine and Biomedical Sci- ences; John Canty, Albert and most important goals is learning to will be a very significant advance. the nanostructure templates used “The colleagues are also very Elizabeth Rekate Professor of fabricate “templates”—which are If we really want extended ap- to create nanomedicine, not drugs friendly, very helpful.” Medicine; David L. Dunn, vice president for health sciences; Kevin J. Gibbons, clinical assistant professor of neurosur- Grant expands study of nurses’ careers gery; James Reynolds, profes- sor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and director Tracking work patterns of newly licensed nurses key to solving nursing shortage of the Ira G. Ross Eye Institute; By LOIS BAKER The study will track changes in health care employers and policy- Jean K. Brown, professor and Teresa Quattrin, professor of Contributing Editor pediatrics; and Michael Landi, the careers of a cohort of newly li- makers in determining appropriate dean of the UB School of Nurs- assistant professor of clinical eeping newly licensed censed nurses, which the research- steps to recruit and retain nurses.” ing, reiterated that retention of neurosurgery. nurses working in the ers have surveyed twice over the “New graduates of nursing pro- new graduates in the workforce profession is critical past three years, and adds funding grams who become registered is a critical issue in solving the e t t e r s t o to solving the chronic for three additional surveys: two nurses are essential to balancing the nursing shortage. L nursingK shortage experienced across comparative cohorts of newly supply and demand for these pro- “Applications to, and enrollments t h e e d i t o r the U.S., an issue nursing research- licensed registered nurses (RNs) fessionals,” said Kovner. “Therefore, in, schools of nursing are rising ers at UB and New York University and a survey on how RN education it is vital that we understand the dramatically, but if large numbers Sending Letters have been studying since 2005. affects quality of patient care. factors that promote the retention of new graduates leave the work- to the Reporter Carol Brewer, associate profes- “This grant continues our work of newly licensed RNs, as well as fac- force in the first year or two of their The Reporter welcomes letters sor in the UB School of Nursing, about the work patterns of new tors that lead to the high turnover practice, we are fighting a losing from members of the university has received $854,314 from the RNs over time, which is particu- rates among them.” battle,” said Brown. “The Robert community commenting on its stories and content. Let- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation larly important both to the nursing Their most recent study, pub- Wood Johnson Foundation astutely ters should be limited to 800 to continue her work on this issue profession and to our health care lished in the September 2007 issue recognizes this, and we are grateful words and may be edited for into the next decade. system,” said Brewer. of the American Journal of Nursing, for their continued support of Drs. style and length. They must be The funding is part of a $4.1 “Conventional wisdom has mor- collected data from 3,226 newly Brewer and Kovner’s extremely received by 9 a.m. Monday to million, eight-year grant from the phed into a ‘the sky is falling’ men- licensed nurses and established important research aimed at solving be considered for publication in that week’s issue. The Reporter foundation to Brewer and Chris- tality,” noted Brewer. “New nurses baseline data about the popula- this retention problem.” prefers that letters be received tine T. Kovner, professor in NYU’s are leaving nursing in droves. Our tion. It showed that the top two Additional members of the re- electronically at ub-reporter@ College of Nursing and senior research is the first to follow these priorities for hospitals to address search team are William Greene, buffalo.edu. For the Reporter’s fellow at the Hartford Institute nurses long enough to examine this if they wish to retain new nurses NYU Stern School of Business, and policy regarding letters to the for Geriatric Nursing. Kovner is supposition and determine the real are improving nursing manage- Sean Corcoran, NYU Steinhardt editor, go to http://www. buffalo,edu/reporter/let- principal investigator on the grant story behind the career trajectories ment and taking steps to reduce School of Culture, Education, and terspolicy.html. and Brewer is co-investigator. of new nurses. This is critical for on-the-job stress. Human Development. March 27, 2008/Vol. 39, No. 26 Reporter 5 ‘Re-mapping Buffalo’ ElectronicHighways A writer’s life on the Web L Conference to focus on issues of city’s urban spaces Spring is in the air and previously dormant creativity may suddenly capture your imagination. Harboring a deep-seated desire to see your By PATRICIA DONOVAN On April 5, it will begin at 10 each followed by discussion. name and ideas in print? Then here are some Web sites for writing and Contributing Editor a.m. in the King Urban Life Cen- “Spaces originally are designed publishing strategies, as well as blogs and Internet groups for aspiring ssues of space, identity, ur- ter (originally St. Mary of Sor- with a particular intention in authors in your favorite genre. Let go of the winter blues and dive in! ban planning, cultural geogra- rows Church—also known as the mind,” says symposium coordi- A good place to start is Writers Resources (http://www.writersre- phy, greening and other topics Church of the Seven Dolors—built nator Crystal Hickerson. “Those sources.com/), where writing tips, ideas, lists of writing sites and relevant to Buffalo’s urban in 1887) at 938 Genesee St. intentions are often subverted, books, and information on writing and publishing in the up-and- spacesI will be subjects of a public The symposium will be free and however, by the way people actu- coming eBook industry are housed in one spot. The featured articles community symposium to be held open to the public. ally use and move through them. hone in on such topics as writing dialogue and overcoming writer’s April 4 and 5 in two city architectural Conference topics will include These issues, as they relate to Buf- block (http://www.writersresources.com/articles/). venues adapted for reuse. the comprehensive plan being de- falo, past and present, are what we Writers Write (http://www.writerswrite.com/) is another good The symposium, “SURVEY: Re- veloped for the 40 percent growth will consider here.” source of information. Find articles, links, author interviews and blogs Mapping Buffalo’s Urban Space,” is of UB, including in downtown Event co-sponsors are the UB on all types of fiction and nonfiction, from children’s literature and sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Buffalo; design, use and reuse of Humanities Institute, the depart- poetry to screenwriting and greeting cards. Graduate Group for Social Engage- Buffalo’s urban spaces; space and ments of English and Comparative For more writing strategies and suggestions, try The Internet Writ- ment at UB. identity; virtual city space; green Literature, the Eugenio Donato ing Journal (http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/). Aspiring It will feature more than a dozen spaces and the social and ecological Chair (Rodolphe Gasché) in the writers can learn tips of the trade, as well as try their hand at their presenters from several UB pro- effects of modes of transportation; Department of Comparative Lit- first publication—the journal accepts nonfiction pieces on all writing fessional schools and humanities Buffalo as an arts and historical pres- erature and Imagining America, and publishing related topics. Also check out the IWJ Blog (http:// departments; community organi- ervation site; industrial heritage and a national consortium of colleges www.internetwritingjournal.com/#iwjblog) that includes current zations active in the restoration of, postindustrial economies; the socio- and universities committed to topics of interest for writers. A recent entry explores the popularity and innovative planning for, the political impact of architecture and public scholarship in the arts, hu- of personal memoirs among publishers and the reading public. City of Buffalo; notable members city-planning; gentrification; and manities and design. Another opportunity to publish your work is with Writers Digest of the Buffalo community known theories of space and culture. Community groups will be rep- (http://writersdigest.com/). Select “Get Published” (http://www. for their ongoing work in urban Presenters also will look at as- resented by speakers from the Mas- writersdigest.com/topics/getpublished.asp) to find out about documentation and revitalization; pects of development and gentri- sachusetts Avenue Project, the King publishing opportunities within Writers Digest and beyond, as well as and representatives of three Syra- fication, equity and access to city Life Center, Squeaky Wheel and acquire tips on readying your masterpiece for publication. One fun cuse University community-based resources, the historical develop- Youth Media Institute, the Subver- feature on this site is the daily “Writing Prompt.” Find inspiration in redevelopment projects. ment of Buffalo, urban pollution sive Theater, the Web site “Buffalo the scenario of the day (A dying man staggers into your living room The program will begin at 10 and conservation. Architecture and History,” PUSH while you are watching “American Idol” and utters something that a.m. on April 4 in the Karpeles The program will include a Buffalo, Buffalo First, Queen City sounds like a phone number...) to get moving on a writing project. A Manuscript Library Museum (for- series of 20-minute presentations Farm, Buffalo Blue Bicycle and the charming blog (http://blog.writersdigest.com/writerslife/) fea- merly the First Church of Christ, in the form of scholarly papers, Buffalo Micro Parks Project, and tures humorous, real-life anecdotes in the life of a would-be author. Scientist, built in 1911) at 220 reports, art installations, audio and by author and community activist If getting published in a particular genre has always been a dream, North St. visual productions, and videos, Mark Goldman, among others. look for blogs and other online communities focused on your favorite. For fans of the romance novel, check out Aspiring Authors (http:// L aspiringauthors.blogspot.com/), a blog for the up-and-coming Degree links science, public romance writer. Included are writing tips, support, links and monthly features on successful authors within the romance field. To hone your By CHARLES ANZALONE the Public program to create a new coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands. own romance writing skills, try the Harlequin Romance forums (http:// Contributing Editor kind of graduate, one who can He says the underlying philosophy community.eharlequin.com/forums/write-stuff), where you will magine being the per- bridge this gap between what often behind the scientific outlook is an find writing challenges in which to participate and discussions on how son who really understands seems to be the arcane world of sci- essential part of the curriculum. to get published with this leader in the romance publishing industry. global warming or stem cell ence and the general public in need “There is an ethical stance of Are mysteries your cup of tea? Try the Mystery Writers of America research or genetically modi- of understanding the significance how we treat the environment and (http://www.mysterywriters.org/index.htm) for links helpful to fiedI foods, the one others go to of current research. how we treat ourselves and each those looking to pen a crime fiction bestseller. when they need a clear and accu- “We’re trying to develop ex- other,” says Blundell, who is sched- Once your writing is well underway, check out the forums at Absolute rate explanation of the seemingly pertise among students who can uled to graduate from the program Write (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums) where you can solicit mysterious issues of science that analyze and communicate fields in June. “This perspective emerges feedback on your work from other writers in your chosen genre. affect everyone’s daily life. of science to anyone else who may from what science has taught us. If writing is your dream, take advantage of the opportunities and Now imagine tapping into that not have a background in those sci- So it’s not just technology that materials available on the Web—you may be bound for The New York knowledge as a professional skill, ences,” says Shook. “The students emerges from science; there is Times best-seller list. having the ability to bring that have to be able to deal with how an ethic about our place in the comfort level to a corporation or scientific research works. Then cosmos, as well. It’s fascinating. It —Tiffany Walsh, Arts & Sciences Libraries a nonprofit agency or a school. they have to be able to explain changes your world view, really.” That’s the reasoning behind Sci- scientific facts in a simpler way, as The online component comes ence and the Public, a new master’s well as explain the practical value from UB’s efforts to establish off- degree program offered by the of their scientific knowledge.” campus interactive learning, says Briefly Graduate School of Education in The cutting-edge nature of the Shook. “We’re hoping to attract conjunction with the Center for Science and the Public program students from all across America Inquiry, the Amherst-based, not- extends beyond its course content. and the world. Science and the Weis to edit education journal for-profit organization devoted The two-year program is offered Public is a natural program to Lois Weis, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School to public education about reason exclusively online; part-time stu- fulfill that desire.” of Education, has been named editor of the American Educational and science. Designed to address dents enrolled in the program Begun in the fall of 2006, the Research Journal, widely considered to be the most prestigious research an acknowledged gap in science include those living in France, program offers courses designed journal in the education field. knowledge, the Science and the Ireland, Arizona and even one to give students background in the Weis’ appointment also means the nationally respected educa- Public program trains profession- involved in experiments at a field history and philosophy of science, tional journal will be housed in the Graduate School of Education als who can bring an extra talent station in the Caribbean. including the scientific method, in Baldy Hall. to the occupational table. “It’s a unique program, one I critical thinking, statistical analysis, She will be joined by two associate editors: Jaekyung Lee, UB associ- “There is a large need in this haven’t been able to find anywhere ethics, the relationship of science to ate professor of counseling, school and educational psychology, and country for people who can com- else,” says student Rich Blundell, human values and research meth- Philip G. Altbach, professor of higher education at Boston College municate science to the public founder of Omniscopic Produc- odology. Students are required to and a former UB faculty member. and educate them on how science tions, a company that produces write a thesis on a subject that in- A past president of the American Educational Studies Association, works,” says John R. Shook, ad- science programming for national tegrates their skills and knowledge Weis has co-authored or edited numerous books and articles that junct assistant professor of science media outlets. on translating a scientific issue into examine issues of race, class, gender, education and the economy. education in the GSE and vice “Science is so broadly impor- the public sphere. She has been on the editorial boards of several journals, including president of the Center for Inquiry, tant for all the issues we’re facing. The program is on a rolling Educational Policy, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in where he coordinates the center’s Some of these issues clearly will be admissions schedule, UB officials Education and Review of Educational Research. Weis and co-author part of the program. “Politicians, solved by science. But the reason say, which means applications Michelle Fine received the outstanding book award from the presti- educators, intellectuals and people why I think this is such a valuable for the fall 2008 and spring 2009 gious Gustavus Meyers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human in business constantly complain program is that for even issues that semester are accepted beyond nor- Rights in North America. about scientific illiteracy, particu- aren’t obviously related to science, mal deadlines for these semesters. Lee is known for his critical attention to inequity in education larly among adults.” their solutions still lie in the scien- For more information, log on to and quantitative methodology. Altbach, director of Boston College’s Xiufeng Liu, associate professor tific outlook.” http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/ Center for International Education, is considered an expert in global- of science education and project Blundell’s present project is writ- programs/lai/31/ or call the ization of higher education and other issues facing colleges looking director for the program, and ing and filming scientists studying Graduate School of Education at to expand their presence in other parts of the world. Shook developed the Science and the impact of global warming on 645-2110. 6 Reporter March 27, 2008/Vol. 39, No. 26

Randy Yerrick helps teachers make science class as much fun as it is informative Br i e f l y UB Women’s Club Cyberspace lesson plans for teachers L to elect officers By CHARLES ANZALONE The UB Women’s Club will hold municate what they’ve learned as a way to bridge this gap. their work.” Contributing Editor its annual election meeting at well, and they retain the concepts “When kids are actively involved Yerrick invites those interested 10 a.m. Saturday in the Center eacher Julianne Cham- longer. Their behavior is not an in learning scientific knowledge in to check out the classroom videos for Tomorrow, North Campus. berlin’s eighth-grade issue, and that’s tough sometimes classrooms,” Yerrick notes, “they available at http://ubscience. All members are encouraged physical science class is for eighth grade.” learn more, retain it longer and find net and http://web.mac.com/ to attend to elect officers for buffaloscience/ the coming year. as much fun as it is in- how science lessons are taught is it’s more useful in their lives.” . Included are Also at this time, a proposed Tformative. For proof, just check her just as important as their content. he says the research on whether videos of teaching methods, as well change in the club’s constitu- Web site. And that’s where Yerrick’s ability to technology actually improves as student and teacher reflections tion will be presented for a vote Chamberlin has adopted educa- bridge the gap between successful student achievement as measured of their work. The outreach Web of the membership. tional methods developed by Ran- teaching methods and the tech- by test scores is still inconclusive. sites and iTunes-U repository are Three UB students—Renee Flor, Przemyslaw Garbacze- dy Yerrick, professor and associate nology familiar to among numerous venues made wski and Bevano Liant—will be dean of educational technology in the average person available through digital media for awarded $1,000 Anne P. Brody the Graduate School of Education. under 20 makes its sharing teacher expertise. Scholarships. The students were Using examples of effective teach- mark. The techniques and practices selected to receive the scholar- ing known as “inquiry learning” “The differ- for outstanding science teaching ships in recognition of their exceptional scholarship, as well as a kind of cyberspace lesson ence is that we are exist. The important part is for as their commitment to the uni- plan, Yerrick has merged proven working to trans- educational training institutions versity and community service. classroom methods with state- form the tradi- such as UB’s Graduate School of For more information about of-the-art technology, including tional classroom Education to show their teachers in the UB Women’s Club, call Joan podcasting, movie-making and with these tools training how to do their jobs better Ryan at 662-9332. digital photography. from ‘telling’ to and to reach as many teachers as Smolin to deliver And Yerrick has taken the extra having students possible, Yerrick says. Rustgi lecture step to make these teaching tools as ‘contribute to’ the “One way is to teach this in a Lee Smolin, a theoretical physi- accessible as possible—for teachers study of science,” class with 30 students,” says Yer- cist and founding member of and students. His podcasts of teach- says Yerrick. “We rick. “Another way to share this the Perimeter Institute for ing methods demonstrated in actual have captured kind of expertise is to take my 30 Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, classrooms are posted on iTunes, the some ways that preservice methods to the field and Ontario, will speak on “Using network available free for anyone teachers can get show them with real kids. This way, the Universe as a Microscope to Probe the Micro-Structure of who has ever downloaded a song kids to be engaged I can have hundreds of students see

Space and Time” at the 14th for 99 cents on an iPod. in this process so arisi it on their iPod whenever they have annual Moti Lal Rustgi Memo- Chamberlin, who teaches at Clar- that other teachers time. And they can also look at it rial Lecture at 4:30 p.m. April 4 ence Middle School in suburban can envision their for years to come.” in 225 Natural Sciences Com- Buffalo, is one of dozens of teachers classrooms differ- Yerrick, who joined the UB plex, North Campus. The Rustgi lecture, presented in New York state alone using Yer- ently.” faculty in the fall of 2006, says his P hoto : N ancy J. by the Department of Physics, rick’s methods. Examples include Yerrick’s system Randy Yerrick has developed educational meth- delivery system for training science College of Arts and Sciences, will iMovies on heat transfer, a podcast comes at a time ods that combine proven classroom techniques teachers comes at a time national be free and open to the public. on force and motion, and an online when the need to with state-of-the-art technology like podcasting studies show students in fourth and movie-making to help teachers make science The annual lecture is held to slide show of students recording improve the way grade routinely fail to improve honor Moti Lal Rustgi, professor class as much fun as it is informative. of physics at UB from 1966-92. changes about proportions. In addi- American schools their understanding of science by Smolin’s main contributions tion to providing the content of the teach science has eighth grade, and in some cases fall to the field of physics are in the lessons, Yerrick taught Chamberlin never been greater. The push to im- The goal is to draw kids into their farther behind before graduation. area of quantum gravity. He how to videotape them with her prove basic reading and math skills classes, raising their engagement And many of the best science stu- was, with Abhay Ashtekar and students, edit them and add sound. in American schools has knocked and interest in science. The real dents enter U.S. universities from Carlo Rovelli, a founder of the http:// approach known as loop quan- To view their work, go to science education off the radar evidence, Yerrick says, is watching other countries and then leave, tum gravity, but he also has web.mac.com/ubscience. screen when the country desper- the transformation that goes on in Yerrick says. “We’re exporting that contributed to other approach- “The effect is tremendous,” says ately needs students equipped to the classrooms. kind of knowledge in a technology- es, including string theory and Chamberlin. “They’re learning live in a science-dominated world, “Kids become contributors,” he based economy. The handwriting causal dynamical triangulations. problem-solving and teamwork. according to Yerrick. His methods adds. “Teachers honor children’s is on the wall with regard to how it He is the author of three books—“Life of the Cosmos,” They’re finding ways to com- are intended as nothing less than questions more. Kids want to share will affect our nation’s economy.” “Three Roads to Quantum Gravity” and “The Trouble With Physics”—which are, in part, philosophical explorations of Analyzing effect of obesity on ICU patients issues raised by contemporary physics. A graduate of Hampshire UB study finds obese ICU patients have lower mortality, but longer ICU stays College with a degree in phys- By LOIS BAKER lengths of stay might have signifi- were on a ventilator ranged from non-obese patients, caregivers ics and philosophy, Smolin re- Contributing Editor ceived a doctorate in theoretical cant implications for health care 5.2-16 days, while the range for may be paying closer attention to physics from Harvard University bese intensive care costs,” he said. non-obese patients was 4.6-9.4 these patients. In addition, better and held postdoctoral positions patients do not have results of the study appeared days, which resulted in a mean management of glucose levels and at the Institute for Advanced a higher ICU death in the January 2008 issue of Criti- difference of 1.48 days. bloodstream infections may con- Study at Princeton, the Insti- rate than non-obese cal Care Medicine. Akinnusi is a Thirteen studies were included tribute to a significant decline in tute for Theoretical Physics OICU patients, but they remain in pulmonary and critical care fellow in the ICU length-of-stay analy- ICU complications in obese versus (now KITP) at the University of California-Santa Barbara and the ICU significantly longer and and a clinical assistant instructor of sis. Days in the ICU ranged from non-obese patients, he said. the Enrico Fermi Institute at the are intubated significantly longer internal medicine in the School of 2.1-19.4 in the obese and 2.6-12 “While indiscriminate excessive University of Chicago. than non-obese patients, a new Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. days in the non-obese, for a mean weight gain is by no means encour- He was a member of the fac- study has found. The analysis included descrip- difference of 1.08 days. aged,” Akinnusi said, “the findings ulty at Yale, Syracuse and Penn State universities and has been The data emerged from a meta- tive and outcome data for 62,045 Akinnusi ventured two possible of the study should help facilitate a researcher at the Perimeter analysis of 14 studies of obese and patients, 15,347 of whom were explanations for the better sur- reversal of nihilism toward criti- Institute for Theoretical Physics non-obese ICU patients carried considered obese, with a body mass vival rates among the obese ICU cally ill obese patients. Potentially and an adjunct faculty member out by UB researchers. index (BMI) equal to or greater patients. “Access to abundant body beneficial biological characteristics at the University of Waterloo The analysis included studies than 30. BMI is a measure of body fat when tissue is breaking down that may be peculiar to the obesity since September 2001. For more information that were conducted in the U.S., fat based on height and weight. during illness may help to prevent genotype should be explored for about the Rustgi lecture, call Europe, Australia and the Middle A BMI of 18.5-24.9 is considered the long-term complications as- future clinical applications. 645-2017, or email Michael East between 2000 and 2007. normal, 25-29.9 overweight and 30 sociated with critical illness, such “This analysis shows that out- Fuda, professor of physics, at “This meta-analysis suggests that or greater is considered obese. as muscle fiber atrophy,” he said. comes of critically ill, morbidly obese [email protected]. although mild and moderate obesi- While not all studies included “There is no clinical data to sup- patients are not as bleak as originally ty may be protective during critical all of the study endpoints, all 14 port this,” Akinnusi continued, “but thought,” noted Ali A. El Solh, senior Jo b Li s t i n g s illness, morbid obesity did not have contained data on survival. Those there is increasing evidence that author on the study. “Further studies an adverse effect on outcome in the results showed no difference in hormones secreted by fat cells, such are needed to improve morbidity in UB job listings ICU,” said Morohunfolu E. Akin- survival rates between obese and as leptin and interleukin-10, might this population.” accessible via Web nusi, first author on the study. non-obese patients while they curb the inflammatory response el Solh, an associate professor “However, obese patients do were in the ICU, but the obese had and improve patient survival in re- of medicine in the UB medical Job listings for professional, research, faculty and civil have increased morbidity as mea- a slightly higher survival rate at sponse to severe illness. This is well school, also is affiliated with the service—both competitive and sured by duration of mechanical hospital discharge. demonstrated in animal studies.” Department of Social and Preven- noncompetitive—positions can ventilation and length of stay. As Six studies included data on du- he noted also that because of tive Medicine. Lilibeth A. Pineda, be accessed at http://www. the waistline of the U.S. popula- ration of mechanical ventilation. earlier reports that obese patients UB assistant professor of medicine, ubjobs.buffalo.edu. tion continues to expand, longer The number of days obese patients had worse survival rates than also contributed to the study. March 27, 2008/Vol. 39, No. 26 Reporter 7 Top brass to visit UB SportsRecap M American Brass Quintet to perform on April 4 Diving AthleteS of Women’s By PHILIP E. REHARD the Week counterpoints, but with beautiful sive recordings and education. Carpenter competes at Reporter Contributor solo melodies, accompanied by The American Brass Quintet NCAA Championships Octavian Stane of the men’s tennis team went he distinguished Amer- good rhythms and harmonies? has a discography of more than Meili Carpenter represented UB as undefeated over the ican Brass Quintet will Thus, this work was born.” 50 recordings and has premiered the first female to compete at the weekend with a pair of conclude this season Critic Steven Sacco describes more than 100 contemporary NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships. singles wins and a doubles of the Department of “Little Suite of Miniatures” as brass works in its numerous live Carpenter finished in 27th place victory with partner Nikesh Music’sT Slee/Visiting Artist Se- “a serious introspection punctu- performances. This season, the in the preliminary round of the one- Singh Panthlia. meter competition. The top 16 divers ries with a performance at 8 p.m. ated by wit, whimsy, and sparkle.” ABQ will premiere and tour a new Andreea Novaceanu of April 4 in Lippes Concert Hall in “Copperwave” is a distinctive work for brass quintet and piano moved on to the final round. She also finished 33rd in the the women’s tennis team Slee Hall, North by Grammy-winning composer- three-meter diving competition and won both her singles and Campus. pianist Billy Childs, which was 23rd in the platform event. doubles matches as the The concert is commissioned for the quintet by Bulls defeated Northern sponsored by the a grant from the New York State Illinois, 7-0, to open the Mid-American Conference Robert G. and Music Fund. Baseball schedule. Carol L. Morris The members of the quintet— Northern Illinois 10, UB 3 Center for 21st Raymond Mase, trumpet; Kevin Northern Illinois 17, UB 1 Century Music. Cobb, trumpet; David Wakefield, Northern Illinois 6, UB 4 While at UB, the horn; Michael Powell, trombone; UB opened MAC play on Saturday against Northern Illinois. The Huskies took quintet also will and John D. Rojak, bass trom- both ends of a doubleheader against the Bulls, winning game one, 10-3, and game present a com- bone—joined the ABQ at various two 17-1. Due to unplayable field conditions in Buffalo, the Bulls and Huskies played their series at St. Bonaventure University in Olean. poser workshop times, starting as early as 1973 In game one, the Bulls got on the board with a pair of runs in the first inning. session at 4 p.m. and as late as 1998. All have been Brian Randazzo singled to open the inning, advancing to third on an error by the April 3 in Lippes featured individually on radio, right fielder. Rob Mancini then doubled, scoring Randazzo. Mancini later scored Concert Hall. television and even soundtracks on an RBI single by Nick Walczak. Northern Illinois got on the board in the third when Bobby Stevens walked, The program and jingles. Mase is a co-princi- stole second and was driven in on a single by Jordin Hood. to be performed pal trumpeter of the New York UB extended its lead to 3-1 when Walczak cracked a leadoff single in the by the quintet City Ballet Orchestra, American sixth, his third hit of the game, and was driven in on a two-out single to right field by Bobby Pizzuto. was designed to In addition to performing the final concert in this Composers Orchestra and the However, Northern Illinois scored eight runs in the seventh to take a 9-3 season’s Slee/Visiting Artist Series, the American feature pieces Westchester Philharmonic. Cobb lead and added another run in the ninth inning. Brass Quintet will conduct a composer workshop. that display true leads a diverse career and is active In game two, the Huskies used three singles and a walk to score three runs in virtuosic brass with many of New York’s top mu- the top of the first inning, and increased their lead with four runs in the second inning, four in the third, five in the sixth and another run in the seventh. writing and performance. Many piece that demonstrates brass sical organizations. Wakefield was On Sunday, the Bulls fell to Northern Illinois in the final game of the series, of the pieces, such as “The Three instruments that create a weighty one of the first American brass 6-4. The loss drops the Bulls to 5-14 overall, 0-3 in the MAC. Tenses,” “Little Suite of Minia- and heavy motion and feeling players invited since the Cultural UB scored first in the bottom of the second inning on a trio of errors by tures,” “Copperwave” and “Quin- that travels in waves and circles Revolution to teach and perform the Huskies. Northern Illinois tied the game in the fourth. Adam Skonieczki led off the sixth inning with a home run for the Bulls and teto Concertante,” were written throughout the piece. in the People’s Republic of China. Mancini led off the seventh with solo shot over the left-field fence, giving UB a specifically for the American The American Brass Quintet has Powell has taught master classes 3-1 lead. Brass Quintet. created an incomparable legacy in trombone and chamber music After the Huskies scored a run in the seventh, they tied the game again in Osvaldo Lacerda’s piece, “Quin- within the brass world. Hailed as all over the world. Rojak is an the eighth. UB regained the lead when Jacob Rosenbeck tripled to open the inning and teto Concertante,” for example, was “positively breathtaking” by The original member of the orchestra Chris Ciesla drove him in with a single to right field to give UB a 4-3 lead. created after the quintet premiered New York Times and “the most for the Broadway production of But Northern Illinois answered again in the ninth, scoring three runs on four another Lacerda piece, “Fantasia distinguished” of all the brass “Les Miserables.” hits to take the victory. e Rondó,” at the Inter-American quintets by the American Record Advance tickets are $12 for gen- Music Festival in 1980. Guide, the ABQ clearly has defined eral admission; $9 for UB faculty/ “I decided to compose another itself among the elite chamber staff/alumni, WNED members Tennis brass quintet,” Lacerda said. “Sud- music ensembles of our time. The with card and senior citizens; and Men’s denly, I had an inspiration: why quintet has a vision dedicated to a $5 for students. Tickets at the door UB 6, Robert Morris 0 not a concertante one with few diverse musical repertoire, exten- are $20, $15 and $8. Duquesne 4, UB 3 UB snapped its six-match losing streak with a 6-0 win over Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon. Due to inclement weather, the match was moved indoors and the start Dean’s Scholars delayed by about an hour. With the new start time, the teams agreed that only Continued from Page 1 the singles matches would be played. UB swept all six singles matches with three straight-set wins and three just that: By the end of their first three-set victories. On Sunday, the Bulls dropped a 4-3 decision at Duquesne to complete the semester, the average GPA for weekend trip to Western Pennsylvania. the 24 Dean’s Scholars students The Bulls (4-13) scored the opening doubles point against the Dukes with was 3.8. victories in the number one and two matches, but could only claim two of the six singles matches. having the dean as your per- The Bulls return home this weekend to host MAC rival Western Michigan sonal advisor doesn’t hurt, either, on Saturday and Binghamton on Sunday. adds Jasmine Lawrence, a UB En- Women’s gineering freshman and recipient UB 7, Northern Illinois 0 of a Dean’s Scholarship. UB opened MAC play on Friday with a 7-0 victory over Northern Illinois. “I know that if I have a problem, The Bulls took the doubles point by sweeping all three matches, two of which I can contact the dean directly,” ended in tiebreakers. In singles play, UB took all six matches in straight sets. she says. The Bulls will be back in action tomorrow as they host Ball State at 1 p.m. A native of Buffalo—and proud Hutch Tech graduate—who briefly considered attending an out-of- Photo s : Ell en Gol dba u m Crew Luke Scannell (left) and Jasmine Lawrence, both freshman en- Bulls prep for spring races state school, Lawrence decided to gineering students, say the new Dean’s Scholars Program made attend UB Engineering because of the decision to attend the UB School of Engineering and Applied The UB crew spent spring break in Oak Ridge, Tenn., preparing for the 2008 Sciences an easy one. season. the scholarship and the caliber of The first race came on March 13 as the UB lightweight eight crew defeated its engineering curriculum. She the varsity eight crew from Skidmore. also receives assistance through pursue easily at UB through a 3-2 to ease the transition from high The Bulls faced their toughest competition on March 14 when they met the Daniel Acker Scholars Program program, resulting in a bachelor’s school to college. Louisville, ranked 17th in the latest national polls. UB’s novice eight boat won both its races against the novice eight boat from Louisville. UB’s varsity eight for academically talented students degree in engineering and an MBA The Dean’s Scholars Program boat also had solid finishes against the Cardinals, finishing just 1.4 seconds behind from traditionally underrepre- from the School of Management. at UB Engineering is funded Louisville in the first race and just 3.9 seconds in the second race. sented groups. “The dean told me it would only by several sources, including The Bulls then met Dayton on March 15, with the Bulls achieving much success Lawrence, who juggles a full- add one more year, so that’s pretty contributions from alumni against the Flyers. In the first race, UB’s junior varsity eight and novice eight finished one-two in a combined race with Dayton’s junior varsity eight and novice eight. course load at UB along with high on my list,” she says. and from such corporations as The second race between the four boats showed the same results. UB’s varsity responsibility for her 7-month-old In addition to the Dean’s Praxair and Northrop Grum- four boat also won its race against Dayton’s varsity four. During that race, UB’s daughter, eventually wants to start Scholars Program, UB Engineer- man-Amherst Systems. lightweight four competed as well, finishing ahead of Dayton. UB’s lightweight eight crew also won both of its races against Dayton’s lightweight eight squad. her own business. ing features freshman dormitory For more information, go The Bulls will begin their spring season on Saturday when the varsity eight So she is considering combin- learning centers, volunteer com- to http://www.eng.buffalo. boat heads to Syracuse for a race against Boston University and Boston College. ing her interests in engineering munity-involvement projects edu/dean/deans_scholars_pro- The varsity eight then will head to San Diego on April 5, while the rest of the and business, an option she can and other initiatives designed gram.php. squad will travel to Bucknell. 8 Reporter March 27, 2008/Vol. 39, No. 26

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