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this issue Jacob Kassay, bFa ’06 | cheryl laroche, ba ’82 | adam ZelasKo, bFa ’05 | donnica moore, md ’86<br />
a public<strong>at</strong>ion oF the university <strong>at</strong> buFFalo alumni associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
k<strong>at</strong>harine cornell<br />
who was<br />
An unexpected gift brings insight into this enigm<strong>at</strong>ic woman<br />
spring 2012
Downtown Presence<br />
buffalo’s cityscape <strong>at</strong> sunset captures the hope of a region poised<br />
for a resilient comeback. ub’s Downtown Campus has been steadily<br />
growing since 2005, adding to the enhanced medical corridor and<br />
fueling optimism about the future. ub plans to move its medical school<br />
downtown, further revitalizing the urban core and bringing together<br />
key partners in research and health care.<br />
Photo by Douglas levere, ba ’89
firstlook<br />
a public<strong>at</strong>ion of the university <strong>at</strong> buffalo alumni associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
On the COver: Und<strong>at</strong>ed photo of K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell<br />
as a young woman, courtesy Special Collections,<br />
<strong>University</strong> Libraries<br />
spring 2012<br />
Leading lady 14<br />
Surprising package from a uB gradu<strong>at</strong>e spurs<br />
reflections on the life of legendary actress<br />
K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell<br />
Healthy scenarios 22<br />
ultra-realistic simul<strong>at</strong>ions allow students in the<br />
health sciences to practice techniques of highquality<br />
p<strong>at</strong>ient care<br />
The bullying effect 28<br />
Center takes on an insidious and complex<br />
problem with research, educ<strong>at</strong>ion and outreach<br />
to schools, students and parents<br />
alumni prOfiles<br />
Jacob Kassay, Bfa ’06 20<br />
Acclaimed artist<br />
Cheryl laroche, Ba ’82 26<br />
Archaeologist and educ<strong>at</strong>or<br />
adam Zelasko, Bfa ’05 32<br />
Broadway actor<br />
donnica moore, md ’86 34<br />
Women’s health advoc<strong>at</strong>e<br />
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from the president<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional tour reinforces<br />
message of UB’s momentum<br />
One Of the mOst rewarding aspects of my new<br />
role as UB president is th<strong>at</strong> it brings me into even closer<br />
contact with members of the university family, locally as<br />
well as globally. talking with and learning from our alumni<br />
and university friends—here in <strong>Buffalo</strong>, across the country<br />
and around the world—are among my top priorities as<br />
president. as you may know, this fall i launched my UB<br />
2020 presidential alumni tour, traveling to 20 cities in 20<br />
months to talk with alumni about exciting progress under<br />
way and on the horizon for UB.<br />
Our university has made a number of major strides in<br />
the past year, and we continue to build gre<strong>at</strong> momentum<br />
for the future.<br />
we continue to <strong>at</strong>tract more top-ranked faculty from<br />
around the world, and we are competing successfully for<br />
even more of the best and brightest students.<br />
we’ve seen the passage of historic st<strong>at</strong>e legisl<strong>at</strong>ion, the<br />
NYSUNY 2020 bill. For the first time, this legisl<strong>at</strong>ion allows<br />
us to plan and budget on a five-year horizon, thereby enabling<br />
us to bring even more top faculty and students to UB.<br />
we’ve secured major st<strong>at</strong>e funding in the form of a<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ed challenge grant established by governor andrew<br />
m. cuomo and sUnY chancellor nancy L. Zimpher as a<br />
means for sUnY’s four university centers to propose projects<br />
th<strong>at</strong> strengthen our academic programs and support<br />
economic vitality in our communities.<br />
we’ve announced a number of major priv<strong>at</strong>e gifts th<strong>at</strong><br />
will help the university further advance its mission, includ-<br />
S<strong>at</strong>iSk k. trip<strong>at</strong>hi, preSident<br />
President S<strong>at</strong>ish K.<br />
Trip<strong>at</strong>hi talks with alumni<br />
in Phoenix, San Francisco<br />
and Knoxville as part of his<br />
20 cities in 20 months tour.<br />
ing a historic gift of $40 million to the medical school,<br />
given by a UB alumnus who has chosen to remain<br />
anonymous.<br />
collectively, these strides allow us to advance the<br />
next phase of the UB 2020 plan for academic excellence.<br />
Our next steps focus on building our faculty across the<br />
disciplines and reloc<strong>at</strong>ing the medical school downtown,<br />
where it will be more closely aligned with key health<br />
sciences and research partners in<br />
For upd<strong>at</strong>es on the 2020<br />
Presidential Alumni Tour,<br />
go to www.buffalo.edu/<br />
president/2020tour.<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong>’s medical corridor.<br />
implementing the next phase<br />
of our long-range vision will help<br />
us achieve three vital and closely<br />
connected objectives. these are enhanced<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ional and research excellence; improved<br />
health care and quality of life for our communities; and<br />
the cre<strong>at</strong>ion of a strong innov<strong>at</strong>ion economy.<br />
these outcomes are good for our students, they are<br />
good for our university as a whole, and they are good for<br />
the communities we serve—regionally, n<strong>at</strong>ionally and<br />
around the world.<br />
the bright future we envision for our university<br />
and our communities is on the horizon. as alumni, you<br />
contribute significantly to realizing th<strong>at</strong> vision, and I<br />
welcome your insights and perspectives about UB’s<br />
future. i hope to have the opportunity to talk in person<br />
with you someday soon—perhaps here on campus or <strong>at</strong><br />
a stop on the 2020 alumni tour!<br />
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Vol. 29, No. 2<br />
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Communic<strong>at</strong>ions Coordin<strong>at</strong>or Gina Cali-Misterkiewicz, MA ’05<br />
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Associ<strong>at</strong>e Vice President for Alumni Rel<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
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from theUBAABoardPresident<br />
Events evoke pride while<br />
showcasing student and alumni<br />
achievement<br />
a semester of celebr<strong>at</strong>ion for the <strong>University</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Buffalo</strong><br />
Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion as we honor outstanding<br />
alumni, students and friends. One of the pleasures<br />
of being associ<strong>at</strong>ion president is the opportunity to<br />
rub elbows with such accomplished individuals who<br />
hold UB near and dear to their hearts.<br />
On Jan. 13, we g<strong>at</strong>hered in Alumni Arena bene<strong>at</strong>h the facility’s new<br />
high-definition video scoreboard to recognize the <strong>at</strong>hletic prowess of<br />
four UB gradu<strong>at</strong>es who were inducted into the Dr. and Mrs. Edmond J.<br />
Gicewicz Family UB Athletics Hall of Fame. Four other individuals were<br />
honored for their support of UB <strong>at</strong>hletic programs, or for excelling as<br />
professionals in the field of <strong>at</strong>hletics. Read more about the event on p. 13.<br />
Next up was the UBAA Scholarship Dinner on Feb. 3, during which I<br />
presented $7,500 in scholarships to six inspiring and high-achieving students.<br />
From presenting <strong>at</strong> an intern<strong>at</strong>ional AIDS conference in Ethiopia,<br />
to helping Western New York taxpayers get back more than $1 million in<br />
refunds, to helping their fellow students excel, these future alumni are<br />
shining examples of wh<strong>at</strong> UB is all about. Read more about our scholarship<br />
winners on p. 40.<br />
Coming up is the Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Achievement Awards ceremony<br />
on Friday, April 13. This is our sign<strong>at</strong>ure event, honoring individuals who<br />
bring distinction to themselves and to UB through outstanding professional<br />
and personal achievement, loyal service to UB, and exemplary contributions<br />
to their communities. Each year, I am convinced th<strong>at</strong> the class being<br />
honored is the best and not to be outdone. And each year I am proved<br />
wrong. The recipients’ achievements are consistently outweighed only by<br />
their humility and graciousness, and their appreci<strong>at</strong>ion of UB runs deep.<br />
All are invited to <strong>at</strong>tend this event in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on<br />
the North Campus. Tickets may be purchased by calling the alumni office<br />
<strong>at</strong> 1-800-284-5382. I hope you can join us—you will not be disappointed.<br />
Tim Lafferty, BS ’86<br />
President, UB Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
tplafferty@ub-alumni.org<br />
Look for the alumni associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
members asterisk throughout the<br />
magazine. It’s our way of celebr<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
our alumni associ<strong>at</strong>ion members.
www.alumni.buffalo.edu UBTODAY Spring 2011 3
shortform<br />
AcAdemic insights, breAking reseArch, Ub people And <strong>University</strong> news<br />
um-oxide nanowires, which have a phase transition temper<strong>at</strong>ure close to room temper<strong>at</strong>ure.<br />
breAking reseArch<br />
‘smart windows’<br />
New m<strong>at</strong>erials science research <strong>at</strong> UB could hasten the cre<strong>at</strong>ion of “smart”<br />
windows th<strong>at</strong> reflect he<strong>at</strong> from the sun on hot summer days, but let in the<br />
he<strong>at</strong> in colder we<strong>at</strong>her. The findings concern a unique class of synthetic<br />
chemical compounds th<strong>at</strong> are transparent to infrared light <strong>at</strong> lower temper<strong>at</strong>ures,<br />
but undergo a phase transition to begin reflecting infrared when<br />
they he<strong>at</strong> up past a certain point.<br />
UB researchers report they have managed to manipul<strong>at</strong>e the trigger<br />
temper<strong>at</strong>ure for vanadium oxide, one such m<strong>at</strong>erial. The advance is a crucial<br />
step toward making the compound useful for such applic<strong>at</strong>ions as co<strong>at</strong>ings<br />
for energy-saving windows.<br />
By preparing vanadium oxide as a nanom<strong>at</strong>erial instead of in bulk, the<br />
scientists managed to lower the compound’s trigger point from 153 degrees<br />
Fahrenheit to 90. Doping vanadium oxide nanowires with tungsten brought<br />
the temper<strong>at</strong>ure down further, to 7 degrees Fahrenheit. Molybdenum doping<br />
had a similar, but smaller, effect. Researchers also found th<strong>at</strong> they were<br />
able to induce a phase transition using an electric current instead of he<strong>at</strong>.<br />
Sarbajit Banerjee, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry,<br />
led the studies, collabor<strong>at</strong>ing with Sambandamurthy Ganap<strong>at</strong>hy, assistant<br />
professor of physics, to head the research on the use of the electric current.<br />
“Definitely, we are closer than we’ve ever been to being able to incorpor<strong>at</strong>e<br />
these m<strong>at</strong>erials into window co<strong>at</strong>ings and other systems th<strong>at</strong> sense<br />
infrared light,” says Banerjee.<br />
Douglas levere, Ba ’89 sarbajit banerjee in front of a scanning electron microscopy image of tungsten-doped vanadi-<br />
6 UbtodAy spring 2012 www.buffalo.edu/ubt<br />
For the l<strong>at</strong>est in campus<br />
news reports go to<br />
www.buffalo.edu/news<br />
AcAdemic insight<br />
Sounds like<br />
the birds<br />
micheal dent, associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
professor of psychology,<br />
conducts extensive and<br />
well-regarded research<br />
into the perception and<br />
processing of complex<br />
acoustic stimuli in birds<br />
and small mammals—<br />
from c<strong>at</strong>s to mice—using<br />
both behavioral and<br />
physiological techniques.<br />
much of her current<br />
work involves birds.<br />
those th<strong>at</strong> popul<strong>at</strong>e<br />
dent’s immacul<strong>at</strong>e labs<br />
are budgerigars—parakeets<br />
or “budgies”—and<br />
zebra finches. most have<br />
been bred by dent and<br />
her gradu<strong>at</strong>e students<br />
to particip<strong>at</strong>e in her<br />
studies. About 30 of the<br />
colorful denizens, all<br />
with names and distinct<br />
personalities, are<br />
involved in studies <strong>at</strong> any<br />
one time.<br />
“Most birds are very<br />
smart, and once<br />
they’re trained to<br />
respond to cues, ours<br />
will take part in many<br />
different learning and<br />
hearing studies,” dent<br />
says. “they can live up<br />
to about six years and,<br />
fortun<strong>at</strong>ely for us, they<br />
never go deaf as they<br />
age in the way most<br />
animals do.”<br />
one of the 20 chirping<br />
budgies and finches<br />
perched in the “vac<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
room”—where the birds<br />
live when not involved<br />
in a study—is “yoda.”<br />
he was among four<br />
parakeets fitted with<br />
tiny headphones for a<br />
recent dent investig<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ed to the l<strong>at</strong>eraliz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
of acoustic signals<br />
in birds. the headphones<br />
permitted the birds to<br />
listen to sounds directed<br />
to their right or left ears.<br />
th<strong>at</strong> study, published<br />
recently in the Journal of<br />
the Acoustical society of<br />
America, found, among<br />
other things, th<strong>at</strong> small<br />
birds localize sounds<br />
the way th<strong>at</strong> humans do<br />
by using both interaural<br />
time and level differences—th<strong>at</strong><br />
is, by employing<br />
the difference in arrival<br />
time and intensity of a<br />
sound to each of their<br />
ears.
Douglas levere, Ba ’89<br />
Budding architects<br />
UB BY The nUmBerS<br />
Intern<strong>at</strong>Ional<br />
enrollment<br />
1rank among<br />
comprehensive public<br />
research universities in<br />
percentage of enrollment<br />
th<strong>at</strong> is intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
18.5<br />
>><br />
Students from <strong>Buffalo</strong>’s School 53 teamed up with Beth Tauke, associ<strong>at</strong>e professor<br />
of architecture, to design a bridge for the Architecture + Educ<strong>at</strong>ion exhibition<br />
th<strong>at</strong> ran in January in the CEPA Gallery in <strong>Buffalo</strong>. Fe<strong>at</strong>uring colorful, functional<br />
environments and infrastructures, the exhibition was produced during 10-week<br />
hands-on classroom projects th<strong>at</strong> used architectural principles along with lessons<br />
in m<strong>at</strong>h, earth sciences, geography, physics and animal behavior.<br />
UB PeOPLe<br />
Golden Globe name-dropping<br />
If you did more than w<strong>at</strong>ch the 2012 Golden Globes for the<br />
fashions, you may have heard two names come up in some of the<br />
acceptance speeches: Harvey Weinstein and Brad Grey. Did you<br />
know both are UB alumni? Weinstein, BA ’01, and the Weinstein<br />
Company were behind “The Descendants” (Best Motion Picture—<br />
Drama), “The Artist” (Best Motion Picture—Comedy or Musical and<br />
Best Original Score—Motion Picture) and “The Iron Lady” (Best<br />
Performance for an Actress in a Motion Picture, Meryl Streep).<br />
Grey, BA ’79, is CEO of Paramount Pictures, which won for<br />
“Hugo” (Best Director—Motion Picture, Martin Scorsese) and<br />
“The Adventures of Tintin” (Best Anim<strong>at</strong>ed Fe<strong>at</strong>ure Film). Results<br />
of their Oscar nomin<strong>at</strong>ions were pending <strong>at</strong> UB Today press time.<br />
sourCe: “open Doors 2011,” InstItute<br />
of Intern<strong>at</strong>Ional eDuC<strong>at</strong>Ion<br />
www.IIe.org/openDoors<br />
Percent of total enrollment<br />
th<strong>at</strong> is intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
BreAKInG<br />
reSeArCh<br />
17<br />
101.9<br />
economic contribution in millions<br />
of dollars th<strong>at</strong> UB intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
students make to WnY’s 26th<br />
Congressional District<br />
Study finds risk<br />
factors for CCSVI,<br />
MS<br />
The first study to investig<strong>at</strong>e<br />
risk factors for the<br />
vascular condition called<br />
CCSVI (chronic cerebrospinal<br />
venous insufficiency)<br />
in volunteers<br />
without neurological<br />
disease has identified<br />
wh<strong>at</strong> UB researchers<br />
call a remarkable<br />
similarity between this<br />
condition and possible<br />
or confirmed risk factors<br />
for multiple sclerosis<br />
(mS).<br />
Their study investig<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ions between<br />
CCSVI and demographic,<br />
clinical and environmental<br />
risk factors in a large<br />
control group of volunteers<br />
who did not have<br />
known central nervous<br />
system disease.<br />
“Our results suggest<br />
th<strong>at</strong> risk factors for<br />
CCSVI in this group of<br />
volunteers are remarkably<br />
similar to those of<br />
possible or confirmed<br />
importance to mS, but<br />
we do not yet understand<br />
the whole story,” says<br />
robert Zivadinov, professor<br />
of neurology <strong>at</strong> the<br />
School of medicine and<br />
Biomedical Sciences,<br />
and senior author on the<br />
study.<br />
The study of 252 volunteers<br />
“was designed to<br />
rank among U.S.<br />
campuses with<br />
largest enrollment of<br />
intern<strong>at</strong>ional students<br />
“Our results suggest<br />
th<strong>at</strong> risk factors for<br />
CCSVI in this group of<br />
volunteers are remarkably<br />
similar to those of<br />
possible or confirmed<br />
importance to MS ...”<br />
rOBerT ZIVADInOV<br />
ZIVADInOV<br />
help provide scientists<br />
and the mS p<strong>at</strong>ient<br />
community with new inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
th<strong>at</strong>, combined<br />
with the results of studies<br />
th<strong>at</strong> are still ongoing<br />
<strong>at</strong> UB, will ultim<strong>at</strong>ely<br />
help explain CCSVI and<br />
its rel<strong>at</strong>ionship to mS,”<br />
says Kresimir Dolic,<br />
a lead author on the<br />
study. Dolic, a radiologist<br />
from the Department<br />
of radiology, <strong>University</strong><br />
hospital, Split, Cro<strong>at</strong>ia,<br />
was a visiting fellow <strong>at</strong><br />
the <strong>Buffalo</strong> neuroimaging<br />
Analysis Center, part<br />
of UB’s Department of<br />
neurology, where the<br />
study was conducted.<br />
5,185<br />
number of<br />
intern<strong>at</strong>ional students<br />
1.5<br />
Percentage increase in<br />
number of intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
students over preceding year<br />
www.alumni.buffalo.edu UBTODAY Spring 2012 7<br />
Douglas levere, Ba ’89
Douglas levere, Ba ’89<br />
shortform<br />
aCadeMIC INsIGhT<br />
Primordial<br />
Weirdness<br />
Did the early universe have just one sp<strong>at</strong>ial dimension?<br />
Th<strong>at</strong>’s the mind-boggling concept <strong>at</strong> the heart of a theory th<strong>at</strong> Dejan<br />
Stojkovic, assistant professor of physics, and his colleagues proposed in<br />
2010. They suggested th<strong>at</strong> the early universe—which exploded from a<br />
single point and was very, very small <strong>at</strong> first—was one-dimensional (like<br />
a straight line) before expanding to include two dimensions (like a plane)<br />
and then three (like the world in which we live today).<br />
Now, in a new paper in Physical Review Letters, Stojkovic and Loyola<br />
Marymount <strong>University</strong> physicist Jonas Mureika describe a test th<strong>at</strong> could<br />
prove or disprove the “vanishing dimensions”<br />
Futurity.org, which presents research<br />
news from leading universi-<br />
hypothesis.<br />
ties, voted this story as one of the Because it takes time for light and other<br />
top ten research stories of 2011. waves to travel to Earth, telescopes peering out<br />
into space can, essentially, look back into time<br />
as they probe the universe’s outer reaches.<br />
Gravit<strong>at</strong>ional waves can’t exist in one- or two-dimensional space. So<br />
Stojkovic and Mureika have reasoned th<strong>at</strong> the Laser Interferometer Space<br />
Antenna (LISA), a planned intern<strong>at</strong>ional gravit<strong>at</strong>ional observ<strong>at</strong>ory, should<br />
not detect any gravit<strong>at</strong>ional waves eman<strong>at</strong>ing from the lower-dimensional<br />
epochs of the early universe.<br />
Stojkovic says the theory of evolving dimensions represents a radical<br />
shift from the way we think about the cosmos—about how our universe<br />
came to be. The core idea is th<strong>at</strong> the dimensionality of space depends on<br />
the size of the space we’re observing, with smaller spaces associ<strong>at</strong>ed with<br />
fewer dimensions. Th<strong>at</strong> means th<strong>at</strong> a fourth dimension will open up—if it<br />
hasn’t already—as the universe continues to expand.<br />
8 ubTOdaY spring 2012 www.buffalo.edu/ubt<br />
uNIVersITY News<br />
uNIVersITY News<br />
Hubbard, Wells<br />
named vice<br />
presidents<br />
laura e. hubbard, associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
vice president<br />
for budget and finance <strong>at</strong><br />
the university of Oregon,<br />
has been named vice<br />
president for finance and<br />
administr<strong>at</strong>ion. Nancy<br />
l. wells, who has held<br />
leadership positions <strong>at</strong><br />
a variety of institutions,<br />
including stanford and<br />
McGill universities, has<br />
been appointed vice<br />
president for development<br />
and alumni rel<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
hubbard will oversee<br />
ub’s str<strong>at</strong>egic financial<br />
planning and analysis<br />
of resource use and<br />
development. she will<br />
provide leadership for<br />
the institution’s ongoing<br />
efforts to pursue innov<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
business solutions<br />
and develop oper<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
str<strong>at</strong>egies th<strong>at</strong> enhance<br />
revenues and efficiency.<br />
hubbard previously<br />
served as director of<br />
capital planning and<br />
budget, assistant vice<br />
president for administr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and interim vice<br />
president for finance and<br />
administr<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> the<br />
Lockwood Cybrary: from drab to fab<br />
university of Idaho and,<br />
before th<strong>at</strong>, as finance<br />
and administr<strong>at</strong>ive officer,<br />
as well as director of<br />
facilities administr<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
services, <strong>at</strong> washington<br />
st<strong>at</strong>e university.<br />
Wells will help to<br />
foster a culture of philanthropy<br />
vital to enhancing<br />
UB’s mission<br />
of excellence, leading<br />
the university in<br />
its next capital<br />
campaign and<br />
strengtheningengagement<br />
with its<br />
more than<br />
219,000 alumni<br />
worldwide. Most<br />
recently, wells hubbard<br />
was director of<br />
development<br />
for the Oregon<br />
shakespeare<br />
Festival, the<br />
largest repertory<br />
the<strong>at</strong>er in<br />
the u.s. as vice<br />
principal for development<br />
and wells<br />
alumni rel<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
<strong>at</strong> McGill university,<br />
wells planned and directed<br />
the quiet phase of<br />
a $500 million campaign.<br />
she also served as stanford’s<br />
major gifts officer<br />
for europe, and was vice<br />
president of development<br />
<strong>at</strong> Fred hutchinson<br />
Cancer research Center<br />
in se<strong>at</strong>tle.<br />
The recent transform<strong>at</strong>ion of a popular spot in lockwood Memorial library is garnering<br />
rave reviews for its fresh, exciting new look. The Cybrary in lockwood was<br />
once a white-walled, multicolor-floored room with an institutional vibe, leading<br />
students to refer to it as “the cave.” Th<strong>at</strong> dullness has since given way to a cre<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
use of color th<strong>at</strong> builds on ub’s branding. The site has been further beautified by<br />
a unique use of computer-gener<strong>at</strong>ed images based on research conducted by ub<br />
students and faculty. The mural image along the back wall is a replica of an enzyme<br />
protein for drug metabolism. It is based on research carried out by Thomas<br />
Furlani, Phd ’85, director of ub’s Center for Comput<strong>at</strong>ional research.
Jim Kirby<br />
ACADEMIC INSIGHT<br />
Designing homes<br />
for ‘wounded<br />
warriors’<br />
Danise Levine, MArch ’96, is an architect with<br />
experience in universal design and accessible<br />
design. Recently, the assistant director of UB’s<br />
Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental<br />
Access (IDeA Center) completed design work<br />
with the Wounded Warrior Home Project in Fort<br />
Belvoir, Va., where her expertise guided the layout<br />
of two homes.<br />
Both new homes—the Freedom Home and the<br />
P<strong>at</strong>riot Home—address a variety of challenges<br />
th<strong>at</strong> veterans might face. For instance, exterior<br />
lights <strong>at</strong> entry points provide enhanced security<br />
and comfort for people suffering from post-traum<strong>at</strong>ic<br />
stress disorder (PTSD), traum<strong>at</strong>ic brain injuries<br />
and vision loss. Glass doors provide visual<br />
access to the outside. Autom<strong>at</strong>ic entry doors th<strong>at</strong><br />
are wider than usual provide unobstructed accessibility<br />
for someone with a limb amput<strong>at</strong>ion or to<br />
a person who uses a wheelchair.<br />
“The collabor<strong>at</strong>ive n<strong>at</strong>ure of the project allowed<br />
all members of the design team to contribute<br />
in their area of expertise, which I think<br />
shows in the strength of the final product,” says<br />
Levine, who has been working with the Wounded<br />
Warrior Home Project since it began to take<br />
shape in February 2010.<br />
The IDeA Center will partner<br />
with the Wounded Warrior<br />
Home Project to study the<br />
usability of the homes after<br />
their completion. The goal is<br />
to improve future projects.<br />
(Inset) Danise levine<br />
UNIVERSITY NEWS<br />
Solar Strand takes shape<br />
The Solar Strand project was designed by renowned landscape architect Walter<br />
Hood to be a multi-use site for educ<strong>at</strong>ion, research and sustainable energy. When<br />
completed l<strong>at</strong>er this year, it will produce 750,000 w<strong>at</strong>ts of electricity—enough to<br />
power 700 student apartments on the North Campus—and to help UB with its goal<br />
of reaching clim<strong>at</strong>e neutrality by 2030. The project is being funded with a $7.5 million<br />
grant from the New York Power Authority.<br />
UNIVERSITY NEWS<br />
Don<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
cre<strong>at</strong>es fund to<br />
commercialize<br />
research<br />
A UB faculty member<br />
has anonymously<br />
don<strong>at</strong>ed $1 million to<br />
establish a fund th<strong>at</strong><br />
supports commercializing<br />
the discoveries<br />
and inventions of his UB<br />
colleagues.<br />
The don<strong>at</strong>ion will<br />
establish the Bruce<br />
Holm Memorial C<strong>at</strong>alyst<br />
Fund, named for the UB<br />
senior vice provost who<br />
died last year. The<br />
anonymous gift,<br />
made as a m<strong>at</strong>ch<br />
challenge, will be<br />
used to finance<br />
prototype development,proof-ofconcept<br />
studies<br />
and other research<br />
th<strong>at</strong> will advance HOlM<br />
UB faculty inventions<br />
and transl<strong>at</strong>e them into<br />
useful products and<br />
tre<strong>at</strong>ments to benefit<br />
society.<br />
The Bruce Holm Memorial<br />
C<strong>at</strong>alyst Fund will<br />
be based in UB’s Office<br />
of Science, Technology<br />
Transfer and Economic<br />
Outreach (STOR), which<br />
>><br />
works to<br />
transform the<br />
inventions of<br />
UB faculty and<br />
students into<br />
products and<br />
services th<strong>at</strong><br />
benefit our<br />
community.<br />
SUNY Distinguished<br />
Professor in the<br />
medical school, Holm<br />
was director of UB’s<br />
New York St<strong>at</strong>e Center of<br />
Excellence in Bioinform<strong>at</strong>ics<br />
and life Sciences.<br />
He worked diligently to<br />
<strong>at</strong>tract high-profile researchers<br />
and inventors<br />
to <strong>Buffalo</strong>.<br />
Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the School of<br />
Management as one of the n<strong>at</strong>ion’s best business schools<br />
in its biennial ranking of executive MBA (EMBA)<br />
programs.<br />
www.alumni.buffalo.edu UBTODAY Spring 2012 9<br />
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10 UBTODAY Spring 2012 www.buffalo.edu/UBT
seenreadheard<br />
BOOkS, mUSic AnD filmS BY UB AlUmni<br />
Books<br />
Toward a Better Life: America’s<br />
New Immigrants in Their Own<br />
Words<br />
PeTer mOrTOn cOAn, BA ’79<br />
This book<br />
offers stories<br />
of immigrants<br />
from Ellis<br />
Island to the<br />
present told in<br />
their own words<br />
and organized<br />
by decade. “Toward a Better<br />
Life” offers a balanced and<br />
poignant portrait of American<br />
immigrants—from ordinary<br />
people doing extraordinary<br />
things to celebrities who chose<br />
the U.S. as their new home.<br />
(Prometheus Books, 2011)<br />
Lun<strong>at</strong>ics<br />
BY DAve BArrY AnD<br />
AlAn ZweiBel, BA ’72<br />
Dave Barry,<br />
Pulitzer<br />
Prize-winning<br />
humorist, and<br />
Alan Zweibel,<br />
multiple Emmy<br />
Award winner<br />
and an<br />
original writer for “S<strong>at</strong>urday<br />
Night Live,” team up in this<br />
hilarious novel. Characters<br />
Philip Horkman and Jeffrey<br />
Peckerman collide in a swiftly<br />
escal<strong>at</strong>ing series of events th<strong>at</strong><br />
will send them running for<br />
their lives. (Putnam, 2012)<br />
Your Brother in Arms: A Union<br />
Soldier’s Odyssey<br />
rOBerT c. PlUmB, BA ’64<br />
Robert Plumb<br />
tells the story<br />
of George P.<br />
McClelland,<br />
a member<br />
of the 155th<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
Infantry in the<br />
Civil War, through his neverbefore-published<br />
letters written<br />
from the b<strong>at</strong>tlefield and<br />
from the infirmary following<br />
his serious injury <strong>at</strong> Five Forks.<br />
(<strong>University</strong> of Missouri Press,<br />
2011)<br />
Quotable <strong>Buffalo</strong>: The Most<br />
Marvelous and Maddening<br />
Things Ever Said About the<br />
Queen City<br />
cOmPileD BY cYnThiA vAn<br />
neSS, mlS ’94<br />
Following<br />
seven years<br />
of research,<br />
Western New<br />
York historian<br />
Cynthia Van<br />
Ness has<br />
compiled the<br />
liveliest things ever uttered<br />
about <strong>Buffalo</strong>. “Quotable<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong>” aims to open the door<br />
to the vast written record th<strong>at</strong><br />
chronicles <strong>Buffalo</strong>’s legacy<br />
and “to show people th<strong>at</strong> the<br />
last few decades of punch-line<br />
derision is not a terribly accur<strong>at</strong>e<br />
way to see <strong>Buffalo</strong>,” Van<br />
Ness says. (Western New York<br />
Wares, 2011)<br />
Essays in Honor of Christopher<br />
Hogwood: The Maestro’s<br />
Direction<br />
ThOmAS DOnAhUe, DDS ’79<br />
Thomas<br />
Donahue has<br />
collected essays<br />
from authors<br />
motiv<strong>at</strong>ed and<br />
inspired by<br />
Christopher<br />
Hogwood, the<br />
distinguished keyboard player,<br />
conductor, writer and proponent<br />
of early music, in honor<br />
of Hogwood’s 70th birthday.<br />
Donahue is a musician, instrument<br />
builder and practicing<br />
dentist. (Scarecrow Press,<br />
2010)<br />
Smoke-Free Smoke Break:<br />
Stop Smoking Now with<br />
Mindfulness & Acceptance<br />
BY PAvel G. SOmOv, PhD ’00, AnD<br />
mAriA SOmOvA, PhD ’00<br />
The co-authors<br />
offer a groundbreaking<br />
approach to<br />
quit smoking<br />
by transforming<br />
smoke<br />
breaks into a<br />
self-care routine for managing<br />
stress and nicotine cravings.<br />
Exercises and medit<strong>at</strong>ions are<br />
designed to help the ex-smoker<br />
mindfully manage stress,<br />
control cravings and prevent<br />
relapse. (New Harbinger<br />
Public<strong>at</strong>ions, 2011)<br />
Lost in the Blue Room<br />
richArD BArOne, mS ’73<br />
In this novel,<br />
an ex-sky marshal<br />
skyjacks a<br />
plane to make<br />
the point th<strong>at</strong><br />
the presence of<br />
sky marshals<br />
might have<br />
averted 9/11. He demands th<strong>at</strong><br />
his passengers take a journey<br />
back to 1970 when the original<br />
sky marshals flew. The passengers<br />
enjoy first-class accommod<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
and make their<br />
way around the world—Paris,<br />
Rome, Bangkok—compliments<br />
of the besieged airlines. (Canto<br />
34 Press, 2011)<br />
The Parchment Paper Cookbook<br />
BreTTe SemBer, JD ’94 & BA ’90<br />
“The<br />
Parchment<br />
Paper<br />
Cookbook”<br />
offers a<br />
revolutionary<br />
style of<br />
cooking in<br />
parchment paper packets th<strong>at</strong><br />
produce delicious, healthy food<br />
with no pots and pans to wash<br />
when you’re done. Included<br />
are 180 tasty recipes. (Adams<br />
Media, 2011)<br />
The Revised LinkedIn<br />
Personal Trainer<br />
STeven TYlOck, mS ’90, BS ’86<br />
& BA ’86<br />
This book<br />
offers a personal<br />
approach<br />
to learning how<br />
to use LinkedIn,<br />
the No. 1 professional<br />
online<br />
networking<br />
tool. Packed with advice,<br />
insightful questions and exercises,<br />
“The Revised LinkedIn<br />
Personal Trainer” takes readers<br />
through additional fe<strong>at</strong>ures,<br />
such as groups, jobs, answers<br />
and third-party applic<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
(Tylock and Company, 2011)<br />
Music<br />
The Innocent Ones<br />
willie nile, BA ’71<br />
Fe<strong>at</strong>uring<br />
11 original<br />
songs, “The<br />
Innocent<br />
Ones” is<br />
described by<br />
the Associ<strong>at</strong>ed Press as “partyhearty<br />
yet socially conscious.”<br />
Nile, who has performed with<br />
Bruce Springsteen, says a<br />
number of the songs are “dedic<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
to the downtrodden, the<br />
forgotten, the outcasts, the<br />
hopeless, the innocent ones.”<br />
(River House Records, 2011)<br />
For more books and<br />
submission guidelines go to<br />
www.buffalo.edu/ubt<br />
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sportform<br />
The lATeST AThleTic newS frOm The BUllS<br />
men’S TrAck AnD fielD<br />
Golabek goes<br />
the distance<br />
for upd<strong>at</strong>es on all team<br />
schedules, news and<br />
tickets go to<br />
www.buffalobulls.com<br />
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Paul Hokanson wOmen’S vOlleYBAll<br />
Rob Golabek is one<br />
of the best throwers<br />
in the n<strong>at</strong>ion. The<br />
2010-11 UB Athlete of the Year (along with women’s<br />
basketball star Kourtney Brown, BS ’10) is the reigning<br />
MAC champion in shot put in both the indoor and<br />
the outdoor track and field seasons, and holds the UB<br />
record in th<strong>at</strong> event.<br />
He earned first-team All-America honors last<br />
year after finishing eighth in shot put <strong>at</strong> the NCAA<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional Championships. Shortly thereafter, he again<br />
set the Bulls record with a throw of 63 feet, 9.5 inches<br />
<strong>at</strong> USATF N<strong>at</strong>ionals where he placed 12th overall and<br />
second among collegi<strong>at</strong>e entrants.<br />
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion named Golabek its Northeast Region<br />
Field Athlete of the Year in both the indoor and the<br />
outdoor seasons. Not bad for a guy who was cut his<br />
freshman season when the team had ample throwers.<br />
Now a senior, the Hamburg, N.Y., n<strong>at</strong>ive is poised<br />
to continue his success, which he hopes will include<br />
defending his MAC titles, becoming the first Bull to<br />
win a n<strong>at</strong>ional title, and earning a spot <strong>at</strong> U.S. Olympic<br />
Team Trials, scheduled for l<strong>at</strong>e June in Eugene,<br />
Ore.<br />
They’re lofty goals, but Golabek says he was influenced<br />
early on by a Western New York Olympian,<br />
Steve Mesler, who won gold with the U.S. bobsled<br />
team <strong>at</strong> the 2010 Winter Olympics. In high school,<br />
Mesler was coached by UB men’s track and field<br />
coach Jim Garnham Sr. “He said, ‘If your goals don’t<br />
scare you, they’re not high enough,’” Golabek recalls<br />
of a meeting with Mesler.<br />
In February, Golabek won the shot put <strong>at</strong> the Cornell<br />
Upst<strong>at</strong>e Challenge with a throw of 62-5.75, which<br />
broke a more than 30-year-old Barton Hall record.<br />
Freshman phenom<br />
Liz Scott loves to color and loves<br />
decor<strong>at</strong>ing her room. For her,<br />
scott<br />
there’s enjoyment in cre<strong>at</strong>ing something<br />
new and exciting. Th<strong>at</strong> same thinking, it could<br />
be said, is wh<strong>at</strong> lured the Canandaigua, N.Y., n<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
to UB, when instead she could have gone to one of<br />
several powerhouse programs th<strong>at</strong> recruited her,<br />
including Duke, LSU and Temple.<br />
Hamburg, N.Y., n<strong>at</strong>ive Rob Golabek<br />
has had plenty to shout about with his<br />
record-setting career <strong>at</strong> UB.<br />
“I tell myself every day<br />
I’m going to be UB’s first<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ional champion.”<br />
Rob Golabek
manuel<br />
Scott chose <strong>Buffalo</strong> because she wanted to be a<br />
part of a new tradition of success with UB women’s<br />
volleyball. She’s certainly doing her part, earning<br />
a nod on the All-MAC Freshman Team following a<br />
fantastic fall season. Scott finished second on the<br />
team in kills (280) and led the Bulls with a .252<br />
hitting percentage. She ranked third in digs (176)<br />
and service aces (23).<br />
“There are many young and talented players in<br />
our conference, so I am very proud to be recognized<br />
among them,” Scott says.<br />
She’s also proud to be a Bull. “Instead of<br />
maintaining the tradition, I wanted to cre<strong>at</strong>e it.<br />
I wanted to go to a school because of the people<br />
th<strong>at</strong> were there, not the name itself. My goal is to<br />
be a part of building the volleyball program and<br />
cre<strong>at</strong>ing traditions for many other teams to follow<br />
in the future,” she says.<br />
Among the season highlights, Scott includes<br />
the Bulls’ victory over Bowling Green on Nov.<br />
4, which gave head coach Todd Kress his 300th<br />
career win.<br />
fOOTBAll<br />
‘Bo’ knows records<br />
Manuel moves on to UConn<br />
No doubt Branden “Bo” Oliver<br />
caused many sleepless nights for<br />
oliver<br />
defensive coordin<strong>at</strong>ors across<br />
the MAC. The 5-foot-8, 200-pound sophomore<br />
running back from Miami, Fla., shredded defenses<br />
with rel<strong>at</strong>ive ease during a record-setting 2011<br />
campaign for which he earned first-team All-MAC<br />
honors.<br />
Oliver stands <strong>at</strong>op the UB record books as the<br />
single-season leader in rushing yards (1,395),<br />
<strong>at</strong>tempts (306), all-purpose yards (1,760) and 100yard<br />
rushing games (eight). Two of those records—<br />
rushing yards and all-purpose yards—were held by<br />
James Starks, BA ’10, who helped the Green Bay<br />
Packers win Super Bowl XLV in 2011.<br />
Oliver also broke the Bulls’ Division I-A record<br />
with a 235-yard rushing performance Nov. 19<br />
against Akron, a 51-10 UB victory. For his effort,<br />
Oliver was named one of six “Helmet Sticker”<br />
recipients chosen from across the n<strong>at</strong>ion by ESPN<br />
“College Football Final” show hosts Rece Davis,<br />
UB Athletics Director Warde Manuel accepted the AD job <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Connecticut on Feb. 13. Manuel, who came to UB in July 2005, received plenty<br />
of praise for his successes, which included increased academic performance<br />
among UB student-<strong>at</strong>hletes and the football team’s 2008 MAC title. UB President<br />
S<strong>at</strong>ish K. Trip<strong>at</strong>hi said of Manuel, “Warde’s selection to lead one of the n<strong>at</strong>ion’s<br />
top Division I programs reflects the n<strong>at</strong>ional reput<strong>at</strong>ion he has achieved<br />
through his outstanding leadership and impressive achievements here <strong>at</strong> UB.”<br />
Lou Holtz and Mark May.<br />
Oliver and fellow sophomore Khalil Mack—also<br />
a first-team MAC selection—were honored by the<br />
Touchdown Club of Columbus on Feb. 11 as two of<br />
six MAC “players to w<strong>at</strong>ch” in 2012.<br />
WOMEN’S SOCCER & MEN’S AND<br />
WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING<br />
Terrific Turnarounds<br />
The st<strong>at</strong>istics are staggering, a telling indic<strong>at</strong>ion of<br />
the tremendous turnaround the women’s soccer<br />
team achieved this past fall.<br />
In 2010, the Bulls had an overall record of 1-16-<br />
2 and were winless in the MAC. But in 2011, UB<br />
finished 12-5-4 overall (4-3-4 MAC). The Bulls advanced<br />
to the MAC semifinals, falling to eventual<br />
conference champion Toledo 3-1.<br />
Wh<strong>at</strong> changed? The players made a commitment<br />
to be better. “It changed <strong>at</strong> 7 a.m. last February,”<br />
head coach Michael Thomas says, referring<br />
to the team’s offseason practice start time. “We<br />
didn’t do anything different. We just did it harder<br />
and did it better.”<br />
The Bulls strive to win the MAC each year,<br />
thereby earning a berth in the NCAA tournament.<br />
“It wasn’t the dream ending we wanted,” Thomas<br />
says of 2011, “but it was a magical ride for a while.”<br />
Another remarkable resurgence occurred in the<br />
Alumni Arena pool, where the men’s and women’s<br />
swimming and diving teams have achieved gre<strong>at</strong><br />
success, including a top 25 ranking in November.<br />
The UB men won their first MAC title in 2011.<br />
Head coach Andy Bashor says th<strong>at</strong> title was huge<br />
because it challenged the squad to repe<strong>at</strong> the fe<strong>at</strong><br />
in 2012 (the men’s and women’s MAC Championships<br />
began after press time).<br />
Seniors Alie Schirmers and Brynn Marecki<br />
have been key contributors for the UB women,<br />
who went from placing eighth <strong>at</strong> the MAC championships<br />
in 2008 to fifth in 2011. Senior Jared<br />
Heine and juniors M<strong>at</strong>t Schwippert, M<strong>at</strong>t Hogan<br />
and Josh Meints, and senior diver Colin P<strong>at</strong>rican<br />
have been stars for the men’s team.<br />
David J. Hill is a staff writer in UB’s Office of<br />
<strong>University</strong> Communic<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
The UB Athletics Hall<br />
of Fame inducted<br />
four members into<br />
the Dr. and Mrs.<br />
Edmond Gicewicz<br />
Hall of Fame and<br />
honored four others<br />
during a ceremony<br />
Jan. 13 in the Center<br />
for the Arts.<br />
THE INDUCTEES<br />
Kyle Cerminara (wrestling), BA ’09<br />
UB’s first male Division I All-<br />
America recipient; two-time<br />
MAC champion; UB’s all-time<br />
wins leader (137).<br />
halloffame<br />
Charlie Donnor (football),<br />
MS ’81 & BS ’71<br />
Three-year starting center;<br />
served variety of roles in his 25<br />
years <strong>at</strong> UB, including assistant<br />
football coach and conduit<br />
between UB and its football<br />
alumni.<br />
Breanne Nasti (softball), BA ’04<br />
Holds career records in b<strong>at</strong>ting<br />
average (.387), hits (197), doubles<br />
(46), triples (seven), home<br />
runs (27), runs scored (93), RBIs<br />
(113) and walks (66).<br />
Bill Stanbro (wrestling), BA ’91<br />
Earned All-America recognition<br />
after taking fourth in NCAA Division<br />
II Wrestling Championships<br />
as a junior.<br />
RUSSELL GUGINO AWARD<br />
Claudia (MD ’85) and Robert (MD ’83)<br />
Smolinski, Orchard Park, N.Y.<br />
Instrumental in organizing the<br />
campaign to cre<strong>at</strong>e the Michael<br />
Reilly Athletic Training Center.<br />
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI<br />
AWARD<br />
Art Serotte, EdM ’66 & EdB ’62,<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong>, N.Y.<br />
Coached Grover Cleveland<br />
High School to 12 Harvard Cup<br />
football titles, five Yale Cup titles<br />
in basketball and 10 Section VI<br />
crowns; retired in 1992.<br />
M<strong>at</strong>t Winick, BS ’60, Baldwin, N.Y.<br />
With the NBA since 1976, Winick<br />
serves as senior vice president<br />
of scheduling and game oper<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
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Friendship brings a cache of the<strong>at</strong>rical treasures to UB<br />
the<br />
Cornell<br />
connection<br />
Douglas levere, Ba ’89<br />
By Ann Whitcher-Gentzke<br />
n unexpected email brought<br />
a surprising request. A New<br />
York City company had<br />
instructions to ship valu-<br />
able K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell<br />
m<strong>at</strong>erials to Mike Jankowski <strong>at</strong> his UB<br />
office. The memorabilia and other items<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ed with the famous stage actress<br />
from <strong>Buffalo</strong> belonged to Jankowski’s friend Elizabeth (“Liz”) Dribben,<br />
BA ’58, a New York television and radio producer who died in January<br />
2011. Did Jankowski want them? “I said ‘sure,’” says Jankowski, associ<strong>at</strong>e director of<br />
alumni rel<strong>at</strong>ions. “However, it was kind of nebulous in terms of wh<strong>at</strong> I was supposed to do with them.<br />
So I didn’t ask th<strong>at</strong> question.” But when two boxes arrived with Cornell’s life mask, autographed play<br />
programs, production photos and other treasures, Jankowski wanted to verify he was the intended<br />
recipient. “I called up the company represent<strong>at</strong>ive and asked her, ‘Are you just giving these to me?<br />
Was it Liz’s wish th<strong>at</strong> they go to the university and then be given to the proper department?’”<br />
Mike Jankowski (above) in his office<br />
with K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell m<strong>at</strong>erials.<br />
K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell photos Courtesy speCial ColleCtions, university liBraries
K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell in “Flowers of the Forest,” 1935.<br />
Photograph by Vandamm.<br />
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K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell displays her the<strong>at</strong>rical<br />
élan in this production photo.
The answer was yes, so Jankowski made<br />
inquiries about where the m<strong>at</strong>erials should<br />
ideally be housed on campus. Meanwhile,<br />
the boxes s<strong>at</strong> in his Center for Tomorrow<br />
office until arrangements could be made<br />
for their eventual placement in the Special<br />
Collections unit of the <strong>University</strong> Libraries.<br />
A bit stunned to find himself temporary<br />
cur<strong>at</strong>or of a small but significant K<strong>at</strong>harine<br />
Cornell collection, Jankowski reflected on<br />
the actress’ illustrious stage career and his<br />
friendship with Dribben, who assembled the<br />
Cornell m<strong>at</strong>erials with the hope of producing<br />
a Cornell documentary someday. “Having all<br />
this m<strong>at</strong>erial come in here actually gave me a<br />
significant appreci<strong>at</strong>ion of K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell<br />
th<strong>at</strong> I didn’t have before,” Jankowski says.<br />
“When you read about Cornell’s history and<br />
accomplishments, it’s really eye-opening.<br />
Then you see and hold these items of memorabilia,<br />
and realize they have been entrusted<br />
to you.”<br />
Opening the boxes, Jankowski was<br />
delighted to find production photographs of<br />
Cornell as Jo in “Little Woman,” as Cleop<strong>at</strong>ra<br />
in “Antony and Cleop<strong>at</strong>ra,” and in many other<br />
roles in her career of nearly 40 Broadway<br />
productions and frequent n<strong>at</strong>ional tours. The<br />
playbills include one from the 1947 production<br />
of “Antony and Cleop<strong>at</strong>ra,” autographed<br />
by a young Charlton Heston in the role of<br />
Proculeius.<br />
The boxes also reveal fascin<strong>at</strong>ing objects<br />
from Cornell’s childhood and personal life—a<br />
framed baby photo; a bust of the actress as<br />
Cleop<strong>at</strong>ra; and a small, beautiful compact inscribed<br />
to “Kit” (Cornell’s lifelong nickname)<br />
from A. Conger Goodyear (1877-1964), the<br />
industrialist, art collector and fellow <strong>Buffalo</strong>nian.<br />
Goodyear was president of the Museum<br />
of Modern Art in New York and Cornell’s<br />
close friend and frequent backer.<br />
Like Cornell, Dribben had multiple connections<br />
to the university. Her mother, Clara<br />
Franklin Dribben, was the first woman to<br />
receive both a BA and law degree from UB.<br />
Two aunts and an uncle also gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from<br />
UB Law, and her grandparents took night<br />
classes <strong>at</strong> the university. A UB speech and<br />
Artifacts of a<br />
celebr<strong>at</strong>ed life<br />
drama major, Dribben<br />
worked <strong>at</strong> WBFO-FM<br />
before moving to <strong>Buffalo</strong>’s<br />
WKBW-TV as<br />
the region’s first female<br />
television newscaster.<br />
After reloc<strong>at</strong>ing to New<br />
York City, Dribben<br />
Liz Dribben, BA ’58<br />
became a well-known producer <strong>at</strong> CBS radio<br />
and television, and l<strong>at</strong>er a freelance producer<br />
and adjunct faculty member <strong>at</strong> the Columbia<br />
Journalism School. In 2001, she was<br />
inducted into the <strong>Buffalo</strong> Broadcasting Hall<br />
of Fame.<br />
Pride in <strong>Buffalo</strong><br />
Jankowski recalls how his friendship with<br />
Dribben began. In 2006, while serving as<br />
interim associ<strong>at</strong>e vice president for alumni<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ions, he received a call from Dribben,<br />
whose producing credits included “The CBS<br />
Evening News,” “Dan R<strong>at</strong>her Reporting”<br />
and “Mike Wallace <strong>at</strong> Large.” “She wanted<br />
to get involved with alumni activities, and<br />
asked some questions about UB and the New<br />
York City chapter,” Jankowski recalls. “Ever<br />
since th<strong>at</strong> point, we would exchange emails<br />
or speak on the phone almost weekly.”<br />
Dribben began <strong>at</strong>tending New York City<br />
chapter events, and would often incorpor<strong>at</strong>e<br />
university functions when in town to <strong>at</strong>tend<br />
a reunion of her classm<strong>at</strong>es <strong>at</strong> <strong>Buffalo</strong>’s<br />
Lafayette High School.<br />
“She had a lot of pride <strong>at</strong> being a <strong>Buffalo</strong>nian,”<br />
Jankowski st<strong>at</strong>es. “She would<br />
talk about the l<strong>at</strong>e Michael Bennett of ‘A<br />
Chorus Line’ fame and also Harold Arlen,<br />
the <strong>Buffalo</strong>-born composer who wrote ‘Over<br />
the Rainbow’ and countless other songs, as<br />
much as she spoke about K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell.<br />
And she would ask me to send her things<br />
th<strong>at</strong> appeared in <strong>Buffalo</strong> media, not necessarily<br />
about K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell, but about<br />
goings-on <strong>at</strong> UB. She was computer-liter<strong>at</strong>e<br />
but liked to have th<strong>at</strong> hard copy in her hands<br />
as well.”<br />
Through these convers<strong>at</strong>ions and in correspondence<br />
found in the boxes, Jankowski<br />
learned of Dribben’s impassioned efforts in<br />
the l<strong>at</strong>e 1980s to produce a Cornell documentary<br />
in collabor<strong>at</strong>ion with the university<br />
and other funding agencies. The project<br />
never m<strong>at</strong>erialized. According to Jankowski,<br />
Dribben wanted to bring Cornell’s life and<br />
career to new audiences, a task made more<br />
challenging by the actress’s reluctance<br />
to embark on a film career. According to<br />
correspondence in the collection, Dribben<br />
lamented th<strong>at</strong> contemporary audiences had<br />
almost no way to appreci<strong>at</strong>e Cornell’s voice<br />
and inflections, her haunting stage presence<br />
or her sure-fire acting techniques.<br />
Throughout her career, Cornell turned<br />
down opportunities to act in movies, with<br />
the exception of the 1943 film “Stage Door<br />
Canteen” made to encourage U.S. troops.<br />
Today the film clip—in which Cornell recites<br />
part of a speech from Shakespeare’s “Romeo<br />
and Juliet” to an awestruck GI—can be seen<br />
on YouTube (http://tinyurl.com/6ml5lw9).<br />
Her few television appearances included<br />
a Hallmark production of “The Barretts<br />
of Wimpole Street,” Rudolf Besier’s 1930<br />
play about Elizabeth Barrett Browning, her<br />
romance with Robert Browning and the<br />
opposition the couple faced from Barrett’s<br />
tyrannical f<strong>at</strong>her. Cornell’s portrayal of Barrett<br />
Browning became one of her sign<strong>at</strong>ure<br />
roles, one th<strong>at</strong> she memorably performed for<br />
U.S. troops during a wartime tour of 19 cities<br />
in Italy, France and the Netherlands. Most of<br />
Cornell’s stage productions were directed by<br />
her husband and business partner, Guthrie<br />
McClintic, with whom she had a long-lasting<br />
“lavender marriage,” meaning both partners<br />
were gay. So close was the couple’s professional<br />
collabor<strong>at</strong>ion th<strong>at</strong> Cornell retired from<br />
the stage after her husband died in 1961.<br />
Although Cornell’s career was centered<br />
on Broadway, she was intent on touring and<br />
bringing stage art and the classical repertoire<br />
to a wider audience. This was particularly<br />
true during the Depression era. In 1933-34,<br />
for instance, Cornell toured in repertory<br />
with “Romeo and Juliet,” Shaw’s “Candida”<br />
Recently acquired holdings<br />
include a framed portrait of<br />
the actress as a young girl; a<br />
fragile life mask and a compact<br />
with inscription to “Kit”<br />
from A. Conger Goodyear.<br />
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Cornell in 1946 production of “Antigone.”<br />
Photograph by Vandamm.
and “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.” The<br />
actress’ records for th<strong>at</strong> year revealed an<br />
astounding 225 performances across 16,853<br />
miles and a collective audience of half a<br />
million people, Dribben reported. “She was<br />
a gre<strong>at</strong> stage actress, but it wasn’t enough,”<br />
Dribben wrote in her documentary proposal.<br />
“She wanted to set a tone, bring culture to<br />
the people, particip<strong>at</strong>e in enlightenment in a<br />
dark, depressive time.”<br />
Leading lady<br />
In the proposed 28-minute documentary<br />
titled “K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell: A Lady of the<br />
American The<strong>at</strong>re,” Dribben sought to<br />
capture the memories of celebr<strong>at</strong>ed actors<br />
like Helen Hayes, Eli Wallach and Christopher<br />
Plummer, all of whom had worked<br />
with Cornell <strong>at</strong> one time or another. As an<br />
actress, Cornell “compelled an audience to<br />
come and see her because she was K<strong>at</strong>harine<br />
Cornell,” Dribben wrote. “On tour, there was<br />
no second company. She was the draw for<br />
herself and herself alone. … She was a living<br />
event of her time.”<br />
Even with her n<strong>at</strong>ional st<strong>at</strong>ure, Cornell<br />
never lost her connection with <strong>Buffalo</strong>,<br />
where she grew up after the family moved<br />
back from Berlin, where Cornell was born<br />
in 1893. In his book, “Leading Lady,”<br />
Tad Mosel writes how the actress would<br />
frequently arrange to have her touring plays<br />
open <strong>at</strong> <strong>Buffalo</strong>’s Erlanger The<strong>at</strong>re, which<br />
once stood on Delaware Avenue across from<br />
the St<strong>at</strong>ler Hilton. Her f<strong>at</strong>her, Peter Cornell,<br />
was an 1888 gradu<strong>at</strong>e of the UB medical<br />
school who left medicine to concentr<strong>at</strong>e on a<br />
career as manager of the city’s Star The<strong>at</strong>re<br />
(1888-1919). In 1935, the university recognized<br />
K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell with the Chancellor<br />
Charles P. Norton Medal, UB’s highest<br />
honor, marking the first time the award had<br />
gone to a woman and to an artist as well.<br />
When UB’s Ellicott Complex opened in 1974,<br />
its K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell The<strong>at</strong>re was named in<br />
her honor.<br />
The K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell m<strong>at</strong>erials<br />
Jankowski received will join a more extensive,<br />
preexisting collection of Cornell ma-<br />
Life objects<br />
Also in the collection are Cornell’s<br />
baby photo, a bust depicting her<br />
role as Cleop<strong>at</strong>ra, and the program<br />
for 1947 production of “Antony and<br />
Cleop<strong>at</strong>ra.”<br />
terials maintained in the Libraries’ Special<br />
Collections, loc<strong>at</strong>ed on the fourth floor of<br />
Capen Hall. Many of these holdings d<strong>at</strong>e to<br />
1955, when Goodyear, the businessman and<br />
collector, don<strong>at</strong>ed m<strong>at</strong>erials he had been<br />
g<strong>at</strong>hering for some time. This earlier collection<br />
includes scrapbooks, correspondence,<br />
photographs, programs and other m<strong>at</strong>erials<br />
documenting Cornell’s life and career. In<br />
1962, Goodyear gave the university Salvador<br />
Dalì’s portrait of Cornell, which is also<br />
housed in the Libraries’ Special Collections.<br />
According to Nancy Nuzzo, MA ’99,<br />
director of the Music Library and Special<br />
Collections, Dribben’s don<strong>at</strong>ion allows UB<br />
to strengthen its Cornell collection as a<br />
whole, eventually making it a rich resource<br />
for scholars near and far. “The acquisition of<br />
this new cache of m<strong>at</strong>erials prompted us to<br />
review the existing collection, assess its condition<br />
and identify preserv<strong>at</strong>ion opportunities;<br />
house the m<strong>at</strong>erials in modern archival<br />
containers; and cre<strong>at</strong>e a detailed inventory<br />
of the entire body of m<strong>at</strong>erials to facilit<strong>at</strong>e<br />
scholarly use,” she says.<br />
Cornell m<strong>at</strong>erials <strong>at</strong> UB don’t have the<br />
scope of major Cornell holdings <strong>at</strong> the New<br />
York Public Library. Still “researchers studying<br />
K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell and her circle will now<br />
be able to find a substantial body of primary<br />
source m<strong>at</strong>erials <strong>at</strong> UB,” Nuzzo points out.<br />
The Billy Rose The<strong>at</strong>re Division of the New<br />
York Public Library for the Performing Arts<br />
today holds the largest collection of Cornell<br />
m<strong>at</strong>erials—“202 linear feet compared to our<br />
60 linear feet,” says Nuzzo. Furthermore,<br />
UB’s m<strong>at</strong>erials are similar in n<strong>at</strong>ure to<br />
those held by the New York Public Library.<br />
Smith College, another repository of Cornell<br />
m<strong>at</strong>erials, has less than one linear foot by<br />
comparison.<br />
Cur<strong>at</strong>ors <strong>at</strong> work<br />
Inventorying the Cornell collection is an<br />
important step toward fully processing<br />
the memorabilia and other holdings. “Our<br />
efforts have focused on properly housing<br />
the collection and compiling an inventory<br />
of items in prepar<strong>at</strong>ion for the cre<strong>at</strong>ion of a<br />
detailed finding aid,” Nuzzo explains. “Until<br />
the collection is fully processed, the inventory<br />
and a brief online finding aid will alert<br />
researchers to the presence of this collection<br />
<strong>at</strong> UB so th<strong>at</strong> it is accessible for scholarly<br />
use.”<br />
Today, of course, fewer people know of<br />
K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell than was the case when<br />
Dribben pursued her documentary project<br />
in the l<strong>at</strong>e 1980s. Still, the actress continues<br />
to fascin<strong>at</strong>e. A 2010 article in Opera News,<br />
for instance, described how “people who saw<br />
her in her heyday still speak of how these<br />
moments penetr<strong>at</strong>ed their consciousness<br />
and remain glowingly present decades l<strong>at</strong>er.”<br />
“The Grand Manner,” a play about Cornell<br />
by <strong>Buffalo</strong>-born playwright A.J. Gurney,<br />
opened in 2010 <strong>at</strong> Lincoln Center and<br />
provided yet another avenue for modern appreci<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
of the legendary actress. Even so,<br />
occasional contemporary tributes like these<br />
cannot convey Cornell’s fame <strong>at</strong> its height.<br />
Cornell was known to give “struggling<br />
actors their first break,” Dribben writes. “She<br />
was also known for communic<strong>at</strong>ing to her<br />
fellow actors some of her personal artistic<br />
philosophy—th<strong>at</strong> the audience out there was<br />
important and deserved the best of performances.<br />
She exercised quality control over<br />
her performances and her productions, and<br />
as manager she was able to assure herself<br />
and her company th<strong>at</strong> quality and discipline<br />
were necessary for professional s<strong>at</strong>isfaction<br />
and success.”<br />
“Looking <strong>at</strong> her papers, you really see<br />
the passion th<strong>at</strong> Liz felt for this project,” says<br />
Jankowski. “You feel sadness, a poignancy<br />
th<strong>at</strong> it wasn’t realized, although she went on<br />
to do a lot of different things. It’s heartening<br />
to think th<strong>at</strong> the m<strong>at</strong>erials she collected for<br />
the project will now join other important<br />
K<strong>at</strong>harine Cornell holdings <strong>at</strong> the university,<br />
thereby reinforcing and enriching the<br />
cultural legacy of both <strong>Buffalo</strong> and UB.”<br />
Ann Whitcher-Gentzke is editor of UB Today.<br />
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Jacob Kassay, photographed in<br />
Venice Beach, California.
Jacob Kassay, BFA ’06: Young artist stays focused on his work<br />
and ignores the hype of his sudden fame<br />
lthough he is one of the most significant<br />
new talents on the world’s fine arts scene<br />
whose paintings have gener<strong>at</strong>ed six-figure auction<br />
bids and long waiting lists for interested<br />
buyers, 27-year-old Jacob Kassay, a gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
of uB’s photography program, says th<strong>at</strong> he still<br />
is a “fan [of other artists] first and an artist<br />
second.”<br />
After rising to art world fame in New York<br />
City (he was the subject of a New Yorker magazine<br />
“talk of the town” profile last october),<br />
Kassay recently moved to los Angeles where<br />
he is setting up studio space not far from his<br />
apartment in Venice Beach. “It’s more calm<br />
here,” he says,<br />
relaxing outside<br />
reFleCtIoN<br />
oF AN ArtISt<br />
on a 70-degree<br />
day in l<strong>at</strong>e<br />
December.<br />
Kassay says<br />
he almost didn’t make it to college, but his<br />
mother, also a uB gradu<strong>at</strong>e, pushed him. “one<br />
thing th<strong>at</strong> stands out from my time <strong>at</strong> uB is the<br />
encouragement I received from my professors,”<br />
he says, noting th<strong>at</strong> Sylvie Bélanger and gary<br />
Nickard, both associ<strong>at</strong>e professors in visual<br />
studies, and Biff henrich, adjunct instructor,<br />
were among the most influential. As a professional<br />
artist, Kassay says th<strong>at</strong> he continues to<br />
draw on wh<strong>at</strong> he learned in such courses as<br />
Structural Development and Visual theory. he<br />
returned to uB’s Center for the Arts last fall<br />
to give a talk sponsored by the Department of<br />
Visual Studies during which he described his<br />
experiences and his artistic process.<br />
“I look <strong>at</strong> painting and try to keep it experimental<br />
in n<strong>at</strong>ure,” he says, adding th<strong>at</strong> he’s<br />
alumniprofile<br />
always been interested in things with a “minimalist<br />
appearance.” the works for which he is<br />
most well known involve stretching and painting<br />
the canvas in the studio and then dipping<br />
it into an electrified silver solution—a process<br />
th<strong>at</strong> references traditional photography and<br />
was influenced by his time in the darkroom.<br />
“the language of m<strong>at</strong>erials is very important<br />
to me,” says Kassay, who explains th<strong>at</strong>,<br />
in this particular tre<strong>at</strong>ment, the result is a<br />
mirror-like canvas th<strong>at</strong> implic<strong>at</strong>es the viewer.<br />
“An object has to have a life. I wanted to figure<br />
out how to suggest th<strong>at</strong> while exploring the<br />
formal painting process.” the arrangement of<br />
an install<strong>at</strong>ion and how his pieces interact with<br />
the built architecture—and ultim<strong>at</strong>ely their<br />
audience—are paramount to understanding<br />
the essence of his work. he’s currently working<br />
on an exhibition to open in April 2012 for<br />
the Power St<strong>at</strong>ion in Dallas, where he plans to<br />
show his first outdoor sculpture and other new<br />
work inside th<strong>at</strong> he will cre<strong>at</strong>e “specifically for<br />
the space.”<br />
In the meantime, the buzz continues. Forbes<br />
magazine included Kassay on its 2012 list of<br />
“30 under 30” artists and designers with the<br />
opener: “Who, in short, under the age of 30,<br />
m<strong>at</strong>ters?” None of the <strong>at</strong>tention, however,<br />
appears to have affected him or his ambitions<br />
as an artist one way or the other. About all the<br />
hype, Kassay says: “It doesn’t really m<strong>at</strong>ter.<br />
there are ups and downs in everything. When<br />
I was <strong>at</strong> uB, Sylvie used to say, ‘Fear having the<br />
perfect show because wh<strong>at</strong> will you do after?’”<br />
Story by Mara McGinnis, BA ’97, with photos<br />
by Max S. Gerber<br />
OUTTAKES Hometown Lewiston, N.Y. Favorite <strong>Buffalo</strong> hangouts Pink Flamingo (“The Pink”) on Allen<br />
Street; Niagara Gorge Most memorable <strong>Buffalo</strong> art show “Extreme Abstraction” <strong>at</strong> the Albright-Knox in 2005<br />
Gallery represent<strong>at</strong>ion Eleven Rivington in New York City and Xavier Hufkens in Brussels, which will present<br />
a solo show of Kassay’s work in May 2012 Downtime interests Cooking, reading, television and film Favorite<br />
emerging artist M<strong>at</strong>t Sheridan Smith Website http://jacobkassay.com<br />
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A Healt
Story by riley Mackenzie<br />
it wasn’t He<strong>at</strong>her Scott’s best day. the<br />
57-year-old woman had been wrenched out of sleep <strong>at</strong> 4:30<br />
a.m. by severe chest pains, but had waited four hours before<br />
calling her daughter, who took her to the hospital. now<br />
she lay in an intensive-care bed, the focus of <strong>at</strong>tention by a<br />
nurse, two third-year medical students and her very worried<br />
daughter. then she started having trouble<br />
bre<strong>at</strong>hing. the medical team made some quick decisions,<br />
giving the p<strong>at</strong>ient morphine, nitroglycerine, a beta-blocker—all<br />
standard tre<strong>at</strong>ments for chest pain—as well as oxygen to help<br />
her respir<strong>at</strong>ion. Her blood pressure and oxygen levels were<br />
perilously low. things were moving fast.<br />
hy Simul<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
pHotoS by douglaS levere, ba’ 89<br />
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Then, a little more than 11 minutes after<br />
the medical students came into the room, it<br />
was over. Ms. Scott—a sophistic<strong>at</strong>ed medical<br />
mannequin—fell silent. The human<br />
beings g<strong>at</strong>hered to discuss the surprisingly<br />
tense scenario th<strong>at</strong> had developed.<br />
This is how medical educ<strong>at</strong>ion happens<br />
<strong>at</strong> the Behling Simul<strong>at</strong>ion Center, the<br />
university’s new immersive health care<br />
learning facility. Conceived and developed<br />
to serve students in the five health<br />
care disciplines of UB’s Academic Health<br />
Center—medicine, nursing, public health<br />
and health professions including physical<br />
therapy, dentistry and pharmacy—the<br />
center opened in September and is already<br />
changing the way future health care professionals<br />
learn their craft.<br />
“Immersive p<strong>at</strong>ient care management<br />
simul<strong>at</strong>ion” is wh<strong>at</strong> Behling Center director<br />
Jeffrey W. Myers, EdM ’07, calls wh<strong>at</strong> happens<br />
<strong>at</strong> the South Campus facility. “We’re<br />
re-cre<strong>at</strong>ing reality, trying to get students to<br />
suspend their disbelief,” he says.<br />
This process begins with sophistic<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
medical mannequins th<strong>at</strong> can simul<strong>at</strong>e<br />
conditions from preeclampsia to stroke to<br />
chronic conditions; whose eyes blink and<br />
pulses be<strong>at</strong>; who can deliver simul<strong>at</strong>ed babies;<br />
and who, thanks to the machin<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
of technicians in a sophistic<strong>at</strong>ed “mission<br />
control” room, can evidence all sorts of<br />
surprising symptoms—and talk to their<br />
caregivers all about them.<br />
The simul<strong>at</strong>ion experience goes far beyond<br />
the lifelike p<strong>at</strong>ients, however. In the<br />
center, which covers 10,000 square feet on<br />
the fourth floor of Farber Hall, eight clinical<br />
settings can be staged to represent anything<br />
from an oper<strong>at</strong>ing the<strong>at</strong>er to an ICU<br />
room to a p<strong>at</strong>ient’s home. There are even<br />
screen-printed curtains th<strong>at</strong> cre<strong>at</strong>e the illusion<br />
of an outdoor setting for training first<br />
responders—complete with the piped-in<br />
noise of joggers and tennis players.<br />
The goal, Myers says, is to cre<strong>at</strong>e learning<br />
situ<strong>at</strong>ions as close to reality as possible,<br />
so th<strong>at</strong> students can test their skills<br />
in a low-stakes environment. A wrong<br />
decision here hurts only the students’<br />
pride; the mannequins always live to suffer<br />
another day.<br />
Interprofessional skills<br />
But more than technical skills, the center’s<br />
goal is to develop interprofessional skills,<br />
says Myers, an osteop<strong>at</strong>h and assistant<br />
clinical professor of medicine in the UB<br />
School of Medicine and Biomedical Scienc-<br />
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“This is the only simul<strong>at</strong>ion center where all these departments<br />
were pulled in to get their ideas. Every department was really<br />
involved from the very start.” Ralph Behling, MD ’43 & BS ’40<br />
es. “Health care is a team sport,” he says.<br />
“It takes the talents of all those individuals<br />
to really take care of a p<strong>at</strong>ient. We all have<br />
the same goals: high-quality, good p<strong>at</strong>ient<br />
care. But most students in the health<br />
professions don’t actually talk to someone<br />
in another profession until they gradu<strong>at</strong>e.<br />
In their clinical rot<strong>at</strong>ions, often they’re not<br />
interacting with other pharmacists, nurses,<br />
doctors. They talk mostly to their preceptor.<br />
It’s no wonder people are scared to talk<br />
to each other. We’re trying to break down<br />
those silos.”<br />
“Many people don’t have these experiences<br />
and are not entirely sure wh<strong>at</strong><br />
people in each discipline are capable of,”<br />
adds fourth-year nursing student Dennis<br />
Alex. “You find out all the resources you<br />
could have used—the nurse knows this, the<br />
pharmacist knows this. It gives you a better<br />
understanding of wh<strong>at</strong> they can do for you<br />
and wh<strong>at</strong> you can do for them.”<br />
The ultim<strong>at</strong>e goal, Myers explains, is<br />
to keep p<strong>at</strong>ients safer when they’re in the<br />
health care system. Myers cites studies<br />
showing th<strong>at</strong> 70 percent of medical<br />
errors can be <strong>at</strong>tributed <strong>at</strong> least in part to<br />
miscommunic<strong>at</strong>ion. “If we can get these<br />
students talking to each other very early in<br />
their careers and improve th<strong>at</strong> communic<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
we can significantly improve p<strong>at</strong>ient<br />
safety,” he points out.<br />
Th<strong>at</strong> critical need for improved communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
is important to Ralph Behling,<br />
MD ’43 & BS ’40, whose $3 million gift<br />
to UB—augmented by $2.7 million from<br />
the St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong> of New York—funded<br />
development of the center th<strong>at</strong> now bears<br />
his name. During the planning process,<br />
Behling, who lives in California, looked <strong>at</strong><br />
Stanford <strong>University</strong>’s simul<strong>at</strong>ion facilities,<br />
but found them to be disjunctive. “The<br />
good thing about the simul<strong>at</strong>ion center <strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> is th<strong>at</strong> it was developed by every<br />
medical group,” he says. “This is the only<br />
simul<strong>at</strong>ion center where all these departments<br />
were pulled in to get their ideas.<br />
Every department was really involved from<br />
the very start.”<br />
As well, Behling says, the technology<br />
th<strong>at</strong> enables groups of students to dissect<br />
their peers’ performances is an irreplaceable<br />
learning tool. “The movies which<br />
are taken of the students while doing the<br />
performance in the simul<strong>at</strong>ion center are<br />
very helpful for showing the students their<br />
mistakes. Most students can see their mistakes;<br />
if not, they can be pointed out by the<br />
instructor,” Behling says.
Debriefing the team<br />
Such was the case as a class of medical<br />
students debriefed their two members’ performances<br />
with the unfortun<strong>at</strong>e He<strong>at</strong>her<br />
Scott. Wayne Waz, a pedi<strong>at</strong>ric nephrologist<br />
and clinical associ<strong>at</strong>e professor in the UB<br />
medical school, led the discussion, nimbly<br />
drawing out the students’ medical knowledge<br />
and their critical thinking about how<br />
to manage this p<strong>at</strong>ient in crisis.<br />
“Wh<strong>at</strong> did they do well?” Waz asks the<br />
group of six men and two women. “They<br />
seemed confident,” someone says. “They<br />
always seemed to have something positive<br />
to do.” “They called for a cardio consult.”<br />
“They worked well as a team, and they<br />
stayed calm.”<br />
“Was there anything they did th<strong>at</strong> could<br />
have made things worse?” Waz asks. He<br />
continues to prod: “Wh<strong>at</strong> are your goals?<br />
Wh<strong>at</strong> do the different pressors [anti-hypotensive<br />
drugs] do, and how do they affect<br />
blood pressure? If the stuff you do doesn’t<br />
work, how would you help her to bre<strong>at</strong>he in<br />
th<strong>at</strong> circumstance?”<br />
At this point, Waz cues up the digital<br />
video, saying, “Let’s w<strong>at</strong>ch the part where<br />
they tell her she’s having a heart <strong>at</strong>tack.”<br />
He then addresses one of the simul<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
participants, asking, “Did you realize you<br />
put your hand on her shoulder when you<br />
started talking to her? Th<strong>at</strong> was good.”<br />
And then they talk about it—about how<br />
<strong>at</strong> one point the two medical students were<br />
piling orders on a confused and overburdened<br />
nurse, about how the p<strong>at</strong>ient’s<br />
daughter (played by an actor) asked one<br />
question and never got it answered. The<br />
talk progresses to a discussion of how to<br />
manage when a family member is demanding<br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion but the caregiver has his<br />
hands full with a p<strong>at</strong>ient’s fast-moving<br />
situ<strong>at</strong>ion. The consensus: You can have the<br />
daughter stay on one side of the bed and<br />
hold her mother’s hand, or you can send<br />
the daughter out of the room temporarily<br />
but appoint someone to stay with her.<br />
And this is only one scenario. The<br />
facility and the technology are almost<br />
infinitely flexible, and the training, Myers<br />
says, can range into areas like how to break<br />
bad news to a p<strong>at</strong>ient compassion<strong>at</strong>ely or<br />
how to overcome cultural barriers, such as<br />
deeply held religious beliefs about personal<br />
modesty.<br />
P<strong>at</strong>ricia Ohtake, associ<strong>at</strong>e professor<br />
of rehabilit<strong>at</strong>ion science in UB’s School<br />
of Public Health and Health Professions,<br />
served on the advisory committee th<strong>at</strong> de-<br />
Medical residents Dhanashri Kohok<br />
(with ultrasound equipment) and Tam<br />
Huynh (delivering baby) simul<strong>at</strong>e<br />
health care practice, from mastering<br />
technology to sharing a new parent’s<br />
joy. Emergency responders (from left)<br />
Candace Waggoner, Justin Janig and<br />
Denise Cuillo resuscit<strong>at</strong>e a p<strong>at</strong>ient.<br />
Cynthia Curran, MS ’88, clinical assistant<br />
professor of nursing, gives voice<br />
to participants from a control room.<br />
veloped the simul<strong>at</strong>ion center.<br />
She says medical simul<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
benefits students in three ways.<br />
It develops specific technical<br />
skills, such as intub<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />
CPR. It makes students into<br />
team players in the health care<br />
environment, teaching them<br />
how to communic<strong>at</strong>e effectively<br />
with both the p<strong>at</strong>ient and the<br />
other providers involved in his<br />
care. And, she says, it teaches<br />
students how to approach clinical<br />
decision-making—“probably<br />
the highest-level component<br />
th<strong>at</strong> we see happen. Th<strong>at</strong> is wh<strong>at</strong> makes<br />
a gre<strong>at</strong> clinician, being able to interpret a<br />
situ<strong>at</strong>ion, recognize th<strong>at</strong> there is a change<br />
in the situ<strong>at</strong>ion and respond appropri<strong>at</strong>ely.”<br />
In their clinical work, says Ohtake,<br />
some students are exposed to some of<br />
these skills, but it’s c<strong>at</strong>ch-as-c<strong>at</strong>ch-can.<br />
“With simul<strong>at</strong>ion, every student can have<br />
th<strong>at</strong> experience,” she says. “It affords us<br />
the opportunity to provide students with<br />
experiences they might not otherwise have,<br />
especially in a critical care environment.”<br />
The students’ swe<strong>at</strong>y palms and pounding<br />
hearts, when they’re in the midst of a<br />
simul<strong>at</strong>ion, testify to the effectiveness of<br />
the process. No m<strong>at</strong>ter wh<strong>at</strong> happens, their<br />
instructors say, nobody gets hurt and everyone<br />
gets better <strong>at</strong> delivering gre<strong>at</strong> health<br />
care. As Waz says to his students, “If you<br />
fail miserably, you’re going to learn a lot.<br />
If you succeed tremendously, there’s still<br />
more to learn.”<br />
“It’s like learning to play an instrument,”<br />
adds Myers. “These students are<br />
training to cope with events they might see<br />
once in a lifetime, but they’re also practicing<br />
good behavior—the skills th<strong>at</strong> they’ll<br />
need in practice every day.”<br />
Riley Mackenzie is a <strong>Buffalo</strong> freelance<br />
writer.<br />
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Cheryl LaRoche, photographed <strong>at</strong> the Josiah Henson<br />
Special Park in North Bethesda, Md. Henson’s 1849<br />
autobiography inspired “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”<br />
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Cheryl Laroche, BA ’82: Archaeologist’s experience with excav<strong>at</strong>ions of<br />
historic sites in New York and Philadelphia propels her work as scholar and educ<strong>at</strong>or<br />
truth<br />
seeker<br />
or ArChAeoLogist Cheryl J. Laroche, BA<br />
’82, each object in a dig is imbued with some<br />
form of personal history or cultural significance.<br />
this is especially true when studying the burial<br />
grounds of Africans brought to America as slaves,<br />
or exploring the underground railroad th<strong>at</strong><br />
allowed escaping slaves to find freedom in the<br />
North. Working as a conserv<strong>at</strong>or in an African<br />
burial ground in lower Manh<strong>at</strong>tan in the early<br />
1990s, Laroche found herself in the middle of a<br />
contentious deb<strong>at</strong>e about who could best analyze,<br />
evalu<strong>at</strong>e and preserve artifacts of African experience<br />
in colonial America.<br />
Laroche, who teaches African-American<br />
visual and m<strong>at</strong>erial culture <strong>at</strong> the university of<br />
Maryland, steadily developed her academic and<br />
research career by focusing<br />
on archaeological<br />
hotspots like the New<br />
York burial ground, then<br />
finding the tools and<br />
training she needed to<br />
do more. “in New York,<br />
i was mending and conserving artifacts, but i<br />
couldn’t speak about wh<strong>at</strong> they meant,” she says.<br />
“i couldn’t speak about the larger context because<br />
th<strong>at</strong> was reserved for others. i wanted to think<br />
more broadly about the artifacts we were finding,<br />
put them in context and think about the meaning,<br />
the history, the visual culture th<strong>at</strong> was involved.”<br />
At this point, Laroche began to expand the<br />
work she had done for her master’s degree <strong>at</strong><br />
suNY Fashion institute of technology where<br />
she first encountered archaeology as part of a<br />
program in decor<strong>at</strong>ive arts and conserv<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
earlier, she did conserv<strong>at</strong>ion framing as owner<br />
of a picture frame shop after gradu<strong>at</strong>ing from<br />
uB with a double major in art and psychology.<br />
After receiving her PhD in American studies<br />
from the university of Maryland and being recognized<br />
for her efforts <strong>at</strong> the New York burial<br />
ground, Laroche was tapped to work on a significant<br />
site in Philadelphia—the grounds<br />
OUTTAKES Birthplace New York, N.Y. Early educ<strong>at</strong>ion Attended schools in France, Japan and<br />
Germany while her f<strong>at</strong>her served in the military Interests Yoga and medit<strong>at</strong>ion as a Buddhist Recent books<br />
read “My Song: A Memoir” by Harry Belafonte and “Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray<br />
Robinson” by Wil Haygood Family life Mother of three daughters and a grandmother<br />
alumniprofile<br />
of george Washington’s executive mansion when<br />
Philadelphia was the n<strong>at</strong>ion’s capital. once again<br />
an archaeological quest had far-reaching import.<br />
“We pretty much knew th<strong>at</strong> the main footprint<br />
of the executive mansion probably had been<br />
destroyed,” Laroche says. “But the outbuildings,<br />
the kitchen and the areas where the enslaved<br />
popul<strong>at</strong>ion may have worked, might have survived.”<br />
Although the slave quarters remain<br />
buried, excav<strong>at</strong>ion of the outbuildings led to a<br />
movement among historians and Philadelphia’s<br />
African-American community to focus on the<br />
story of george and Martha Washington’s nine<br />
slaves when the President’s house site opened <strong>at</strong><br />
independence N<strong>at</strong>ional historical Park in 2010.<br />
Laroche observes th<strong>at</strong> her work has often<br />
been associ<strong>at</strong>ed with thorny public issues, but she<br />
wouldn’t have it any other way. “the New York<br />
burial ground, for example, was the place where<br />
i began to learn to listen to the public, to engage<br />
with the public, and to walk the line between<br />
my intellectual community and the academic<br />
discourse required there, and to transl<strong>at</strong>e wh<strong>at</strong> is<br />
sometimes dense scientific discourse and bring it<br />
to the public.”<br />
today Laroche consults on underground<br />
railroad sites across the country, blending her<br />
teaching with research and consulting work. in<br />
2011, she received the John L. Cotter award for<br />
“scholarship th<strong>at</strong> is truly outstanding” from the<br />
society for historical Archaeology. she lectures<br />
widely and strives for curricular advances th<strong>at</strong><br />
would make African-American history a part of<br />
the core curriculum <strong>at</strong> all educ<strong>at</strong>ional levels. “i<br />
think African-American history is a very important<br />
and effective vehicle for teaching so many of<br />
the precepts th<strong>at</strong> we actually want our students to<br />
learn philosophically <strong>at</strong> the undergradu<strong>at</strong>e level,”<br />
she says. “And it is something about th<strong>at</strong> field<br />
th<strong>at</strong> most educ<strong>at</strong>ors don’t understand.”<br />
Story by Ann Whitcher-Gentzke, with photos by<br />
Nicholas McIntosh<br />
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Story By Jim BiSco ||| illUStr<strong>at</strong>ion By marilyn Janovitz<br />
ullying effect<br />
“I always say how bullied I am, but no one listens. ... Wh<strong>at</strong> do I have to do so<br />
people will listen to me?” ||| Taunted since grade school, 14-year-old Jamey<br />
Rodemeyer, who had just entered high school, hanged himself outside his<br />
home in Williamsville, N.Y., last September, drawing n<strong>at</strong>ional <strong>at</strong>tention to<br />
the issue of bullying in school among activists, journalists and Lady Gaga,<br />
Jamey’s idol, who decried the loss of another promising life to bullying. |||<br />
Thrust into this tragic spotlight was a new voice, one just beginning to be<br />
heard but already demonstr<strong>at</strong>ing authorit<strong>at</strong>ive resonance. The Dr. Jean M.<br />
Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence<br />
in UB’s Gradu<strong>at</strong>e School of Educ<strong>at</strong>ion was suddenly being solicited for<br />
response and support from parents, educ<strong>at</strong>ors and media in the wake of this<br />
ultim<strong>at</strong>e victimiz<strong>at</strong>ion. ||| The center has since been helping to stem the<br />
anguish with a rallying stance on ways to approach this complex issue.<br />
UB’s new center tackles an abusive,<br />
and sometimes deadly issue<br />
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Warning Signs<br />
Bullying is a complex,<br />
multilayered problem,<br />
says Amanda Nickerson,<br />
director of UB’s<br />
Dr. Jean M. Alberti<br />
Center for the Prevention<br />
of Bullying Abuse and School<br />
Violence. Nickerson lectured<br />
on bullying—wh<strong>at</strong> it is and isn’t—<br />
before the Nov. 9 Distinguished<br />
Speakers Series appearance by<br />
Judy Shepard, the mother of M<strong>at</strong>thew<br />
Shepard, who was murdered in 1998 in a<br />
brutal h<strong>at</strong>e crime. While no profile exists<br />
to precisely pinpoint bullying, Nickerson<br />
says the following signs may indic<strong>at</strong>e<br />
problem<strong>at</strong>ic behavior, or point the way to<br />
a possible solution. Her full lecture and<br />
slideshow can be accessed <strong>at</strong> http://gse.<br />
buffalo.edu/alberticenter/conferences/<br />
research-highlights.<br />
Signs a child may be a victim of bullying<br />
• Has unexplained illnesses, cuts,<br />
bruises<br />
• Avoids school and social situ<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
• Is passive and unassertive, and lacks<br />
friends<br />
• Experiences a change in behavior<br />
(e.g., lack of interest in doing things,<br />
withdrawal)<br />
• Has feelings of self-blame or<br />
hopelessness<br />
Signs a child may be bullying others<br />
• Refers to others neg<strong>at</strong>ively (e.g.,<br />
“wimp” or “loser”)<br />
• Lacks emp<strong>at</strong>hy<br />
• Has strong need to win or be the<br />
best<br />
• Has hostile/defiant <strong>at</strong>titude<br />
• Angers easily<br />
• Gets in verbal or physical fights<br />
• Blames others<br />
Ways to respond to a bullied child<br />
• Listen<br />
• Emp<strong>at</strong>hize (“Th<strong>at</strong> must have<br />
been very scary for you.”)<br />
• Thank child for telling<br />
• Take it seriously without<br />
minimizing<br />
• Partner with child and<br />
school to solve the problem<br />
• Follow up<br />
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Jean M. Alberti, PhD ’70, is a n<strong>at</strong>ive of<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> who started as a teacher in Cheektowaga<br />
and Tonawanda school districts before<br />
deciding to pursue a doctoral degree <strong>at</strong><br />
UB in educ<strong>at</strong>ional psychology. For the past<br />
30 years she has been in priv<strong>at</strong>e practice<br />
as a licensed clinical psychologist in the<br />
Chicago area doing cognitive-behavioral<br />
therapy. Her experience as a teacher as<br />
well as a therapist led to her groundbreaking<br />
theories on bullying th<strong>at</strong> resulted in her<br />
establishing the center.<br />
“I recognized th<strong>at</strong> bullying is an area<br />
of abuse th<strong>at</strong> has not been addressed,”<br />
she observes. “Through my counseling of<br />
victims of child abuse, spousal abuse and<br />
bullying in school, I saw the parallels in<br />
behavior of adult abusers and child and<br />
adolescent bullies. I concluded th<strong>at</strong> bullying<br />
is child abuse by children. No one else<br />
is talking about this as child abuse.”<br />
Alberti’s passion for the issue focuses<br />
on changing <strong>at</strong>titudes in order to ultim<strong>at</strong>ely<br />
change behavior. “As an educ<strong>at</strong>or,<br />
I want to change people’s thinking about<br />
this issue so we can change the lives of the<br />
millions of children who suffer bullying<br />
abuse <strong>at</strong> the hands of other children every<br />
day,” she says.<br />
Alberti notes th<strong>at</strong> she was a feminist<br />
in gradu<strong>at</strong>e school. When she began to<br />
practice in Illinois in the 1980s, the feminists<br />
helped change the term in legisl<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
about domestic violence, redefining it as<br />
spousal abuse or child abuse. “All of it<br />
came under the rubric of abuse. By changing<br />
the term, it began to change people’s<br />
<strong>at</strong>titudes about and behavior toward it. If<br />
an adult is pushing another adult into a<br />
wall or locker, it would be abuse. If a child<br />
is doing it to a child, shouldn’t we call th<strong>at</strong><br />
child abuse too? Child abuse by children,”<br />
she contends.<br />
Alberti notes th<strong>at</strong> bullying has become<br />
an increasingly serious issue. “The media<br />
focus on bullying when there is a suicide<br />
or homicide, tragic as they are, is just the<br />
tip of the iceberg,” she observes. “After<br />
the media spotlight fades, the real issue<br />
remains—the fact th<strong>at</strong> millions of children<br />
experience bullying abuse every day in this<br />
country, and the adults, including educ<strong>at</strong>ors,<br />
are not doing enough to protect them<br />
from this abuse. Bullying abuse has lifelong<br />
consequences of depression, resulting in<br />
lowered earning capacity and low selfesteem,<br />
making it a mental health issue in<br />
addition to a public health issue.”<br />
Amanda Nickerson was named director<br />
of the Alberti Center last summer after a<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ionwide search. The former <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>at</strong> Albany associ<strong>at</strong>e professor and program<br />
director of school psychology is widely<br />
respected among researchers for her work<br />
in anti-bullying efforts.<br />
“I’ve had people say to me, ‘We keep<br />
talking about this. Haven’t we figured it<br />
out yet?’ I think with any complex social<br />
problem, which this is, the answer is no.<br />
It’s like saying, ‘Why haven’t we fixed<br />
poverty yet?’ ‘Why is there still murder?’<br />
The solutions are oftentimes not overly<br />
complic<strong>at</strong>ed in theory but to actually carry<br />
them out and make change is much more<br />
complex,” Nickerson explains. “I think<br />
wh<strong>at</strong> the research is showing is th<strong>at</strong> bullying<br />
abuse involves<br />
individual factors,<br />
influences from<br />
families, from<br />
schools, from<br />
peer culture—all<br />
of those things<br />
come into play,<br />
and there needs<br />
to be a significant<br />
change in all of<br />
those systems to<br />
reduce bullying.”<br />
There has<br />
been an increase Jean M. Alberti<br />
in research since<br />
the 1980s beginning in Norway after a<br />
rash of suicides there rel<strong>at</strong>ed to bullying.<br />
“We know more about the characteristics<br />
of children who bully and of children who<br />
are victimized,” says Nickerson. “We know<br />
some about family and school conditions<br />
th<strong>at</strong> are more likely to be associ<strong>at</strong>ed with<br />
bullying and victimiz<strong>at</strong>ion. We know something<br />
about developmental differences,<br />
gender differences, some about outcomes,<br />
but there is a lot th<strong>at</strong> we still don’t know.”<br />
In its start-up phase, the Alberti Center<br />
has been identifying reputable, highquality<br />
resources primarily for educ<strong>at</strong>ors<br />
and practitioners and also for parents,<br />
and posting them on the center’s website<br />
(http://gse.buffalo.edu/alberticenter). The<br />
center’s mission is to reduce bullying abuse<br />
in schools by providing research-based<br />
tools to actively change the language, <strong>at</strong>titudes<br />
and behaviors of educ<strong>at</strong>ors, parents,<br />
students and wider society.<br />
“We have a collabor<strong>at</strong>ive study going on<br />
with other colleagues from the department<br />
looking <strong>at</strong> bullying and victimiz<strong>at</strong>ion in<br />
the context of wellness—looking <strong>at</strong> e<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
disorder behavior, personality characteristics<br />
and self-compassion,” Nickerson notes.<br />
Douglas levere, Ba ’89
“We’re working with a number of middle<br />
schools in the area on this project. Another<br />
study we are conducting involves looking<br />
<strong>at</strong> the roles of emp<strong>at</strong>hy, gender, group<br />
norms [<strong>at</strong>titudes] and friendship, and how<br />
these are associ<strong>at</strong>ed with specific bullying<br />
behaviors among middle school students.”<br />
The center has an ongoing program<br />
evalu<strong>at</strong>ion study of a crisis-prevention<br />
and intervention-training curriculum<br />
called PREPaRE, of which Nickerson is an<br />
author. “We train school-based professionals<br />
to prevent and intervene with a wide<br />
variety of crisis situ<strong>at</strong>ions th<strong>at</strong> could affect<br />
schools. We have d<strong>at</strong>a from thousands of<br />
people who have gone through the training<br />
looking <strong>at</strong> the changes in their knowledge<br />
and <strong>at</strong>titudes.”<br />
Nickerson says she has been working<br />
with a number of <strong>Buffalo</strong> area schools<br />
providing guidance and consult<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
about how they can go about measuring<br />
school clim<strong>at</strong>e and bullying and victimiz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
in their schools. “I take it from the<br />
comprehensive perspective th<strong>at</strong> you don’t<br />
just want to single in on the bullying and<br />
victimiz<strong>at</strong>ion but wh<strong>at</strong> is it th<strong>at</strong>’s happening<br />
in the larger school environment—for<br />
example, how do kids feel about their<br />
connections with others and their learning<br />
environment?—because in environments<br />
th<strong>at</strong> are healthier it’s going to be less likely<br />
th<strong>at</strong> bullying will occur.”<br />
As for the social media aspect, Nickerson<br />
refers to research th<strong>at</strong> clearly shows<br />
th<strong>at</strong> those who are involved in cyber-bullying<br />
also are involved in other types of bullying.<br />
“I think we’re fighting a losing b<strong>at</strong>tle<br />
when we focus too much on how to control<br />
the technology and how to censor, spy on<br />
it and stop it, because youth will find ways<br />
around th<strong>at</strong>,” she says. “We have to get <strong>at</strong><br />
wh<strong>at</strong> makes people think th<strong>at</strong> it’s okay to<br />
tre<strong>at</strong> other people like th<strong>at</strong>, whether it’s<br />
through technology or face-to-face.”<br />
Alberti delivered the inaugural address<br />
in the symposium th<strong>at</strong> marked the opening<br />
of the center last year. She wants the center<br />
to go beyond evalu<strong>at</strong>ing and conducting<br />
research. “The bottom line, though, is to<br />
elimin<strong>at</strong>e or reduce the behavior,” she says.<br />
“Th<strong>at</strong>’s really the mission.”<br />
Nickerson wants the center to be the<br />
“go to” resource on a n<strong>at</strong>ional and intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
level. She notes th<strong>at</strong> it’s beginning<br />
to happen in the Western New York area,<br />
with links to the Alberti Center appearing<br />
on school sites.<br />
The Alberti Center also has contributed<br />
resources to the New York St<strong>at</strong>e Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Department to help with the Dignity for<br />
all Students Act, anti-harassment legisl<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
with which schools must comply by<br />
July 2012. UB faculty affili<strong>at</strong>ions include<br />
Jamie Ostrov, associ<strong>at</strong>e professor in the<br />
Department of Psychology, who has been<br />
conducting research on forms of aggressive<br />
behavior in preschool children (see sidebar<br />
article). He has appeared in Web videos<br />
accompanying a “Sesame Street” episode,<br />
and has particip<strong>at</strong>ed in the White House<br />
summit on bullying.<br />
Since her arrival <strong>at</strong> UB, Nickerson has<br />
made present<strong>at</strong>ions and led inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
workshops on bullying and the work of<br />
the center within schools, community and<br />
agencies. Nickerson, mother of a 7-year-old<br />
and an 11-year-old, is encouraged by the<br />
positive response and partnering interests<br />
th<strong>at</strong> the center has gener<strong>at</strong>ed thus far.<br />
Support for the Alberti Center may be<br />
made by contacting the UB Found<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong><br />
ub-giving@buffalo.edu or <strong>at</strong> 716-645-3011.<br />
Jim Bisco is senior writer for <strong>University</strong><br />
Communic<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
Facets of bullying research<br />
hile the Dr. Jean M. Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying<br />
Abuse and School Violence is understandably the nexus for<br />
anti-bullying activities and research on campus, faculty from<br />
other schools and departments <strong>at</strong> the university continue their<br />
efforts to delve into the causes of bullying while seeking solutions<br />
from a variety of perspectives. Prominent among them is<br />
C<strong>at</strong>herine N. Dulmus, associ<strong>at</strong>e professor and associ<strong>at</strong>e dean for research in the School<br />
of Social Work. A leading expert on bullying and rel<strong>at</strong>ed issues of child and adolescent<br />
mental health, Dulmus has frequently addressed bullying in books, journal articles and<br />
present<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
“Research we conducted in rural Appalachia schools examined children who were ‘bullyvictims,’<br />
meaning they both bullied and were victims of bullying,” says Dulmus of one<br />
investig<strong>at</strong>ion. “We found th<strong>at</strong> bully-victims experience significantly more bully behaviors<br />
than other victims. Thus, bully-victims might be caught in a troubling cycle wherein they<br />
respond aggressively to being bullied, which, in turn, triggers more persecution.”<br />
In the Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Associ<strong>at</strong>e Professor<br />
Jamie M. Ostrov serves as a consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,<br />
and the U.S. Department of Educ<strong>at</strong>ion in their efforts to develop a uniform definition<br />
of bullying. He has assisted the federal StopBullying.gov initi<strong>at</strong>ive in adapting bullyingprevention<br />
m<strong>at</strong>erials for young children. And he was fe<strong>at</strong>ured in a series of Web-based<br />
videos to accompany an episode of “Sesame Street.” The series also is available on DVD.<br />
“Essentially, my research is geared toward preschoolers, which is the target audience of<br />
‘Sesame Street,’” explains Ostrov, a developmental psychologist who also was a consultant<br />
to the Children’s Television Workshop for its bullying prevention initi<strong>at</strong>ive.<br />
“Their messages—teaching children how to identify wh<strong>at</strong> bullying is and wh<strong>at</strong> to do<br />
if it happens to them, such<br />
as seeking assistance from<br />
adults—are consistent with<br />
our intervention program th<strong>at</strong><br />
addressed aggressive behavior<br />
in preschool classrooms and<br />
th<strong>at</strong> also used developmentally<br />
appropri<strong>at</strong>e puppets, stories<br />
and activities.”<br />
Jamie Ostrov and Rosita of<br />
“Sesame Street” help children<br />
understand why bullying hurts.<br />
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Adam Zelasko, photographed <strong>at</strong> the Barbara B. Mann<br />
Performing Arts Hall, Fort Myers, Florida.
Adam Zelasko, BFA ’05: Broadway actor meets with alumni while<br />
on n<strong>at</strong>ional tour of “Jersey Boys”<br />
t Age 29, Adam Zelasko, BFA ’05, already has<br />
made one of his dreams come true. the the<strong>at</strong>er and<br />
dance alumnus is a member of the touring company<br />
of “Jersey Boys,” a tony Award-winning musical<br />
about the rise of pop music group Frankie Valli and<br />
the Four Seasons.<br />
As a “swing” ready to play several roles, Zelasko<br />
understudies two main characters, tommy DeVito<br />
and Nick Massi, and is part of the ensemble. “I’ve<br />
been on for both of them [characters DeVito and<br />
Massi] and both times I just had to take a minute<br />
backstage and think, ‘this is a dream come true.’<br />
this is a show th<strong>at</strong> thousands of people want to be<br />
a part of, and there’s<br />
a very small per-<br />
A DreAM<br />
COMe trUe<br />
centage of people<br />
who get to actually<br />
do a show th<strong>at</strong> gets<br />
th<strong>at</strong> much recognition<br />
and play the<br />
roles th<strong>at</strong> I’m playing. It’s pretty fulfilling.”<br />
At the behest of the UB Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
Zelasko arranged to play band member Massi in<br />
three of four performances as the show toured to<br />
UBAA chapter cities Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8,<br />
2011; Ft. Lauderdale on Jan. 26, and this spring<br />
in Chicago (May 3). (He was in the ensemble cast<br />
for the March 1 show in Charlotte, another chapter<br />
city.) At a reception following the D.C. performance,<br />
UB alumni and friends got to rub elbows<br />
with Zelasko. “Adam’s performance onstage was<br />
surpassed only by his humility and graciousness<br />
off stage,” says Jim Militello, BA ’79, who is the<br />
D.C. chapter leader. “We were delighted to have<br />
the chance to interact with such an accomplished,<br />
warm member of the UB family.”<br />
the handsome, 6-foot-1-inch n<strong>at</strong>ive of Orchard<br />
OUTTAKES Vanity pl<strong>at</strong>e “Adam Z”—“I like the A and the Z.” Advice to current UB the<strong>at</strong>er students<br />
alumniprofile<br />
“Audition. Most people go to New York and they don’t audition.” Favorite downtime activity/hobby “I like to play<br />
DJ and put together mashups [recording compil<strong>at</strong>ions].” Last book read “Lies th<strong>at</strong> Chelsea Handler Told Me”<br />
by Chelsea Handler’s friends and family If you could live anywhere in world, where would it be? “Chicago…but<br />
only in the summertime!”<br />
Park, N.Y., 20 miles south of <strong>Buffalo</strong>, fell in love<br />
with acting while playing Uncle Henry in a production<br />
of “the Wizard of Oz” in fifth grade. At<br />
Orchard Park High School, with the guidance of<br />
director Darcy Young and choreographer Jack<br />
greenan, he discovered th<strong>at</strong> acting “was something<br />
you could choose as a career and th<strong>at</strong> Broadway<br />
wasn’t just this mythical place th<strong>at</strong> existed in New<br />
York City.”<br />
Zelasko passed the required the<strong>at</strong>er program<br />
audition and was accepted to UB, also his parents’<br />
alma m<strong>at</strong>er. His experience <strong>at</strong> the university was<br />
“gre<strong>at</strong>; it was nice to learn from people who loved<br />
to do wh<strong>at</strong> they were doing,” Zelasko says. “I got<br />
th<strong>at</strong> feeling from all of my teachers there.” UB is<br />
also where he met his mentor, former faculty member<br />
Lynne Kurdziel Form<strong>at</strong>o, MA ’87 & BA ’85. “If<br />
she hadn’t been there, I probably wouldn’t have<br />
gone there,” Zelasko says. “She knew everything<br />
about everything, and was our go-to encyclopedia<br />
about the industry.” Kurdziel Form<strong>at</strong>o readily<br />
returns the compliment. “Adam Zelasko was, and<br />
still is, one of the nicest people in the universe,”<br />
says Kurdziel Form<strong>at</strong>o, now associ<strong>at</strong>e professor<br />
of performing arts <strong>at</strong> elon <strong>University</strong> in North<br />
Carolina. “He is extraordinarily talented, incredibly<br />
hardworking and generous with his colleagues—<br />
onstage as well as off.”<br />
Life on the road with a major musical touring<br />
company can be challenging, but “I’ve grown accustomed<br />
to living on the road,” Zelasko says. “this<br />
show has become the job th<strong>at</strong> I’ve always wanted.<br />
Not only is it lucr<strong>at</strong>ive and stable, but it’s also as<br />
much of a joy to perform as it is to w<strong>at</strong>ch. I never<br />
want to leave this show!”<br />
Story by Barbara Byers, with photos by Brian Tietz<br />
www.alumni.buffalo.edu UBTODAY Spring 2012 33
Donnica Moore, MD ’86: Physician uses the media to promote a<br />
better understanding of women’s health<br />
a healing<br />
voice<br />
34 UBTODAY Spring 2012 www.buffalo.edu/UBT<br />
he roots of Donnica Moore’s (MD ’86) voc<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
as a women’s health advoc<strong>at</strong>e grew during<br />
her time <strong>at</strong> UB’s school of Medicine and<br />
Biomedical sciences—but not in precisely the<br />
way you’d guess. then, medical schools everywhere<br />
defined a women’s health issue simplistically<br />
as any issue th<strong>at</strong> didn’t apply to men.<br />
Moore says she continually found herself asking,<br />
“‘how does this apply to women?’ all our<br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion was based on a 75-kilogram male.”<br />
th<strong>at</strong> intellectual curiosity, and feminism,<br />
stoked her career-long efforts to educ<strong>at</strong>e people<br />
on women’s health issues. astutely applying a<br />
high public profile formed<br />
by extensive n<strong>at</strong>ional media<br />
exposure, Moore trains a<br />
spotlight on topics like hormone<br />
replacement therapy,<br />
breast implants, osteoporosis<br />
and the hPv vaccine. she uses media<br />
appearances, consulting, public policy and<br />
more to build “awareness, interest, action and<br />
advocacy” around the issues she takes up.<br />
When Moore was a medical resident, she<br />
chose gynecology because it was “an area where<br />
you often have positive outcomes.” F<strong>at</strong>e intervened<br />
when her own health problems (she’s<br />
had three major spinal surgeries) precluded<br />
the physical demands of being an ob-gyn.<br />
she moved into the world of pharmaceutical<br />
research, where she had the chance to interact<br />
with opinion leaders and do lots of public<br />
speaking.<br />
<strong>at</strong> the same time, Moore was rising through<br />
the american Medical Women’s associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
(aMWa) ranks, becoming president-elect in<br />
1993. the next day—literally—nBc invited an<br />
aMWa represent<strong>at</strong>ive to speak on air about<br />
women’s health problems. Moore stepped<br />
in, her n<strong>at</strong>ural ability and poise encouraging<br />
nBc to call again (and again). she ultim<strong>at</strong>ely<br />
alumniprofile<br />
became the women’s health contributor for a<br />
six-and-a-half-minute weekly segment on the<br />
network’s “l<strong>at</strong>er today” show. over the years,<br />
“Dr. Donnica” has contributed regularly to<br />
aBc’s “good Morning america health” and<br />
made hundreds of appearances on “the oprah<br />
Winfrey show,” “the view,” cnn, “the Dr. oz<br />
show” and more.<br />
“My goal,” she explains, “is to use my time<br />
on air to help doctors and p<strong>at</strong>ients with their<br />
time in the office to help women put their<br />
health issues in perspective.” in addition to the<br />
broadcast pulpit she wields so well, Moore is<br />
an active presence online, bringing <strong>at</strong>tention<br />
to women’s health issues <strong>at</strong> her award-winning<br />
website, www.DrDonnica.com, and as a women’s<br />
health expert on several other sites.<br />
Moore also works tirelessly in other venues<br />
to help define women’s health issues more<br />
broadly. While working <strong>at</strong> nBc, she founded<br />
sapphire Women’s health group in Far hills,<br />
n.J., a holding company for her women’s health<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion, communic<strong>at</strong>ions and consulting<br />
activities. through sapphire, Moore works<br />
with organiz<strong>at</strong>ions and corpor<strong>at</strong>ions to advance<br />
the idea th<strong>at</strong> “women’s health is anything th<strong>at</strong><br />
affects the health of women, period.”<br />
Moore recognizes th<strong>at</strong> her visibility has real<br />
value for people who don’t have ready access<br />
to inform<strong>at</strong>ion or who might be misinformed.<br />
after she appeared on “the Dr. oz show” discussing<br />
the subtle early symptoms of ovarian<br />
cancer, for instance, the show l<strong>at</strong>er fe<strong>at</strong>ured<br />
women who had seen Moore’s segment, followed<br />
up with their doctors, and been diagnosed<br />
and successfully tre<strong>at</strong>ed.<br />
says Moore, “the gr<strong>at</strong>ifying thing is i still<br />
have the opportunity to save lives.”<br />
Story by Grace Lazzara, with photos by<br />
Carolina Rivera<br />
OUTTAKES Hometown Brooklyn (Cypress Hills), N.Y. Hobbies Making photo scrapbooks for family and<br />
friends Fondest <strong>Buffalo</strong> memory Picnics near the Law Library Fondest UB memory The medical school follies!<br />
Last book read “The Marriage Plot” by Jeffrey Eugenides Favorite vac<strong>at</strong>ion spot Lake Como, Italy
Donnica Moore, MD ’86, photographed<br />
in her home in Far Hills, N.J.
alumninews<br />
The Main Event<br />
120,557 (nYS)<br />
5,000+<br />
3,000-4,999<br />
1,000-2,999<br />
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frOm The UB AlUmni ASSOciATiOn<br />
Alumni by the Numbers<br />
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ur world is so diverse and extensive, and yet,<br />
no m<strong>at</strong>ter where you go, it seems, you’re bound to<br />
be within reach of a fellow uB alum.<br />
of the more than 219,000 uB alumni, it’s probably<br />
no surprise th<strong>at</strong> the largest contingent is in<br />
New York St<strong>at</strong>e. However, you may be impressed<br />
by the fact th<strong>at</strong>, after New York, the st<strong>at</strong>e with the<br />
highest concentr<strong>at</strong>ion of uB alumni is California.<br />
(Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia round out the<br />
CO<br />
219,673<br />
UB alumni<br />
HI<br />
ND<br />
SD<br />
NE<br />
TX<br />
KS<br />
OK<br />
MN<br />
IA<br />
MO<br />
AR<br />
LA<br />
123<br />
countries where<br />
WI<br />
IL<br />
MS<br />
IN<br />
TN<br />
AL<br />
MI<br />
KY<br />
OH<br />
GA<br />
WV<br />
SC<br />
FL<br />
PA<br />
VA<br />
NC<br />
NY<br />
VT<br />
NH<br />
NJ<br />
MA<br />
CT<br />
RI<br />
DE<br />
MD<br />
DC<br />
top five.) uB alumni also may be found living,<br />
working and contributing in every st<strong>at</strong>e in the u.S.<br />
and in more than 120 intern<strong>at</strong>ional locales.<br />
Two interactive maps on the alumni website<br />
depict uB’s global alumni presence. Check them<br />
out <strong>at</strong> http://alumni.buffalo.edu/alumni-map-us.<br />
Are you moving to—or already live in—North<br />
dakota? Then reach out to some of the approxim<strong>at</strong>ely<br />
35 alumni in North dakota for instant<br />
alumni in canada, country with<br />
UBAA BY The nUmBerS<br />
the highest concentr<strong>at</strong>ion of UB<br />
gradu<strong>at</strong>es outside U.S.<br />
ALUMNI AROUND<br />
THE WORLD<br />
1,224<br />
UB alumni live<br />
SourcE: uB AluMni ASSociATion,<br />
AS of fEBruAry 2012<br />
9,004<br />
alumni in california, st<strong>at</strong>e with<br />
highest concentr<strong>at</strong>ion of UB<br />
gradu<strong>at</strong>es outside new York<br />
36 UBTODAY Spring 2012 www.buffalo.edu/UBT<br />
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networking and friendship. Have business<br />
travel in Taiwan, Azerbaijan, Madagascar or<br />
Singapore? Perhaps one of the 1,161 UB alumni<br />
in those countries will show you the sights.<br />
Search for them in the online alumni directory<br />
on UB Connect. (And, make sure your profile is<br />
upd<strong>at</strong>ed too.)<br />
In fact, keeping accur<strong>at</strong>e d<strong>at</strong>a about alumni<br />
leads to one of the most important functions<br />
of the UB Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion: helping to make<br />
connections among alumni, and keeping alumni<br />
connected to the institution. “It’s a service we<br />
proudly provide,” says Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
President Tim Lafferty, BS ’86, “so th<strong>at</strong> alumni<br />
can benefit from having this priceless network <strong>at</strong><br />
their fingertips.”<br />
Whether in Western<br />
New York or far from<br />
campus, alumni come<br />
together precisely<br />
because they have UB in<br />
common. For example,<br />
a group of alumni in<br />
Istanbul, Turkey, held an<br />
impromptu g<strong>at</strong>hering over <strong>Buffalo</strong>-style chicken<br />
wings last December. Th<strong>at</strong>’s just one example of<br />
events th<strong>at</strong> occur frequently, whether planned<br />
by the UBAA or organized by a few UB friends.<br />
“It’s incredible, and comforting, to know th<strong>at</strong><br />
UB alumni have this presence outside <strong>Buffalo</strong><br />
and around the world,” says Lafferty. “Not<br />
only does it help to build camaraderie, but it<br />
also spreads the word th<strong>at</strong> UB is a world-class<br />
institution, which increases the value of our<br />
degrees.”<br />
Are you taking advantage of the UBAA’s vast<br />
alumni network? Check it out online via UB<br />
Connect <strong>at</strong> www.ubconnect.org.<br />
Two interactive maps<br />
on the alumni website<br />
depict uB’s global<br />
alumni presence.<br />
Check them out <strong>at</strong><br />
http://alumni.buffalo.<br />
edu/alumni-map-us.<br />
in australia,<br />
loc<strong>at</strong>ion farthest from<br />
Western New york<br />
32alumni<br />
make sure you are being counted, too, <strong>at</strong><br />
http://alumni.buffalo.edu/alumni-map-us<br />
classnotes<br />
upd<strong>at</strong>es from grads by the decade<br />
60<br />
arnold Berleant, Phd 1962,<br />
was awarded an honorary<br />
doctor of fine arts degree<br />
by the rhode Island school<br />
of design for contributions to<br />
the found<strong>at</strong>ional liter<strong>at</strong>ure in<br />
environmental aesthetics. he<br />
was also a keynote speaker <strong>at</strong><br />
a 2011 landscapes in transition<br />
conference <strong>at</strong> the university <strong>at</strong><br />
Lisbon in portugal. berleant<br />
lives in castine, maine. Bernard<br />
B. freedman, Jd 1964, is special<br />
counsel <strong>at</strong> hodgson russ LLp<br />
in the educ<strong>at</strong>ion and municipal<br />
law practice groups. he has<br />
more than 45 years’ experience<br />
representing school districts<br />
and municipalities<br />
in<br />
erie, Niagara<br />
and orleans<br />
counties.<br />
freedman<br />
freedman resides in<br />
Williamsville,<br />
N.y. robert<br />
w. irwin, BS<br />
1965, was<br />
named chair<br />
of the New<br />
irwin<br />
york st<strong>at</strong>e<br />
society of certified public<br />
accountants’ peer review committee<br />
for 2011-2012. he lives<br />
in salamanca, N.y. richard<br />
J. ablin, Phd 1967, delivered<br />
the Weinstein Lecture <strong>at</strong> the<br />
herbert Irving comprehensive<br />
cancer center’s annual symposium<br />
<strong>at</strong> columbia university<br />
medical center in may 2011.<br />
his discovery of prost<strong>at</strong>especific<br />
antigen (psa) in 1970<br />
led to the development of the<br />
psa test as a diagnostic tool<br />
for prost<strong>at</strong>e cancer. ablin,<br />
who resides in tucson, ariz.,<br />
received a distinguished<br />
alumni award from the ub<br />
alumni associ<strong>at</strong>ion in 2010.<br />
Clinton deveaux, Ba 1967,<br />
retired from the <strong>at</strong>lanta<br />
municipal court in June 2011,<br />
where he served as chief judge<br />
twice during his tenure and<br />
most recently served as the<br />
community court division’s<br />
presiding judge for eight<br />
years. he lives in <strong>at</strong>lanta, ga.<br />
* arthur a. russ Jr., LLB 1967,<br />
of counsel <strong>at</strong> phillips Lytle LLp<br />
in buffalo, N.y., is president<br />
of the bar associ<strong>at</strong>ion of erie<br />
county. he also serves on the<br />
board of directors for numerous<br />
organiz<strong>at</strong>ions, including<br />
the ub found<strong>at</strong>ion. russ<br />
resides in Williamsville, N.y.<br />
Barbara B. Saromines-Ganne, Ba<br />
1967, is chair of the board of<br />
commissioners, hawaii st<strong>at</strong>e<br />
found<strong>at</strong>ion on culture and the<br />
arts. she lives in honolulu,<br />
hawaii. frederick e. Brace Jr.,<br />
Ba 1968, serves as housing<br />
court liaison for the university<br />
district in the city of buffalo<br />
and is a board chair for the<br />
university district community<br />
development associ<strong>at</strong>ion. he<br />
retired in 2010 after working<br />
for 39 years in pharmaceutical<br />
sales. brace resides in buffalo,<br />
N.y. Sandra m. donaldson, Ba<br />
1968, received the 2011 faculty<br />
achievement in research<br />
award from the university of<br />
North dakota (uNd). a chester<br />
fritz distinguished professor,<br />
she has been a faculty member<br />
<strong>at</strong> uNd since 1977. donaldson<br />
lives in grand forks, N.d.<br />
michael L. Lipman, Ba 1968, is<br />
a partner in the white-collar<br />
defense, corpor<strong>at</strong>e investig<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
and regul<strong>at</strong>ory compliance<br />
practice group of duane<br />
morris LLp in san diego, calif.<br />
he is a fellow of the american<br />
college of trial Lawyers and<br />
is listed in the best Lawyers<br />
in america. Lipman resides<br />
in san diego. arnold minkoff,<br />
edB 1968, retired as head<br />
coach of the cross country and<br />
indoor track and field teams<br />
<strong>at</strong> farmingdale st<strong>at</strong>e college.<br />
he was head coach for numerous<br />
institutions throughout his<br />
37-year career, as well as a<br />
member of 10 u.s. maccabiah<br />
teams as an <strong>at</strong>hlete, coach<br />
and overall team manager.<br />
minkoff lives in oceanside,<br />
N.y. Stephanie Brumbach, Ba<br />
1969, was part of the editing<br />
team th<strong>at</strong> won an emmy in<br />
september 2011 for a segment<br />
about the 2010 haitian<br />
earthquake th<strong>at</strong> aired on “60<br />
minutes.”<br />
In addition,<br />
“Janie’s<br />
Janie,” a documentary<br />
she<br />
co-produced<br />
BrumBaCH in 1973, was<br />
recently awarded a grant for<br />
restor<strong>at</strong>ion and preserv<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
by New york Women in film &<br />
television. brumbach resides<br />
in New york, N.y. James J.<br />
Horn, Phd 1969, ma 1965 & Ba<br />
1963, associ<strong>at</strong>e professor<br />
emeritus <strong>at</strong> the college <strong>at</strong><br />
brockport, was honored by<br />
universidad Internacional in<br />
cuernavaca, mexico, as the<br />
first “distinguished member<br />
of the university.” he coordin<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
brockport’s study abroad<br />
program in cuernavaca for 25<br />
years, followed by 12 years<br />
of leading adult educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
groups there. horn lives in<br />
cuernavaca.<br />
70<br />
elliot Brender, md 1970, is a<br />
clinical professor of surgery <strong>at</strong><br />
the university<br />
of california,<br />
Irvine. he<br />
has particip<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
in several<br />
volunteer<br />
Brender surgical<br />
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Hey, th<strong>at</strong>’s me! A group of intern<strong>at</strong>ional alumni<br />
living in Istanbul, Turkey, got together Dec. 11 for some<br />
camaraderie and traditional “<strong>Buffalo</strong> wings.” Holding the UB<br />
flag (from left) are Erhan Igdemir, BA ’86; Basak Kusefoglu<br />
Kizildemir, MA ’88; Zeynep Atac Anisoglu, BFA ’85, who hosted<br />
the event; Billur Ozsoy, BA ’83; and Mur<strong>at</strong> Atac, BA ’87. (Inset)<br />
Igdemir shows off his b<strong>at</strong>ch of tasty <strong>Buffalo</strong> wings.<br />
And in chapter news…<br />
The Albany chapter<br />
hosted its third annual<br />
UB Day <strong>at</strong> the Races <strong>at</strong><br />
Sar<strong>at</strong>oga Race Course<br />
on opening day, July 23.<br />
Among the crowd of 93<br />
were 39 who traveled<br />
by bus from UB’s North<br />
Campus for the event.<br />
A second straight sellout<br />
g<strong>at</strong>hering of 30 w<strong>at</strong>ched<br />
the <strong>Buffalo</strong> Sabres face<br />
off against the Bruins in<br />
Boston on Nov. 12. The<br />
NHL fans viewed the<br />
m<strong>at</strong>chup from a suite in<br />
TD Garden.<br />
Hamburger <strong>University</strong><br />
in Chicago was the<br />
venue for speakers Rich<br />
Floersch, MBA ’80 &<br />
BS ’80, executive vice<br />
president and chief human<br />
resources officer for<br />
McDonald’s Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
and Jerry Newman, SUNY<br />
Distinguished Professor<br />
in the School of Management.<br />
Thirty <strong>at</strong>tended the<br />
Sept. 28 event.<br />
A pregame tailg<strong>at</strong>e party<br />
and tour of the new $1.3<br />
billion Cowboys Stadium<br />
in Arlington, Texas, were<br />
bright spots for 45 UB<br />
alumni and friends in the<br />
Dallas area who <strong>at</strong>tended<br />
the Bills-Cowboys game<br />
on Nov. 13.<br />
The fourth annual<br />
pregame party <strong>at</strong> Lodo’s<br />
Bar and Grill in Denver,<br />
followed by a Colorado<br />
Rockies baseball game<br />
and fireworks choreographed<br />
to music, sold<br />
out once again with 65<br />
<strong>at</strong>tending the festivities in<br />
Coors Field on July 1.<br />
A game between the St<strong>at</strong>en<br />
Island Yankees and<br />
Brooklyn Cyclones, Class<br />
A farm teams for the New<br />
York Yankees and Mets,<br />
respectively, was the<br />
setting for an Aug. 5 New<br />
York City chapter event.<br />
The family-themed,<br />
all-you-can-e<strong>at</strong> event<br />
sold out <strong>at</strong> 66. On Nov.<br />
9, the chapter brought<br />
75 alumni and friends<br />
together <strong>at</strong> Blondie’s<br />
Sports in Manh<strong>at</strong>tan for<br />
its annual wings night. In<br />
addition, the UB men’s<br />
basketball team traveled<br />
to New Jersey on Nov. 19<br />
to play Princeton; 62 UB<br />
alumni and friends from<br />
the chapter <strong>at</strong>tended to<br />
cheer them on.<br />
Twenty-seven San Diego<br />
chapter alumni enjoyed<br />
a limousine bus tour of<br />
five breweries on June<br />
4. On Dec. 11, 91 diehard<br />
fans of the <strong>Buffalo</strong> Bills<br />
and San Diego Chargers<br />
enjoyed a tailg<strong>at</strong>e party<br />
on the Chargers’ practice<br />
field in Qualcomm Sta-<br />
Bulls road games<br />
draw UB alumni<br />
UB Bulls road games<br />
proved to be a<br />
popular way for UB<br />
alumni to g<strong>at</strong>her in<br />
non-chapter cities.<br />
Pregame tailg<strong>at</strong>e<br />
parties were held<br />
<strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Pittsburgh (Sept. 3);<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Tennessee<br />
in Knoxville, the<br />
first stop on UB 2020<br />
Presidential Alumni<br />
Tour (Oct. 1); and<br />
Temple <strong>University</strong><br />
in Philadelphia (Oct.<br />
15). These events <strong>at</strong>tracted<br />
a total of 336<br />
<strong>at</strong>tendees.
chris charles, ba ’08; Lacey stanton, ba ’08; sarah salzberg,<br />
ba ’08; ross graney, bs ’08; and John Ilacqua, bs ’11, enjoyed<br />
good company and even better chicken wings during the annual<br />
wings night in manh<strong>at</strong>tan.<br />
fay migdol and her husband, marvin, ba ’59, enjoy the pregame<br />
tailg<strong>at</strong>e with fellow alumni and friends before the billscowboys<br />
game on Nov. 13, 2011, in cowboys stadium.<br />
dium, then w<strong>at</strong>ched the<br />
two teams play.<br />
the ub 2020 presidential<br />
alumni tour has president<br />
s<strong>at</strong>ish K. trip<strong>at</strong>hi<br />
visiting alumni in 20 cities<br />
over 20 months. the tour<br />
made its second stop Nov.<br />
14 in san Francisco <strong>at</strong><br />
the spur urban center,<br />
with 45 <strong>at</strong>tending.<br />
on Nov. 20, 50 alumni in<br />
the south Florida area<br />
w<strong>at</strong>ched the bills take<br />
on the dolphins in sun<br />
Life stadium. before the<br />
game, a group of 25 met<br />
for an all-you-can-e<strong>at</strong><br />
buffalo buffet tailg<strong>at</strong>e<br />
party <strong>at</strong> the big easy bar<br />
& grille in hollywood,<br />
fla.the washington,<br />
D.c., chapter had an<br />
active summer and fall.<br />
a panel of alumni from<br />
the college of arts and<br />
sciences discussed ub’s<br />
influence on their careers<br />
with a crowd of 80 in the<br />
university club on June<br />
29. another sold-out<br />
crowd of 70 <strong>at</strong>tended the<br />
annual buffalo tailg<strong>at</strong>e,<br />
sept. 25 <strong>at</strong> Jimmy’s old<br />
town tavern in herndon,<br />
Va. fans w<strong>at</strong>ched the bills<br />
shock the New england<br />
p<strong>at</strong>riots with a win.<br />
president trip<strong>at</strong>hi hosted<br />
an oct. 14 lunch for nine<br />
d.c.-area alums, including<br />
ubaa board member<br />
and chapter president Jim<br />
militello, ba ’79. adam<br />
Zelasko, bfa ’05, performed<br />
in the touring cast<br />
of “Jersey boys,” in d.c.’s<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional the<strong>at</strong>re on dec.<br />
8. the sold-out crowd of<br />
60 had an opportunity to<br />
meet and greet Zelasko<br />
afterward during a reception<br />
<strong>at</strong> chef geoff’s.<br />
to see photos of other alumni and<br />
friends from recent chapter events, go to<br />
www.alumni.buffalo.edu/chapters<br />
classnotes<br />
upd<strong>at</strong>es from grads by the decade<br />
and teaching missions in<br />
cambodia. brender resides in<br />
Villa park, calif. ronald zeck,<br />
Ba 1970, is the st<strong>at</strong>ewide network<br />
and support manager for<br />
the bureau of audit and Quality<br />
Improvement, New york<br />
st<strong>at</strong>e office of temporary and<br />
disability assistance. he lives<br />
in New york, N.y. Daniel ward,<br />
JD 1972, is assistant regional<br />
director for the Western New<br />
york region of the empire st<strong>at</strong>e<br />
development corpor<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
he resides in amherst, N.y.<br />
*<br />
comeau<br />
Paul r. comeau, JD 1973 & Ba<br />
1970, an <strong>at</strong>torney <strong>at</strong> hodgson<br />
russ in buffalo, N.y., has been<br />
named a 2012 Lawyer of the<br />
year in the field of tax law<br />
by best Lawyers. he lives in<br />
Williamsville,<br />
N.y. David a.<br />
Kostrzewski,<br />
Bs 1973,<br />
president of<br />
marketing<br />
services<br />
group in<br />
orchard park,<br />
N.y., helped<br />
launch “msg<br />
oN-sIte,”<br />
a consult-<br />
KostrzewsKi ing service<br />
th<strong>at</strong> offers in-house marketing<br />
deliverables for industry<br />
and nonprofit organiz<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
Kostrzewski resides in orchard<br />
park. alan J. Laurita, JD 1973<br />
& Bs 1968, is a partner in the<br />
real est<strong>at</strong>e and finance practice<br />
group <strong>at</strong> hodgson russ in<br />
buffalo, N.y. Laurita lives in<br />
bemus point,<br />
N.y. Jerry<br />
solomon, JD<br />
1973 & Bs<br />
1970, is of<br />
counsel <strong>at</strong><br />
Laurita hiscock &<br />
barclay in<br />
rochester,<br />
N.y.<br />
previously,<br />
he served for<br />
25 years as<br />
soLomon<br />
a prosecutor<br />
with the New york st<strong>at</strong>e<br />
<strong>at</strong>torney general’s medicaid<br />
fraud control unit. solomon<br />
resides in penfield, N.y. Daniel<br />
maloney, Bs 1974, is an investment<br />
banker and managing<br />
director of aria capital<br />
advisors in tampa, fla., where<br />
he lives. raymond L. Fink, Ba<br />
1975, has been named a 2012<br />
Lawyer of the<br />
year in the<br />
field of bankruptcylitig<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
by best<br />
Lawyers. he<br />
is a founding<br />
partner of harter secrest<br />
& emery LLp’s buffalo,<br />
N.y. office. fink resides in<br />
rochester, N.y. robert D.<br />
Heilman, mBa 1975, established<br />
asia sourcing in buffalo, N.y.,<br />
where he consults for small<br />
and medium companies seeking<br />
products in china. he<br />
lives in buffalo, N.y. sharon B.<br />
Koons, Ba 1975, is director of<br />
equal employment opportunity<br />
consulting and affirm<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
action planning <strong>at</strong> gerstco,<br />
an affirm<strong>at</strong>ive action consulting<br />
firm in cupertino, calif.<br />
she resides in palo alto, calif.<br />
* Diane F. Bosse, JD 1976 & Ba<br />
FinK<br />
1973, of counsel for hurwitz &<br />
fine p.c., has been appointed<br />
chair of the accredit<strong>at</strong>ion committee<br />
of the american bar<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion’s section of Legal<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion and admissions to<br />
the bar. she lives in clarence,<br />
N.y. Kit F. Burr, mBa 1976 & Bs<br />
1969, retired from the baptist<br />
Life associ<strong>at</strong>ion after serving<br />
as president for 12 years.<br />
he will continue to serve the<br />
baptist Life associ<strong>at</strong>ion as a<br />
consultant to his successor.<br />
he resides in buffalo, N.y.<br />
tim c. Loftis, Ba 1976, partner<br />
with Jaeckle<br />
fleischmann<br />
& mugel LLp<br />
in buffalo,<br />
N.y., has been<br />
elected chair<br />
LoFtis<br />
of the buffalo<br />
Niagara partnership board of<br />
directors. Loftis lives in east<br />
aurora, N.y. Beth resmantargoff,<br />
PhD 1976 & Bs 1973, was<br />
named 2011 pharmacist of the<br />
year by the oklahoma society<br />
of health-system pharmacists.<br />
she is a clinical professor <strong>at</strong><br />
the university of oklahoma<br />
college of pharmacy, serves as<br />
councilor for the region VI rho<br />
chi pharmacy honor society<br />
and is a fellow of the american<br />
college of clinical pharmacy.<br />
resman-targoff resides in<br />
oklahoma city, okla. Jeffrey<br />
m. Goldfarb, Ba 1977, a certified<br />
financial planner and president<br />
of Jeffrey m. goldfarb &<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>es, was named a<br />
member of the raymond<br />
James financial services’ 2011<br />
executive council for his high<br />
level of commitment to clients<br />
through personal service and<br />
professional integrity. he was<br />
also appointed to the dean’s<br />
advisory council for ub’s<br />
college of arts and sciences.<br />
he lives in buffalo, N.y. william<br />
r. calnon, DDs 1978, is president<br />
of the american dental<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion (ada). he previously<br />
served as trustee for the<br />
2nd district of the ada and as<br />
president of the New york st<strong>at</strong>e<br />
dental associ<strong>at</strong>ion. calnon<br />
resides in spencerport, N.y.<br />
* Gary Graber, JD 1978 & Ba<br />
1975, an <strong>at</strong>torney <strong>at</strong> hodgson<br />
russ in buffalo, N.y., has been<br />
named a 2012 Lawyer of the<br />
year in the field of bankruptcy<br />
and creditor debtor rights, and<br />
insolvency and reorganiz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
by best Lawyers. graber lives<br />
in orchard park, N.y. David a.<br />
mancuso, Ba 1978, vice president<br />
for <strong>at</strong>&t in boston, mass.,<br />
serves on the board of directors<br />
for associ<strong>at</strong>ed Industries<br />
of massachusetts. he is a<br />
member of the massachusetts<br />
business alliance for educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and the massachusetts<br />
chamber of business and<br />
Industry. mancuso resides<br />
in reading,<br />
mass. John<br />
L. simson,<br />
JD 1978, is<br />
of counsel<br />
<strong>at</strong> Lommen,<br />
simson<br />
abdo,<br />
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Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Billboard<br />
UBAA SchOLArShip Dinner<br />
Six students receive awards<br />
UB Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion President Tim Lafferty, BS ’86, presented a total of $7,500<br />
in scholarship money to six students during the UB Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion scholarship<br />
dinner Feb. 3 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.<br />
J. Scott Fleming Scholarship<br />
The J. Scott fleming Scholarship, established in 1985 as a student-to-student award,<br />
was given to four individuals who promote student involvement and enhance the student<br />
experience <strong>at</strong> UB. The recipients are n<strong>at</strong>hanael David carbrey, Grace mukupa,<br />
Jovin panthap<strong>at</strong>tu and Jennifer Trapani.<br />
carbrey, who is pursuing a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree in accounting,<br />
helped refund more than $1 million to local taxpayers through his work with UB’s Volunteer<br />
income Tax Assistance program.<br />
mukupa, a doctoral student and president<br />
of the Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Student Associ<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
presented <strong>at</strong> the 16th intern<strong>at</strong>ional conference<br />
on AiDS & STis in Africa in Addis<br />
Ababa, ethiopia, in December 2011.<br />
panthap<strong>at</strong>tu is pursuing a degree in<br />
pharmacy and is a research assistant in a<br />
pharmacology and toxicology lab, as well<br />
as a senior student assistant in campus<br />
Living’s residential educ<strong>at</strong>ion Department.<br />
Trapani, a junior biological sciences<br />
major, is a member of the Undergradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Academies Living and Learning community.<br />
She is pursuing research with<br />
significant relevance to the Gre<strong>at</strong> Lakes<br />
communities.<br />
Alumnae Scholarship<br />
Lisa Kulka was presented with the Alumnae Scholarship for her academic and<br />
extracurricular accomplishments. Kulka is a senior studying english and english as<br />
a second language educ<strong>at</strong>ion. She plans to enroll this fall in UB’s Gradu<strong>at</strong>e School of<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion to obtain her teacher certific<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
Willie R. Evans UB Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Legacy Scholarship<br />
The Willie r. evans UB Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Legacy Scholarship went to caitlin curry.<br />
A junior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business administr<strong>at</strong>ion with a concentr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
in intern<strong>at</strong>ional business, curry is on the cross country and track and field teams.<br />
“I am so proud of these students and I look<br />
forward to welcoming them into the alumni<br />
family when they gradu<strong>at</strong>e.”<br />
Tim LAfferTY, ALUmni ASSOciATiOn preSiDenT<br />
Grace mukupa accepts her J. Scott fleming<br />
Award. With her is Alex B. Ampadu, associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
professor in the School of management.
ub doWNtoWN aNd ub <strong>at</strong> NooN<br />
5 for 5<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Buffalo</strong> Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion hosted<br />
five well-received luncheon present<strong>at</strong>ions both on<br />
and off campus.<br />
Day trip on the Erie Canal (June)<br />
ub <strong>at</strong> Noon kicked off the summer June 21 with a day<br />
trip on the erie canal. a group of 50 began the day with<br />
a two-hour narr<strong>at</strong>ed bo<strong>at</strong> tour followed by a lunch buffet<br />
<strong>at</strong> Lockport’s canalside banquet center and a trip to<br />
the city’s market street art center.<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> zoo Rainforest<br />
Falls Habit<strong>at</strong> (August)<br />
a new rainforest falls habit<strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>at</strong> the buffalo Zoo provides<br />
shelter for hundreds<br />
of exotic species thanks to<br />
gwen howard, march ’95,<br />
project manager and associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
<strong>at</strong> the architectural<br />
firm foit-albert associ<strong>at</strong>es.<br />
on aug. 24, howard spoke to a crowd of 65 during a ub<br />
<strong>at</strong> Noon lecture <strong>at</strong> buffalo Zoo’s children’s resource<br />
center about her unique specialty and her upcoming<br />
project to design a new arctic habit<strong>at</strong>.<br />
Longevity and Luck (September)<br />
on sept. 16 as part of ub <strong>at</strong> Noon, stephen mcKinley<br />
henderson, actor, director and professor in the ub department<br />
of the<strong>at</strong>re and dance, spoke about “longevity<br />
and luck” in the center for tomorrow, North campus.<br />
henderson was nomin<strong>at</strong>ed for a 2010 tony award for<br />
his performance in the broadway revival of “fences.”<br />
he also has roles in three forthcoming fe<strong>at</strong>ure films.<br />
Medical School Move (October)<br />
on oct. 5, michael cain, vice president for health sciences<br />
and dean of the school of medicine and biomedical<br />
sciences, described the medical school’s impending<br />
move to the buffalo Niagara medical campus downtown.<br />
more than 100 alumni and friends <strong>at</strong>tended this<br />
ub downtown event <strong>at</strong> chef’s restaurant.<br />
Canalside District Development (November)<br />
redevelopment of buffalo’s historic canalside districtwas<br />
the topic of discussion for the Nov. 10 ub downtown<br />
lecture. moder<strong>at</strong>or was thomas dee, emba ’96<br />
& bs ’95, president of the erie canal harbor development<br />
corpor<strong>at</strong>ion. panelists were hiro h<strong>at</strong>a, associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
professor in urban design; former faculty member max<br />
Willig and rishawn sonubi, mup ’03, march ’03 & bps<br />
’00; and douglas swift, march ’93.<br />
To sign up and learn about future luncheon present<strong>at</strong>ions,<br />
go to alumni.buffalo.edu/events.<br />
classnotes<br />
upd<strong>at</strong>es from grads by the decade<br />
cole, King & stageberg in<br />
Washington, d.c. he lives<br />
in silver spring, md. Nancy<br />
Carriuolo, PhD 1979, president<br />
of rhode Island college,<br />
received a 2011 Women of<br />
achievement award from<br />
the yWca. carriuolo is a<br />
longstanding member of<br />
the board of the Journal of<br />
developmental educ<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />
the founding st<strong>at</strong>ewide leader<br />
of the rhode Island chapter<br />
of the american council<br />
on educ<strong>at</strong>ion’s Network of<br />
Women Leaders in higher<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion. carriuolo resides<br />
in providence, r.I. Charles J.<br />
Desmarais, MFA 1979, is president<br />
of the san francisco art<br />
Institute<br />
(sfaI), where<br />
he shapes<br />
and implements<br />
the<br />
school’s<br />
DESMARAiS str<strong>at</strong>egic<br />
plan for long-term growth,<br />
strength and sustainability.<br />
he also oversees sfaI’s<br />
academic programs, which<br />
emphasize rigorous studio<br />
practices and interdisciplinary<br />
studies. he lives in san<br />
francisco, calif. James E.<br />
Hughes, JD 1979 & BS 1976, partner<br />
<strong>at</strong> hancock estabrook LLp<br />
in syracuse, N.y., presented<br />
<strong>at</strong> the construction owners<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion of america’s<br />
spring Leadership conference<br />
in 2011. hughes resides in<br />
fayetteville, N.y. Vincent E.<br />
Scicchitano, BA 1979, is a member<br />
of the<br />
supervisory<br />
committee<br />
<strong>at</strong> bethpage<br />
federal<br />
credit union<br />
SCiCCHitANo in bethpage,<br />
N.y. he has extensive experience<br />
in str<strong>at</strong>egy, business<br />
development, finance, accounting,<br />
planning and analysis.<br />
scicchitano lives in Nesconset,<br />
N.y.<br />
80<br />
Randolph Rakoczynski, MS<br />
1980, a senior project engineer<br />
<strong>at</strong> barton & Loguidice<br />
pc, received the 2011 William<br />
a. faust award from the<br />
Niagara frontier section of<br />
the air & Waste management<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion. rakoczynski<br />
resides in snyder, N.y. * Barry<br />
J. Glick, PhD 1981 & BA 1974, is<br />
chief executive officer of aLK<br />
technologies in princeton,<br />
N.J. he was the founding<br />
ceo of geosystems global<br />
corpor<strong>at</strong>ion and led the<br />
company to its breakthrough<br />
mapQuest.com consumer<br />
website. glick, who lives<br />
in arlington, Va., received<br />
a distinguished alumni<br />
award from the ub alumni<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion in 2007.Karen<br />
A. Cummings, BS 1982, is a<br />
commercial banker and vice<br />
president for the erie county<br />
market <strong>at</strong> five star bank<br />
in buffalo, N.y. cummings<br />
resides in buffalo. Lola E. Kelly,<br />
EdM 1982 & BA 1974, is a member<br />
of the board of directors<br />
for the Nea found<strong>at</strong>ion. she<br />
is a teacher of u.s. history<br />
and government and ap u.s.<br />
history in the east rochester<br />
school district. Kelly lives in<br />
rochester, N.y. Eric M. Kramer,<br />
BS 1982, partner with farrell<br />
fritz in uniondale, N.y., was<br />
appointed to the New york<br />
st<strong>at</strong>e society of certified public<br />
accountants’ board of directors.<br />
Kramer serves on the<br />
advisory board of the Long<br />
Island community found<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
he resides in dix hills, N.y.<br />
Barrie E. Bazarsky, BS 1983,<br />
is an associ<strong>at</strong>e director of<br />
the bethpage federal credit<br />
union in bethpage, N.y. she<br />
is also a senior associ<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong><br />
birzon, strang & associ<strong>at</strong>es in<br />
smithtown,<br />
N.y., where<br />
she focuses<br />
her practice<br />
on personal<br />
injury and<br />
commercial<br />
litig<strong>at</strong>ion. bazarsky lives<br />
in oceanside, N.y. Michael<br />
Mooney, BS 1983, is director of<br />
intercollegi<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong>hletics and<br />
recre<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> suNy geneseo<br />
in geneseo, N.y. he serves<br />
as president of the suNy<br />
<strong>at</strong>hletic conference and as<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ional chair of the Ncaa<br />
division III men’s soccer allamerica<br />
committee. mooney<br />
resides in geneseo.* Robert<br />
BAzARSKy<br />
Smolinski, MD 1983, a surgeon<br />
with university orthopaedics,<br />
particip<strong>at</strong>ed in the hope for<br />
tomorrow found<strong>at</strong>ion’s effort<br />
to don<strong>at</strong>e 100 surgeries for<br />
the needy in the Immacul<strong>at</strong>e<br />
conception hospital in Les<br />
cayes, haiti. he lives in<br />
orchard park, N.y. Stam<strong>at</strong>ia<br />
V. Destounis, BS 1984, is a fellow<br />
of the american college<br />
of radiology. she is a radiologist<br />
and managing partner <strong>at</strong><br />
elizabeth Wende breast care<br />
LLc in rochester, N.y., and a<br />
clinical associ<strong>at</strong>e professor<br />
<strong>at</strong> the university of rochester<br />
school of medicine and<br />
dentistry. destounis resides in<br />
scottsville, N.y. Robert M. Dorcy,<br />
BS 1984, is director of rehabilit<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>at</strong> the<br />
Wartburg<br />
adult care<br />
community<br />
in mt. Vernon,<br />
N.y. dorcy<br />
DoRCy<br />
lives in<br />
ossining,<br />
N.y. Kerry A.<br />
Driscoll, PhD<br />
1984 & MA<br />
1983, professor<br />
and chair<br />
DRiSCoLL<br />
of english <strong>at</strong><br />
saint Joseph college in West<br />
hartford, conn., received the<br />
2010-2011 reverend John J.<br />
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alumninews<br />
Member Spotlight<br />
Carrie Boye, BFA ’97*<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong>, N.Y.<br />
Why did you join UBAA?<br />
So many doors have opened up for me as a member of the UB Alumni<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion and the UBAA board of directors, both to network and<br />
to make a difference to UB. Just this summer a potential UB gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
student from Calcutta, India, contacted me via UBAA’s Facebook<br />
page. I was able to tout all UB’s strengths, and lo and behold, he<br />
decided to come to UB instead of his other option, Arizona St<strong>at</strong>e<br />
<strong>University</strong>. I’ve since had the pleasure of meeting the student and his<br />
friends in person, and they are all loving UB!<br />
*UBAA MEMBEr SInCE 2009<br />
42 UBTODAY Spring 2012 www.buffalo.edu/UBT<br />
Boye close-up:<br />
Owner/Co-founder of Allstar Advertising, soon to<br />
be known as Boye Cre<strong>at</strong>ive Group, with brother,<br />
Jerry. The firm provides marketing and advertising<br />
services in the areas of television, Web, video,<br />
print and corpor<strong>at</strong>e branding.<br />
Fond UB memories:<br />
The many friends I made <strong>at</strong> UB, especially professor<br />
Alan E. Cober (1935-1998). His illustr<strong>at</strong>ion program<br />
truly shaped who I became as an artist.<br />
Carrie Boye with<br />
Dipayan Majumder,<br />
the Indian<br />
student whom<br />
she encouraged<br />
to enroll <strong>at</strong> UB.
NANCY J PARISI<br />
alumni Soirée <strong>at</strong> Sardi’s<br />
03.27.12<br />
sardi’s restaurant, New<br />
york city<br />
calendar<br />
Distinguished Speakers Series<br />
Mary Robinson, Former<br />
President of Ireland<br />
03.29.12<br />
center for the arts,<br />
North campus<br />
alumni associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
achievement awards<br />
04.13.12<br />
slee hall and center for<br />
the arts, North campus<br />
Oozefest<br />
04.28.12<br />
mud pit, st. rita’s Lane,<br />
North campus<br />
50th annual law alumni<br />
Dinner<br />
05.03.12<br />
hy<strong>at</strong>t regency, buffalo<br />
Commencement<br />
weekend<br />
05.11-13.12<br />
Various loc<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
Meet new Dean of<br />
nursing Marsha l. lewis<br />
05.23.12<br />
frank Lloyd Wright<br />
bo<strong>at</strong>house, buffalo<br />
Career Convers<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong><br />
05.30.12<br />
ramada hotel &<br />
conference center<br />
UB 2020 Presidential<br />
alumni Tour<br />
05.31.12<br />
Los angeles<br />
School of Pharmacy &<br />
Pharmaceutical Sciences<br />
Golf Tournament<br />
06.11.12<br />
Lockport, N.y.<br />
All d<strong>at</strong>es and times subject<br />
to change. Visit www.<br />
alumni.buffalo.edu/events<br />
for upd<strong>at</strong>es.<br />
classnotes<br />
upd<strong>at</strong>es from grads by the decade<br />
stack teaching excellence<br />
award. she resides in hartford.<br />
levant Onural, PhD 1985, was<br />
honored <strong>at</strong> the 2011 Institute<br />
of electrical and electronics<br />
engineers (Ieee) honors<br />
ceremony in san francisco,<br />
calif., for more than 20 years<br />
of volunteer work to improve<br />
the global reach of Ieee and<br />
promote its goal of advancing<br />
technology. he is a professor<br />
and dean of engineering <strong>at</strong><br />
bilkent university in ankara,<br />
turkey, where he lives. annette<br />
l. Pinder, Ba 1985, is associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
publisher and managing editor<br />
of buffalo healthy Living<br />
magazine in east amherst,<br />
N.y., where she resides. Robert<br />
G. whelen Jr., BS 1985, vice<br />
president of real est<strong>at</strong>e and<br />
environmental health and<br />
safety for harris corpor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
in melbourne, fla., was named<br />
“champion of change” by the<br />
obama administr<strong>at</strong>ion in may<br />
2011. as part of this honor, he<br />
particip<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
in a discussion<br />
of how<br />
retiring the<br />
space shuttle<br />
would affect<br />
whelan the space<br />
coast economy. he lives in<br />
melbourne, fla. Gregory P.<br />
Rabb, JD 1986, associ<strong>at</strong>e professor<br />
of political science and<br />
coordin<strong>at</strong>or of global educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>at</strong> Jamestown community<br />
college in Jamestown, N.y.,<br />
received the 2011 suNy<br />
chancellor’s award for excellence<br />
in teaching. rabb<br />
resides in Jamestown. Robert<br />
a. Sanders, March 1986, is<br />
manager of the architecture<br />
department and senior<br />
project manager for W<strong>at</strong>ts<br />
In Memory of UB alumni<br />
architecture and engineering<br />
in buffalo, N.y., where he<br />
lives. Thuy Xuan Dao-Priest, BS<br />
1987, is an optometrist for eye<br />
care services <strong>at</strong> the marion<br />
b. folsom health center in<br />
henrietta, N.y. she resides<br />
in ontario, N.y. Christopher l.<br />
hitchcock, MS 1988 & Ba 1979,<br />
sales engineering manager<br />
<strong>at</strong> birdair Inc. in Williamsville,<br />
N.y., was elected the 2012<br />
chair of taste<br />
of buffalo.<br />
he lives in<br />
pendleton,<br />
N.y. Robert J.<br />
Beichner, PhD<br />
hITChCOCK 1989, professor<br />
of physics<br />
<strong>at</strong> North<br />
carolina<br />
st<strong>at</strong>e<br />
university,<br />
received<br />
BeIChneR the 2011<br />
harold W. mcgraw Jr. prize in<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion. beichner resides in<br />
raleigh, N.c. Chan P. Chong, Ba<br />
1989 & BS 1989, is president of<br />
everett charles technologies<br />
(ect). he is based in singapore<br />
and oversees global ect business.<br />
chong lives in Kallang,<br />
singapore. Vincent e. Doyle<br />
III, JD 1989, a partner <strong>at</strong> the<br />
buffalo law firm of connors<br />
& Vilardo LLp, is president<br />
of the New york st<strong>at</strong>e bar<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion. he resides in<br />
buffalo, N.y. Marcia Koch, BS<br />
1989, is vice president and<br />
general manager of perfect<br />
form manufacturing LLc in<br />
rochester, N.y. she lives in<br />
geneseo, N.y. anthony M. lanza,<br />
Ba 1989, is vice president<br />
and manager of Key bank in<br />
amherst, N.y. he resides in<br />
Lancaster, N.y.<br />
two legends of science died in 2011: Nobel Laure<strong>at</strong>e<br />
herbert hauptman and Wilson gre<strong>at</strong>b<strong>at</strong>ch, ms<br />
’57, inventor of the impantable pacemaker. see<br />
full story <strong>at</strong> www.buffalo.edu/home/fe<strong>at</strong>ure_story/<br />
hauptman-gre<strong>at</strong>b<strong>at</strong>ch-legacies.html<br />
for listings of alumni de<strong>at</strong>hs since our last issue,<br />
go to www.buffalo.edu/ubt.<br />
90<br />
Samantha hens, Ba 1990, is a full<br />
professor in the department<br />
of anthropology <strong>at</strong> california<br />
st<strong>at</strong>e university, sacramento<br />
in sacramento, calif., where<br />
she lives. Roger Bullivant, BS<br />
1991, is director of engineering<br />
<strong>at</strong> branson ultrasonics in<br />
danbury, conn. he resides in<br />
oxford, conn. Kevin I. Dyke,<br />
edM 1992, is assistant professor<br />
of m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics <strong>at</strong> georgia<br />
highlands college. he lives in<br />
<strong>at</strong>lanta, ga. Peter S. Brouwer,<br />
PhD 1993, is dean of the school<br />
of educ<strong>at</strong>ion and professional<br />
studies and a professor of<br />
m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics educ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong><br />
suNy potsdam in potsdam,<br />
N.y., where he lives. Gerald<br />
J. Gill Jr., JD 1993, is chief of<br />
police of the Lancaster, N.y.,<br />
police department. he is also<br />
an <strong>at</strong>torney in priv<strong>at</strong>e practice.<br />
gill resides in Lancaster, N.y.<br />
Kelly Julius, BS 1994 & aaS 1988,<br />
is assistant vice president of<br />
human resources <strong>at</strong> merchants<br />
Insurance group in buffalo,<br />
N.y. she lives in grand Island,<br />
N.y. amber M. Dixon, edM 1995,<br />
is interim<br />
superintendent<br />
of<br />
buffalo public<br />
schools,<br />
where she<br />
DIXOn<br />
also serves<br />
as chief inform<strong>at</strong>ion officer and<br />
oversees the office of shared<br />
accountability. dixon resides<br />
in buffalo, N.y. Jill a. Mundy,<br />
MBa 1995 & BS 1977, a realtor<br />
with remaX Valley properties<br />
in green Valley, ariz., was<br />
named 2011 realtor of the year<br />
by the green Valley sahuarita<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion of realtors. she<br />
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Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Achievement Awards<br />
2012<br />
Congr<strong>at</strong>ul<strong>at</strong>ions to this year’s award winners<br />
Bringing distinction to themselves and the university through<br />
outstanding professional and personal achievement, loyal service to<br />
UB and exemplary service to their communities<br />
SAmuel P. CAPen AwArd<br />
* John R. (Jack) Davis, BS ’55, of Akron, N.Y.<br />
dr. PhiliP B. welS OutStAnding ServiCe AwArd<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Buffalo</strong> Engineering Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
dr. riChArd t. SArkin AwArd fOr exCellenCe in teAChing<br />
Linda Heim McCausland, EdD ’90, MS ’78 & BS ’74, of Amherst, N.Y.<br />
CliffOrd C. furnAS memOriAl AwArd<br />
Dexter Johnson, PhD ’95, MS ’89 & BS ’87, of Cleveland, Ohio<br />
wAlter P. COOke AwArd<br />
Esther S. Takeuchi, of East Amherst, N.Y.<br />
geOrge w. thOrn AwArd<br />
Daniel G. Gibson, BS ’99, of La Jolla, Calif.<br />
COmmunity leAderShiP AwArd<br />
Jim and Jill Kelly, of East Aurora, N.Y.<br />
diStinguiShed Alumni AwArd<br />
C. L. Max Nikias, PhD ’81 & MS ’80, of San Marino, Calif.<br />
Frank B. Silvestro, MA ’68 & BA ’62, of Clarence, N.Y.<br />
internAtiOnAl diStinguiShed Alumni AwArd<br />
Seong-Kon Kim, PhD ’84 & MA ’81, of Seoul, Republic of Korea<br />
Robin Li, MS ’94, of Beijing, China<br />
vOlunteer reCOgnitiOn AwArd<br />
To honor outstanding volunteer contributions to the university<br />
* Rita Andolina, MSW ’88 & BA ’80<br />
* Raymond P. Poltorak, MBA ’68 & BA ’65<br />
* Roger Roll, Friend<br />
the Alumni ASSOCiAtiOn AChievement AwArdS will Be held<br />
Friday, April 13, <strong>at</strong> 6:30 p.m<br />
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall<br />
Reception to follow in the Center for the Arts Atrium.<br />
Tickets are $75 each and are available by calling the alumni office <strong>at</strong><br />
1-800-284-5382, or online <strong>at</strong> www.alumni.buffalo.edu/events.<br />
*Asterisk indic<strong>at</strong>es UBAA member
UBAA Travel From the fabled British<br />
Isles to rugged Member Alaska and picturesque Spotlight<br />
Tuscany, the UB Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion is offering<br />
three incomparable trips in 2012 in conjunction<br />
with its travel partners AHI and GoNext.<br />
British isles Odyssey Oceania Cruise,<br />
June 5-18, 2012<br />
Explore the rich history and dram<strong>at</strong>ic<br />
scenery of the British Isles<br />
while cruising on the elegant and<br />
graceful Oceania Cruises’ Marina.<br />
Picturesque landscapes and fascin<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
<strong>at</strong>tractions are revealed in<br />
Scotland, the Isle of Skye, Ireland<br />
and England.<br />
Alaskan Discovery Regent Seven Seas Cruise,<br />
June 13-20, 2012<br />
Discover Alaska’s rugged beauty while enjoying<br />
the most all-inclusive luxury cruise experience<br />
ever with Regent Seven Seas Cruises. See the<br />
magnificent Hubbard Glacier and<br />
visit the stunning Alaskan ports<br />
of Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway<br />
and Sitka aboard the elegant<br />
Seven Seas Navig<strong>at</strong>or.<br />
Tuscany, italy,<br />
October 10-18, 2012<br />
The charming village of Cortona will be your<br />
home base as you discover the many treasures<br />
of this celebr<strong>at</strong>ed land. Journey to tiny<br />
Montepulciano, set in the heart of Chianti<br />
country, and admire the magnificent palaces<br />
and churches th<strong>at</strong> grace its squares. In Siena,<br />
navig<strong>at</strong>e narrow cobblestone streets lined with<br />
Gothic buildings, visit the magnificent Duomo<br />
and stroll the Piazza del Campo, one of the loveliest<br />
squares in Italy. Experience the<br />
brilliant artistic and architectural<br />
heritage of Florence, the cradle of<br />
the Renaissance. In the Umbria<br />
region, explore medieval Assisi,<br />
home to the exquisite Basilica<br />
of St. Francis, and Perugia, an<br />
ancient Etruscan city-st<strong>at</strong>e.<br />
for more inform<strong>at</strong>ion, including details on this<br />
and other ub alumni trips, go to<br />
www.alumni.buffalo.edu/benefits<br />
classnotes<br />
upd<strong>at</strong>es from grads by the decade<br />
lives in green Valley. Eric W.<br />
Otto, BS 1995, is director of<br />
bioanalytical and microbial<br />
quality control for genencor<br />
in rochester, N.y. he recently<br />
completed an assignment in<br />
palo alto, calif., as a technology<br />
manager for genencor,<br />
where he contributed to engineering<br />
development for the<br />
bioIsoprene program with<br />
goodyear tire and rubber<br />
company. he resides in<br />
rochester. Ronald Schenk, PhD<br />
1995, is dean of the division of<br />
health and human services <strong>at</strong><br />
daemen college in amherst,<br />
N.y. he lives in orchard park,<br />
N.y. Cheryl L. Burm, BA 1996, is<br />
an associ<strong>at</strong>e in the real est<strong>at</strong>e<br />
default group of Weltman,<br />
Weinburg & reis co. Lpa in ft.<br />
Lauderdale, fla. she is a member<br />
of the florida, broward<br />
county and dade county bar<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ions. burm resides<br />
in pompano beach, fla. John<br />
L. Ferrari, BA 1996, is senior<br />
vice president of finance for<br />
mWW group, an independent<br />
public rel<strong>at</strong>ions firm in east<br />
rutherford, N.J. ferrari lives<br />
in New york, N.y. Andrew J.<br />
Freedman, JD 1996 & BA 1992,<br />
is a partner<br />
<strong>at</strong> hodgson<br />
russ LLp in<br />
the firm’s<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion law<br />
and labor and<br />
FREEDMAN employment<br />
practice groups. he has extensive<br />
experience counseling<br />
school districts and boards of<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion on the full range of<br />
complex challenges they face.<br />
freedman resides in buffalo,<br />
N.y. Mary A. Haberl, EdD 1996,<br />
is a founding partner of solar4<br />
Leesburg LLc, a solar system<br />
design and install<strong>at</strong>ion business<br />
in Leesburg, Va. haberl<br />
lives in Leesburg. Jeffrey Kerl,<br />
BS 1996, is a<br />
credit officer<br />
in the credit<br />
administr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
division<br />
of middlesex<br />
KERL<br />
savings bank<br />
in N<strong>at</strong>ick, mass. he resides<br />
in marlborough, mass. Jason<br />
C. Benedict, BPS 1997, was<br />
named associ<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong> King + King<br />
architects in syracuse, N.y. he<br />
is accredited by the american<br />
Institute of<br />
architects<br />
and has Leed<br />
credentials.<br />
he lives in<br />
chittenango,<br />
BENEDiCT N.y. Rosanna<br />
Berardi, JD<br />
1997, is a<br />
managing<br />
partner<br />
and founder<br />
of berardi<br />
BERARDi Immigr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Law with multiple offices along<br />
the u.s.-canadian border.<br />
she authored a chapter in the<br />
american bar associ<strong>at</strong>ion’s<br />
newly released book, “the<br />
road to Independence: 101<br />
Women’s Journeys to starting<br />
their own Law firms.”<br />
berardi resides in Lancaster,<br />
N.y. John T. Bragger, BS 1997,<br />
is manager of the North<br />
highland company’s office in<br />
philadelphia, pa. he previously<br />
served as a senior marketing<br />
analyst with comcast. bragger<br />
lives in cheyney, pa. N<strong>at</strong>alie<br />
Miovski, BPS 1997, is a founding<br />
member of the Nursing<br />
Institute for<br />
healthcare<br />
design. she is<br />
a principal <strong>at</strong><br />
ewingcole in<br />
philadelphia,<br />
MiOvSKi pa. and a<br />
Leed accredited professional.<br />
miovski lives in philadelphia.<br />
Tracy A. Panzarella, BA 1997,<br />
received the 2011 outstanding<br />
service and dedic<strong>at</strong>ion to the<br />
fields of speech-Language<br />
p<strong>at</strong>hology and audiology<br />
award from the speech-<br />
Language and hearing<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion of Western New<br />
york. she resides in amherst,<br />
N.y. John J. Koeppel, JD 1998,<br />
MBA 1995 & BA 1995, a partner<br />
with the firm of Nixon peabody<br />
LLp in buffalo, N.y., leads the<br />
firm’s priv<strong>at</strong>e equity and investment<br />
funds practice. Koeppel<br />
resides in hamburg, N.y.<br />
Michael J. Conroe, BPS 1999, is<br />
a project architect <strong>at</strong> Wendel,<br />
a design firm in buffalo, N.y.<br />
a registered<br />
architect,<br />
conroe is<br />
a Leed<br />
accredited<br />
professional.<br />
CONROE<br />
he lives in<br />
buffalo. John K. Grandy, MS<br />
1999, is a member of the editorial<br />
board of the Journal of<br />
Intern<strong>at</strong>ional students based<br />
<strong>at</strong> arkansas st<strong>at</strong>e university.<br />
he resides in orchard park,<br />
N.y. Kimberly A. Kayiwa, JD<br />
1999, is of counsel for segal<br />
mccambridge singer &<br />
mahoney Ltd. in chicago, Ill.<br />
she focuses her practice on<br />
defense of medical device and<br />
pharmaceutical manufacturers,<br />
as well as professional liability<br />
m<strong>at</strong>ters concerning hospitals<br />
and physicians. Kayiwa serves<br />
as a member of the executive<br />
board of chicago Volunteer<br />
Legal services. she lives in<br />
chicago. K<strong>at</strong>hleen J. Martin,<br />
JD 1999 & BA 1996, is special<br />
counsel in the general litig<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
practice<br />
group <strong>at</strong><br />
goldberg<br />
segalla LLp<br />
in buffalo,<br />
N.y. she has<br />
MARTiN<br />
more than 10<br />
years’ experience in numerous<br />
areas of personal injury<br />
and liability. martin resides in<br />
buffalo, N.y.<br />
The asterisk says<br />
they are members<br />
of the UB Alumni<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
Are you?<br />
www.alumni.buffalo.edu ubtoday spring 2012 45
flashback<br />
1949<br />
Winter Carnival Instead of moaning about the <strong>Buffalo</strong> snow, UB students in the mid-20th century used snow to their ad-<br />
vantage. Winter Carnival was an anticip<strong>at</strong>ed annual event in February. It included such events as a ski fashion show, ice-sk<strong>at</strong>ing,<br />
snow sculpture contest, skiing contests, an all-freshman talent show, a king and queen contest, a beard-growing contest<br />
and a jazz concert. photo courtesy of university archives<br />
46 UBTODAY Spring 2012 www.buffalo.edu/UBT
classnotes<br />
upd<strong>at</strong>es from grads by the decade<br />
marco muenchhof, mS 2000, is<br />
director of system development<br />
<strong>at</strong> eckelmann ag in<br />
germany. he also teaches<br />
a gradu<strong>at</strong>e course on system<br />
identific<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> the tu<br />
darmstadt in germany. he<br />
lives in erzhausen, germany.<br />
*<br />
lim<br />
Eric k<strong>at</strong>zman, Ba 2001,<br />
00<br />
is director of communic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
and marketing for the<br />
madison square garden boys<br />
and girls club in New york,<br />
N.y. he resides in forest hills,<br />
N.y. Sabina lim, mD 2001, is<br />
executive director of yale-New<br />
haven psychi<strong>at</strong>ric hospital in<br />
New haven, conn. she is also<br />
assistant clinical professor of<br />
psychi<strong>at</strong>ry <strong>at</strong> yale school of<br />
medicine.<br />
Lim lives in<br />
hamden,<br />
conn. kristie<br />
l. mack,<br />
BpS 2002,<br />
is a project<br />
manager <strong>at</strong><br />
King + King<br />
architects<br />
in syracuse,<br />
N.y., where<br />
she focuses<br />
mack<br />
her practice<br />
in the health care industry.<br />
mack resides in oneida, N.y.<br />
Vincent T. pallaci, Ba 2002, is a<br />
partner with Kushnick pallaci<br />
pLLc in melville, N.y. he focuses<br />
his practice on complex<br />
construction disputes, and has<br />
lectured and written extensively<br />
on numerous topics of construction<br />
law. pallaci lives in<br />
bay shore, N.y. Jill m. Schaefer,<br />
mBa 2002 & BS 2002, a principal<br />
<strong>at</strong> Lumsden & mccormick<br />
in buffalo, N.y., earned a<br />
certific<strong>at</strong>e<br />
of advanced<br />
technical<br />
study for<br />
mastering<br />
health care<br />
ScHaEFEr accounting<br />
and finance. she resides<br />
in cheektowaga, N.y. James<br />
S. Skloda, JD 2002, a partner<br />
<strong>at</strong> hancock estabrook LLp<br />
in syracuse, N.y., presented<br />
on recent case law—and<br />
broader issues facing nonprofits<br />
<strong>at</strong>tempting to obtain or<br />
maintain property tax exemptions—<strong>at</strong><br />
the New york st<strong>at</strong>e<br />
bar associ<strong>at</strong>ion’s summer<br />
2011 meeting. he lives in clay,<br />
N.y. Walter iwanenko, phD 2003,<br />
is dean of gradu<strong>at</strong>e studies and<br />
a professor of public administr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>at</strong> hilbert college<br />
in hamburg, N.y., where he<br />
resides. christopher kicinski, BS<br />
2003, is vice president of sales<br />
and marketing <strong>at</strong> sandhill<br />
Investment management in<br />
buffalo, N.y.<br />
he is a certified<br />
public<br />
accountant<br />
and a certified<br />
financial<br />
kiciNSki planner.<br />
Kicinski lives<br />
in clarence<br />
center, N.y.<br />
Shauna a.<br />
Thelen, BS<br />
2003, direc-<br />
THElEN<br />
tor of human<br />
resources <strong>at</strong> Lumsden &<br />
mccormick in buffalo, N.y.,<br />
is a member of the society of<br />
human resource management<br />
and the buffalo Niagara human<br />
resource associ<strong>at</strong>ion. thelen<br />
resides in colden, N.y. Evan<br />
colfer, Ba 2004, is a movie<br />
trailer editor for Wild card in<br />
hollywood, calif. he worked<br />
on the 3d trailer for “green<br />
Lantern” and the intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
trailer for “X-men first<br />
class.” colfer lives in redondo<br />
beach, calif. Seth D. Hennard,<br />
mS 2004 & BS 2003, is manager<br />
of the auditing and accounting<br />
department <strong>at</strong> Lumsden &<br />
mccormick in<br />
buffalo, N.y.<br />
he resides<br />
in buffalo.<br />
margaret D.<br />
king, mBa<br />
HENNarD<br />
2004, vice<br />
president and<br />
senior product<br />
manager<br />
of hsbc bank<br />
usa, is on<br />
a two-year<br />
kiNG<br />
intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
assignment with hsbc in the<br />
united Kingdom, working in<br />
the bank’s headquarters in<br />
London. In august 2013, she<br />
will return to her home in<br />
Williamsville, N.y. * cristina a.<br />
Bahr, JD 2005 & BS 1998, is an<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong> harris beach pLLc<br />
in rochester, N.y. she focuses<br />
her practice on workplace<br />
disputes and employment m<strong>at</strong>ters.<br />
bahr is a member of the<br />
gre<strong>at</strong>er rochester associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
for Women <strong>at</strong>torneys and the<br />
steering committee of the<br />
rochester chapter of the ub<br />
Law school<br />
alumni<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
she resides<br />
in rochester.<br />
lindsey D.<br />
BaHr<br />
clark, mD<br />
2005, has<br />
joined ub<br />
orthopaedics<br />
& sports<br />
medicine. she<br />
is a fellow-<br />
clark<br />
ship-trained<br />
spine surgeon and clinical<br />
assistant professor <strong>at</strong> ub.<br />
clark resides in hamburg, N.y.<br />
peter Emmett Hurley, mD 2005 &<br />
mS 2001, is an ophthalmologist<br />
and oculoplastic surgeon <strong>at</strong><br />
fichte endl & elmer eyecare<br />
of Western New york. he lives<br />
in amherst, N.y. He<strong>at</strong>her D.<br />
Jung, Ba 2005, is manager of<br />
government<br />
affairs <strong>at</strong> the<br />
business<br />
council of<br />
New york<br />
st<strong>at</strong>e Inc.,<br />
JuNG<br />
in albany, N.y. she resides in<br />
albany. Daniel J. o’Hanlon, Ba<br />
2005, is coordin<strong>at</strong>or of institutional<br />
planning and assessment<br />
<strong>at</strong> austin community<br />
college in austin, tex., where<br />
he lives. amy a. Dauber, BS<br />
2006, is project coordin<strong>at</strong>or for<br />
university communic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
<strong>at</strong> ub. dauber resides in<br />
Lockport, N.y. James W.<br />
Herdlein, Ba 2007, started<br />
herdleinz hotz, a small business<br />
in which he makes and<br />
sells his own hot sauce. In<br />
2010, herdlein’s hot sauce won<br />
first place in the “am<strong>at</strong>eur<br />
sauce-off” competition <strong>at</strong> the<br />
annual buffalo chicken Wing<br />
festival. he lives in oceanside,<br />
N.y. pauline<br />
W. Hoffmann,<br />
phD 2007 &<br />
ma 2003, is<br />
interim dean<br />
of the russell<br />
HoFFmaNN J. Jandoli<br />
school of Journalism and<br />
mass communic<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> st.<br />
bonaventure university. she<br />
resides in alden, N.y. Jill r.<br />
Ginsburg, ma 2008, is assistant<br />
director of the bureau of<br />
Jewish educ<strong>at</strong>ion of gre<strong>at</strong>er<br />
buffalo in buffalo, N.y., where<br />
she lives. kevin Habberfield, JD<br />
2008, is a partner with the personal<br />
injury law firm of dwyer,<br />
black & Lyle LLp in olean, N.y.<br />
he is on the board of directors<br />
of numerous volunteer organiz<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
habberfield resides<br />
in scio, N.y. lisa Hayes, phD<br />
2008 & ma 2002, is president<br />
and chief executive officer of<br />
the accokeek found<strong>at</strong>ion in<br />
accokeek,<br />
md. she has<br />
served as<br />
the organiz<strong>at</strong>ion’s<br />
director<br />
of educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
HayES<br />
and public<br />
programs since 2007, overseeing<br />
content and delivery of<br />
events, special programs and<br />
school tours. hayes lives in<br />
bowie, md. Gerald c. mead Jr.,<br />
mFa 2008, BS 1986 & Ba 1985,<br />
received a bronze excalibur<br />
award from the regional chapter<br />
of the public rel<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
society of america and a<br />
silver addy award from the<br />
advertising club of buffalo<br />
for a tourism public<strong>at</strong>ion he<br />
authored for Visit buffalo<br />
Niagara. he resides in buffalo,<br />
N.y. Tammie lee Demler, EmBa<br />
2009, pharmD 2002 & BS 1992,<br />
director of pharmacy services<br />
<strong>at</strong> the buffalo psychi<strong>at</strong>ric<br />
center, received an american<br />
pharmacists associ<strong>at</strong>ion award<br />
in april 2011 for her work<br />
with the New york st<strong>at</strong>e office<br />
of mental health to improve<br />
vaccin<strong>at</strong>ion r<strong>at</strong>es. she also<br />
received a community service<br />
award from the mental health<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion of Niagara county<br />
in may 2011. she lives in<br />
Whe<strong>at</strong>field, N.y. ashley Nadine<br />
otto, Ba 2009 & cert 2009, is<br />
volunteer and resource coordin<strong>at</strong>or<br />
<strong>at</strong> Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Institute<br />
of buffalo. she is helping to<br />
start the americorps alumni<br />
buffalo chapter. otto resides in<br />
colden, N.y. Holly r. West, BS<br />
2009, is a senior certified public<br />
accountant <strong>at</strong> brock, schechter<br />
& polakoff LLp in buffalo, N.y.<br />
she lives in churchville, N.y.<br />
10<br />
Elaine S. rinfrette, phD 2010,<br />
is an assistant professor<br />
<strong>at</strong> edinboro university of<br />
pennsylvania in edinboro, pa.<br />
she resides in east concord,<br />
N.y. chelsea idrogo, mS 2011,<br />
is a staff accountant <strong>at</strong> brock,<br />
schechter & polakoff LLp<br />
in buffalo, N.y., where she<br />
lives. kristen m. lopez, mBa<br />
2011, is an account recruitment<br />
coordin<strong>at</strong>or for crowley<br />
Webb, a full-service marketing<br />
communic<strong>at</strong>ions agency<br />
in buffalo, N.y. she resides in<br />
cheektowaga, N.y. m<strong>at</strong>thew<br />
r.prok, Ba 2011 & BS 2011, is<br />
an account<br />
coordin<strong>at</strong>or<br />
<strong>at</strong> crowley<br />
Webb in<br />
buffalo, N.y.<br />
he lives in<br />
prok<br />
buffalo, N.y.<br />
www.alumni.buffalo.edu ubtoday spring 2012 47
michael Gelen, JD ’88<br />
Your love of mazes started<br />
when you lived <strong>at</strong> the Ellicott<br />
Complex.<br />
David Swan, BA ’81<br />
Greensboro, N.C.<br />
You are still wearing the 2008<br />
MAC Champions swe<strong>at</strong>shirt.<br />
* David Ariel, BA ’10<br />
New York, N.Y.<br />
You stalk your co-workers<br />
for their parking spot.<br />
Ben Loeffert, BS ’10<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong>, N.Y.<br />
A bluebird to you is a bus.<br />
Dana Louttit, JD ’86<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
You remember how many<br />
people g<strong>at</strong>hered in the area<br />
outside the old student union<br />
(Norton Hall, now Squire) on<br />
the first warm, sunny day in<br />
the spring.<br />
Leonard Goerss, BS ’77<br />
North Tonawanda, N.Y.<br />
Names like Red Jacket,<br />
Ellicott and Richmond make<br />
you think of housing, not<br />
history!<br />
Sarah Ruchalski, BA ’06<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong>, N.Y.<br />
48 UBTODAY Spring 2012 www.buffalo.edu/ubt<br />
opinion<br />
inmy<br />
Alumni shAre their thoughts<br />
Fill in the blank: You know you went to UB if...<br />
You still have the same down parka you bought for the<br />
first winter you spent there because the spine <strong>at</strong> the<br />
North Campus was like a wind tunnel!<br />
* Tom Trinchera, MLS ’96 & BA ’94<br />
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.<br />
You went to the “Library”<br />
for a drink (not to study or<br />
read). And you remember<br />
negoti<strong>at</strong>ing to get wings for<br />
$.05 <strong>at</strong> Miners Ten.<br />
Michael Williams, BS ’77 &<br />
AAS ’77<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong>, N.Y.<br />
You still can’t feel your toes.<br />
Larry Rosenthal, JD ’07 &<br />
MBA ’07<br />
Brooklyn, N.Y.<br />
You excel <strong>at</strong> solving complex<br />
multiple-choice questions,<br />
meaning very involved,<br />
“shades of gray” questions.<br />
* Jeffrey Raugh, BS ’95<br />
Williamsville, N.Y.<br />
Your favorite lunch was<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> wings <strong>at</strong> the local bar<br />
or deli.<br />
Marilyn Gross, MS ’79<br />
Downingtown, Pa.<br />
You started wearing your<br />
snow boots in October.<br />
Chuck Schwartz, AT<br />
Southampton, N.Y.<br />
You remember traveling<br />
the underground tunnels<br />
on the Main Street campus<br />
between academic buildings<br />
with the wind whipping<br />
the snow above, and<br />
s<strong>at</strong> on the grass in the<br />
springtime under tall trees<br />
by Hayes Hall, the squirrels<br />
scampering about as you<br />
read your assignments. If<br />
you remember this, you also<br />
know you’re old.<br />
Karyn Vampotic, JD ’84, EdM ’75<br />
& BA ’72<br />
Oro Valley, Ariz.<br />
You know how to work a bus<br />
system like a professional.<br />
Dakotah Forell, UB biomedical<br />
sciences major<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong>, N.Y.<br />
Playing volleyball anywhere<br />
but a mud pit seems just a<br />
bit too sterile.<br />
Robert Wilder, BFA ’02<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong>, N.Y.<br />
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