Most students, faculty and staff know about the hassles that go along with getting a new UB card: the trip to the UB Mart and the fees charged for replacing a lost, damaged or stolen card.
The departments of occupational therapy and physical therapy, exercise and nutrition sciences will soon merge into one name: the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences.The department will be made up of nationally accredited professional programs in occupational therapy and physical therapy (DPT); a post-baccalaureate certificate program in assistive technology; and research-based programs in occupational therapy (MS) and rehabilitation science (Doctorate of Philosophy)."The new department will open new windows of opportunity in research for our faculty, allowing us to maintain our leadership status within the health professions," stated Maurizio Trevisan, interim dean of the School of Health Related Professions and chairman of the Department of Social and Preventive medicine and School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, who also pioneered the reorganization."Rehabilitation is the common theme between both occupational therapy and physical therapy and the new Department of Rehabilitation Sciences will provide the ideal setting for the interactions between the two disciplines," Maurizio added.The similarities between the two programs will potentially make for better communication, more collaboration and higher interaction among the faculty and students of both programs."It was thought that all of those persons involved in the professional programs, whether involved in the clinical aspects of the training or involved in producing the scientific basis of rehabilitation, would be better served by joining in the same academic unit," stated Frank Cerny, associate professor and chair for the Department of Physical Therapy."The hope," he added, "is that there will be better utilization of resources as instructional programs will be coordinated through the same unit."Trevisan suggested the reorganization to the faculty and staff of both departments, both of which supported the proposal.
Sub-Board I is likened to a supermarket like Tops or Wegmans, in that it acts as a distributor for a variety of services and events for students, according to SBI Executive Director William Hooley.The organization is student owned and student run, but is overseen by Hooley and also enlists outside companies to help manage accounts.
After a nearly decade-long absence, the Center for Advanced Technology has returned to UB. The center is now headed by Dr. William Mihalko, associate professor in the UB School of Medicine, head of arthroplasty at Erie County Medical Center and director of orthopedic research in the department of orthopedic surgery at ECMC.Ten years ago, the UB CAT center was de-certified by New York state, because, according to an e-mail from Provost Elizabeth Capaldi, "it was too practical for its time.""They were interested more in basic science at that time," she continued.
We are all well aware of the expression, "It's like taking candy from a baby." Well, in the case of college life, have you ever considered the thought, "It's like taking money from a student?" No doubt there are students out there who don't realize the amount of money that is pouring into our school from their parents' pockets.
Deborah Jack, second-year master-of-fine-arts student, is one of 20 graduate students nationwide selected to attend the International Photography Institute's National Graduate Seminar at New York University this June.While at NYU, Jack and the others will spend two weeks attending intense seminars where they will meet with working artists, gallery directors, critics and journalists from New York City, and tour the institute's gallery."The challenge will be keeping up with all they throw at you.
With a series of landscaping improvements carried out over the next decade, UB is hoping to attract and impress potential students and their parents, while at the same time improving the quality of life for students, faculty and staff who use or live on the campus by making it more accessible and encouraging everyone to use the exterior campus amenities.At this point, "the architects have developed a concept plan for each campus," said Kevin Thompson, director of facilities planning and design.
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