Artist in residence Carl Dennis looks with a sense of accomplishment upon his 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry and with a sense of appreciation upon the road that led him to it.Dennis's eighth book of poems, Practical Gods, published in 2001 by Penguin Books, earned him a 2002 Pulitzer Prize earlier this month.
The Student Association and UB's New York State Student Assembly Delegates have begun a letter writing campaign in protest of Governor George E.
SUNY students are not receding silently from the threat Gov. George Pataki's proposed budget for the 2002-2003 fiscal year poses to the Tuition Assistance Program and the Educational Opportunity Program in the name of recession.The governor's proposal calls for a $155 million decrease in TAP awards from last year, and further denies restoration of last year's cuts of over $13.3 million from opportunity programs such as EOP and $3.4 million in cuts to childcare services for SUNY campuses.Jennifer Brace, New York State Student Assembly media relations chairperson and UB delegate, said NYSSA has already "met with several senators and assemblymen on the Higher Education Committees" and is "in the process of coordinating a massive letter-writing campaign.""We will be in the Student Union and doing 'dorm storms' to collect letters so that UB's interest can be well represented in the campaign," said Brace.According to Miriam Kramer, director of the Higher Education Project, led by the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), over 450 students came to Albany for SUNY Lobby Day in the beginning of March to reject the governor's proposed budget cuts.
Cutbacks in the state budget are threatening UB's Educational Opportunity Program, a state program that provides support services to disadvantaged, academically talented college students.
The views of Sept. 11 from the Arab World are as varied as the people themselves, said host lecturer and UB alumnus Dr. Bader Dweik, in part two of the six-part lecture series, "Perspectives on September 11 and Its Aftermath," last Wednesday in the Student Union Theater.
A UB professor and sociologist has received the 2001 Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights for her book Construction Sites: Excavating Race, Class and Gender Among Urban Youth.Dr. Lois Weis, professor of sociology of education, received the award along with her co-author, Michelle Fine, a social psychologist.
Is Buffalo at risk of a bioterrorist attack? Not likely, according to Dr. Richard Lee, UB professor of medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics.Lee hosted the first lecture in the university's "Perspectives on September 11th and Its Aftermath" series, entitled "Bioterrorism: What is Our Risk?" Wednesday afternoon in the Student Union Theater.
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