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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 -
8 Library hours
Exhibit - University Songs: 1903-2008
This exhibit provides some historical background on the songs of the university: the alma mater, fight songs, hymns, marches, and songs associated with specific schools of the university. The composers and lyricists of these songs include university faculty, staff, and students, as well as locally and nationally known composers. The exhibit also provides brief biographical information about many of the composers.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 -
4 p.m.
UBThisSummer Lecture Series--Our World Community: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future - The Four Seasons: Perspectives of Midlife and Older Erie County Residents
Title: The Four Seasons: Perspectives of Midlife and Older Erie County Residents Presenter: Dr. Debra Street, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences Abstract: The Four Seasons Study was a survey run by an interdisciplinary team of UB researchers, run through the University at Buffalo Regional Institute during summer and fall 2007. The Four Seasons Study documents the experiences and opinions of Western New Yorkers aged 50 and older, individuals who are aging in place in a four-season climate. Professor Street will report findings from the Four Seasons Study, which includes data relating to: retirement planning and retirement experiences; transportation and housing/built environment concerns; the importance of friends, family, and neighbors; quality of life in Erie County communities and neighborhoods; plans relating to later life migration to Sunbelt communities, looking at the reasons for individuals planning to stay (or leave) Western New York. Professor Street will also discuss the parallel study underway in London, Ontario. The Canadian component is being conducted by University at Buffalo's research partners at the University of Western Ontario, and will permit comparisons of Americans and Canadians at a similar stage in the life course.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 -
4 p.m.
UBThisSummer Lecture Series--Our World Community: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future - The Evil Witch: Embodiment of Universal Human Fears
We have many different images of the witch, from the creatures in Oz and the Hansel and Gretel story who appear at Halloween, to Satan-worshippers, to members of the magical community of the Harry Potter stories, to modern Wiccans, and more. In fact, the evil witch of Western folklore who flies on a broomstick and steals and eats children represents a creature found in most of the world's cultures, and this imaginary creature embodies people's most terrible fears and some of their most common fantasies. Many of the horrible attributes of the witch seem to be absolutely universal, and are probably rooted in human evolutionary biology. Dr. Stevens will share with us some of his research into the anthropology of this fascinating, terrible, universal concept.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 -
7 p.m., Citizen Participation and Environmental Concerns in WNY: Environmental Justice
The Bridge Lecture Series - Social Justice and the Public's Right to Know
Light refreshments will be served before and after the lecture.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 -
7 p.m.
The Bridge Lecture Series - How Mathematicians Think
Light refreshments will be served before and after the lecture.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 -
4 p.m.
UBThisSummer Lecture Series--Our World Community: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future - The Arctic Is Melting!
Among the climatic changes occurring today, those in the Arctic are the most profound. In turn, the Arctic plays a critical role in global climate change; Changes in arctic sea ice extent have a dramatic effect on the Earth's energy balance, and melting of land-based glaciers, ice caps, and the Greenland Ice Sheet contribute to sea level rise. This talk provides background on global and arctic warming, and discusses several case studies of how geologic records of recent climate change add to our perspective on today's magnitude and rate of climate change.
