South Campus Siesta
2017-03-16 16:00 - 18:00, 2017-04-13 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free food and beverages for graduate students at South Campus.

GSA Office on Summer Hours
2017-03-20 - 2017-03-23 | NY
Spring Recess: GSA Office open Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday, March 24th.

Spring Recess
2017-03-20 - 2017-03-24 | NY

May - July Group Funding Application Deadline
2017-03-22 | NY
Application materials are due for Special Activities, Interdepartmental Activities, Symposium and Community Outreach funding for events occurring after the April Senate meeting. All application materials due in the GSA office by the close of business.

Office Closed
2017-03-24 | NY

Town Hall Meeting on the GSA Budget
2017-03-27 15:00 - 16:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
RESCHEDULED
The GSA is in the process of preparing the budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. In order to balance the budget we will need to make some adjustments to our current allocations. In order to discuss these proposed adjustments in full detail with the student body, the E-board will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, March 15th from 2:00 – 3:00pm Monday, March 27th 3:00 – 4:00pm in the GSA Conference Room (310 Student Union). All graduate students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Body Image, Hunger, and Difficult Women: Reading Roxane Gay
2017-03-28 12:00 - 13:30 | 210 Student Union, 210 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Body Image, Hunger, and Difficult Women: Reading Roxane Gay
Tue. Mar 28: 12:00-1:30 pm, 210 SU, The Landmark Room, UB North
Free & Open to the Public
Please join us for a panel discussion as a prelude to the lecture by Roxane Gay, UB Distinguished Speaker on April 5th.
Roxane Gay is an author and cultural critic whose writing is unmatched and widely revered. Her work garners international acclaim for its reflective, no-holds-barred exploration of feminism and social criticism. With a deft eye on modern culture, she brilliantly critiques its ebb and flow with both wit and ferocity. Words like “courage,” “humor,” and “smart” are frequently deployed when describing Gay. Her collection of essays, “Bad Feminist,” was a New York Times best-seller and is universally considered the quintessential exploration of modern feminism. NPR named it one of the best books of the year and Salon declared the book “trailblazing.” Her powerful debut novel, “An Untamed State,” was long listed for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. She has two upcoming releases–“Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body” is a painstaking examination of body image, and “Difficult Women” is a collection of stories.
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Association, UB Wellness Education, UB Gender Institute: Sex, Gender, Health Committee. Lunch will be served.

Finance Committee Meeting
2017-03-29 19:00 - 21:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Finance Committee meetings are open to the public. At this meeting the Finance Committee will be voting on the final drafts of the budgets to be presented to the GSA Senate on Tuesday, April 4th. Anyone interested in attending this meeting in order to voice their opinion should RSVP to the GSA Treasurer (gsa-treasurer@buffalo.edu) by 4:30pm on Monday, March 27th.
This will be the final Finance Committee meeting of the year to review all group funding requests for events taking place between April and July.

26th Annual Milton Plesur Graduate History Conference
2017-03-31 - 2017-04-01 | O’Brian Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The Graduate History Association of the University at Buffalo will host its 26th Annual Conference with the theme “Changing Urban Landscapes: Shifts in Communities, Spaces and Identity.”
This year, we have invited historian Mauricio Tenorio, a professor from the University of Chicago, to give the keynote address. Specializing in the cultural and social history of Mexican urbanism, particularly of Mexico City, Dr. Tenorio will provide a talk entitled “History and the Megalopolis.” His recent book Latin America: The Allure and Power of an Idea will be published next month.
We are also excited to highlight the diversity of Buffalo by offering food from the Westside Bazaar, a small business incubator supporting immigrant, refugee, and low-income entrepreneurs on their path to becoming successful business owners.
To register, please e-mail GHAconference2017@buffalo.edu by March 10.
Preliminary Schedule Below. Please check our Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/155385164977041/ for updates.
Friday, March 31, 2017
3:00-5:00 Keynote Address, Dr. Mauricio Tenorio
6:00-8:30 Reception at Brick House Tavern + Tap
Saturday, April 1, 2017
8:30-9:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast, O’Brian Hall
9:30-11:15 Panel I
11:30-1:15 Panel II
1:15-2:45 Lunch, catered by the Westside Bazaar
3:00-4:45 Panel III
5:00-7:00 Roundtable Discussion with Faculty & Community
7:00-8:30 Reception, O’Brian Hall
The 2017 Milton Plesur Graduate History Conference
is sponsored by : The UB Graduate Student Association, The UB History Department, The UB History Department Speakers Committee, and the GSA’s of the Classics and Comparative Literature Departments

CSEE GSA ~ Symposium on Resilient and Sustainable Civil Structures and Infrastructures
2017-03-31 10:00 - 20:00 | Ketter and Jarvis Halls, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
I am glad to announce the short symposium on “Resilient and Sustainable Civil Structures and Infrastructures” will be held on March 31st, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This symposium allows graduate students to present their related research (in a poster format) to their peers and CSEE departmental faculty and other department members who wish to attend. The poster competition will occur between 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM followed by the keynote talk given by Dr. Yongguang Huang, an invited speaker from Northwestern University, between 1:00 – 2:00 PM.
The posters will be judged by a panel of CSEE faculty from all of the disciplines and our guest judge Professor Yongguang Huang. The criteria for selecting the winning posters will be: (i) the originality of the research, (ii) the impact on the field and (iii) organization, quality, and clarity of presentation.
The basic requirements for participating are:

An abstract (up to 250-300 words) should be submitted through the sign-up sheet. Abstracts are due on Monday, March 20th, 2017 by 11:59 pm (you will be notified about the status of your abstract by March 23rd).
The poster recommended size is limited to 40” x 32”.
Posters should have a heading that includes the poster title, author(s) and engineering department.

The competition will have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner with $250, $150 and $50 prizes, respectively.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
The link to the sign-up sheet:
https://goo.gl/forms/ttjkcshhnz1qi1yD2
The agenda for the events on Friday is attached here. In Summary, we will have Breakfast from 9 to 10 am ( 1 hour sooner than the usual Coffee Break) in Ketter 101. After that, the poster competition will take place from 10 am to 12 pm followed by lunch and winners announcement at the Davis Atrium. The speech will be delivered by Prof Yonggang Huang at 12:45 pm in NSC 216.
Every vote counts, so try to make it to Davis, learn about the research being conducted in our department, and grade the posters if you would like to.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2017-04-03 | NY
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on September 6th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall) for $6 each. 1 per UB ID. Tickets can be used for all movies at AMC theatre locations. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

MDRF Grant Application Workshop
2017-04-03 10:00 - 11:30 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The Summer deadline for Mark Diamond Research Fund (MDRF) applications is Thursday, May 25, 2017. Grant applications are for research to be conducted July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. The MDRF Director will be holding grant writing workshops on the dates below to go over the application, instructions, the review process and to answer any questions:
April
Monday, April 3rd at 10:00am in 310 Student Union
Wednesday, April 5th at 1:00pm in 310 Student Union
Tuesday, April 11th at 3:00pm in 310 Student Union
Wednesday, April 12th at 11:00am in 310 Student Union
Friday, April 14th at 10:00am in 310 Student Union
Tuesday, April 18th at 11:00am in 310 Student Union
May
Monday, May 1st at 1:00pm in 310 Student Union
Wednesday, May 3rd at 10:00am in 310 Student Union
Tuesday, May 9th at 10:00am in 310 Student Union
Thursday, May 11th at 2:00pm in 310 Student Union
If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer at gsa-mdrf@buffalo.edu.
*PLEASE NOTE* The last day to have your application reviewed by the MDRF Director before submission is Monday, May 15th.

TNS GSA ~ Bad Feminist Book Club
2017-04-03 12:30 - 14:30 | 1030 Clemens Hall, 1030 Clemens Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
We are excited to announce TNS GSA will be hosting a Bad Feminist Book Club to celebrate Roxane Gay’s work before she speaks at UB. We will be reading Bad Feminist so I hope you all get a chance to read it over the break! We will be providing refreshments as well. Please see the attached flyer for details.**
**We have not yet confirmed the room so I will let you know if anything changes.

GSA South Campus Office Closed
2017-04-04 | GSA South Campus Satellite Office, 302 Abbott Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260
The GSA South Campus Office will be closed on Tuesday, April 4th due to the rescheduled Senate meeting. We apologize for any inconvenience.

April Senate Meeting and Candidate Debate
2017-04-04 18:30 - 22:30 | Student Union Theater, 201 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
*PLEASE NOTE THE DATE AND LOCATION CHANGES FOR THIS MEETING!*
GSA Senate meetings are open to the public, but only designated representatives from Departmental and International clubs may vote. Sign-in begins at 6:00 pm so that the meeting can begin promptly at 6:30 pm.
*PLEASE NOTE* The official GSA Officer Candidate Debate will take place at this meeting. Moderated by the GSA Election Committee, students will have the opportunity to interact with and ask questions of the candidates for each office.

RLL Symposium ~ Intersections: Collage of Urban Networks
2017-04-07 - 2017-04-08 | Clemens Hall (9th Floor), Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The City provides with a unique opportunity to create and be created in many different ways. Identities and cultures become an indentifying marker against a backdrop of individuality. Against the backdrop of skyscrapers, new opportunities are born. In these intersections paintings, literature, architecture, and performance, amongst many other mediums we find a complex, multi-faceted and often fragmented collage of cultures forming a snapshot of human existence. Intersections serve as a reminder of where humanity becomes a cosmopolitan endeavor. At our conference we will discuss these connections.

Java Junction
2017-04-07 11:00 - 13:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free Tim Horton’s coffee and doughnuts for graduate students in the GSA office.

Paint Nite with GSA
2017-04-07 18:30 - 21:00 | Pearl Street Grill & Brewery, 76 Pearl St., Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Tickets on sale October 19th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall) for $25 each. 2 per UB ID. Tickets include painting canvas, supplies, instruction, food and one drink. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

Buffalo Untapped
2017-04-09 14:00 - 18:00 | Ed Wright Practice Facility, UB North Campus, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Live Music, Wineries, Breweries, Food Trucks and Local Vendors!
$5 food vouchers and a bracelet allowing for 5 beer and/or wine tastings will be given out for FREE to the first 300 graduate students in attendance.
*PLEASE BRING PHOTO ID SHOWING PROOF OF AGE FOR TASTING BRACELETS*

GSA Officer Elections and Referendum Vote
2017-04-10 - 2017-04-13 | Buffalo, United States
GSA Officer Elections and the Referendum Vote

The vote will take place via a link on the GSA website. Polls will be open at 12:00am on Monday, April 10th until 11:59pm on Thursday, April 13th. Results will be announced on Friday, April 14th.
For more information about the candidates for office, please visit our Election Page.

Media Study GSA ~ Philo-Fiction: On Integrative Objects Workshop
2017-04-10 - 2017-04-12 | Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, United States
Times: Monday, April 10 6:30pm – 8:30pm (keynote speakers); Tuesday, April 11, workshop lead by Anne-Francoise Schmid/grad symposium presentations from 10:00am – 5:00pm; Wednesday, April 12, grad student participants’ roundtable and wrap up 12:00 – 6:00pm, research exhibits of participants’ work on display in Department of Media Study (room 271) from April 14-27
We invite graduate students to participate in a practice-based research/workshop symposium ‘Philo-Fiction: On Integrative Objects’ led by philosopher Anne-Francoise Schmid on Tuesday, April 11. This all-day event is connected to a special edition of the PLASMA speaker series at the Department of Media Study, with world renown philosophers Francois Laruelle and Anne-Francoise Schmid. Laruelle and Schmid will both give talks on April 10th at 6:30pm in the Department of Media Study as an opening to our practice-research symposium and collaborative workshop.
Philo-Fiction: On Integrative Objects is an interdisciplinary event that will explore and question the status of our knowledge, looking across knowledges that are philosophical, scientific and/or artistic. The event brings together Schmid’s work on ‘Integrative Objects’ as an emerging method for research and practice, and allows for grad students to experiment with the method in a collaborative setting. Schmid will guide us in thinking through the method of integrative objects, with a focus on how fiction can be used as an operator mobilizes knowledge. This event is open for all grad students to apply but will be of interest to those working in art and artistic research, epistemology, performance studies, design/speculative design, critical theory, continental philosophy, science studies, and for those who work with interdisciplinary methods or have interest in practice-based methods of research. Participants will also be part of the subsequent exhibition ‘On Integrative Objects’ that will showcase the work of participants presented and created during the workshop/symposium at the Department of Media Study SUNY Buffalo from April 14-27 in the Center for the Arts.

Informal Session with Roxane Gay
2017-04-13 16:30 - 17:30 | 210 Student Union, 210 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
RESCHEDULED DATE AND LOCATION!
Meet Roxane Gay in an intimate setting and ask her all the questions you might have for this bad feminist, Marvel comic writer, academic, author, and public intellectual!
The informal session will be held Wednesday, April 5 Thursday, April 13 from 4:30 – 5:30 pm in Baird 250 210 Student Union.
Please use the following link to register: https://www.ubevents.org/event/RoxaneInformal

Roxane Gay ~ Distinguished Speaker Series
2017-04-13 20:00 - 22:30 | Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, United States
RESCHEDULED DATE AND LOCATION!
Roxane Gay | April 5, 2017 April 13, 2017 in CFA

Best-Selling Author, Cultural Critic and Professor
Graduate Student Choice Speaker
Free tickets available now for graduate students at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall). 1 per UB ID.

More About Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay is an author and cultural critic whose writing is unmatched and widely revered. Her work garners international acclaim for its reflective, no-holds-barred exploration of feminism and social criticism. With a deft eye on modern culture, she brilliantly critiques its ebb and flow with both wit and ferocity.
Words like “courage,” “humor,” and “smart” are frequently deployed when describing Gay. Her collection of essays, “Bad Feminist,” was a New York Times best-seller and is universally considered the quintessential exploration of modern feminism. NPR named it one of the best books of the year and Salon declared the book “trailblazing.” Her powerful debut novel, “An Untamed State,” was long listed for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. She has two upcoming releases–“Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body” is a painstaking examination of body image, and “Difficult Women” is a collection of stories.
Gay is a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times. She was a founding editor of PANK and non-fiction editor at The Rumpus. Her writing has also appeared in McSweeney’s, The Nation and many other publications.
Gay is an associate professor of English at Purdue University.

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Job and Career Perspectives for Students in the Computational Sciences
2017-04-14 09:30 - 17:00 | 330 Student Union, 330 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Computational Science Club is hosting an Annual Symposium on ‘Job and Career Perspectives for Students in the Computational Sciences’, in which we are inviting speakers from industries including Dow Chemical Co., Pfizer, NASA, Schlumberger and HGST. These speakers who did computational work during grad school will talk about their experience of finding jobs in the industry, their transition from academia, and their insights into computational R&D landscape. This workshop will benefit and enhance the job perspectives for students who work in the computational groups here at UB.
Please check our club’s website for our list of events, and please feel free sign-up to become a club member.

Hellenic GSA ~ Greek Easter BBQ
2017-04-16 13:00 - 17:00 | Ellicott Creek Park, Shelter 10A/B, Buffalo, NY, United States
We announce our 2017 Greek Easter BBQ! Easter is celebrated in Greece with grand festivities, great music, dancing, fun on site events and above all delicious Greek food. It is the most celebrated cultural event in our country, bringing people together. Last year we successfully organized the same event on May 1st (which was the 6th consecutive year) and had a turnout of more than 100 people. The members of the Hellenic association promise great fun, sport activities, music, dancing and tons of delicious Greek “specialties”

Deadline for May Conference Funding Applications
2017-04-17 | NY
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of May are due in the GSA office by the close of business.

Media Study GSA ~ Phillip Hoffman Screening
2017-04-18 19:00 - 23:00 | 112 Center for the Arts, 112 Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Stats Lab Workshop
2017-04-19 14:00 - 16:00 | 330 Student Union, 330 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
*Workshop location moved to 330 Student Union*

GSE Research Symposium
2017-04-20 08:00 - 16:30 | Diefendorf Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, United States
Our theme for this year’s Graduate School of Education (GSE) Research Symposium reflects an effort to create and foster conversations across and within the multitude of disciplines representative of GSE. We provide a scholarly forum for GSE students to engage in dialogue with their colleagues and professors through presentation of their current research through multiple platforms (e.g. paper sessions, roundtable workshops, poster presentations). We offer an opportunity for graduate students to broaden their perspectives and inspire new ways of thinking across theory, method and practice.
Please see the attached Call for Proposals Application, which are due by March 19th.
