Graduate Student Association

John Legend Ticket Distribution #1
2015-11-18 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Alumni Arena, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260
Please note that the Ticket Distribution for the Distinguished Speaker Series presentation of John Legend on Thursday, December 3rd will take place on Wednesday, November 18th from 5 – 8pm* and Thursday, November 19th from 9am – 12pm* at Alumni Arena. 1 ticket per UB ID (ID required). Limited quantity available. First come, first served!
*Each distribution period will last 3 hours as listed or until tickets allocated for that day’s distribution period are all gone; whichever comes first.

John Legend Ticket Distribution #2
2015-11-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Alumni Arena, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260

Grad Potpourri at Big Ditch Brewing Company
2015-11-21 19:30 - 22:30 | Big Ditch Brewery, 55 E. Huron St., Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Graduate students- come out to Big Ditch Brewing Company (55 E. Huron St., Buffalo) and join us for Grad Potpourri- A UB interdepartmental mixer and social. Big Ditch Brewing is one of the coolest bars around here and is close to the Fountain Plaza Metro Rail station; come hang with fellow grad students.
For details see: https://www.facebook.com/events/701226073345116/

Global Health Club Bi-Monthly Talk
2015-11-24 08:00 - 09:00 | 180 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY, United States
UB Global Health Club (GHC) is a GSA-funded special interest club that aims to create a community interested in public health issues of global relevance. The club hosts two talks per month, given by people within and outside of the UB community who are involved in international public health and refugees-related issues. The talks present great opportunities for UB students to explore their areas of interest, find out more information on research and fieldwork opportunities, and become involved in local volunteer / fund-raising activities. Free breakfast and refreshments are available.

Fictional Worlds/Possible Futures
2015-12-01 19:00 - 21:00 | 112 Center for the Arts, 112 Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
This event explores fictional worlds and possible futures with François Laruelle’s philo-fiction as a method of practice and theory.
Part I: Talk & discussion by Ben Woodard & Tony Yanick (New Centre for Research and Practice). Dec 1st, 7PM @ SUNY Buffalo, Department of Media Study, room: CFA 112 (also Livestream/ Digital Participation) – FREE & OPEN to the PUBLIC
https://www.facebook.com/events/1109874005704323/

SIAM Journal Club Meeting
2015-12-03 18:00 - 20:00 | 223 Jarvis Hall
I invite you all to the next SIAM journal club on Thursday December 3rd.
Title: Finding critical nodes for spreading influence through large networks
By: Mohamadreza Samadi
When: Thursday, December 3rd at 6 pm.
Where: Jarvis 223
Light refreshments will be served.

John Legend ~ Distinguished Speaker Series
2015-12-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Alumni Arena, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260
John Legend
Free tickets will be distributed to GSA represented graduate students on Wednesday, November 18th from 5 – 8pm* and Thursday, November 19th from 9am – 12pm* at Alumni Arena. 1 ticket per UB ID (ID required). Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
*Each distribution period will last 3 hours as listed or until tickets allocated for that day’s distribution period are all gone; whichever comes first.
Singer, Songwriter, Pianist, Producer and Entrepreneur
Undergraduate Student Choice Speaker
An Evening of Speaking, Q&A, and Songs with Piano
In December 2004, John Legend released his debut album, “Get Lifted,” a platinum-selling breakthrough which garnered eight Grammy nominations and three golden statues for Best New Artist, Best R&B Album and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Still one of the industry’s most innovative artists, whom fellow music pioneer Quincy Jones calls “a genius,” the singer, songwriter, pianist and producer continues to achieve new milestones.
In the summer of 2013 came his first #1 single, “All of Me,” which dethroned Pharrell Williams’ ubiquitous “Happy” and spent three weeks at the peak of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. “All of Me,” a devotional piano ballad and love song to his wife, Chrissy Teigen, dominated airplay across five radio formats, hitting #1 on Top 40, Rhythm, Adult Contemporary (AC), Hot AC and Urban Adult Contemporary, and racking up over four billion in cumulative radio audience. It was also an international smash, reaching #1 on the official radio and sales charts in nine additional countries spanning the UK, Canada and Australia, and topping the digital charts in dozens more around the world. The official video of his single, “You & I,” has over 44 million views on YouTube.
Both songs derive from Legend’s fourth solo studio album, “Love in the Future,” an immersive experience about romance, love, hope, commitment and optimism. Released in September 2013, “Love in the Future” resonated with critics and audiences alike, debuting at #4 on the Billboard 200 and rising to #2 on the R&B Albums and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

Legend’s illustrious career includes an Oscar for best original song, nine Grammys, five Soul Train Awards, the BET Award for Best New Artist, and the special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. From the evolution of his recorded works to award show performances and sold-out tour dates worldwide, Legend remains as vital as ever.
A native of Ohio, Legend got his first break while working toward a degree in English and African-American literature at the University of Pennsylvania. He was introduced to Lauryn Hill, who hired him to play piano on her track “Everything Is Everything,” and soon began playing shows around Philadelphia before expanding to New York, Boston, Atlanta and Washington DC. After college he met then up-and-coming hip-hop artist Kanye West, who quickly signed Legend to his G.O.O.D. Music imprint and hired him to sing vocal hooks on some of his music. Legend started gaining momentum through a series of collaborations, adding vocals to an impressive list of chart-topping hits including West’s “Never Let Me Down,” Jay-Z’s “Encore” and Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name.”
Legend’s 2004 debut, “Get Lifted,” quickly went platinum and scored eight Grammy nominations, going on to win the first three of his now-nine Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Best R&B Album and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the hit single “Ordinary People.” Two years later came his second platinum disc, “Once Again,” with the Grammy-winning single “Heaven.” Legend snared his third consecutive top 10 album with 2008’s “Evolver,” spinning off the hit “Green Light” featuring Andre 3000.
Since “Evolver,” Legend has collaborated with Rick Ross (“Magnificent,” “Rich Forever”), among others, and teamed with The Roots on 2010’s “Wake Up!” The album featured reinterpretations of socially conscious songs from the 1960s and ’70s, including Bill Withers’ “I Can’t Write Left-Handed.” “Wake Up!” netted Legend three more Grammys, including Best R&B Album and Best R&B Song for his original composition “Shine.”
His latest album, “Love in the Future” (G.O.O.D/Columbia), is a critically acclaimed collection produced by Legend and longtime collaborators Kanye West and Dave Tozer. The album’s lead single, the soulful and gritty “Who Do We Think We Are” featuring Rick Ross, shot to the top of the R&B/hip-hop charts. It was followed by a second single, “Made to Love” featuring Kimbra, a progressive blend of soul, classical and ’80s/’90s Chicago house music. The album’s third single, “All of Me,” co-written with Toby Gad, gave Legend his first #1, segueing to his hit single, “You & I.”
Along with “Shine” from “Wake Up!,” which was featured in Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim’s domestic education reform documentary “Waiting for Superman,” Legend’s soundtrack credits include two 2012 box-office hits. For the film version of Steve Harvey’s best-selling book, “Think Like a Man,” the singer/songwriter contributed the Grammy-nominated “Tonight (Best You’ve Ever Had)” featuring Ludacris. Legend took a more bluesy turn on “Who Did That to You?” an anthem heard in Quentin Tarantino’s critically acclaimed film “Django Unchained.” In February 2015, Legend and rapper Common’s “Glory,” from the soundtrack of “Selma,” received an Oscar for Best Original Song.
In 2007 Legend founded his own music imprint/production entity, HomeSchool Entertainment, which has worked with Motown-signed singer-songwriter Stacy Barthe, the songwriting duo Phatboiz and management client/producer DJ Camper. More recently he extended his creative oeuvre with the establishment of Get Lifted Film Co., a film and television production company whose partners include Mike Jackson and Thias Stiklorious (“The Human Contract,” “The Lather Effect”). Get Lifted has sold multiple TV projects to networks including HBO, Showtime, NBC, Fox and USA, and entered into an overall television deal with Universal Cable Productions.
Giving back is another constant in Legend’s life. He serves on the board of PopTech, a unique innovation network dedicated to accelerating the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. He doubles as national spokesperson for Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a nonprofit that assists the next generation of minority business leaders. In 2011, Legend and Samsung partnered together to support education initiatives with a special focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). A 2010 BET Humanitarian of the Year honoree, among other accolades, Legend launched his own education-based organization, the Show Me Campaign (ShowMeCampaign.org), in 2007.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.johnlegend.com/us/news_front?client_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.johnlegend.com%2Fus%2F

Lecture Sponsors:

Jingle Jangle Jam
2015-12-11 19:00 - 23:00 | Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, 153 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
OPEN BAR, FOOD, DJ AND PRIZES!!!
Tickets on sale November 9th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall) for $20 each/$25 at the door (if tickets are still available). Limited quantity available. First come, first served.
*Please remember to bring photo ID as proof of age to the event. EVERYONE WILL BE CARDED AT THE DOOR!*

Intercultural Understanding Club Breakfast
2015-12-13 10:00 - 13:00 | Student Union Lobby, Buffalo, NY, United States
Intercultural Understanding Club invites you to the end of year breakfast sponsored by GSA. We’ll meet with all the members of ICU year
2015-2016 to share information and discuss the plan and events for upcoming year 2016 Spring. It’s FREE!
Date: Sunday December 13 2015
Time: 10 AM – 1 PM
Location: Student Union Lobby
RSVP link: http://goo.gl/forms/ThkbqaMD9z
Questions: chancham@buffalo.edu

2015 GSEU Graduate Student Worker Party
2015-12-18 18:00 - 20:00 | The Steer, 3151 Main St., Buffalo, NY, United States
Are you a graduate student at UB? Are you also a teaching, graduate, or research assistant? If so, you are invited to the Graduate Student Employee Union (GSEU)’s Graduate Student Worker Party. This event is FREE! Please join us for a happy hour with some food, drinks, and good times! The party will take place on Friday, December 18 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Steer, located at 3151 Main Street in Buffalo (close to South Campus). Space is limited. Please RSVP to kdryan@buffalo.edu no later than Monday, December 7.

Argentine Tango Milonga
2015-12-19 19:00 - 23:55 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Office Closed
2015-12-22 - 2016-01-11 | GSA Office, 310 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260-2100, United States
The GSA Office will be closed for Winter Break from Tuesday, December 22nd until Monday, January 11th.
The office will be open for Summer Hours (Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm) from January 11th – 22nd.
Regular business hours will resume with the start of classes on January 25th.

Buffalo Bills Football Game vs. New York Jets
2016-01-03 13:00 - 16:30 | Ralph Wilson Stadium, 1 Bills Dr., Orchard Park, NY, 14127, United States
Tickets on sale November 16th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall) for $25 each. 1 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

MDRF Grant Application Workshop
2016-01-21 16:30 - 18:00 | 311 Student Union, Buffalo, NY, United States
The Spring deadline for Mark Diamond Research Fund (MDRF) applications is Friday, February 19, 2016. Grant applications are for research to be conducted April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017. 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:
Thursday, January 21st at 4:30pm in 311 Student Union
Tuesday, January 26th at 4:30pm in 311 Student Union
Attendees should bring a copy of the most recent application and instructions.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathryn at gsa-mdrf@buffalo.edu.

Biological Sciences Symposium
2016-01-22 08:40 - 17:00 | Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, United States

Argentine Tango Practica
2016-01-25 18:30 - 22:00 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The Argentine Tango Club will be offering a Beginners Class Practica every Monday through the end of the semester in 105 Harriman Hall on South Campus from 7:30 – 10:00pm.

Finance Committee Meeting
2016-01-27 19:00 - 21:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
FC meeting to review funding requests for events to take place in February or later.

MDRF Grant Application Workshop
2016-01-28 16:30 - 18:00 | 311 Student Union, Buffalo, NY, United States
The Spring deadline for Mark Diamond Research Fund (MDRF) applications is Friday, February 19, 2016. Grant applications are for research to be conducted April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017. 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:
Thursday, January 21st at 4:30pm in 311 Student Union
Thursday, January 28th at 4:30pm in 311 Student Union
Attendees should bring a copy of the most recent application and instructions.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathryn at gsa-mdrf@buffalo.edu.

UB-SoFem General Meeting
2016-02-04 16:30 - 17:30 | 1010A Clemens Hall, Buffalo
The UB Society of Feminists will host its next club meeting on Thursday, February 4th at 4:30pm in 1010A Clemens Hall.

Tango Boot Camp
2016-02-07 12:00 - 18:00 | Student Union Flag Room, 2nd Floor, NY, 14260
The Argentine Tango Club will be offering a Tango Boot Camp on February 7th from 12:00pm – 6:00pm in the Student Union Flag Room.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2016-02-08
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on February 8th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall) for $5 each. 1 per UB ID. Tickets can be used for most movies at AMC theatre locations. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

French Conversation Table
2016-02-08 14:00 - 15:00 | 904 Clemens, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Career Services ~ Job and Internship Search Strategies
2016-02-11 15:30 - 16:30 | 330 Student Union, 330 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Graduate Students: Job and Internship Search Strategies
Thursday, February 11th, 3:30 p.m. 330 Student Union, North Campus
80% of all jobs and internships come from networking. Learn how to use BullsEye and Linkedin to network and make connections with UB alumni and professionals in your field. You’ll also learn how to Network, both on-line and in-person. How do you start a conversation with professional in your field, and keep it going? What questions do you ask in an Information Interview?
Don’t miss this free 1-hour workshop for UB students….
Walk-ins are welcome or register for this workshop at: workshops.buffalo.edu
If you cannot attend this workshop, learn about job searching and networking at: http://www.buffalo.edu/career/Students/Jobs.html and http://www.buffalo.edu/career/Students/Networking.html
See below or attached for more Career Services Events (workshops, networking events, job fairs and panel discussions) or go to: http://www.buffalo.edu/career/events.html

South Campus Siesta
2016-02-11 15:30 - 17:30 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free food and beverages for graduate students at South Campus.

Charles Ogletree ~ Distinguished Speaker Series
2016-02-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Alumni Arena, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260
Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.
Free tickets available for graduate students now at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall).
Internationally Renowned Legal Theorist
UB’s 40th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Keynote Speaker
Ogletree is the Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, and Founding and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice that focuses on a variety of issues relating to race and justice. Ogletree is a prominent legal theorist who has earned an international reputation by taking a hard look at complex issues of law and by working to secure the rights guaranteed by the Constitution for everyone equally under the law. He has examined these issues not only in the classroom, on the Internet, and in the pages of prestigious law journals, but also in the everyday world of the public defender in the courtroom and in public television forums where these issues can be dramatically revealed. He furthers dialogue by insisting that the justice system protect rights guaranteed to those citizens by law.
Ogletree’s book titles include “Punishment in Popular Culture,” a collection of essays released in June 2015 which he co-edited with Professor Austin Sarat of Amherst College; “The Presumption of Guilt: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Race, Class and Crime in America,” which draws on the 2009 mistaken arrest of Gates to explore issues of race and what must be done to create a more just legal system; “When Law Fails,” which contains ten original essays; “From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America,” which he co-edited with Professor Sarat; “Brown at 50: The Unfinished Legacy,” which he co-authored with Professor Deborah Rhode of Stanford University to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education; and “All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education,” his historical memoir that has received enthusiastically favorable reviews from many distinguished scholars, including Skip Gates, David Levering Lewis, Alan Dershowitz, John Hope Franklin, and Anita Hill. He is also the co-author of the award-winning book, “Beyond the Rodney King Story: An Investigation of Police Conduct in Minority Communities,” and he frequently contributes to many journals and law reviews.

Ogletree has served as Faculty Director, Associate Dean and Vice Dean of the Harvard Law School Clinical Program. He holds honorary doctorates of law from North Carolina Central University, New England School of Law, Tougaloo College, Amherst College, Wilberforce University, and University of Miami School of Law.
In 2006 and again in 2007, Ogletree was named by Ebony Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans. He was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the National Black Law Students Association, where he served as National President from 1977-1978. Ogletree also received the first ever Rosa Parks Civil Rights Award, given by the City of Boston, and Morehouse College’s Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize. The Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund honored him with the Justice in Action Award, and the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus presented him with their “Good Guys” Award.
He has written chapters in several books, including If You Buy the Hat, He Will Come, in “Faith of Our Fathers: African American Men Reflect on Fatherhood” and The Tireless Warrior for Racial Justice, which appears in “Reason & Passion: Justice Brennan’s Enduring Influence.” His commentaries have appeared in the editorial pages of The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe, among other newspapers. His commentary on how to make Black America better was published in “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and he has also contributed a chapter, The Rehnquist Revolution in Criminal Procedure, for “The Rehnquist Court: Judicial Activism on the Right.”
In addition to his strong academic focus, Ogletree’s national media experience and exposure is considerable in its scope. He moderated the nationally-televised forums, “State of the Black Union” and “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community” and also served as a moderator on the PBS series “Ethics in America,” as well as programs including “Hard Drugs, Hard Choices, Liberty & Limits: Whose Law, Whose Order?” and “Credibility in the Newsroom.” He has appeared as a guest commentator on “Nightline,” “This Week with David Brinkley,” “McNeil-Lehrer News Hour,” “Crossfire,” “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “Larry King Live,” “Cochran & Company,” “Burden of Proof,” and “Meet the Press” as well as other national and local television and radio programs. He served as NBC legal commentator on the O.J. Simpson case.
In 2005, Ogletree was honored with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Award for National Service, and presented with the Morehouse College Candle in the Dark Award in Education and Law. He also received the City University of New York Public Interest Law Association Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Interest Law. In 2004, the Clio Exchange presented him with the Carter G. Woodson History Maker Living Legend Award. He received the A. Leon Higginbotham Lawyer of the Year Award from the National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. In 2003, he was chosen by Savoy Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Blacks in America, and by Black Enterprise Magazine, along with Thurgood Marshall, A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., and Constance Baker Motley, as “one of the legal legends among America’s top black lawyers.” In 2002, he received the National Bar Association’s prestigious Equal Justice Award. In 2001, he joined a list of distinguished jurists, including former Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan, and civil rights lawyers Elaine Jones and Oliver Hill, when he received the prestigious Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion of Merit from the Washington Bar Association.
Ogletree earned an MA and BA (with distinction) in Political Science from Stanford University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds a JD from Harvard Law School where he served as Special Projects Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review.

For source or more information, please visit:

http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/charles-j-ogletree
https://www.facebook.com/ProfessorOgletree

Lecture Sponsor:

Blue Man Group Concert
2016-02-12 20:00 - 23:00 | Shea’s Performing Arts Center, 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Tickets on sale January 25th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall) for $25 each. 2 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

SA's Ms Mr in Concert
2016-02-20 19:00 - 22:00 | Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, United States
GSA has a limited number of tickets available to graduate students for SA’s presentation of Ms Mr in Concert on Saturday, February 20th. Please come to the GSA office in 310 Student Union. 1 per UB ID. First come, first served.

Mardi Gras Party
2016-02-20 19:30 - 23:30 | Pearl Street Grill & Brewery, 76 Pearl St., Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Open Bar, Food, DJ and Prizes!!
Tickets on sale January 25th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall) for $20 each ($25 at the door if still available). 2 per UB ID.

GSEU Student Worker Pizza Party
2016-02-24 12:30 - 14:30 | 200-A Commons, NY, United States

Finance Committee Meeting
2016-02-24 19:00 - 21:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
FC meeting to review funding requests for events to take place in March or later.
