DifCon ~ Legacies on the Landscape: Buildings and Names at UB
2019-02-27 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | 210 Student Union, 210 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Finance Committee Meeting
2019-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Finance Committee meeting to review group funding requests for events to take place in March or later.

Distinguished Speaker Series ~ Angela Davis
2019-02-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Alumni Arena, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260
Angela Davis | Feb. 27 | Alumni Arena
Free tickets will be available for graduate students starting on February 18th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall). 1 per UB ID.

Legendary Human Rights Activist and Author

UB’s 43rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Keynote Speaker

Graduate Student Choice Speaker

More About Angela Davis

Through her activism and scholarship over many decades, Angela Davis, PhD, has been deeply involved in movements for social justice around the world. Her work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial and gender justice. Davis’ teaching career has taken her to San Francisco State University, Mills College and UC Berkeley. She has also taught at UCLA, Vassar, Syracuse University, the Claremont Colleges, and Stanford University. At the University of California Santa Cruz she is Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness – an interdisciplinary PhD program – and of Feminist Studies.
Davis has lectured throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Caribbean. In recent years a persistent theme of her work has been the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination. She draws upon her own experiences in the early seventies as a person who spent 18 months in jail and on trial, after being placed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted List.” She also has conducted extensive research on numerous issues related to race, gender and imprisonment.
Davis has authored numerous books including ““Abolition Democracy” and “Are Prisons Obsolete?” about the abolition of the prison industrial complex, a new edition of “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and two collections of essays titled “The Meaning of Freedom” and “Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement.”
Davis is a founding member of Critical Resistance, a national organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison industrial complex. Internationally, she is affiliated with Sisters Inside, an abolitionist organization based in Queensland, Australia that works in solidarity with women in prison. Like many educators, Davis is especially concerned with the general tendency to devote more resources and attention to the prison system than to educational institutions. Having helped to popularize the notion of a “prison industrial complex,” she now urges her audiences to think seriously about the future possibility of a world without prisons and to help forge a 21st century abolitionist movement.

For source or more information, please visit:

https://www.kepplerspeakers.com

Spring Fee Waiver Deadline
2019-03-01 | Buffalo, United States
Applications for a waiver of any applicable Spring semester student activity fees ($85) are due in the GSA office (310 Student Union) by close of business.
Fee waivers may be granted to students who are located at least 75 miles from Buffalo, or who suffer unusual financial hardship. Please note that being an online student only does not necessarily qualify students for a fee waiver. Graduate students who have their fees waived will be ineligible for all GSA services.

Java Junction
2019-03-01 11:00 - 13:00, 2019-04-05 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.

CSEE Poster Competition
2019-03-01 13:00 - 17:00 | Davis Hall Atrium, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Turkish GSA ~ Tavla Night
2019-03-01 18:00 - 21:00 | 228 Student Union, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Turkish GSA will be hosting a Tavla Night on March 1st from 6-9PM in SU228.
Link: https://buffalo.campuslabs.com/engage/event/3213710

Mardi Gras Party
2019-03-02 19:30 - 23:30 | Pearl Street Grill & Brewery, 76 Pearl St., Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Open Bar, DJ, Food and Prizes!!
Tickets on sale January 28th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall) for $20 each ($25 at the door if still available). 2 per UB ID.
*Please remember to bring photo ID as proof of age to the event. EVERYONE WILL BE CARDED AT THE DOOR!*

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2019-03-04 | Buffalo, United States
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on March 4th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf 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.

March Senate Meeting
2019-03-06 18:30 - 21:30 | 330 Student Union, 330 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
GSA Senate meetings are open to the public, but only designated representatives from Departmental and International clubs may vote. Sign-in begins at 6:00pm so that the meeting can begin promptly at 6:30pm.

History GSA ~ Milton Plesur Conference
2019-03-08 - 2019-03-09 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
This year will be the 28th year that the Graduate History Association (GHA) has held the annual Milton Plesur Graduate History Conference as an opportunity for M.A. and Ph.D. students from across the United States and around the world to present original research from a variety of fields. This year’s conference is entitled “(Im)Material Culture: Identity and Agency in Commonplace Objects” and continues our department’s work towards re-orienting the historical gaze away from traditional (masculine, political) histories toward a more inclusive and diverse social narrative. The goal of this year’s conference was to gather interdisciplinary work that transcends geographic and temporal boundaries, but that fits within our theme of the study of material culture. Our Call for Papers was sent to over 80 colleges and universities in the United States and was posted on H-Net for reference by graduate level historians around the world. We have received submissions from five U.S. states, Canada, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and South Korea, as well as from University at Buffalo students in the History, Transnational Studies, and Architecture departments. This year we are pleased to welcome Dr. Katherine Ott, Curator of the Division of Medicine and Science at the National Museum of American History to open the conference with a keynote address on Friday. Following the address, participants are invited to dinner. Saturday will begin with a continental breakfast followed by two panels in the morning, a break for lunch, four panels in the afternoon, followed by a closing reception.

Deadline for April Conference Funding Applications
2019-03-15 | GSA Office, 310 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260-2100, United States
All applications for Conference Funding for conferences during the month of April are due in the GSA office (310 Student Union) by the close of business.

South Campus Siesta
2019-03-15 12:30 - 14:30 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Free food and beverages for graduate students at South Campus.

Spring Recess
2019-03-18 - 2019-03-22 | Buffalo, United States

GSA Office on Summer Hours
2019-03-18 - 2019-03-21 | Buffalo, United States
Spring Recess: GSA Office open Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday, March 22nd.

May-July Group Funding Applications Deadline
2019-03-20 | GSA Office, 310 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260-2100, United States
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
2019-03-22 | Buffalo, United States

Biological Sciences GSA ~ Career Workshop
2019-03-22 09:00 - 14:00 | NSC 222, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The career workshop is a program in which we invite five alumni from the graduate program of the Department of Biological Sciences come to visit and talk about their experience post-graduation. This program is to offer current students perspectives on different career paths outside of academia (i.e. industry, corporate administration, etc.). This year we are hoping to expand this program to invite graduate students from different programs.

Finance Committee Meeting
2019-03-27 19:00 - 21:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
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.

Distinguished Speaker Series ~ Ronan Farrow
2019-03-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY, United States
Ronan Farrow | Mar. 28 | Center for the Arts
Free tickets will be available for graduate students starting on March 11th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall). 1 per UB ID.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter

More About Ronan Farrow

Ronan Farrow was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and named to TIME’s “100 Most Influential People of 2018” for his culture-shifting reporting for The New Yorker on Harvey Weinstein, sexual harassment and abuse of power. Awarded along with Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor of The New York Times, the Pulitzer Prize committee recognized Farrow’s, “explosive, impactful journalism… spurring a worldwide reckoning about sexual abuse of women,” and as the TIME tribute cited, “Their hard work and impeccable journalism have changed attitudes, behavior, conversations, norms, laws and policies, yielding enormous personal and public good.”
Beyond his groundbreaking work with The New Yorker, Farrow has been an anchor and reporter at MSNBC and NBC News, and his writing has appeared in publications including The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. In early 2018, Farrow signed an exclusive three-year deal with HBO to develop and be featured in a series of investigative documentary specials. In spring 2018, he released a book titled “War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence.” The book was an instant Amazon and New York Times #1 Bestseller.
Farrow formerly served as a State Department diplomat in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and reported to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the United States’ first special adviser for global youth during the Arab Spring revolutions. Farrow is a Yale Law School educated attorney who has specialized in human rights, and he attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

For source or more information, please visit:

https://www.harrywalker.com/speakers/ronan-farrow

2019 Graduate Conference in Music
2019-03-30 13:00 - 20:30 | Baird Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Graduate paper presentations and keynote address on various musical topics. The event will conclude with a concert.
Schedule of events: Keynote address, “Soundings,” presented by Millie Chen of the UB Art departments. 1:00pm, Baird Recital Hall (Baird 250).
Paper presentations by graduate students. 3:00pm, Baird 211.
Concert, featuring works by UB graduate composers. 7:00pm, Baird Recital hall (Baird 250).

Rent
2019-03-30 20:00 - 23:00 | Shea’s Performing Arts Center, 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Tickets on sale February 25th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall) for $20 each. 2 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2019-04-01 | Buffalo, United States
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on April 1st at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf 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.

April Senate Meeting
2019-04-03 18:30 - 21:30 | 330 Student Union, 330 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
GSA Senate meetings are open to the public, but only designated representatives from Departmental and International clubs may vote. Sign-in begins at 6:00pm so that the meeting can begin promptly at 6:30pm.
*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.

Race, Mass Incarceration, and Public Health
2019-04-04 17:30 - 20:00 | 150 Farber Hall (Butler Auditorium), Buffalo, NY, United States
Screening of the film “13th Amendment” followed by an expert panel discussion of how race and mass incarceration are related to public health and population well-being on a larger scale and in our WNY community. Free and open to the public. Food catered by West Side Bazaar provided on a first come, first served basis. Thursday April 4th, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM, UB South Campus – 150 Farber Hall.

Plant Nite with GSA
2019-04-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Pearl Street Grill & Brewery, 76 Pearl St., Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Tickets on sale March 4th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall) for $15 each. 2 per UB ID. Tickets include terrarium plants and supplies, instruction, food and two drinks. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

GSE Research Symposium
2019-04-11 08:00 - 16:00 | Student Union, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The title of our Symposium is “United We Stand Divided We Fall: Centering Diversity and Social Justice in our Research and Practice”. The purpose of this symposium is to address research and practice that is contributing to the field of multiculturalism. The Graduate School of Education has a symposium each year for students to share their work.

Job and Career Perspectives for Students in Computational Sciences Symposium
2019-04-12 11:00 - 16:30 | 206 Furnas Hall, NY, United States

Restorative Justice Day
2019-04-13 08:30 - 17:00 | Diefendorf Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, United States
