Graduate Student Association

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2016-03-07
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on March 7th 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.

"Fed Up" Movie Screening
2016-03-07 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 150 Farber Hall (Butler Auditorium), Buffalo, NY, United States
Fed Up Movie Screening and Expert Panel to be held Thursday April 7th, 2016 from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM in 150 Farber Hall (UB’s South Campus). Parking is open in Michael-Farber lot because it is after 5 PM. Food will be provided.
https://www.facebook.com/events/712479795555385/

Very brief film synoposis: “Upending the conventional wisdom of why we gain weight and how to lose it, Fed Up unearths a dirty secret of the American food industry – far more of us get sick from what we eat than anyone has previously realized.”
Co-sponsors: This event is presented by the Community Health and Health Behavior Graduate Student Association, and is co-sponsered by: the university-wide Graduate Student Association, the Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Graduate Student Association, and the School of Public Health and Health Professions Departments of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Community Health and Health Behavior.

South Campus Office Closed
2016-03-22 | Unnamed Venue, Buffalo, NY, United States
The GSA South Campus Office will be closed on Tuesday, March 22nd. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Fellowships and Scholarships for Study Abroad Workshop
2016-03-23 15:00 - 16:00 | 107 Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY, United States

UB-SoFem General Meeting
2016-03-23 17:30 - 18:30 | 117 Clemens Hall, NY, 14260
Our next meeting will be held March 23 at 5:30 pm in Clemens 117. Please stop by and contribute your organizing talents, ideas for new projects, and thoughts on what promises to be another stimulating discussion!

South Campus Siesta
2016-03-24 15:30 - 17:30, 2016-04-14 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.

Career Services Workshop ~ LinkedIn for Graduate Students
2016-03-24 17:00 - 18:30 | 216 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY, United States
LinkedIn for Graduate Students: Five strategies for finding your dream job or internship
Bring your laptop…learn how to create a great Linkedin profile and reach out to thousands of UB alumni. You might be on Linkedin already but this workshop will show you how to really use it.
REGISTER HERE!

Free Turkish Breakfast Event
2016-03-26 11:00 - 13:00 | 145 Student Union, Buffalo
Turkish GSA invites you to the Breakfast event on Saturday. Come enjoy free breakfast and meet Turkish friends! It will start at 11:00am. Please RSVP from this link: http://goo.gl/forms/nkvo63QDLQ
Date: Saturday, March 26
Time: 11:00am
Place: SU 145

Tango Beginners Class
2016-03-28 18:00 - 19:45 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Starting March 28th from 6:00 to 6:45pm the Argentine Tango club will start a 6 weeks Beginners Level II class, followed by Beginners Level I from 6:45 to 7:45pm at UB South, 105 Harriman Hall
https://buffalo.collegiatelink.net/organization/ATC/events

La Soiree Africain
2016-03-29 19:00 - 21:00 | 904 Clemens, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Finance Committee Meeting
2016-03-30 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 funding requests for events taking place between April and July.

Personal Website Tutorial
2016-03-31 16:00 - 18:00, 2016-04-07 16:00 - 18:00 | GSA Conference Room, 310A Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The GSA Webmasters would like to invite you to a Personal Website Tutorial. Come to mini-workshops where the Webmasters will help you activate your UBIT space, design a website, and post it. We want to help you put your professional face online!
The tutorials are scheduled for March 31st at 4:00 and April 7th at 4:00 in the GSA office, 310 Student Union. If you are interested but cannot attend either of these, send us an email at (gsa-webmaster@buffalo.edu). If there is enough interest, we’ll hold additional tutorials on different days.
To sign up, please use the following Doodle Poll: http://doodle.com/poll/z7v8rgifwqgxnp3n
Space is limited! Only 9 people can register for the tutorial at a time, so if you’re interested, sign up and let us know!
Holly & John

Computational Science: An Industrial and Career Perspective
2016-04-01 10:00 - 16:00 | 330 Student Union, 330 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The Computational Sciences Club and Hachmann Research Group is organizing a symposium this Friday, April 1. Following are the details.
Computational Sciences Club Symposium: Computational Science: An Industrial and Career Perspective
Learn about the transition from a computational research group to a job in the real world. Get first-hand insights into the computational R&D landscape and tips on finding your place in it when you leave UB.
Speakers are: Dr. Scott Wierzchowski (Shell Oil Company), Dr. Changwon Suh (Nexight Group), Dr. Alexander Sodt (NIH/NICHD), Dr. Marcus Hanwell (Kitware), Dr. Frederick Phelan Jr. (NIST). Panel discussion to follow.
330 Student Union • Friday, April 1 • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Note: Refreshments will be served at 10 AM.
Abstract

RLL Conference ~ Framing the Self(ie): Heterogeneity of Identities in (non)spaces
2016-04-01 16:00 - 2016-04-02 17:00 | 904 Clemens, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States

Late Night UB Lip Sync Battle (to benefit Women and Children's Hospital)
2016-04-01 22:00 - 2016-04-02 01:00 | Student Union Lobby, Buffalo, NY, United States
Come out and help raise money for the Buffalo Women and Children’s Hospital! The event is a late night UB Lip Sync Battle, and it will take place April 1st from 10pm to 1am at the Student Union Lobby. If you would like to participate, contact Danielle Coats at either Dms56@buffalo.edu or (716) 645- 2055. If not, bring some friends and enjoy the show! Make sure to spread the word, and bring money to donate. If you have any questions, contact Becky Rose, the graduate assistant for community engagement, at Rmrose2@vpsa.buffalo.edu.

Discount AMC Movie Tickets Available
2016-04-04
GSA will have discount AMC Movie Tickets available for sale on April 4th 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.

Siddhartha Mukherjee ~ Distinguished Speaker Series
2016-04-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Alumni Arena, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260
Free tickets available for graduate students now at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall). 1 per UB ID.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Cancer Physician, Researcher and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”
Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician and researcher. He is the author of “The Laws of Medicine” and “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction and the inspiration behind a six-hour television documentary produced by Ken Burns, which aired on PBS in March 2015. “The Emperor of All Maladies” is a profoundly humane biography of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Mukherjee has examined cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. “The Emperor of All Maladies” provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.
Mukherjee is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff cancer physician at Columbia University/New York University Presbyterian Hospital. A Rhodes Scholar, he graduated from Stanford University, University of Oxford, and Harvard Medical School. He has published articles in Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, and The New Republic.
For source or more information, please visit:

http://www.simonspeakers.com/SiddarthaMukherjee
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/books/09mukherjee.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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The PhD Movie Screening
2016-04-07 19:00 - 22:00 | 104 Knox Hall, UB North Campus, Buffalo, 14260
Sponsored by the Graduate School and GSA
Free Movie Screening of The PhD Movie
Pizza and refreshments will be provided.

Global Health Trivia Competition
2016-04-08 12:30 - 13:45 | 401 Hayes Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214, United States
Love Trivia Nights? Who doesn’t?!
Come join the Global Health Club for a global health-themed trivia competition as part of Global Health Day, a National Public Health Week event! Teams are forming now – create your own team or contact me (jakulak@buffalo.edu) for info on joining in with another group.
Join us for a full day of Global Health activities, or just for lunch and trivia.
See attached flyer to register now!

We look forward to seeing you for trivia at the Global Health Day’s luncheon, Friday, April 8, 12:30-1:45pm.

Socializing Data: Mapping Culture and Governing Cities in the Era of Big Social Media
2016-04-08 15:15 - 17:15 | 145H Wilkeson Quad, Buffalo, NY, United States
Abstract:
New sources of geographically referenced “big data” have become central to the perception and governance of cities. Of particular interest are crowd-sourced contributions from social media that provide key raw material for automatically-coded representations of places (e.g., a map based search for amenities on a mobile phone). This talk reviews the power-laden ways in which social media-derived data represent the cultures of cities as well as the potential/problems in using these data for urban research and decision-making. The recent style of “smart cities” urban governance, leverages big data – collected from mobile phones, social media feeds, sensors embedded in the built environment, etc – to rationalize the management of urban areas. This talk documents the historical longevity associated with the central ideas within smart city governance – particular the idea that enough data/information/knowledge can solve society problems. It then critiques the idealized approach to urban governance found both in marketing materials and some criticisms. In contrast to these overly simplistic approaches, this talk demonstrates how social media data and derived metrics might offer useful insight and policy direction, while recognizing that the decisions of what is important and possible to record is simultaneously producing the cities that we aim to measure.

Tango Weekend Workshop
2016-04-09 13:00 - 2016-04-10 18:00 | 105 Harriman Hall, 105 Harriman Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
The GSA Argentine Tango Club is hosting a weekend tango event April 9th and 10th which will include two full days of tango workshops by Avik Basu, a professional tango instructor based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Avik specializes in teaching social tango, emphasizing connection, musicality, and improvisation. He has come to be known for his clear explanations, which expose the core of any tango idea, whether it be about movement or musicality. Workshops will take place in Harriman Hall on South Campus. All events are free for UB graduate students. Community members and undergraduate students can attend for $15 per workshop (total of 4 workshops over the two days), or $55 for a full weekend pass.

Buffalo Untapped
2016-04-10 15:00 - 19:00 | 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 200 graduate students in attendance.
*PLEASE BRING PHOTO ID SHOWING PROOF OF AGE FOR TASTING BRACELETS*

GSA Officer Election
2016-04-11 00:00 - 2016-04-14 23:55 | Unnamed Venue, Buffalo, NY, United States
Vote online for the 2016-2017 GSA Executive Board Officers!

Kevin Spacey Ticket Distribution #1 (DATE CHANGE)
2016-04-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Alumni Arena, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260
Please note that the Ticket Distribution schedule for the Distinguished Speaker Series presentation of Kevin Spacey on Wednesday, April 27th has change and will now take place on and Tuesday, April 12th from 9am – 12pm and from 5 – 8pm* 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.

Kevin Spacey Ticket Distribution #2 (DATE CHANGE)
2016-04-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Alumni Arena, Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14260

Women in STEM Summit ~ Registration Open Now!
2016-04-13 08:30 - 14:00 | Student Union, Buffalo, NY, United States
Register to attend!
The University at Buffalo is excited to host the second annual WOMEN in STEM SUMMIT
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Our program features a keynote address on Identity and Career Progression for Women in STEM by Gilda A. Barabino, PhD, Berg Professor and Dean of The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY).
The Summit also features informative panel discussions with local thought leaders representing various STEM disciplines on working smarter, not harder and redefining success inside the workplace. New this year, we will offer an information fair and student poster presentations.
Plan to join us for a day of unforgettable inspiration, invaluable career development and unbeatable networking. Don’t miss this opportunity to inspire, grow and connect with us!
Admission is free and open to the public. Register today to reserve your seat.
Visit our website for more information and program details.
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook and join the conversation.
Please print one or all of the attached flyers and share the event with your colleagues.
This event is sponsored by Engineers for a Sustainable World, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Buffalo, UB Institute for Research and Education on Women & Gender, New York State Society of Professional Engineers (NYSSPE), Praxair, UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Technical Societies Council, UB College of Arts and Sciences, UB Honors College, UB Intercultural Diversity Center, UB Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, UB STEM Programs, UB Student Life, UB Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE).
Contact: Kathleen Murphy at kbrown@buffalo.edu or at 716-645-6700

Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse Game vs. Toronto Rock
2016-04-16 19:30 - 22:30 | First Niagara Center
Tickets on sale March 14th at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 350 Harriman Hall) for $10 each. 2 per UB ID. Limited quantity available. First come, first served.

Guest Speaker ~ Dr. Marci Bowers
2016-04-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Student Union Theater, 201 Student Union, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
Dr. Marci Bowers is a world renown obstetrical and gynecological surgeon. She is known for her work in clitoral and vaginal restoration and she is the first North American gynecologic surgeon trained to functionally reverse female genital cutting. She has also donated her time on medical mission trips to Africa. Recently, she traveled to Burkina Faso, Africa where she trained local surgeons and together they performed the region’s first clitoral restoration procedure. Here is her website for more information: www.marcibowers.com
We are excited to bring this collaborative programming to UB. This event will bring together many clubs and expose students to issues in public health, surgery, international studies, human rights advocacy, gender studies, legal access to healthcare, and humanitarian initiatives. We want to extend an invitation specifically to the UB graduate students and we thought that GSA would be a good avenue.
