Graduate Student Association

The GSA Election Committee is pleased to announce the results of the 2016-2017 GSA Officer Elections:

President:

Tanja Aho: 262
Holly Keily: 233
Dijana Savija: 211
(63 abstentions)

Vice President:

Amy Miu: 258
Ajeya Anand: 222
Grace Ong: 174
(115 abstentions)

Treasurer:

Anastasia Stepanova: 420
Jennifer Schechter: 222
(127 abstentions)

These elected candidates will officially take office as of June 1, 2016.

Sincerely,

GSA Election Committee

Kevin Stout (EC Chair)
Robert Azaretto (EC)
Alexandra Agostinelli  (EC)
Sathish Kasilingam (EC)
Tejas Purandare (EC)

March 2, 2016

Register for the Ph. D and Master’s Virtual Career Fair

Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival
March 31-April 3, 2016, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
FLEFF DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival Fellows program brings outstanding doctoral students from groups underrepresented in higher education to Ithaca College for four days to participate in screenings, lectures, and workshops within an engaging, interdisciplinary environment.

The festival fellows engage Ithaca College faculty and students from across campus as well as with festival guests to explore linkages between sustainable development, globalization, race, ethnicity and gender in order to stimulate new research and thinking in the areas of sustainability.

Doctoral students from a wide variety of disciplines are encouraged to apply for a FLEFF Fellowship. The fellowship covers transportation (up to $500 for air fare), shared accommodations, meals in Ithaca and a festival pass.

Applicants should submit a CV and a personal essay. The essay should explain how attending FLEFF might enhance your education and how the theme of the 2015 Festival, LANDSCAPES, may relate to your academic or professional interests. Applicants who are at least in the third year of a doctoral program will be given preference.

The essays and CV should be emailed to: fleff2016fellows@gmail.com. More information about FLEFF is available at: https://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/

Fellowship applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Early applications are encouraged but fellowships are still available. Contact Person: FLEFF Fellowship Coordinator, Professor Warren Schlesinger fleff2016fellows@gmail.com.

Emotion Study

Researchers in the Affective Science Lab at the University at Buffalo are recruiting participants for the Emotion Study. To be eligible, you must be currently seeking or receiving mental health treatment and 18 years or older. Participants come to our lab located on UB North Campus for one 3-4 hour session that includes interviews and questionnaires (compensation = $40). You may then be invited for a 10-day follow-up study completed from your home (compensation up to $50).

If you are interested or have questions, please contact our lab via email (ubaffectivescience@gmail.com) or phone (716-645-6694).

Call for Posters: 2016 Women in STEM Summit

The Women in STEM Cooperative (WISC) invites undergraduate and graduate women students at the University at Buffalo to present posters at the 2016 Women in STEM Summit being held on April 13th at the University at Buffalo. We are seeking students who have been significantly involved in research either with their own research project or through meaningful involvement with an ongoing faculty project. The poster session will run concurrently with a reception where students will have the opportunity to network with Summit attendees, including corporate sponsors. For more information regarding the Summit, please visit: http://engineering.buffalo.edu/womeninstem/summit

Faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate and sponsor students to share their university research in any of the science, technology, engineering, mathematics or related fields. Students are responsible for printing their posters and bringing them to the Summit on April 13th.

Submission Criteria:
• Undergraduate or graduate women students in a STEM field at the University at Buffalo
• Research projects must represent a significant investment of time by the student outside of normal course requirements and class projects

Proposals should include:
• Name of Presenter(s)
• Contact Information
• UB Department
• Name of Faculty Mentor
• Title of Presentation
• Abstract (100 words or less)
To submit, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WISSummitPosters

If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Campos at ncampos@buffalo.edu.

Deadline for Abstract Submission: March 11th, 2016

The proposal committee will respond to all submissions by March 23rd.

The world famous Harlem Globetrotters will be playing in Buffalo, NY at the First Niagara Center on Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7pm. Everyone associated with the University at Buffalo Graduate Student Association (family/friends) can take advantage of an exclusive discount and save up to $7.00 off each ticket! To take advantage of this discount or for any questions, please contact Derek Gensburg at 602-707-7037 or Gensburg@harlemglobetrotters.com and see the attached order form. Tickets are limited based on availability, so please order early while tickets are available.

I recently taught some speed-reading & memorization workshops for UB students to help them with their studies.

We recorded these sessions and they can now be viewed online.

This course is free to all UB students & staff.

Register here:
http://www.irisreading.com/school/UB

Paul Nowak
Program Director | Iris Reading
www.irisreading.com
Iris Reading is the largest provider of speed-reading & memory training with programs that have been conducted for employees of NASA, Google and universities throughout the U.S.