Graduate Student Association

Check out some of the great events GSA has to offer this month!

Attached is an exciting opportunity for graduate students to potentially publish in an upcoming book, Graduate study in the USA: Surviving and succeeding. This will be an edited book written for prospective and current graduate students by a mix of graduate students and those who have recently completed their studies. The premise is simple: if you could go back in time and talk with yourself when you began your studies, what advice would you give? Isn’t hindsight a bonus? If only I knew then what I know now! Abstracts are now being accepted.

We are researchers at the ISE department at University at Buffalo who are working on understanding the diffusion of health habits and health-related behaviors through large social networks.

The survey takes approximately 15 minutes of your time and you will largely help us collect valuable data for the study.
Please follow the link below to the survey:

http://survey.ubergolab.com

Your input is very important to us and will be kept strictly confidential and used only for the purposes of research for this project.

This study has been reviewed and approved by SUNY University at Buffalo Social and Behavioral Sciences IRB (SBSIRB). For more information, please contact mghesmat@buffalo.edu
Thank you!

Fall 2014 SBI Programming Grant applications are now available!

“The primary function of the Programming Grant is to fund programs that further the quality of student life, and enrich the educational, cultural and social experiences at the University at Buffalo. In light of these goals, organizations that receive awards are to use them to expand existing programs or to help launch new projects.”

Grants of up to $1,000.00 can be awarded to any recognized university affiliated student organization.

The application is attached here, and hard copies can be picked up from the GSA Office (310 Student Union) or the SBI Office (341 Student Union). The deadline for submission is Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Please note that this is a rigid deadline, after which grant applications will not be accepted. All grant applications must include the signature of the GSA Treasurer, so please plan accordingly. SBI Programming Grant Notifications will be distributed to the grant applicants by Monday, October 20, 2014.

Research Recruitment Announcement

Communication researchers, Youngsun Kwak (doctoral student at UB), Dr Amanda Damiano (assistant prof. at the College of Saint Rose at Albany), and Ji Hye Choi (doctoral student at UB) are conducting research exploring consumer product review engagement behavior. This study is supervised by Dr Vishwanath.

This research is recruiting more than 300 participants in two online surveys. Each survey takes roughly 30 minutes to complete. Participants should be 18 years of age or over. Most importantly, since this study is about why people do not actively participate in consumer product reviews, those persons, who have or had experience of posting product reviews online even once, are not eligible for this study.

The surveys can be accessed at the links below. The survey 1 is available by October 3, Friday, midnight, and the survey 2 is available during Oct 13, Mon to Oct 24, Fri. Your participation is completely anonymous.

Survey 1 Link: https://ubsunycomm.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3aEcEv7q5o8C0rH
Survey 2 Link: https://ubsunycomm.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_dd6d1xs87ROjWYJ

For any question, please email the researcher, Youngsun Kwak (ykwak@buffalo.edu).

Check out some of the great events GSA has to offer this month!

REMINDER!

All currently recognized GSA clubs most hold their club’s Officer and Senator elections and submit the required paperwork to the GSA office by September 30th or your club’s funds will be frozen!

If you have not done so already, please pick up your club’s packet with all of the information and forms necessary to hold your elections in the GSA office (310 Student Union).

It’s the Mid-Autumn Festival! Who wants some moon cakes? This year we are gonna give out tickets to the Festival Gala Dinner and moon cakes for FREE! Please come to our office hours (@ SU 311):

• Monday 9/8, 12pm-1pm
• Tuesday 9/9, 12pm-1pm
• Wednesday 9/10, 12pm-1pm

Dinner will begin at 5pm on 9/13 in SU Flag Room (tickets required).

Please note that you have to present the ticket in order to join the dinner. You also need to show your UB card to us. One ticket per UB card per person. Moon cakes are limited, so first come, first serve.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

CSSA@UB Eboard

Graduate Students,

You may be unaware that at Michael Hall Student Health Center (South Campus) you have free chiropractic available Monday 1-5 pm, Wednesday 9-12 pm, 1- 5 pm abd Friday 9-12 pm.

Chiropractic can help with back pain, neck pain, headaches and other joint issues you may have.

Please call 716-685-9631 today for an appointment as we usually fill up fast.

Gerald Stevens DC,MS,MPH