Speakeasy: An Undergraduate Journal of Research and Creative Art is now accepting submissions. We are a staff of undergraduate students that is funded by the University at Buffalo Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender (Gender Institute - IREWG), and our publication is dedicated to subjects pertaining to gender, sexuality and feminism in all its forms, from the academic to the creative.
The staff welcomes research papers, fiction prose and poetry, and visual art, as well as responses to previous issues. Our goal is to create an academically fueled dialogue for all students interested in gender and sexuality. Subject matter in our publication focuses on, but is not limited to, subjects explored in the feminist field.
Topics we have explored in the past: shaving etiquette, personal abortion stories both from those receiving the abortion and from health care providers, genital mutilation, gendered American politics, gendered bodies in literature, plastic surgery, architectural design of lesbian public spaces, and pick-up lines and catcalls.
The theme for our Winter Issue is biblical women and effects on modern culture.
The deadline for our Winter Issue is December 5th, 2009.
The theme we will be exploring in our Spring Issue is media and pop culture representations of gendered and transgendered people. The deadline for our Spring Issue is March 1st, 2010.
We also welcome for every Issue:
-Music, book, performance art, and movie reviews -Personal accounts of gendered experiences (good or bad) -Research and critical essays on literature, digital media, and creative art -Drawings, Paintings, Sketches, Figure studies -Responses to previous issues’ articles ]
Please send any submissions to the staff of Speakeasy at mewright@buffalo.edu
WORKSHOP: FINDING SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
DATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 @ 3:30 PM
LOCATION: 12 CAPEN HALL
SPONSORED BY: CENTER FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
Join CURCA for a workshop on how to find and get those summer research opportunities!
To register for this event, please visit: http://workshops.buffalo.edu
Posted by Nigel on November 18, 2009 in Academics
COL 302: The History of Literary Theory
Instructor: Megan MacDonald
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:50 am, Clemens Hall 640
Registration Number: 462951
Why do philosophers read poets, and why do poets read philosophy? This course will trace the history of this question, beginning with the “quarrel” between philosophy and poetry in antiquity and leading up to the contemporary conversations and polemics between the two disciplines. The course is an introduction to the history of criticism but is open to all students interested in exploring the fascinating and challenging intersections between the two main areas of the humanities: literature and philosophy. Reading literary and philosophical texts, we will discuss such questions as the nature of human existence, the problem of time, death, and finitude, the role of gender, as well as the differences and similarities between the imagination and reason, passion and logic, literary language and philosophical argumentation.
In the first part of the course, we will examine convergences and differences between literary and philosophical texts in antiquity (Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Sophocles’ tragedies), the Middle Ages(Boethius and Dante), the Enlightenment (Voltaire, Candide), and Romanticism (Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments, HÃlderlin, poetry). Rethinking the heritage of Greek culture and tragedy for the moderns, Nietzsche’s influential study The Birth of the Tragedy will serve as the transition to the questions, which will characterize contemporary debates between philosophy and literature. After The Birth of Tragedy, we will read several essays by Heidegger and Irigaray, and a number of literary texts: short stories by Dinesen and Borges, excerpts from Joyce’s Ulysses , and poetry by Gertrude Stein and Wislawa Szymborska.
***This course is not an Honors Seminar though you might be interested in it.***
Dr. Uriel Halbreich, Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor of Ob/gyn and Director of the Biobehavioral Program is looking to hire a research assistant-South Campus.
Responsibilities include:
general office duties-including typing and filing, organizing scientific journals, articles, reports and presentations, assistance in preparing articles, reports and presentations.
15-20 hours weekly.
contact: Dr.Halbreich at urielh@buffalo.edu
The Friends of the Health Sciences Library Present
The Genomics Revolution and Personalized Medicine
Daniel A. Brazeau, PhD
Friday, November 20, 2009
6 – 9 PM
Austin Flint Main Reading Room
Health Sciences Library, South Campus
University at Buffalo
“Genomics” has revolutionized the biological and biomedical sciences, perhaps the pharmaceutical sciences most of all. While much public press has concentrated on pharmacogenetics and “personalized medicine” this is the one area in the pharmaceutical sciences where advances may be the least
certain. Pharmacogenetics seeks to provide patients effi cacious therapeutic agents with minimal adverse drug reactions based upon their genotype. However, the complexity of the human genome and the extensive genetic diversity among human populations often results in confusing relationships
between patient drug response and genotype. Pharmacogenetics will contribute greatly to improved therapeutics but it requires a more realistic understanding of the role environmental factors, multiple genes with multiple variants, and human population genetic structure play in predicting
individual drug efficacy and toxicity.
Dr. Daniel Brazeau is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UB. He received a BS degree in Biological Sciences (1979), a MS in Biology at the Univ. of Toledo (1983) and a PhD in Biology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1989. His research interests include population genetics of natural populations, DNA forensics, and the evolution of reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates. He is director of the Pharmaceutical Genetics Laboratory.
For questions/information please contact Linda Lohr
Phone: (716) 829-3900, ext.136
Email: lalohr@buffalo.edu
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 6 - 9 PM
Location: Austin Flint Main Reading Room
Health Sciences Library, South Campus
University at Buffalo
Buffet Dinner and Beverages: 6 - 7 PM
Presentation: 7 - 8 PM
Coffee and Dessert: (Questions and Answers) 8 - 9 PM
RSVP: November 18, 2009
Cost: Member $15.00 per person
Non-member $20.00 per person
Students $ 9.00 per person
Program only $ 5.00 per person
Reservations and and payments can be sent to:
Linda Lohr
Health Sciences Library
University at Buffalo
B5 Abbott Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214
Posted by Jessica on September 28, 2009 in Academics, Internships
This spring: January 13 – May 1, 2010
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
www.DCinternships.org/CS
EARLY DEADLINE – OCTOBER 1, 2009
**SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP CONSIDERATION FOR NCHC HONORS STUDENTS**
Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies in partnership with Georgetown University, Capital Semester combines substantive internships, rigorous courses for academic credit, career development activities, exclusive briefings and lectures led by prominent policy experts.
EARLY DEADLINE – 5% DISCOUNT
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the Final Deadline of November 1, 2009. Students are encouraged to apply for the early deadline of October 1, 2009 to receive a 5% discount on their tuition balance as well as priority internship placement.
PRIORITY SCHOLARSHIPS
Students from NCHC honors programs will be given priority in scholarship awards from our general scholarship fund. Honors students should indicate on their application materials that they are a member of an honors program and list their honors activities on their resume.
- Internships – Competitive placements with top sites in D.C.
- Classes – 12 transferable credits in political science and economics from Georgetown University
- Housing – Roommate matching and furnished apartments on Capitol Hill
- Guest Lectures – Featuring prominent government officials and policy experts
- Site Briefings – At the World, State Department, Capitol Hill and Federal Reserve
- Leadership & Professional Development – Leadership, mentoring and career building activities
- Networking – Interaction with seasoned professionals and student leaders from around the world
- Scholarships – Over half of all students receive full or partial funding based on merit and financial need
Internship placements are available in the following subject areas:
- Politics, Public Policy and International Affairs
- Journalism, Communications and Public Relations
- Corporate Business and Government Affairs
- Nonprofit Sector and Community Service
For more information and an online application, please visit our website www.DCinternships.org/CS or contact Dana Faught, Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator, at admissions@tfas.org or 202.986.0384.
Please visit this website to request an informational brochure: https://www.dcinternships.org/tfas/brochure/index.asp
Posted by Nigel on September 16, 2009 in Academics, Tutoring
Attached you will find a copy of the Fall 2009 hours of operation for the Math Place and Writing Place at the University at Buffalo, North Campus.
These free peer tutoring services are for undergraduate students.
For quick reference:
The Math Place (209 Baldy) is open on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. We offer mathematics tutoring for students enrolled in the following undergraduate courses: ULC 147, ULC 148, MTH 115, 121, 122, 131, 141, 142. math-place-flyer-fa09
The Writing Place (209A Baldy) is open on Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We offer tutoring for undergraduate students in any course in which essays or other writing assignments are given. writing-place-flyer-fa09
Posted by Nigel on September 2, 2009 in Academics
A new MUS 114 course is on the books for Fall 2009 and is immediately available for students that would like to fulfill their gen ed Arts requirement.
THE EXPLODING PIANO
A survey of pianists and piano music from the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics include notable works by pre- and post-war American and European composers, the early use of extended techniques, prepared piano, piano and electronics and the player piano. Recordings of great classical and jazz pianists (from Bill Evans to Glenn Gould to Cecil Taylor) will be discussed as well as live performances in class.
MUS 114
Thurs. 2:00pm - 3:20pm
Room 211 Baird
Gen Ed Music Course
NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program
The NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program which is administered by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is officially accepting applications for the 2010 Aeronautics Scholarship Program. It is expected that approximately 20 two-year undergraduate, and 5 two-year with an option of a third year graduate scholarships will be awarded annually to students pursuing aeronautical engineering and related fields such as Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics and Mathematics. Total allocated award amounts are up to $40,000 for undergraduates and up to $125,000 for graduates. These funds will go towards tuition and related costs, as well as to provide paid summer internship opportunities at a NASA research center.
Competitive applicants interested in this amazing opportunity should begin completing application materials immediately. A completed application will consist of profile information, academic background (including transcripts), a resume, an essay for undergraduates, a proposal for graduates, letters of recommendations, and any test scores, such as GRE’s, when appropriate.
Completed applications will be collected electronically from September 1, 2009 through January 11, 2010. To learn more about eligibility requirements, award benefits, application instructions, and to apply online, visit https://nasa.asee.org, or contact nasa.asp@asee.org with any questions regarding this program. For additional information on NASA’s aeronautics research and other opportunities please log on to http://aeronautics.nasa.gov.
Posted by Nigel on July 30, 2009 in Academics
Megan McDonald from the Comparative Literature department (COL) wanted to let you know about a course she is teaching this Fall that you might be interested in.
The details are as follows:
COL 280: City in Literature
Gendering the City: Writing Women in Urban Space
How do we write the city, and who belongs there? What draws us to the city or drives us away? Where is home?
This course will explore the city and “world literature” in terms of location and gender, through fiction and non-fiction written by women. We will begin by exploring identity and gender in the context of transnational feminism. Other topics will include: power and representation; diaspora and exile; the veil/hijab; the notions of the “subaltern” and “third world”. Some broad concerns will include interrogating gender and its possible relation to an experimental attitude to literary language, as well as locating sites of power and sexuality in the texts.
No prior knowledge of feminism or the literature mentioned is required–only a willingness to learn and work seriously with these concerns.
Fiction and non-fiction will include Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis”, Assia Djebar’s “Women of Algiers in Their Apartments”, Azadeh Moaveni’s “Lipstick Jihad”, short stories by Mahasweta Devi and Ismat Chugtai, Calixthe Beyala’s “The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me”, Ama Ata Aidoo’s “Changes” and Yvonne Vera’s “Butterfly Burning”. We will supplement our reading with theoretical texts by Leila Ahmed, Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, Gayatri Spivak, Hélène Cixous and Chandra Mohanty.
Requirements include regular class attendance and active class participation, short response papers, and a final research paper (6-8 pages with at least critical sources).
Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 - 10:50 am Registration No. 499465
***This course is not an Honors Seminar though you might be interested in it.***
