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Karate-Do Exhibition at the University at Albany
The University at Albany will present a Washin-Ryu Karate-Do Exhibition on
Wednesday, April 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Campus Center Assembly Hall. The event is
part of the 10th annual Abilities Awareness Month at the University. The exhibition, as
well as most other Abilities Awareness month events, is free and open to the public (see
enclosed schedule).
William Carpenter, an amputee, is an instructor at Hidy Ochiai’s Karate of
Albany. He has been studying Washin-ryu Karate under Master Ochiai since 1971. His
strong will-power and mental strength make him one of the most successful competitors
in karate. In this exhibition, Carpenter will share his knowledge and skill with anyone
interested in learning Washin-ryu Karate.
Abilities Awareness Month,is designed to increase the awareness of the
community to persons with disabilities. It is a collaborative effort among students, faculty
and staff to enhance our just community at the University. Other events held during this
special month include a social and academic networking conference for Capital District
students with disabilities and a career development and opportunities workshop. An
interpreter for any of the programs can be provided by calling 442-5490.
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University Begins Partnership with Bronx High School of Science
ALBANY - A campus visit by teachers from the Bronx High School of Science April 9 and 10
will kick off a partnership between the prestigious high school and the university.
The Bronx High School of.Scii is regularly rated among the top five high schools in the
nation, according t associate dean for academic support.
Carr said the high school was receptive to the idea of regular contact between the two schools
because many Bronx High School of Science graduates continue their educations at Albany.
He added Albany is second in the nation in the number of students it receives from the high
school.
Ernest Scatton, associate vice president and dean of undergraduate studies, said the exchange is
taking part under e State University of New York was
honored last year by the American Association for Higher Education for its work in developing
partnerships with public schools.
A group of about 20 ninth and tenth graders from the high school is expected to visit the
University by the end of April. Early exposure to higher education for students from inner-city
high schools is one of the goals of the Alliance program.
Like other New York City schools, the Bronx High School of Science has to deal with dwindling
financial resources.
“They are unable to have curriculum specialists come in to assist them," Carr said. "We can help
them to improve their curriculum in spite of the economy." Sharing SUNY resources with New
York City schools on a continual basis is another Alliance goal.
University professors and students who are alumni of the Bronx High School of Science have
been invited to meet with faculty members from their alma mater at 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 10,
, in the Patroon Room of the Campus Center, 1400 Washington Ave.
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University at Albany President H. Patrick Swygert
To Deliver Baltimore Lecture at Rensselaer
TROY, N.Y. - H. Patrick Swygert, president of the University at Albany, State University
of New York, will deliver the 1992 Garnet Baltimore Lecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in Troy, N.Y. The free public lecture will take place at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 16, in Room
3303 of the Sage Laboratory on Rensselaer’s campus.
Swygert’s lecture is the second of the Institute’s Garnet Baltimore Lecture Series,
established in 1991 in honor of Rensselaer’s first black graduate. The annual Baltimore lecture
focuses on issues of equality and cultural diversity.
Swygert, who has lectured frequently on higher education leadership issues, notes that a
historical pattern.that dominated until the second half of the 20th Century has reversed, and
three-quarters of all black college students are now enrolled at majority-group institutions. At
Rensselaer, Swygert will address the implications of this trend for majority-group institutions,
including issues related to diversity and the search for common ground. He will also discuss the
success of the historically black schools and colleges in preparing leaders, as well as the lessons
these institutions offer majority-group institutions.
Garnet D. Baltimore, a member of Rensselaer’s Class of 1881, was a distinguished civil
engineer and landscape designer. Best known for the landscape design of Prospect Park in Troy,
Baltimore also worked on bridge and improvement projects along the Hudson and served as
engineer in charge of the Sandy Hill Railroad.
Baltimore designed the landscaping and engineering for St. Mary’s Hospital and for what is
now the Forest Hills Cemetery. He served as a consulting engineer to Oakwood Cemetery and
designed other cemeteries in Albany, Hoosick Falls, and Glens Falls. He also served as chairman
of the Civic Art Committee in Troy in 1912 and 1913.
Swygert is a member of the Council of Presidents of the State University of New York and
the SUNY 2000 Task Force, a Board of Trustees-appointed advisory body reviewing the mission
of the nation’s largest public university system.
In 1991, Swygert was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo to the New York Council for
the Humanities. He is also a member of the Higher Education Technology Committee of the
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
Prior to coming to the University at Albany, Swygert was executive vice president at
Temple University in Philadelphia. While there, he established and organized the Future Faculty
Fellows Program, which today has 67 members of underrepresented groups pursuing degrees.
A graduate of Howard University, Swygert received his law degree cum laude from the
Howard University School of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the
National Bar Association.
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Graduate Student Wins Prestigious Fellowship
Contact: Greta Petry (518) 442-3095
ALBANY - CheryliGsWyetzner;21yhas won a Semiconductor Research Corporation Graduate
Fellowship in Microelectronics. Only 29 such awards were given out nationwide last year.
The four-year fellowship, which consists of a $16,800 stipend per year plus tuition and fees, is
awarded to outstanding students who are studying towards a Ph.D. in areas related to
microelectronics. Microelectronics is the science that deals with the theory, design and
applications of integrated chips.
In order to be eligible for the award students must be working under the guidance of a faculty
member who is directing SRC-funded research at a participating university.
Wyetzner, a Brooklyn native, earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University in
August. Her minor was physics.
"I started working with Physics Professor Alain Kaloyeros in the laboratory," she said. Wyetzner
liked the work so much she decided to go to graduate school in physics instead of math.
While still an undergraduate, Wyetzner was part of a group of students who did research on
superconductors. Superconductivity is a technology that allows electricity to be transmitted with
zero resistance, which results in cheaper electricity.
The graduate of Midwood High School said her reaction to hearing the news about the award was
one of "great joy," because it means she will be able to devote all of her time outside of classes
and studies to doing research. Wyetzner is conducting research on the chemical vapor deposition
of metals.
Kaloyeros said he was pleased by the news.
"This is the first time that we have gotten one of these awards on campus," he said. "Cheryl was
. competing against students from Cornell University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and Harvard University, and this award indicates that our students are competitive on a national
scale." Kaloyeros was designated a 1991 Presidential Young Investigator by the National Science
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Atmospheric Scientist Receives Prestigious National Award
University at Albany atmospheric scientist Lance Bosart, who has investigated storms all
around the globe and even flown into the eye ofa hurricane for his research, has been
awarded one of the most prestigious honors in his field, the Jule G. Charney Award of the
American Meteorological Society. The annual award is presented "in recognition of highly
significant research or development achievement in the atmospheric or hydrospheric
sciences."
A professor in Albany’s Department of Atmospheric Science, Bosart has been
analyzing the nature of storms for more than 20 years. He’s particularly interested in the
interaction of events on different time and space scales. "Everything that happens on the
ground, for example, is influenced by the troughs and ridges of the jet stream," the strong
winds that travel about seven miles above the earth, he explains. Bosart and his students
have conducted extensive investigations of the physical processes associated with the
formation and development of frontal zones and cyclones along the East Coast during the
winter. These investigations have contributed to a better understanding of the role of the
Gulf Stream and the Appalachian Mountains in the genesis of severe storms along the East
Coast of North America.
Over the last six years, Bosart has also participated in three major field experiments
aimed at shedding new light on winter storms. The most recent field experiment, dubbed
"Stormfest," took place this past winter, dozens of atmospheric scientists gathered in
Kansas City from Feb. 1 to March 14 to track the development of winter storm systems in
the Midwest. Dan Keyser, another member of Albany’s Department of Atmospheric
Science, also participated in the field study.
Bosart, who is always bringing students along on field experiments and to
conferences, and involving them in research, is also the recipient of a University at Albany
award for outstanding graduate-level teaching. His research is funded by the National
Science Foundation.
Bosart is a resident of Guilderland.
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Atmospheric Scientist Receives Prestigious National Award
University at Albany atmospheric scientist Lance-Bosart, who has investigated storms all around the
globe and even flown into the eye of a hurricane for his research, has been awarded one of the most
prestigious honors in his field, the Jule G. Charney Award of the American Meteorological Society.
The annual award is presented "in recognition of highly significant research or development
achievement in the atmospheric or hydrospheric sciences."
A professor in Albany’s Department of Atmospheric Science, Bosart has been analyzing the
nature of storms for more than 20 years. He’s particularly interested in the interaction of events on
different time and space scales. "Everything that happens on the ground, for example, is influenced by
the troughs and ridges of the jet stream," the strong winds that travel about seven miles above the
earth, he explains. Bosart and his students have conducted extensive investigations of the physical
processes associated with the formation and development of frontal zones and cyclones along the East
Coast during the winter. These investigations have contributed to a better understanding of the role of
the Gulf Stream and the Appalachian Mountains in the genesis of severe storms along the East Coast
of North America.
Over the last six years, Bosart has also participated in three major field experiments aimed at
shedding new light on winter storms. The most recent field experiment, dubbed "Stormfest," took
place this past winter; dozens of atmospheric scientists gathered in Kansas City from Feb. 1 to March
14 to track the development of winter storm systems in the Midwest. Dan Keyser, another member of
Albany’s Department of Atmospheric Science, also participated in the field study.
Bosart, who is always bringing students along on field experiments and to conferences, and
involving them in research, is also the recipient of a University at Albany award for outstanding
graduate-level teaching. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation.
Bosart is a resident of Guilderland.
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MEDIA NOTE:
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SEES PERUVIAN UPHEAVAL
AS REGIONAL TREND
On Sunday, April 5, President Alberto Fujimori of Peru announced he was dissolving
his nation’s congress and suspending its constitution, and would employ troops to guarantee
order in the capital of Lima and elsewhere.
Professor,Ray Bromleyrof the Department of Geography & Planning, currently at work
on a book on the economic, environmental and social challenges facing Peru, says the events
were predictable, and part of a recent South American trend in which populist candidates, upon
becoming democratically elected, side with the military and impose strict right-wing reforms.
Bromley, through friendships and associations in Peru gathered through years of
research, also is aware of the prevailing public opinions of the Fujimori regime which existed
before this recent political episode. He will be available this week for interviews.
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SCHOLAR SPEAKS ON INDIANS IN MEXICO
professor of anthropology at Indiana University and a leading
scholar in the fields of ethnicity, the arts and Mexican ethnography, will deliver a public
lecture on Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Campus Center 375 entitled, "The Isthmus Zapotec: Indians in
a Mexican World."
Professor Royce will be the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar at the University on
Monday and Tuesday, April 13-14. Dean of the faculties and academic advisor to the president
at Indiana, she has been well-published through books -- including an historical novel -- and
journal articles. A fellow and former member of the board of directors of the American
Anthropological Association and former co-president of the Society for American
Archaeology, Dr. Royce is consulting editor to the nternational Encyclopedia of Dance.
She is currently at work on a book dealing with politics and identity in the Zapotec city
of Juchitan, Oaxaca. She will speak to several undergraduate anthropology and Latin American
& Caribbean Studies classes while on campus.
Professor Royce is one of 12 distinguished scholars made available this year to campuses
across the country by the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars Program. Sponsors for her stay at
Albany are the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the University’s departments of anthropology
and Latin American & Caribbean Studies, and its Institute for Mesoamerican Studies.
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University at Albany Graduate Walter L. Schneller Receives
Prestigious NEH Award
Tarrytown teacher who is a graduate of the University at Albany, has been
named the recipient of a "Teacher-Scholar" grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) and the DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund.
Schneller, a teacher at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, received his B.A. from the
University at Albany in 1953. He later earned his master’s degree from the University as well.
Under the NEH grant, Schneller will receive a year-long sabbatical beginning next fall and a
stipend of up to $30,000 to conduct an independent research project on a humanities topic.
Schneller’s topic is titled "Cradles of Modernity."
Schneller is one of two New York State teachers to receive the award. The other
recipient is Audrey Maurer of Roosevelt Island, who teaches at Hunter College High School.
Thirty-eight teacher-scholars across the United States were chosen from among 276 applications
this year.
The NEH/Reader’s Digest Teacher-Scholar program grew out of a 1987 NEH report
which found that teacher preparation programs place too little emphasis on subject-area study.
The report recommended that teachers be given new opportunities to learn more about the
humanities disciplines they teach.
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
FOR 1992
Nominations are currently being accepted for the 1992 Citizen Laureate Awards
presented annually by the University at Albany Foundation. Over their 15 year history, the
Laureate Awards have come to be valued among the most prestigious honors bestowed in
the Capital District.
Citizen Laureate Awards are made in two categories: (1) Nominees for the
Community Laureate Award must have given considerable time and support, in a volunteer
position, to a variety of organizations and/or major causes, and have made a significant
impact on the quality of life in the community.
(2) Nominees for the Academic Laureate Award must have a distinguished record
of intellectual achievement in both scholarship and teaching. In addition, nominees must
have provided outstanding service to their institutions and/or to the community.
Nominees must be current residents of the Capital Region.
Past recipients of Laureate awards include William Kennedy, Victor Riley, Jr., Bishop
Howard Hubbard, Lewis Swyer, Thomas Phelan, Katherine Rozendaal, Elizabeth
Sonneborn, Alan Iselin and Bernard Pollara.
Nomination forms and further information are available from the University at
Albany Foundation, Administration 236, Albany, New York 12222, phone 442-5310. All
nominations must be received by May 4, 1992
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Founded in 1967, the University at Albany Foundation is comprised of over 100
community leaders, alumni/ae, parents and other members of the University family. The
Foundation serves a dual purpose: Its members are responsible for supporting the
University’s priorities through fundraising and asset management activities, as well as for
maintaining a programming focus that takes into account the interests and concerns of the
larger community. The Foundation is charged with assisting the University at Albany in
fulfilling its mission to provide education, research and public service to the Capital Region,
the State of New York, the nation and the world.
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WOMEN’AND'WAR'SYMPOSIUM.
APRIL 23
The Institute for Research on Women at the University at Albany has assembled an
international roster of scholars for its interdisciplinary Spring Symposium on the evolution of
women’s role in modern warfare, which will be held from 1-5 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, in the
Campus Center’s Assembly Hall. A highlight of the event, which is free and open to the public,
will be a talk by Dessima Williams, the ambassador from revolutionary Grenada to the
Organization of American States at the time of the United States’ involvement there.
The speakers will explore issues such as the use of gender images to influence the
citizenry in times of war and revolution. Conflicts on the symposium agenda include World War
I, the Tamil rebellion in Sri Lanka, war and violence in Central America, the yellow ribbon,
home front campaign during the Persian Gulf War and the mobilization of women in Grenada.
Talks also will address the relationship among gender, race and ethnicity and will discuss the
impact of wit on women.
"From the germ of an idea for a single presentation through our current roster of five
distinguished scholars, the Spring Symposium has grown to a point where it promises to engage
a wide audience," Iris Berger, director of the Institute, said. "As the presenters illustrate their
talks with slides and poignant examples, few will remained unconvinced of the power of
gendered images in shaping modern warfare and revolution."
Each of the five presenters will speak for about 45 minutes beginning at 1 p.m. with
Melissa Hall, an art historian affiliated with SUNY Binghamton and SUNY College at Oneonta.
She will begin the program with a slide presentation "Militarism, Gender, and the Imagery of the
First World War in Britain and the United States."
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Sri Lankan Tamil literature scholar Sitralekha Maunaguru of Hunter College will speak
on "Ethnic Politics, Civil War and the Construction of Womenhood in Sri Lanka."
"Gender, War, and Peace in Central America: Role of Women, Consequences and New
Challenges," is the talk of Dr. Ana Celia Escalante of the University of Costa Rica.
After a break, Professor Linda Pershing, a specialist in women’s studies and folklore at
the University, will talk at 3:15 p.m. on "The Yellow Ribboning of America During the War
Against Iraq: Gender, Race, and Tradition in the Construction of a Political Symbol," a talk with
slides.
The Spring Symposium concludes by 5 p.m. with "Issues of Gender and Democracy in
Revolution and Invasion in Grenada," by Dessima Williams, the former ambassador from
Grenada to the Organization of American States Professor, who teaches at Williams College.
Reservations are not necessary, but program information is available through the Institute
for Research on Women, (518) 442-4815.
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NATION’S DOMESTIC AGENDA
FOCUS OF NEXT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WATCH FORUM
SET FOR APRIL 22
PANEL TO INCLUDE NATIONAL EXPERT WHO PREDICTS
RICH vs. POOR CLASH IN NEXT ADMINISTRATION
As inevitably as death and taxes, the ongoing Presidential campaign will certainly move
toward a more serious discussion of the nation’s domestic agenda.
At 12:15 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, the University at Albany will lead the way with its
final " in the ballroom of the Campus Center. It is free and open to the
public and features expert panelists from Russell Sage College and the University at Albany,
including Steven D. Gold, a nationally prominent state finance authority who has described the
radical transformation in wealth which this country has undergone. Gold said, "Over the past
decade the U.S. has developed a wider gulf between the rich and the poor than any other
industrial country. The next President will have to grapple with this problem." Gold and the
other speakers will outline where the debate is headed in education, in poverty in rural America,
in women’s and family issues, and in the economy and taxes.
Richard P. Nathan, Provost of Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
and Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, will moderate the discussion. Karen R.
Hitchcock, Vice President for Academic Affairs, will introduce the participants.
Helen Desfosses, who helped to organize the event and is Rockefeller College Associate
Provost for Educational Development, said, "It’s high time that the electorate and the candidates
get back to business. We have yet to see any serious discussion of the issues."
Desfosses and Ernest Scatton, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean
of Undergraduate Studies, have assembled a panel of experts who represent the best of both
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participating schools.
Mark I. Berger, Albany Professor of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, will
speak on education. Shirley J. Jones, Visiting Professor in the School of Social Welfare at
Albany and a nationally recognized expert on the subject, will talk on poverty in rural America.
Gold, Albany Professor of Public Administration and Policy and Director of the Center
for the Study of the States at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, will give his informed
opinion (regularly quoted in the national print news media) on the complex issues of
the economy and taxes. Barbara Grumet, Chair and Professor of Political Science and Public
Administration at Russell Sage College, will explore how the campaign might address women’s
and family issues.
The first two segments of "Campaign Watch," held in February and March, examined the
issues of Health Care and Foreign Policy and directions the next president must consider.
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Contact: Freda Scott Giles or Lisa Stevenson, (518) 442-4213
Africana Women in Film Festival to be Held May 1-3
The Africana Women in Film Festival will be held on the University at Albany campus on
May 1, 2, and 3. The purpose of the festival is to increase awareness of the contributions of
women of color to the art of cinema, not only as performers, but as writers, producers, and
directors.
A number of campus-based organizations have banded together to present the planned
events. On Friday, May 1, the New York State Writers Institute will sponsor a showing of
"Sugar Cane Alley," written and directed by Euzhan Palcy. The film tells a profoundly
moving story of life in the cane fields of Martinique and a family’s struggle to escape those
fields. Palcy is the director of "A Dry White Season," which starred Zakes Mokae, Donald
Sutherland, and Marlon Brando. "Sugar Cane Alley" will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Page
Hall on the downtown campus of the University.
The featured event on Saturday, May 2, will be a lecture by Ayoka Chenzira, an
award-winning contemporary film maker who was featured in an article in the November
1991 issue of Ebony magazine. Two of her films, "Hair Piece," and "Zajota and the Boogie
Spirit," will be shown. Chenzira is in the process of completing her first feature film. She is
scheduled to appear in Humanities 39, on the uptown campus, at 2:00 p.m.
“Daughters of the Dust," a critically acclaimed feature film written and directed by
Julie Dash, will be the topic of a discussion at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the Performing Arts
Center on the uptown campus. Starting at 7 p.m., also in the Performing Arts Center, will
be a showing of "That’s Black Entertainment," "A Minor Altercation," and other films by
and about women of color.
Sunday’s main event is a lecture with film by Pearl Bowser, internationally recognized
film historian and author of numerous articles and monographs, including "Independent
Black American Cinema 1920-1980," and "In Color: Minority Women in Film 1921-1981."
Bowser is the director of African Diaspora Images, a film archive collection which
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documents African and African American film history. Her presentation will be held in the
Performing Arts Center Recital Hall at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday events are sponsored by the Office of the President, Indian Quad,
the Institute for Research on Women, the Department of Women’s Studies, the Student
Association Office of Educational Affairs, the Department of Theatre, and individual
contributors. All events are free and open to all. For additional information, contact festival
coordinators Freda Scott Giles and Lisa Stevenson at (518) 442-4213.
A complete schedule of festival events is attached.
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GRADUATE STUDENT WINS NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARD
A University at Albany graduate student in the Department of Educational
Administration & Policy Studies has received the 1992 Doctoral Student Award from the
American Association for Higher Education’s Black Caucus.
MoStaritaBoyce received the honor at the AAHE’s annual meeting, held in Chicago
in early April. The award was based on a candidate’s vita and the role in higher education
for which he or she has displayed both desire and aptitude. Considered prominently in Ms.
Boyce’s selection was her dissertation: "Fund-Raising and Marketing Effectiveness at
Historically Black Colleges and Universities."
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Nicols to Speak on the Ongoing Challenges of AIDS at the
University at Albany
Henry Nicols, an 18 year old Eagle Scout who has AIDS, will discuss "Meeting the
Ongoing Challenges of AIDS" at the University at Albany on Wednesday, April 29, at
noon in the Campus Center Ballroom. The visit, his second to the University, is part of
Abilities Awareness Month.
During his talk, Nicols will focus on the ongoing physical, attitudinal and social
challenges faced by persons diagnosed as having AIDS. The presentation is free‘and
open to the public.
This Campus Forum also will feature Joyce Hughes, Deputy Director for the
Bureau of HIV Prevention, speaking on "AIDS in the African-American Community;
Perry Smith, a professor in the School of Public Health, will discuss "Epidemiology;"
and Susan Sherman, a professor in the School of Social Welfare, who will speak about
"The Correlation Between the Fear of Death and the Difficulties of Discussing AIDS."
Nicols, from Cooperstown, New York, is a hemophiliac contracted the HIV
virus through a blood transfusion at age 11. He announced publicly that he had the
disease in order to launch an AIDS education project to fulfill a public service
requirement to obtain an Eagle Scout Badge. He has been traveling to speak before
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various groups to educate them about the disease. Although he has since received his
badge he has continued to actively pursue his education campaign. A Henry Nicols
Foundation has been created to raise funding to support his speaking engagements.
Nicols has received letters of recognition from President Bush, Norman
Schwarzkopf, Boy Scouts of America and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo. He has also been
featured in People magazine and has been on the front cover of Parade. Nicols was also
honored by the National Hemophilia Foundation as the first recipient of the Ryan White
Memorial Award.
Abilities Awareness month at the University is designed to increase awareness of
the campus community to persons with disabilities. It is a collaborative effort among
students, staff and faculty to enhance our just community at the University at Albany. If
you need an interpreter for any of the programs, please call 442-5490.
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA HONORS ALBANY PROFESSOR
A University at Albany professor of history has received two awards from
institutions in Czechoslovakia for outstanding contributions to Czechoslovak scholarship
and pedagogy.
Joseph F. Zacek of the Department of History, whose 30 years of scholarship and
teaching on the history and culture of Eastern Europe has focused to a good extent on the
Czechs and Slovaks, received the Comenius Medal from the Government of the Czech and
Slovak Federal Republic, and the Medal of the Comenius Pedagogical Institute in Prague.
Both awards, for whom both natives and foreigners were eligible, were presented at
the Comenius international conference in Prague in late March. The conference
commemorated the 400th anniversary of the Czech philosopher and pedagogue Comenius
(Jan Amos Komensky). Zacek was the only American member of the International
Preparatory Committee for the conference, and also presented a scholarly paper: "J.A.
Comenius on Successful Nation-Building."
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University at Albany Appoints New Assistant Vice President
The University at Albany recently appointed Garrett R. Sanders to the position of
assistant vice president for research and director of the Office for Research in the
Division for Research and Graduate Studies.
A former senior grant manager for the National Heart and Lung Institute of the
National Institutes of Health, Sanders will manage all application and pre-award
components of sponsored funding activity. In his new position, he also will represent the
vice president for research in the negotiation and execution of contracts and funding
agreements. Another function of his job will be to directly supervise all activities and
personnel in the Office.
Sanders’ professional background covers ten years of experience in a broad
variety of research administration functions. Before coming to Albany, he was at the
University of Rochester where he oversaw application and pre-award functions for its
Office of Research. He was also a former Presidential Management Intern in Washington,
D.C. ‘
Sanders, a native of Saratoga Springs, earned a master’s in public administration
from the University’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. He received his
bachelor’s in English from SUNY Buffalo.
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University at Albany Announces Sexual’Assault Report
ALBANY, April 17 -- The University at Albany regretfully announces having
received another report of sexual assault on a female student. Early this morning, a freshman
who resides on Alumni Quadrangle told City of Albany Police that she had been sexually
assaulted at a private social gathering that was being held at an off-campus location.
Albany Police immediately reported the incident to the University Police
Department, which informed the Division of Student Affairs. The student was taken for
treatment to Albany Medical Center, where she was treated and released. She then filed a
formal complaint with City of Albany Police, who are investigating in cooperation with
University Police. Professionals from the University Counseling Service spoke with the young
woman, said University at Albany spokesman Joel Blumenthal.
Earlier this week, unidentified persons posted notices on campus claiming that a
female student was sexually assaulted last month at an off-campus fraternity party. University
officials acknowledged having previously been aware of the allegation, but noted they had
been unable to pursue an investigation of the charge because no one with first-hand
knowledge of the alleged event has come forward to provide information or file charges. Last
month a female student said that she was sexually assaulted in a University parking lot. While
City of Albany and University Police continue to pursue that investigation, no suspects or
leads have been uncovered as of yet.
University at Albany President H. Patrick Swygert said, "I want all University at
Albany students, and their parents, to feel safe on our campus, and we will do whatever it
takes to make the environment safe for them, whether they reside on campus or off-campus.
We will also contjnue to take steps to alert our students to such incidents as they come to our
attention."
Classes at the University at Albany are in recess for the Easter-Passover holidays
until next Tuesday. When students return, the Division of Student Affairs -- in cooperation
with the President’s Task Force on Women’s Safety, University Police, Albany Police and
several other organizations -- will sponsor a series of programs designed to discuss these
recent reports, answer questions from students pertaining to personal safety concerns, advise
them of safety services that are currently available on campus, and of measures they can take
to better ensure their personal safety, both on- and off-campus.
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Physicist D. Allan Bromley to Speak at University at Albany’s 148th Commencement:
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ALBANY - Reviillanelsomaley Assistant for Science and Technology to President George
Bush, will give the principal address at the State University at Albany’s 148th Annual
Commencement on May 17 at the Knickerbocker Arena.
Bromley, a nuclear physicist, is also chair of President Bush’s Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology and the Henry Ford II Professor of Physics at Yale University.
"As one of the leading spokesmen for U.S. science and for international scientific cooperation,
Dr. Bromley reflects two of the most important disciplinary threads of the University at Albany,
namely science and public policy," said University President H. Patrick Swygert.
During the 1970s, Bromley played a significant role in developing the University at Albany’s
Department of Physics. Chair of the external review committee in 1973, he supported the ion
beam program. Ion beam study has become one of the department’s strengths and is an important
part of the University’s research initiative.
Bromley will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree during the commencement
ceremonies.
The University will also award honorary degrees to Carol Gilligan, director of the Center for
Study of Gender, Education and Human Development at Harvard University and to Rutgers
Professor Catharine R. Stimpson.
Gilligan will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for her work in the field of gender
study. Her first book, "In A Different Voice" has been described as a "quiet revolution” in the
interpretation of moral reasoning abilities in men and women. She is also the author of "Mapping
the Moral Domain."
Stimpson will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on May 17. Cited for
her work as a scholar, teacher, researcher and writer in the fields of English and Feminist studies,
Stimpson has served as president of the Modern Language Association.
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seman DISCUSSES THE DISSOLUTION OF YUGOSLAVIA
‘Ivo Banace, prize-winning author and professor of history and master of Pierson
College at Yale University, will lecture on "The Dissolution of Yugoslavia" on Monday,
May 4, 1992, at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center.
The lecture, which will be followed by an open discussion, is free and open to the
public. It is sponsored by the University’s Program on Russian and East European Studies.
Banac is the author of The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History,
Politics (1984), which was awarded the Wayne S. Vucinich Prize of the American
Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. His With Stalin Against Tito:
Cominformist Splits in Yugoslav Communism (1988) earned the Josip Juraj Strossmayer
Awarded of the Zagreb Book Fair.
Banac has published numerous articles and reviews and edited five additional books,
most recently Eastern Europe in Revolution, from Cornell University Press. He is a
corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, editor of East
European Politics and Societies, and a member of several editorial boards.
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Smith Addresses Geography Association
Recent research by Christopher J.Smith, a professor in the Department of Geography and
Planning since 1980, reveals that effective social support can offset the negative impact of living
in inadequate housing.
Smith, a social geographer, spoke to the annual convention of the Association of American
Geographers, which was held April 19-21 in San Diego, Calif., on "Coping with the Stress of
Incipient Homelessness."
Social geographers are concerned with the distribution patterns of social phenomena. Smith
conducts research primarily in the areas of mental health and human services delivery.
"I spent my sabbatical in New Zealand in 1988 and that is how this project began," said Smith,
who earned a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics, and a master’s degree
and Ph.D. in geography from the University of Michigan.
For the study, one group of 200 people from the waiting lists for subsidized public housing in
Auckland was compared with a similar group of the same size in Christchurch.
“What we were trying to do was to find out not how they got into this situation but how they
coped with it," he said. Many of those who were at risk of being homeless were already living in
deteriorating housing:that was lacking in heat, space or hot water.
"The bottom line is we demonstrated the stresses of living in inadequate housing had a serious
impact on physical and mental health," Smith said.
But those who had the strong social support of friends and relatives experienced fewer physical
and mental ills than those who did not.
The geographer said that while shortages of adequate, affordable housing will not be fixed
overnight, something can be done for the people who have to live in deteriorating housing.
"We need to work with people in inadequate housing to bolster their social situation," Smith said.
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President Sends Letter on Safety; Programs, Forum Scheduled
ALBANY, NY, April 21 -- President H. Patrick Swygert has mailed an open letter to
the parents of all University at Albany undergraduates, detailing "what the University knows
at this time" regarding recent allegations of off-campus and on-campus
Swygert’s letter also is being distributed to all employees, and is being published as a
full-page advertisement in the next edition (Friday, April 24) of the Albany Student Press.
"As difficult as it is for me as President and as a parent to raise these painful issues,"
Swygert wrote, "I believe it is essential that you be informed so that we can work together as
members of the University family to protect our students and all other members of our
community." In the letter (the complete text of which follows), Swygert outlined the steps the
University takes as a matter of course in dealing with sexual assault complaints, and the
progress that so far has been made in ongoing investigations of three recent reports.
"Rumors, misstatements, and sensationalism thrive in an atmosphere of uncertainty
and fear," Swygert wrote. "I hope that this letter conveys to you my abiding concern for the
welfare of our students and my resolve to do everything I can to assure their well-being, even
when it means sharing with you reports of incidents that you will find troubling."
Vice President for Student Affairs Mitchel D. Livingston also announced a number
of safety-related programs occurring this week, including implementation of foot patrols on
the academic podium by campus police beginning tonight; personal safety meetings with
students in residence halls (to be ae. reinforcing educational programs that are
sponsored early and throughout the academic year; door-to-door distribution of safety
information in City of Albany neighborhoods where students reside; a Campus Forum on
safety issues this Thursday (complete program follows Swygert letter); a meeting of the
University-Community Safety Task Force Thursday evening; and information tables featuring
the Albany Police Department and Albany County Rape Crisis Center being set up in the
Campus Center this Thursday.
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April 20, 1992
Dear Members of the University at Albany Community:
I write today to apprise you of a situation on and off campus regarding
student safety and well-being.
As difficult as it is for me as President and as a parent to raise these painful
issues, I believe it is essential that you be informed so that we can work together as
members of the University family to protect our students and all other members of
our community. More specifically, there have been three reports of sexual assault
on female students.
* On March 16 a student reported to the University Police Department that
she had been sexually assaulted on March 10 in an on-campus parking lot
at Colonial Quadrangle at approximately 7:30 p.m.
* On March 30 the University received a call from the mother of a student,
reporting that her daughter had been sexually assaulted at an off-campus
party the weekend of March 13 at a private residence.
* On April 17 one of our students reported that she had been sexually
assaulted at an off-campus party at a private residence.
In the first instance, our campus police department is working closely with
the New York State Police and the Albany City Police in the investigation of this
matter. The investigation is on-going. :
In the second instance, our campus police, the State Police, and local police
authorities are investigating this matter. They have been hampered so far because
no one has filed a complaint, nor identified any assailant, nor come forward to
provide any information in support of the investigation.
In the incident of April 17, the student has filed a complaint with the Albany
Police Department, and they are proceeding with the investigation with our full and
complete cooperation.
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These incidents are painful for us as parents and for us as members of the
University community, but most painful for the students. It is their pain I feel most
deeply. Please know that
* . we investigate every rumor of alleged sexual assault that comes to our
attention whether we hear of it directly or indirectly;
+ working with all appropriate law enforcement agencies, we investigate
aggressively all reports of alleged sexual assault;
* we are constantly seeking ways to increase student awareness of the fact
that “no” means “ne” regardless of the setting;
¢ the University Counseling Center as part of the Health Center provides a
supportive and caring environment for all our students; and
* we have not reduced any public safety resources in spite of the significant
budget challenges of the last three years. We will continue to improve
the physical environment and continue to support campus safety and
security needs.
Rumors, misstatements, and sensationalism thrive in an atmosphere of
uncertainty and fear, I have taken this opportunity to let you know directly from me
what the University knows at this time. Let me also encourage you to encourage
your sons and daughters to continue to speak out against conduct that has no place
in a civilized society. By speaking out they can help us to prevent future incidents.
I hope that this letter conveys to you my abiding concern for the welfare of
our students and my resolve to do everything I can to assure their well-being, even
when it means sharing with you reports of incidents that no doubt you will find
troubling. All of us, parents, and students, are owed no less than the truth about any
incident involving student safety and protection.
Finally, if you have any questions or information regarding these incidents, I
would encourage you to contact Mr. John Murphy in the Office of the Vice
President for Student Affairs (518/442-5500). You may also contact me directly.
Sincerely,
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H. Patrick Swygert
President
University at Albany, State University of New York
CAMPUS FORUM Spring Semester Series 1992
Sexual Assault and
Personal Safety
Thursday, April 23
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Albany County Assistant District Attorney
Dr. Gloria DeSole
Affirmative Action
Lisa Donahue
President’ s Task Force on Women's Safety
John Henighan
Department of Public Safety
Darlene Hupe
Albany County Sexual Assault Investigator
Scott Mims
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LOCAL FIRM AWARDED $1.95 MILLION GRANT FOR X-RAY OPTICS
X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. -- the first incubator company at the University at Albany
-- today received a $1.95 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advanced
Technology Program.
The award will be used for development of optical systems which focus X-ray and
neutron beams. Commercial benefits that are expected to arise out of this technology are:
* Improved medical imaging, including mammography and angiography;
* More precise medical therapy, such as irradiation of tumors;
* More rapid and sensitive materials analysis -- important for improving
manufacturing control;
* Improved industrial processing, such as X-ray lithography.
The Commerce department’s Advanced Technology Program provides support
through grants to industry for research and development on generic, precompetitive
technologies. Awards, which run for three years and are limited to $2 million, were granted
today to 27 companies nationwide, among them IBM and a consortium of the Ford Motor
and General Electric corporations, in addition to X-Ray Optical Systems.
The technology for the company’s work was developed by Soviet physicist Muradin
Kumakhovy of the I.V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy in Moscow. He has
collaborated for years on projects with University physicist Walter Gibson.
In announcing the award, David Gibson, president of X-Ray Optical Systems, noted
that his company moved from Ohio to the University location in late 1991 specifically
because "the Capital Region offers a unique infrastructure that supports small business." He
singled out the University, and its access to faculty, graduate students and facilities, the
New York State Science and Technology Foundation, and the Capital Region Technology
Development Council.
Graham Jones, executive director of the Science and Technology Foundation, cited
the project as "a wonderful example of the window leading from the academic world to the
industrial world."
The project’s research effort, said David Gibson, includes a $300,000 sub-contract to
the University’s Center for X-Ray Optics, aimed at insuring sufficient durability for the
optical systems’ use. University President H. Patrick Swygert noted the continued support
of state and local forces in developing "a real core of high-tech enterprises in the Capital
Region," and also said it was "exciting to be associated with a program that has hit a home
tun its first time out.”
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3RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL TO COMBAT TRAGEDIES OF DRINK
A carnival atmosphere will not mask a serious intent when Indian Quadrangle host
the 3rd Annual DIASRE, (Drinking Alternatives in the Residential Environment) Carnival
on Friday, May 1, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Carnival games, prizes and an assortment of foods will be on hand, with proceeds
benefiting the Albany Citizens Committee on Alcohol, R.I.D. (Remove Intoxicated
Drivers) and the University’s counseling center, Middle Earth. The sponsors -- the Office
of Residential Life, Indian Quad Board and the Multi-Cultural Awareness Program -- seek
to top the $1,000 raised last year and the $950 of the year before.
Prominent also will be information booths from a host of organizations aimed at
halting alcohol abuse. Their visual presentations will focus on raising the awareness of the
public regarding the precious toll incurred by those using alcohol to excess.
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University Investigating Sexual’Assault Allegation
ALBANY, NY, April 27 -- University at Albany officials are investigating a rape
allegation that they received last night. A female freshman resident of Indian Quad said she
was raped in her residence hall bedroom the night of April 20 by an acquaintance, whom she
identified by name, and who also is a University at Albany undergraduate student. The
woman said that she and the young man were in her bedroom when the rape occurred.
The woman reported the incident last night to Residence Hall personnel, who urged
her to file a formal complaint with the University Police Department. She filed the complaint
with University Police early this morning, and they are investigating. The University has
notified the Albany Police Department and the Albany County District Attorney’s office, the
Albany Student Press, the University’s Task Force on Women’s Safety and the Student
Association. In addition to encouraging the young woman to come forward and file a formal
complaint, the Division of Student Affairs made psychological and medical services available
to her.
The University at Albany will have no further comment regarding this incident,
pending conclusion of the investigation.
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Fax: 518/442-3035
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Contact: Christine Hanson McKnight, 518-442-3091
University at Albany Biologists to Participate in Natural History
Conference at State Museum
Albany - The apparent decline in migratory landbird numbers, especially those that winter in the
Tropics, will be examined on Thursday, April 30, in a symposium organized by University at
Albany biologist eo
The symposium, part of The New York Natural History Conference II at the New York State
Museum, is expected to attract the nation’s leading researchers on migratory birds. Speakers will
discuss birds of forest, shrubland and grassland, as well as long- and shortterm changes in habitat
in the northeastern U.S. Able, a professor of biology who has devoted much of his research to
migratory navigation, will chair the symposium. It gets under way at 1:30 p.m. in Meeting
Room B on the Concourse Level at the Empire State Plaza. -
Another Albany biologist, Distinguished Teaching Professor Margaret-Stewart; has collaborated
with Andrea H. Worthington of Siena College to organize a symposium on "Fire-Structured Pine
Communities" at the Natural History Conference. The symposium, which will be Friday at 1:30
p.m. in Meeting Room B, will include a presentation by the two scientists on the impact of fire
versus clear cutting in the regeneration of scrub oaks in the Pine Bush, an ecosystem that is
adapated to, and even dependent on, fire. Stewart is an expert on the Pine Bush, a 2,000-acre
preserve near Albany that is home to several endangered species, including the Karner blue
butterfly and the Buck moth. Also making presentations on the Pine Bush will be two of
Stewart’s graduate students, G.L. Preston, now at Hudson Valley Community College, and
Bettina Weber.
A third University at Albany biologist, —-| will discuss his research as a participant
in a symposium on "The Ecology of Perturbed Lakes," scheduled for 1:30 Thursday in the
Orientation Theater of the Museum.
The Natural History Conference, which runs April 29 through May 1, will examine natural
history research in New York State and focus attention on critical research needs. It is hosted by
the State Museum.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 30, 1992
\ Contact: Maggie Ziomek, 442-3079
Or Joel Blumenthal, 442-3070
University at Albany Teach-In Tonight On King Verdict
ALBANY, NY -- University at Albany President H. Patrick Swygert will be joined by
several distinguished members of the University and Capital Region communities tonight, in
a teach-in on the verdict in the Rodney.King beating case.
Although details of the teach-in, including speakers, are still being arranged, the
discussion is scheduled for 7 p.m, at the Campus Center Assembly Hall. The press and public
are invited to attend, and more details will be provided as they are available.
