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Scientists Unveil Revolutionary X-ray Optics Technology
A Soviet physicist, Muradin A. Kumakhoy of the I.V. Kurchatoy Institute of Atomic +
Energy in Moscow, and an American physicist, Walter Gibson of the University at
Albany, unveiled on Tuesday, April 2 a new technology for focusing and controlling
X-rays and neutrons. This technology, in the physicists’ view, has the potential to
revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of localized tumors, to dramatically advance
efforts to make the next generation of computer chips, and to improve many other
processes in which X-rays and neutrons are used.
The scientists unveiled the technology at a news conference on the University at
Albany campus.
The basic technology was developed over the last five years by Kumakhov and
fellow researchers at the I. V. Kurchatov Institute. Kumakhov and Gibson, who have
collaborated on various research projects for 20 years, recently formed a partnership to
further develop the X-ray optics technology and demonstrate its feasibility for
commercial applications. A joint research program will be carried out by the newly
formed Center for X-ray Optics at the University at Albany and the Institute for
Roentgen Optical Systems in Moscow.
The critical element in this new technology is a "lens" consisting of thousands of
tiny hollow glass capillaries that guide X-rays down their lengths. Without such a lens,
X-rays tend to diverge outward from the source and lose intensity as the distance from
the source increases. Light is similarly divergent without a lens. But with the
Kumakhov lens, X-ray beams with a large initial divergence and a broad energy range
can for the first time be transformed into converging beams or approximately parallel
beams. A Kumakhov lens with 2,000 capillaries was on display on April 2.
Scientists have long known that X-rays, best known for medical and dental
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diagnostic applications, can be reflected off solid, smooth surfaces at a very low angle,
and that, thus, a single capillary can guide an X-ray through many such small angle
reflections. But Kumakhov was the first to suggest "bundling," in effect, thousands of
capillaries together to focus and control X-rays. Kumakhov and his colleagues have
made capillaries smaller than a human hair.
The prototype lenses constructed by Kumakhov and his colleagues have
succeeded in concentrating extremely high densities of X-rays in small spots. Current
X-ray equipment used for medical applications does not have that capability and thus,
for example, healthy tissue often receives more radiation than the cancerous tissue
that’s being treated. The new technology holds the potential for far more precise
irradiation of inoperable tumors and Soviet scientists have been actively researching
that and other medical applications.
The new technology, says Gibson and Kumakhov, may also have far-reaching
implications for the computer industry. A major thrust of the industry now is reducing
the size of integrated circuit components in order to produce more powerful computer
chips, and computer manufacturers have been exploring the use of X-rays to produce
narrower circuit lines. But the approaches they’ve taken thus far have serious
drawbacks.
Synchrotons, for example, can produce powerful, parallel X-ray beams. (A
synchroton is an accelerator and storage ring which guides electrons around an oval or
circular path.) But synchrotons cost from $25 to $50 million, and they require high
vacuums and can only produce horizontal beams -- two aspects that can slow
production processes. X-ray optical devices, coupled with simpler x-ray sources, by
contrast, can easily produce intense vertical beams, do not require high vacuums and
are expected to cost much less than synchrotons.
"Computer chip manufacturers are at a critical juncture now in terms of making
decisions about the technology they’ll use for the next generation of chips. Our
research is expected to provide the option for an easy and cost-effective transition to
advanced high-density electronic and optical circuit designs," says Gibson.
To launch the new Center for X-ray Optics, the University is providing support
for Soviet scientists who will work closely with Albany scientists at the center for the
next year. Although initially optical components and measurement techniques will
draw strongly from the experience and expertise in Moscow, it is expected that the
strong surface and interface characterization program, the thin film fabrication and
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study program and the strong advanced materials physics program at Albany will be
crucial to further development. This will be especially true as neutron and higher
energy X-ray applications are explored.
"The power of the program will be in the continued close collaboration between
the University at Albany faculty and stydents with Soviet scientists," said Gibson.
"This will be particularly true in development of scientific and medical applications.”
Gibson says the center will explore such matters as new fiber designs and
non-fiber structures and will conduct comprehensive tests of the performance and
components of the Kumakhoyv lenses.
Albany’s Department of Physics is renowned for its expertise in the physics of
solids, particularly the interaction of radiation with solids, and that expertise, along
with Albany’s nuclear accelerators and other advanced equipment, will be hamessed to
support the new center. In addition to Gibson, seven other Albany scientists will be
associated with the center. ‘
U.S. and international patents have been applied for on the work done so far by
the Soviet scientists. A company, X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc., of Voorheesville, N.Y.,
of which Gibson is a director and his son David is president, has been established to
pursue commercial applications and to provide a means of manufacturing optical
components and systems for scientific as well as commercial use. Kumakhov is a
consultant to the company. Patents based on work done at the University will be
controlled by the Research Foundation of SUNY.
For further information, please contact Gibson directly at (518) 442-4484.
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MURADIN A. KUMAKHOV
Muradin A. Kumakhoy, the inventor of the special X-ray optical system, is the
head of the laboratory for the study of crystals with radiation at the I.V. Kurchatov
Institute of Atomic Energy in Moscow. For over 20 years, he has been researching
different aspects of ion channeling and he is regarded as one of the world’s experts in
channeling radiation, the emission of radiation from channeled particles.
In 1986, in an article on radiation of channeled particles, Kumakhov suggested
the possibility for a new X-ray, neutron and charged particle optics based on multiple
scattering between solid curved surfaces. During the research that followed, he
designed and manufactured the X-ray lenses that could revolutionize many applications
of X-rays.
WALTER M. GIBSON
Walter M. Gibson, director of the Center for X-ray Optics at the University at
Albany, has been a professor of physics at Albany since 1976. Prior to that, he was a
research scientist for 19 years at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories.
Since 1964, Gibson has been active in studies of particle channeling and has
published over 150 papers on the topic. His interest in channeling phenomena led to
discussions and collaboration with Kumakhov beginning in about 1970. In May 1990,
during a visit by Gibson to the Soviet Union to attend two conferences on ion
channeling and channeling radiation, Kumakhov suggested that a collaborative
program be established to study and develop the new X-ray optics technology.
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“Recycling! Why Should We? How Should We?"
Debbie Jackson, a solid waste specialist at the state Department of Environmental Conservation,
will discuss why everyone is hearing so much about recycling on Tuesday, April 16, as the
University at Albany’s Natural History Lecture Series continues.
With many of New York State’s landfills expected to close soon, Jackson’s talk, entitled
"Recycling! Why Should We? How Should We?", will give some practical ways to reduce solid
waste, as well as ways to make recycling easier. Her presentation, which is free and open to the
public, will begin at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7 on the University’s uptown campus at 1400
Washington Ave., preceded by an illustrated weather briefing.
The lecture series, sponsored by the University’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
and the DEC, will continue April 16 with a presentation on Alaska and conclude April 23 with a
talk focused on the state’s freshwater wetlands.
Donations to sustain the Natural History Lecture Series may be sent to the University at
Albany Fund, Inc., AD 231, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222,
"Attention Ray Falconer Fund."
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Alaska, By Land, Sea and Air, Will Be Featured in April 16 Natural
History Lecture Series
The majestic scenery of Alaska will be featured on Tuesday, April 16 as the University at
Albany’s Natural History Lecture Series continues. The slide show presentation will feature the
separate trips to Alaska last summer of Kay Teale and Alan Mapes, who visited coastal areas and
wildlife refuges by boat and plane. Teale is a professor in the Natural Sciences Division of the
College of St. Rose, while Mapes is director of the state Department of Environmental
Conservation’s Five Rivers Environmental Education Center.
The talk, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8 p.m. in Lecture
Center 7 on the uptown campus of the University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave.
The Natural History Lecture Series, which is co-sponsored by the University’s
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and DEC, will conclude April 23 with a presentation on
the state’s freshwater wetlands. Kathryn Schneider, coordinator and zoologist at DEC’s Natural
Heritage Program, will examine the intricate biology of the state’s freshwater wetlands and
discuss research which uses freshwater mussels as indicators of wetlands pollution.
An illustrated weather briefing will precede each lecture. Donations to sustain the
Natural History Lecture Series may be sent to the University at Albany Fund, Inc., AD 231,
University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, "Attention Ray Falconer
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H. PATRICK SWYGERT -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
ALBANY -- Haywood Patrick Swygert, 48, brings 20 years combined service in higher
education and government to his position as the fifteenth President of the University
at Albany, State University of New York.
Since August 1990, when he became the first African-American to serve as President
of a State University of New York University Center, President Swygert has
articulated a new vision of the University at Albany’s multifaceted mission as a
mature public research university. Key elements of that mission include strengthening
undergraduate level academic programs, pursuing research and graduate education
that will prepare the professoriate of the 21st Century, and forging new linkages with
business, government, and community organizations.
From 1988 until he arrived at Albany, President Swygert was Executive Vice President
of Temple University in Philadelphia, a comprehensive, state-related research
university of thirteen schools and colleges, including law, medicine and dentistry, and
a tertiary care hospital. He had been associated with Temple since 1972, serving as a
Professor of Law, Acting Dean of the Law School, Special Counsel to the President
and Vice President for University Administration. He has also been a Visiting
Professor on the law faculties of Tel Aviv University and the University of Ghana.
In 1977, President Swygert was named General Counsel to the US Civil Service
Commission, where he received the Commissioner’s Award for Distinguished Federal
Service. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed him Special Counsel to the Merit
Systems Protection Board. He had previously served as Law Clerk to Chief Judge
William H. Hastie of the US. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Administrative
Assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York; a Special District Attorney
in Philadelphia; and an associate in a New York City law firm.
At Albany, President Swygert has called for public higher education funding reform
within a context of fiscal responsibility and accountability. He has led a movement
encouraging SUNY trustees to adopt a "mission-based tuition" policy that links what
students pay to the type of institution they attend. Citing the need to preserve
academic programs and standards, he implemented a holiday campus closing that saved
the University nearly $800,000 in direct and indirect costs, and indefinitely postponed
a decision to move University athletics from NCAA Division III to Division I.
President Swygert was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Howard University
with an A.B. in history. He received a J.D. cum laude from the Howard University
School of Law in 1968, and was notes editor of the Howard Law Review, James A.
Cobb Fellow and a Ford Foundation Urban Affairs Research Fellow. He and his wife
Sonja Elizabeth Branson Swygert have two sons, Haywood Patrick Swygert Jr. and
Michael Branson Swygert.
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School of Social Welfare Celebrates 25th Anniversary
The University at Albany’s School of Social Welfare will celebrate its 25th anniversary
on Thursday, April 11, with a day-long celebration featuring discussions of America’s
families and children, as well as other major social welfare issues.
An honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree will be presented to Barbara
Blum, president of the New York-based Foundation for Child Development and former
commissioner of social services in New York State, in recognition of her contributions
to social welfare policy.
U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan is scheduled to deliver the keynote address on
families and children if his Senate schedule permits. Barbara Blum will assume those
honors if Moynihan must remain in Washington, D.C.
The keynote address and honorary degree presentation will take place during the
morning session beginning at 9:15 a.m. in Page Hall on the University’s downtown
campus.
Also during the morning session, the University Excelsior award will be
presented to Elizabeth Heinmiller, who was instrumental in the establishment of the
School of Social Welfare. In the early 1960s, Heinmiller headed a committee of social
workers that researched social welfare needs in the region and made the case for a
master’s of social work program at Albany. The school opened its doors to its first 27
students in September 1965, and it hasn’t stopped growing since.
The school added a doctoral program in 1984 and the school is now "widely
recognized as one of the nation’s best social welfare programs," says Dean Lynn
Videka-Sherman. In several reviews of scholarly productivity, Albany ranks among the
top five schools of social work. ;
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY PRESIDENT PROMISES
TO ‘SEEK GREATNESS’ FOR UNIVERSITY
In remarks prepared for his inaugural address as the 15th President of the University at
Albany, H. Patrick Swygert calls upon students, faculty and the citizens of New York to look
beyond the fiscal contraints which the economy has imposed on state finances to the
University’s "tradition of excellence and our promise for greatness."
"It is our challenge to have a vision that looks beyond today to a University that
represents greatness," Swygert, the first African-American president of a SUNY university
center, says. "Our faculty and students---past, present, and future--and you, the citizens of
New York, deserve a public university bold enough and confident enough in itself to seek
greatness.
"Because for many of you, access to greatness in higher education will only come about
through public higher education."
Swygert will be formally inaugurated as president of the oldest state-chartered
institution of higher education in New York at ceremonies in the University Gymnasium at 4
p-m. on Friday, April 5. SUNY Chancellor D. Bruce Johnstone will perform the formal
installation at the ceremony.
Before assuming his current duties on August 1, 1990, Mr. Swygert, 48, was Executive Vice
President of Temple University.
Despite "challenging times for higher education, nowhere more so than in New York State,"
President Swygert’s address will present four themes central to the University’s progress:
"First, we will seek to provide students with a significant
research, creative or other experience appropriate to their
disciplinces, as undergraduates...
Second, we will redouble our efforts to retain our talented
faculty and to recruit others...
Third, we must proceed in a manner that ensures that our mission
truly reflects who we are and our promise for the future...
And, finally, we must energetically pursue private resources to
help us meet these challenges."
The inaugural events, which were supported entirely by private funding, included a
symposium, "Public Higher Education in 1990s: The Role of the University in New York State’s
Plan for Scientific and Technological Competitiveness."
Established in 1844, Albany will celebrate its Sesquicentennial in 1994. Designated as a
University Center of the State University of New York in 1962, Albany has a broad mission of
undergraduate and graduate education, research, and public service. More than 16,000 students
are enrolled in the 10 schools and colleges of the University.
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NEW DEATH PENALTY POLLS SHOW LAWMAKER MISCONCEPTIONS
There is less support among New York State voters for the death penalty and its
harsher alternatives than the state's Icgislators belicve.
That is the finding of two new opinion surveys, which produce the most extensive
assessments to date of the attitudes of New York State voters and the state’: Icgislature
toward the death penalty and its alternatives.
The studics, conducted by Professor William Bowers and Dr. Margaret Vandiver,
both of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, Jonathan Gradess,
Esq., of the New York State Defenders Association, and Professor Timothy Flanagan of
the School of Criminal Justice of the University at Albany, were rcleased today at a press
conference at the University at Albany’s School of Criminal Jv stice.
In addition to presenting the latest statistics on legislators’ and voters’ opinions on
capital punishment, the two studies present a reflection on how the each group perceives
the other’s views, and how those ultimately effect their own. ]n some cases, the findings
indicate large misconceptions.
"The survey shows that Icgislators dramatically misrcad public sentiments on
punishments for convicted murderers," said Vandiver. "For instance, less than 20 percent
want the Death Penalty for convicted murderers if they could have life without parole
plus restitution on the part of the inmates for the victims’ families, There is no political
constituency for the Death Penalty when voters are offcred alternatives."
Vandiver and Bowers’ findings fly in the face of the state Icgislators’ perceptions,
as surveyed by Flanagan. "Fully 70 percent believe that their constitucnts would favor the
death penalty for convicted murderers," said Flanagan, "This is despite the fact that the
survey indicates the legislators’ own inclinations would be far more lenicnt.”
According to Gradess, "New Yorkers, given the choice, reject both the iscath Penalty
and Governor Mario Cuomo’s alternative Life Without Parole (LWOP) bill. What New
Yorkers are saying is that full employment, better housing, improved nutrition for
children and the improvement of our schools, are far more important anti-crime strategies
than the Death Penalty or LWOP.”
The studies will be part of a two-day seminar, "The Death Penalty: Perspectives on
the Past and Future in New York State," co-sponsored by Albany Law Review of Albany
Law School and the University’s School of Criminal Justice.
Starting Friday from 1 - 5:15 p.m. and continuing Saturday from 9 - 5:30 p.m. at the
Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom, 4th Floor, Albany Law School, 80 New Scotland Ave.,
the conference brings together 32 of the most highly respected legal and social science
scholars from around the country. Together, they will address a number of historical,
philosophical, jurisprudential and empirical issues that surround the contemporary debate.
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Governor Appoints Two New Members to the University Council
Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has named Steven N. Fischer of Loudonville and Carolyn Gillis of
Rensselaer to the University Council of the University at Albany, State University of New
York.
Fischer, a certified public accountant and attorney, is president and chief executive
officer of Urbach Kahn & Werlin PC (UKW) in Albany. A frequent speaker in the U.S. and
abroad on issues affecting business and the accounting profession, he is a member of the
New York State Board of Public Accountancy, a former member of the Council of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a past vice president of the New
York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
In addition, Fischer served on the Commissioner’s Task Force on Reorganization of
the New York State Education Department and the Governor’s Advisory Panel on the
Financial Services Industry in New York State.
Albany Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III recently appointed Fischer to head the newly
established Albany Arts Commission. Fischer has a long history of involvement with the
Albany community, including having served as chair of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee
for the Future of Downtown Albany and president of Capital City Renaissance Corp. He is
also a member of the City of Albany’s Waterfront Advisory Committee, and serves on a
number of community boards.
Carolyn Gillis is director of government and community affairs for Empire Blue
Cross and Blue Shield. The recipient of a Governor’s citation for outstanding contribution
in community service, she serves on a host of community boards, including: the Private
Industry Council, representing the City of Albany; the Palace Theater; the Lupus
Foundation, of which she is also president; the Center for Counseling; Senior Service
Centers of Albany; the Eddy; the Next Step Foundation; the Capital Leadership Steering
Committee; and the Task Force on Arts and Cultural Events for the Christopher Columbus
Quincentennial.
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She is a member of the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Ulster
County Chamber of Commerce and the Orange County Chamber of Commerce, as well as
the Women’s Business Development Center Inc. and the Capital Investment Club.
The Governor also recently appointed Gillis to the Committee for Accessible
Transportation for the Capital District Transportation Authority.
Fischer and Gillis have been appointed to seven-year terms on the Council, the
legislatively established local governing body of the Albany campus. The Council consists
of 10 members. The governor appoints nine of them, all prominent citizens from the
Capital Region; and the 10th member, a student, is elected annually by the student body to
serve a one-year term.
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Rensselaer Resident Receives Award
Louise Cardinale, a resident of Rensselaer, received an Achievement Award from the
Disabled Student Award Program at the University at Albany. The award was presented
at the Disabled Student Services Awards Luncheon on April 3, which was the opening
event of Abilities Awareness Month at the University. It is given to disabled students
who have made outstanding contributions to the University and the community.
Cardinale, a mother of seven and new grandmother of two, is a social welfare
major. Having degenerative arthritis has not stopped her from working 20 hours a week
with families in crisis at St. Catherine’s hospital, helping the mentally ill at the 5th
Avenue Social Club or maintaining a 3.45 grade point average out of a possible 4.0.
A transfer student from Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, New York,
Cardinale completed a two-year course on counseling others through the Albany Catholic
Diocese for Ministry. She says one of her future goals is to create a program at her
church which will link elderly people with young people for support and friendship.
Cardinale also plans to enter the Master’s of Social Welfare program at the
University.
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Pomona Native Receives Award
Larry Bortstein, a native of Pomona, received an Achievement Award from the Disabled
Student Award Program at the University at Albany. The award was presented at the S
Disabled Student Services Awards Luncheon on April 3, which was the opening event of
Abilities Awareness Month at the University. The award is given to disabled students
who have made outstanding contributions to the University and the community.
Bortstein, who is legally blind, is a senior political scierice major at the
University. His long list of activities includes being co-chair for the Disabled Student
Services Scholarship Fund-raising Committee and a peer counselor for other visually
impaired young people. Also, he has been a member of Sigma Nu fraternity for four
years and plays intramural football and basketball.
In addition to his participation in organizations on campus, Bortstein is also a
member of the Gold Key National Honor Society and has been on the Dean’s List for his
entire college career.
At the luncheon, it was also announced that Bortstein won the Stephen W.
Hawking Prize, which recognizes outstanding achievement by a student with an
impairment and carries a cash award of $500. The prize will be presented at the Honors
Convocation in May.
Bortstein has been accepted at both the Brooklyn and Fordham University Law
Schools.
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Binghamton Native Receives Award
Tana Rozelle, a native of Binghamton, received an Achievement Award from the
Disabled Student Award Program at the University at Albany. The award was presented
at the Disabled Student Services Awards Luncheon on April 3, which was the opening
event of Abilities Awareness Month at the University. The award is given to disabled
students who have made outstanding contributions to the University and the community.
Rozelle, who transferred from Broome Community College, is a senior
psychology major with a 3.4 grade point average out of a possible 4.0. Being dyslexic
and recovering from alcohol and drug addiction has not stopped her from actively
participating in many programs and organizations. A survivor of child abuse and._neglect,
Rozelle is a volunteer at the New York State Federation for Child Abuse and Neglect,
and treasurer of University Action for the Disabled, a student activist group.
In addition to her activities, Rozelle also received the Educational Opportunity
Program Dean’s List Award and is a member of the Gold Key National Honor Society.
One of her long term goals is to obtain her Ph.D. in counseling.
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Dix Hills Native Receives Award
Jeffrey Weissman, a native of Dix Hills, received an Achievement Award from the
Disabled Student Award Program at the University at Albany. The award was presented
at the Disabled Student Services Awards Luncheon on April 3, which was the opening
event of Abilities Awareness Month at the University. The award is given to disabled
students who have made outstanding contributions to the University and the community.
Weissman, a senior English major/political science minor at the University, has a
grade point average of 3.7 out of a possible 4.0. Having dyslexia has not stopped him
from being involved in many organizations and programs. He has been a member of
Sigma Nu fraternity for four years, and co-chair of the fund raising committee for the
Disabled Student Services Scholarship Fund.
In addition to his activities, Weissman is a member of the Signum Laudis Honor
Society, an honor which only three percent of students receive. After achieving a high
grade on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), on which he scored a 47 out of a
possible 48, Weissman was asked to teach a Kaplan LSAT course this summer.
Weissman plans to go on to law school after graduation but has not decided
which school he would like to attend,
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Parent/Child Pairings Needed for Research Project at CSAD
Lisa Scharff, a Ph.D. candidate at the Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders Clinic
(CSAD) at the University at Albany, State University of New York is conducting studies
into stress-related stomach pain and would like to recruit 12 to 16 parent/child pairings to
participate in a research project.
The child must be diagnosed by a physician as having abdominal pains that have
no known organic basis in order to be considered for selection in the research project. Free
treatment will be given in exchange for participation.
The hours of research can be designed to fit the participants’ schedules to a large
degree. Some sessions will be with parent in attendance only, some with child in
attendance only and some with both child and parent in attendance.
Please call Lisa Scharff at the Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders at (518)
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State Social Services Commissioner to Keynote Rockefeller College
Commencement Ceremonies
Cesar A. Perales, commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, will
deliver the seventh annual John E. Burton Lecture on Friday, May 24, to lead off a weekend of
commencement-related activities at the University at Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public
Affairs and Policy.
Perales, the recipient of the John E. Burton Lecture Award and Distinguished Public
Service Award from the Professional Development Program at Rockefeller College, will discuss
"Government Changing Attitudes - True Welfare Reform." The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in
the Arthur Levitt Executive Seminar Room, Draper 313, on the Rockefeller College Campus at
135 Western Avenue in Albany.
The Burton Lecture will be followed by the Distinguished Public Service Awards ceremony
for outstanding contributions to New York State Public Service. Award recipients will include
Karen Burstein, judge of the Kings County Family Court; John Herritage, deputy commissioner
for the Bureau of Municipal Police; Barbara J. Morrison, associate commissioner in the New
York State Office of Mental Health; and Assemblyman Edward C. Sullivan, D-Manhattan, and
chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education.
The awards ceremony will be followed by Rockefeller College Graduate School
Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 25, at 11 a.m. at the following locations:
School of Criminal Justice: Draper 313, Rockefeller College.
Graduate School of Public Affairs: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 411 State Street.
School of Social Welfare: Page Hall, Rockefeller College.
School of Information Science and Policy: Unitarian Church, 405 Washington Avenue.
A college-wide reception will follow at noon in the Page Hall courtyard.
The University at Albany will hold its University commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. on
Sunday, May 26, in the Knickerbocker Arena in downtown Albany. There will be a reception
for Rockefeller College students in the Page Hall courtyard following the ceremony. All of the
events scheduled for commencement weekend are open to the public.
The Burton Lecture was established in 1985 in honor of John E. Burton, who served as
director of the state Division of the Budget from 1943 to 1950 under Governor Thomas E.
Dewey. In addition to modernizing the state budget process, he was a key member of the special
committee which recommended the creation of the State University system. Burton also initiated
an internship program in the 1940s which evolved into what today is the Rockefeller College of
Public Affairs and Policy.
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University at Albany Showcases Undergraduate Research in Math
and Science
Two juniors and six seniors at the University at Albany will discuss their research on
Thursday, April 25, at the Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium sponsored
by the College of Science and Mathematics.
The press is invited to attend this "poster" session, during which students will discuss
their work one-on-one with interested visitors from noon to 2 p.m. The session will take
place in the first floor corridor of the Chemistry Building on the uptown campus, 1400
Washington Ave.
The projects are in physics, chemistry, public health, biology and mathematics.
For more information, contact Daniel A. Wulff, dean of the College of Science and
Mathematics.
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Knickerbocker Regatta April 27 to Draw Top Rowing Teams
Crews from more than two dozen schools are expected to compete on the Hudson River at
Albany on Saturday, April 27, in the third annual Knickerbocker Regatta, the premier
intercollegiate rowing competition for small college and university rowing programs in New
York State,
Many of the races in the Regatta, which is hosted by the University at Albany, serve as
qualifying events for Philadelphia’s Vail Regatta, the largest intercollegiate rowing event in the
world. Sponsoring the event are the University at Albany Foundation and Community Health
Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization based in Latham.
Among the crews expected to return this year are defending champion Ithaca College,
which won the All Points Trophy in 1990, as well as the women’s varsity eights competition.
Other defending teams include Rochester University (women’s lightweight fours and men’s
varsity eights), Vassar College (women’s varsity fours and men’s varsity fours) and
SUNY-Maritime (men’s lightweight fours).
Also expected to compete will be Canisius College, Colgate University, Dowling College,
Fordham University, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Hofstra University,
Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, New York University, Rensselaer Polytechnic
i Institute, Saint John’s University, Sarah Lawrence College, Skidmore College, the SUNY
: campuses at Binghamton, Buffalo and Oswego, Union College, the United States Merchant
Marine Academy, and the U.S. Military Academy.
The Regatta, which will be staged off Albany’s Corning Preserve on the Hudson, will begin
at 8 a.m., with events running all day. The awards ceremony will be at 5 p.m. All events are
free and open to the public. Ample free parking will be available.
"The Regatta revives a great Hudson River tradition dating back to the 19th century, when
the greatest oarsmen in the country competed on the Hudson River," said Robert A. Fortune,
chairman of the Foundation’s Council for Intercollegiate Sports and president of Sweet
Associates. "All of this activity had a wonderful rippling effect along the shores of the Hudson,
with picnics and community gatherings." Fortune said that, similarly, one of the goals of the
Foundation’s 130 members is to enhance the quality of life of the Capital Region. The
Foundation’s Council for Intercollegiate Sports works to build the University’s rowing program
and promote the Hudson River as a recreational resource.
Community Health Plan (CHP), which has served the Capital Region since its founding in
1977, today cares for 200,000 people at 24 CHP health centers and dozens of affiliated
physicians’ offices throughout upstate New York, western Massachusetts and Vermont. Locally,
CHP has facilities in Canaan, Clifton Park, Copake, Delmar, Glens Falls, Gloversville, Hoosick
Falls, Hudson, Latham, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, Rotterdam and Troy, N.Y., as well as
Bennington, Vt., and North Adams, Pittsfield, Lee and Great Barrington, Mass.
For more information or race results:
David Margelli, Rowing Coach, University at Albany, 442-3041 (office, or 463-2528
(home).
Sean Mulvey, Race Committee Co-Chair, 438-0111.
John Childs, Race Committee Co-Chair, 486-8881.
Norman Kurland, Interim Foundation Executive Director, 442-5161.
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2 Moore SID
Ithaca, New York 14850
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RPI
Alan Shibley
8th Street
Troy, New York 12180
Union College
George Cuttita
Union St.
Schenectady, NY 12308
Fordham University
Joe Pagnotta
Fordham Rd. & Southern
Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10458
Cortland State
Peter D. Koryzno
Cortland, NY 13405
Sports Information Director
University at Buffalo
” ffalo, NY 14260
Wally Johnson SID
St Lawrence University
211 Villas Hall
Canton, NY 13617
Bob Kinney SID
US Military Academy
Howard RD, Building 639
West Point, NY 10996
Nicolis Ra
StonyfBrook, NY 11794-3500
Richard G. Becker SID
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Bill Jones SID
Skidmore College
North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Mike Sinick
University at Binghamton
West Gym
Binghamton, NY 13901
Sports Information Director
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY 13323
Dennis O’Donnell - SID
University of Rochester
Alumni Gymnasium
Rochester, NY 14627
Carole A. Ggifls SID
Smith Collfge
Northamgton, Ma. 01063
New fork, NY 10021
Ken McMillan
Troy Times Record
501 Broadway
Troy, New York 12181
Sports Department
Times-Union
645 Albany-Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12201
Tom Boggie
Schenectady Gazette
334 State Street
Schenectady, NY 12301
Sports Director
WRGB Sports
1400 Balltown Road
Schenectady, NY 12309
Sports Director
WTEN
Northern Blvd
Albany, NY 12209
Bob McNamara
WNYT
15 North Pearl St.
Albany, NY 12204
Sports Director
WGY Radio Sports
1400 Balltown Road
Schenectady, NY 12309
John Graney
WQBK Radio
PO Box 1300
Albany, NY 12201
Ed O’Brien - Sports Director
WTRY
WTRY Road
Schenectady, NY 12309
Sports Department
Poughkeepsie Journal
85 Civic Center Plaza
Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
Sports Department
Newsday
235 Pinelawn Rd.
Huntington Station, NY 11747
Sports Department
Times-Herald-Record
40 Mulberry St.
Middletown, NY 10940
Sports Department
Reporter Dispatch
One Gannett Drive
White Plains, NY 10604
Sports Department
Democrat & Chronicle
55 Exchange St.
Rochester, NY 14614
Sports Department
Buffalo News
One News Plaza PO Box 100
Buffalo, NY 14240
John Fox - Sports Editor
‘ss and Sun-Bulletin
Vestal Parkway East
Binghamton, NY 13902
Richard Hill
WROW
341 Northern Blvd
Albany, NY 12204
Sports Department
The Saratogian
20 Lake Ave.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Sports Department
Press-Republican
170 Margaret St.
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Sports Department
Leader Herald
jlton St.
wioversville, NY 12078
Sports Department
Syracuse Herald Journal
Clinton Square
Syracuse, NY 13221
Marty Lyons
Utica Observer-Dispatch
Oriskany Plaza
Utica. NY 13501
Howard Davjf’SID
Robert Bordas - SID
Marist College
North Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Michael Lacognato - SID
SUNY Oswego
Route 104
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Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY 14850
George Cuttita SID
Union College
17 South Lane
Schenectady, NY 12308
Scott Ames SID
NY 10570-2799
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Sports Information Director
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY 13617
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Marist College
North Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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Brent RujKows SID
Central Cong State University
Kaisey
New/ pfitain, CT 06050
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‘ollege Ave.
utgfown, PA 19530
Buck QReil
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Lockfflaven, Raf 17745
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University of few Haven
300 Grape Ave
West Maven, CT 06516
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Sprffigfield, MA 01109
Wally Johnson SID
St. Lawrence University
211 Vilas Hall
Canton, NY 13617
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Alliangé, OH 44601
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Susqugfgnna, PA 17870
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Watervil jne 14901 Hobart College Alumni Gym
Geneva, NY 14456
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Sports Information Directd ersity
SUNY Cortland i Grand Cepfral & Utopia Pkwys
Cortland, NY
Warren Bazirgan
Sports Information Director
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY 14850
Wally Johnson SID
St. Lawrence University
211 Vilas Hall
Canton, NY 13617
Joe Pagnotta
Sports Information Director iversy gffon Director
Fordham University i
Bronx, NY 10458
Carl McAloose SID .
Frostburg State Collegg béfon Director
Braddock Street
Frostburg, MD 2158 Medford, MA 02155
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NY 13323 Troy, NY 12181 Schenectady, NY 12308
Sports Director
P.O. Box 1410
Schnectady, NY 12301 ille, MA 02632
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Sun-Bulletin
Vestal Parkway E.
Binghamton, NY 13902
Jay Rosenfeld
¢hkeepsie Journal
85 Civic Center
{untington St., NY 11747
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Middletown, NY 10940
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Buffalo News
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Buffalo, NY 14240
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New York Times
229 W. 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
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Schenectady, NY 12301
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Second University at Albany Professor Gets Fulbright Honor
Lucig Danielian, an assistant professor of communication at the University at
Albany, State University of New York, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to
lecture in public opinion polling methods in the Soviet Union in the 1991-92 academic year,
She is the second University faculty member to receive a Fulbright this year and one of
only 37 American professors selected for a Fulbright lectureship in the U.S:S.R. for the
coming year.
Danielian, whose research focuses on political communication, more specifically, on
how special interest groups use mass media to affect public opinion, will be lecturing to
undergraduates and graduates at Yerevan State University, in the capital of the Republic
of Armenia, U.S.S.R. She has also been awarded a $27,000 postdoctoral fellowship from the
Joint Committee on Soviet Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies and the
Social Science Research Council for field research on the media and lobbying practices of
the democratic movements in the Armenian republic, She is one of only eight faculty
members nationally to receive the postdoctoral fellowship.
"The field research is an extension of the research I am doing here, but in an
international arena," Danielian said, "I will be making participant observations on the new
democratically elected governments’ lobbying with the West, observing the strategies and
tactics new governments of the Soviet Union use in order to gain access to Western
government leaders and Western opinion elites. These governments need assistance and
technology from the West. Learning to lobby the West and use Western media is going to be
essential for them," she added.
Danielian, an Armenian American, holds a doctorate from the University of Texas,
Austin, and has been at Albany since fall 1988. She is currently co-authoring a book on the
Armenian national movement and other democratic movements in Armenia in the last three
years,
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ALBANY POET WINS NATIONAL PRIZE
The Poetry Society of America has awarded Judith Johnson, Associate
Professor of English at the University at Albany, its Di Castagnola Prize for
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Poetry in recognition of the best book-length manuscript of poetry in America
for 1991,
Johnson’s "Cities of Mathematics and Desire," a 90-page, unpublished
manuscript was selected as the sole prize winner among more than 80 entrants.
The works are judged anonymously, this year by Robert Creeley, the New York
State Poet and Professor of English at the State University at Buffalo,
The Di Castagnola Prize for Poetry includes a $2,000 stipend and was
i awarded to Johnson in ceremonies in New York City on April 26. Johnson has six
| previous volumes of poetry published by Norton and Countryman Press and a
volume of short fiction by Antheneum.
A resident of Albany, Johnson won a Playboy Prize for fiction and was for
: two terms President of the Poetry Society of America in the 1970's,
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i Fountain Day at University Marks Arrival of Spring
Spring officially arrives at the University at Albany on Wednesday, May 1, at noon when the
campus’s main fountain at 1400 Washington Ave. is turned on for the first time this year.
This annual rite attracts thousands of students, faculty, staff and alumni and should
provide the same excellent photo opportunities it has in the past. The weather is expected to be
sunny and clear with a high in the mid-70’s. President H. Patrick Swygert will be on hand to
throw out the ceremonial first frisbee.
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY TO AWARD
HONORARY DEGREE TO VENEZUELAN CONSERVATIONIST TOMAS BLOHM
The State University of New York at Albany will award Tomas Blohm, Venezuelan
conservationist and philanthropist, its highest recognition, the honorary degree
Doctor of Humane Letters, at its 147th commencement on Sunday, May 26.
| Described as “the major voice speaking for conservation and environmental
preservation in Venezuela," Sr. Blohm has provided major resources and facilities for
the education and research in tropical biology of scholars from all over the world.
In the early 1970's he established Hato Masaguaral, an 11,000 hectare private
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preserve near Calabozo in Guarico State, dedicated to the preservation, study and
captive breeding of endangered species. Last year he provided housing and research
| facilites free of charge for more than 90 scientific investigators, students and
| senior scientists. Five graduate students from the University at Albany have used his
\ preserve as a field site for their research.
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He has been a founding member of several important conservation groups in ow (ast e Aga ot
Venezuela and has advised that nation’s president on efforts that led to the As lege. 4 dyes sey i
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in conservation. Sr. Blohm earned his bachelor of science degree in animal husbandry
' from Cornell University in 1952.
f Five other persons will receive honorary degrees at the May 26 ceremonies. They
are Turgut Ozal, President of Turkey; Robert M. Solow, Nobel Prize-winning economist
from MIT, Joanne Simpson, Chief Scientist for Meteorology for NASA’s Goddard Space
Flight Center; Houston Baker, Albert M. Greenfield Professor English at the University
