Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall Announces Great Performers Series

The Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall, on the campus of Buffalo State College, proudly announces the 2009-2010 Great Performers Series, presented by M&T Bank.

The Great Performers Series features world-class artists in the intimate setting of Rockwell Hall. The …

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Buffalo State Music Faculty and Students Join BPO for "Video Games Live"

Buffalo State music students and faculty will join the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) for a larger-than-life performance of the runaway hit “Video Games Live,” Friday, July 31, at 8:00 p.m. at Artpark.

An interactive concert experience that showcases past …

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Building for Understanding Promotes Practical Mathematics

Thanks to a College and Community Partnerships minigrant awarded to the Mathematics Department and faith-based neighborhood group Making Fishers of Men and Women, a one-of-a-kind gazebo will soon take shape on 18th Street located in Buffalo's West Side.

Preservice math …

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Buffalo State Receives $75K Matching Grant from Margaret L. Wendt Foundation

The Buffalo State College Art Conservation Department has been authorized a grant of $75,000 from the Trustees of The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation. 

The funds will help raise the match requirement on an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation challenge for the endowment of a …

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Burchfield Penney Art Center to Premier Film by Buffalo Native

The Mayor of Strawberry Fields a moving documentary by Buffalo born filmmaker Torre Catalano, will premiere at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 6:30 p.m.

The event, which is free and open to all, includes a screening of …

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Great Lakes Scientists Discover Rare Species

A healthy population of a rare species of mollusks, Truncilla macrodon, has been discovered in the Colorado River in Texas by Lyubov Burlakova, principal investigator and a research scientist with Buffalo State’s Great Lakes Center, and Alexander Karatayev, director …

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Liberty Partnerships Program Sponsors New Youth Leadership Academy

Buffalo State’s Liberty Partnerships Program has joined with the Buffalo Public School System and the Erie County Chapter of “The Links, Incorporated” to provide new leadership opportunities for Western New York students.

Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students …

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Buffalo State Among Chronicle's 2009 Great Colleges to Work For

The Chronicle of Higher Education has selected Buffalo State College as one of 2009’s Great Colleges to Work For. Buffalo State College is recognized in six categories: 

Compensation and Benefits, Health Insurance, Housing Assistance, Vacation or Paid Time off, Post …

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Buffalo State Earns Prestigious Prize in Compressed Air Competition

Buffalo State College engineering technology students and faculty earned national honors in the Compressed Air and Gas Institute’s (CAGI) Innovation Awards Contest. 
The CAGI competition challenged students from colleges and universities across the country to create …

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Theater Department Announces 2009-2010 Season

The Theater Department has announced its schedule for the coming year. Beginning with Suzan-Lori Parks's drama In the Blood and concluding with a dance showcase choreographed by faculty, Casting Hall Productions has scheduled an exciting, varied, and adventurous list of …

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Buffalo State Researcher Is Part of Lunar Reconnaissance Project

The United States is en route to the moon again—and this time, Buffalo State is represented on the science team by Kevin Williams, assistant professor of earth sciences and science education and a planetary geologist.

The successful launch on June 18 of the Lunar …

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Campuswide Closure June 17: Water Main Break

A water main break in the Buffalo State College Student Union Quad this morning (Wednesday, June 17) has cut off the water supply to the entire campus. Effective immediately, the college is closed. All afternoon and evening classes are canceled. Only essential personnel …

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Cultural Leaders to Gather in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Further evidencing the emergence of Buffalo as a national and international center of arts and culture, cultural leaders from the U.S. and Canada will gather in the Queen City for two important meetings being held June 16-17. 

The Institute of Museum …

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Great Lakes Metro and the New Opportunity Conference, June 18-19

Share your opinion on how the federal stimulus package could be used to benefit Western New York at the Great Lakes Metro and the New Opportunity Conference. Held in Bulger Communication Center on June 18–19, the conference is co-presented by Buffalo State’s Center …

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Search Committee Formed to Select President of Buffalo State College

Buffalo State College Council Vice Chair Howard A. Zemsky has announced the formation of a Presidential Search Advisory Committee charged with selecting a new president to succeed Muriel A. Howard.

  

“We have a highly qualified group with a variety of perspectives …

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Concert Celebrates Great Songwriters from Buffalo

On June 14, the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College presents Born in Buffalo: Great Songwriters from the Queen City, a special afternoon concert celebrating Buffalo-born songwriters. 

The event begins with remarks by Chuck Mancuso, professor of …

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EPA Awards $150,000 to Great Lakes Center Scientists

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a grant of $150,000 to fund a research project, “Nearshore and Offshore Lake Erie Nutrient Study.” Its purpose is to understand the movement of nutrients, especially phosphorus and nitrogen, between nearshore and …

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Michael Joseph Hibbard Outdoor Sculptures Receive Wide Acclaim

Michael Joseph Hibbard, a 2007 graduate of Buffalo State College's ceramic design program, will exhibit his large-scale metal sculptures this month in two outdoor exhibitions.

On June 1, an installation of four of Hibbard's pieces, along with a work by Luisa Caldwell, …

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History Comes Alive at Old Fort Niagara

From June 1 through July 10 visitors to Old Fort Niagara can observe an actual archeological dig as Buffalo State College faculty and students continue their excavations and research on the interactions between the Native Americans and the French and later the British …

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Communication Department to Co-Host International Conference

“Aftermath and Renewal: Reclaiming the Critical Ideal,” the 2009 Union for Democratic Communications (UDC) international conference at Buffalo State College May 28–31, will include a roster of high-profile communication experts, including Emmy Award–winning …

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