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Barbara "Babs" Reingold (Masters of Arts and Letters, 1988) writes, " Opened the 2010 season at the Morean Arts Center, St Petersburg, with a major installation titled 'Hung Out In The Projects'. Currently, maintain studios in the New York area and St Petersburg, FL. The “Hung Out…” installation centers on poverty, a first-hand experience for I lived in a project in Cleveland, OH as a young teenager.  Submitted on Feb 1 2010. Timothy Lafferty (School of Management) Timothy Lafferty (School of Management, 1986) recently accepted a position at The PCA Group, Inc. located in Buffalo, NY as National Sales Manager. "The PCA Group is a full-service information technology company offering network services, custom application development, web design, VoIP telephony, and a full-featured ERP platform. PCA has its headquarters in Buffalo, NY and regional offices in Rochester, NY and Kansas City, KS." Submitted on Jan 19 2010. Dennis Dennis (School of Nursing) Dennis Dennis (School of Nursing, 1972) recently accepted a position at Washington State Department of Health located in Tumwater, WA as Assistant Secretary. Dennis recently was employed at Care Full Conflict, LLC as Founder. "Throughout my career as a clinician, educator, researcher and consultant I have drawn upon the professional foundation acquired during my years at the SUNY Buffalo School of Nursing. As Assistant Secretary I have an opportunity to provide leadership during epecially challenging times to improve the health of the citizens of Washington State. My primary responsibilities include Epidemiology, Health Statistics and the Public Health Laboratories. We collaborate with numerous federal agencies and professional organizations to serve 35 local health jurisdictions and 26 tribes. " Submitted on Jan 10 2010. Steven Magat (Faculty of Social Sciences) Steven Magat (Faculty of Social Sciences, 1984) writes, "Steve is the owner of the Greater Richmond Virginia office of Tutor Doctor, an academic tutoring company. For the last 20 years, Steve Magat had been a Production Manager with Capital One. He joins Tutor Doctor with a personal passion for youth activities and educational programs including sports and Scouting. Steve is a devoted husband and a father of two active school age boys. When Steve isn’t working, he’s either gardening, trying to play golf or rooting for his beloved NY Football Giants. Steve was recently featured in the Richmond Times Dispatch http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/local/article/FRAN03_20100102-182405/314977/ " Submitted on Jan 8 2010. James Gordon (School of Management) James Gordon (School of Management, 1996) writes, "James Gordon recently co-authored Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies by Wiley Press. Mr. Gordon is a lead programmer/analyst at the UB Libraries and collaborated with fellow Microsoft MVP Geetesh Bajaj of Secunderabad, India. Mr. Gordon and Mr. Bajaj will attend a world-wide Microsoft MVP summit in February, 2010, which recognizes exceptional technical community leaders from around the world." Submitted on Jan 5 2010. Ann Marie (Wilk) Feistman (School of Management) Ann Marie (Wilk) Feistman (School of Management, 1989) recently accepted a position at VA Sierra Pacific Healthcare System located in San Francisco, California as Deputy Network Director. Ann Marie recently was employed at VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System as Associate Director. "The VA Sierra Pacific Healthcare System provides healthcare to veterans at major tertiary medical centers in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Fresno, Sacramento, Reno, and the Pacific Islands. " Submitted on Jan 4 2010. Roseane Santos (School of Pharmacy) Roseane Santos (School of Pharmacy, 2005) writes, "I just published a book entitled An Unashamed Defense of Coffee: 101 Reasons to Drink Coffee Without Guilt, with Xlibris a Random House subsidiary. We had a very sucessful book signing and Coffee tasting event here at South University School of Pharmacy on November 5th. The book is available to buy on line through this link: www.coffee without guilt.com and it will be at the bookstores nationwide starting on January 2010. Check it out! Roseane M. Santos (2005) Doctoral degree in Pharmceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy.""" Submitted on Dec 17 2009. Scott Slesinger (Law School) In November, 2009, Scott Slesinger (Law 75, BA Political Science 72) was chosen Legislative Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). NRDC (www.nrdc.org) is one of the country's preeminent environmental organization with over 250 lawyers, scientists and environmental professionals. Slesinger is responsible for organizing the federal legislative efforts of the Council which has offices in Washington, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Beijing. Most recently he was the lobbyist for the Environmental Technology Council. Before that he spent eight years as an environmental staffer in the House and Senate. Submitted on Dec 14 2009. David Steele (School of Architecture & Planning) David Steele (School of Architecture & Planning, 1986) writes, "My new book on Buffalo architecture is now available. It is filled with 160 pages of rich black and white images depicting Buffalo's amazing architectural treasure trove like no other publication. It is called "Buffalo: Architecture in the American Forgotten Land" You can see the book on-line at www.buffbuildings.com You can buy it on-line at www.blurb.com search word "buffalo" Also check out local Buffalo book stores" Submitted on Dec 9 2009. Nancy Garfinkel (Faculty of Arts and Letters) Nancy Garfinkel (Faculty of Arts and Letters, 1980) writes, "I have recently co-written (with Andrea Israel) THE RECIPE CLUB: A TALE OF FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP (HarperCollins, 2009), a novel/cookbook about two friends who meet in childhood and struggle to maintain a lifelong friendship despite their differences in temperament and family circumstance. The book explores the darker sides of female friendship, the intricacies of family dynamics, the nature of forgiveness, and the redemptive power of food! Our website: www.therecipeclubbook.com" Submitted on Nov 28 2009. > Read all Class Notes
Barbara "Babs" Reingold (Masters of Arts and Letters, 1988) writes, " Opened the 2010 season at the Morean Arts Center, St Petersburg, with a major installation titled 'Hung Out In The Projects'. Currently, maintain studios in the New York area and St Petersburg, FL. The “Hung Out…” installation centers on poverty, a first-hand experience for I lived in a project in Cleveland, OH as a young teenager. Submitted on Feb 1 2010. Timothy Lafferty (School of Management) Timothy Lafferty (School of Management, 1986) recently accepted a position at The PCA Group, Inc. located in Buffalo, NY as National Sales Manager. "The PCA Group is a full-service information technology company offering network services, custom application development, web design, VoIP telephony, and a full-featured ERP platform. PCA has its headquarters in Buffalo, NY and regional offices in Rochester, NY and Kansas City, KS." Submitted on Jan 19 2010. > Read more Career News
Andrew Kennedy (M.A., Faculty of Social Sciences, 1996) and Nicole Kennedy are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Maureen Kelly. She was born on July 4, 2009 in Magee-Women's Hospital, Pittsburgh, and weighed 6 lb., 5 oz. Submitted on Jul 12 2009. Julie (Meyer) Grogan (Law School) Julie (Meyer) Grogan (Law School, 1998) and Bruce Grogan are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Haley Kaitlin. She was born on March 25, 2009 in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, and weighed 6 lb., 11 oz.. Submitted on Apr 26 2009. > Read more Births & Adoptions
Eli Dickinson (Computer Science, 2004) and Katharine Zambon (Communication, 2004) are happy to announce their marriage on September 6, in Buffalo's Delaware Park. They met while at UB and currently reside in Washington, DC. Submitted on Oct 1 2009. Scott Endres (School of Engineering & Applied Science) Scott Endres (School of Engineering & Applied Science, 1987) and Theresa Emminger are happy to announce their marriage on August 1, 2008 in St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Triangle VA. They currently reside in Fredericksburg VA. Submitted on Oct 16 2008. > Read more Marriages & Commitments
Hello Friends! Submitted on Jun 7 2009. Herbert Rosenberg (Faculty of Natural Science & Mathematics) Herbert Rosenberg (Faculty of Natural Science & Mathematics, 1968) writes, "Richard J. Ablin (PhD,1967, with Dr. Hope Ritter), Linda Lutwack Ablin (BSc, 1963),and Herb Rosenberg (PhD, 1968, with Dr. Carl Gans), fellow students in Biological Sciences renewed friendships in Tucson, Arizona after 42 years! Herb saw local newspaper article about Dick's work on PSA and located him via Google. We would like to contact other classmates so please email to: ablinrj@email.arizona.edu or lynablin@hotmail.com or herb.rosenberg@ucalgary.ca" Submitted on May 5 2009. > Read more Catching Up
James Loree (Graduate School of Education, 2008) writes, "On October 6, 2009, James M. Loree was inducted into Beta Phi Mu, the international library and information studies honor society. Beta Phi Mu was founded in 1948 to recognize and encourage scholastic achievement among library and information studies students. Membership is by invitation based on academic eligibility and faculty assessment of a candidate's professional leadership potential. Mr. Loree currently resides in Williamsville, NY." Submitted on Oct 10 2009. Charles Fulco (Faculty of Social Sciences) Charles Fulco (Faculty of Social Sciences, 2009) writes, "Recently taught astronomy to Chinese/American students for one week in Shanghai, China, in conjunction with the total solar eclipse which was visible there. Actually, the workshops and lessons took place under sunny skies and the eclipse itself was clouded out!" Will be doing the same thing for next year's total eclipse at Easter Island, hopefully. Submitted on Aug 20 2009. > Read more Educational News
David Steele (School of Architecture & Planning, 1986) writes, "My new book on Buffalo architecture is now available. It is filled with 160 pages of rich black and white images depicting Buffalo's amazing architectural treasure trove like no other publication. It is called "Buffalo: Architecture in the American Forgotten Land" You can see the book on-line at www.buffbuildings.com You can buy it on-line at www.blurb.com search word "buffalo" Also check out local Buffalo book stores" Submitted on Dec 9 2009. Lisa Rapaport (Faculty of Arts and Letters) Lisa Rapaport (Faculty of Arts and Letters, 1996) writes, "I've been promoted to US Health Editor at Bloomberg News in New York after a decade of writing about science and medicine for various publications. Also, as a belated birth announcement, my daughter, Ava Juliet, has just turned one and started walking. Multi-tasking ahead! " Submitted on Oct 23 2009. > Read more General
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