Laina Bay-Cheng, Myung Mi Kim and Jinhui Xu are the recipients of the 2020-21 Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, given out by the Graduate School to recognize UB faculty for their support and development of graduate students through their mentoring activities.
The award, established in 2012, goes annually to members of the graduate faculty who have demonstrated “truly outstanding and sustained support and development of graduate students from course completion through research and subsequent career placement.”
Bay-Cheng, professor and associate dean in the School of Social Work, was nominated by Nancy J. Smyth, professor and dean of the School of Social Work. Kim, James H. McNulty Chair and Professor of English, was nominated for the award by her department chair, Rachel Ablow, professor of English. Xu, a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was nominated by his department chair, SUNY Distinguished Professor Chunming Qiao.
It was a “colossal scramble,” reports the
Washington Post, but in the end not a single one of the 1,600 Moderna vaccine doses was wasted. A freezer malfunction at 9 p.m. sent doctors, nurses and volunteers at Seattle’s Swedish Health Service leaping into action, seeking people eager to roll up their sleeves. Those on priority lists were contacted first, but then word got out and spread like wildfire, said Kevin Brooks, CEO of Swedish. A queue soon formed and “snaked through hallways and spilled outside. … People were showing up and running down the hall.” Spirits were high, even though some people left home so quickly they lined up wearing pajamas and bathrobes. The deadline loomed, like midnight at Cinderella’s ball: At 3:45 a.m., the vaccine wouldn’t turn into a pumpkin, but it would be just as useless. As the time ticked closer, staff ran outside in the cold, racing to the road, at one point “jabbing someone through the window of a car.” Just as the clock ran
March 1, 2021 in Lifestyle, Literature
On Feb. 26, author Kevin Young, USC president Carol Folt and professor Robin Coste Lewis discussed the intersection of Black history in today’s magic and revival of poetry. (Photo courtesy of Melanie Dunea)
USC has partaken in the celebration of this year’s Black History Month through dozens of virtual events, showcasing a great variety of Black artists, educators, performers, researchers and more. These wildly talented guests have graced USC’s student body with their knowledge and experience, and Kevin Young is no exception.
On Feb. 26, Visions and Voices hosted Young, author and editor of several books such as the award-winning anthology, “African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song,” poetry editor of
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Little ones will love turning the pages of “The ABCs of Black History,” a book filled with lively verse and colorful faces (illustrations by Lauren Summer) in all shades of brown just like theirs!
Author Rio Cortez also scrolls the alphabet letter by letter giving lessons in important words, words that our children need to not only hear every day but know and live: A is for the anthem; B is for beautiful, brave, bright, bold; C is for the community, church, civil rights … and more.
Layers of history will unfold like the pages of this accessible resource are turned. An education in pride is definitely offered in this one.