• UB Unveils Its First Solar Electric System
    11/2/06
    Starting this month, a portion of the electrical power that illuminates classrooms, hallways and computer screens in the University at Buffalo's Norton Hall will be generated by a dramatically different source: the sun.
  • Legal Preparedness for Emergencies to be Symposium Topic
    11/2/06
    The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy in the University at Buffalo Law School will hold a day-long public symposium Nov. 17 on "Public Health Emergencies and Legal Preparedness: A Cross-Border Challenge."
  • $1 Million in State Funding Concludes Successful UB Campaign
    11/4/06
    A $1 million major legislative initiative from New York State Senator Dale M. Volker has allowed the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to successfully complete its $9 million campaign for the Ira G. Ross Eye Institute.
  • Despite Significant Gains, Women Still Victims of Sexism
    11/6/06
    A University at Buffalo researcher says that regardless of claims that feminism is passe and unnecessary, women still are being victimized by a self-generating, patriarchal social system. We just don't recognize it. She will discuss her current work at 4 p.m. Nov. 16 in a talk sponsored by the UB Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender as part of its new speaker series, "Theorizing Gender."
  • UB Center for Virtual Architecture Receives Major Grant
    11/6/06
    A team of faculty members in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning have been awarded a $553,045 research grant from the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) to develop educational materials that use advanced media to teach important building principles to architecture students.
  • Chris Thile and The How to Grow a Band to Perform Feb. 9
    11/8/06
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Chris Thile and The How to Grow a Band at 8 p.m. on Feb. 9 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Tickets for the performance will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Nov. 17.
  • Simpson to Participate in U.S. Department of Education Trip to Asia
    11/8/06
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson has been selected to accompany Margaret Spellings, U.S. secretary of education, and other federal officials on a nine-day trip to Asia to meet with academic, government and business leaders in China, Japan and Korea.
  • Leading Authority on GIS Is 2006 Clarkson Chair
    11/9/06
    Michael Batty, one of the world's leading authorities on geographic information systems (GIS), is the 2006 Will and Nan Clarkson Visiting Chair in Planning in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.
  • Former Poet Laureate to Deliver Silverman Reading
    11/9/06
    Former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins will deliver the 30th annual Oscar Silverman Poetry Reading at 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the University at Buffalo's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Research Will Target Ebola and Other Deadly Viruses
    11/9/06
    Researchers at CUBRC and the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences are developing radically new drugs designed to cure viruses ranging from the deadly Ebola virus to the common cold, thanks to a major $8.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.
  • Wood-Frame House Ready for 6.7 Magnitude Quake
    11/9/06
    The seismic tests that are conducted regularly inside the cavernous state-of-the-art Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL) in Ketter Hall on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus generally are viewed by a select few: the structural engineers, technicians and students who are integral to UB's world-renowned program in earthquake engineering. But on Nov. 14, it will be standing room only throughout the viewing areas in the vast, 25,000-square-foot space.
  • Artist Chrysanne Stathacos to give lecture and performance in UB Anderson Gallery
    11/10/06
    To conclude her recent exhibition Rose Mandala (of Three Reflections), which has been on view at the UB Anderson Gallery since September, Chrysanne Stathacos will present a free lecture and performance at 6 p.m. on Dec. 1 in the gallery's second floor atrium.
  • Mandala Mosaics Family Workshop to be held in UB Anderson Gallery
    11/10/06
    Gaile Amigone, a faculty member in the Art Department at Nardin Academy Elementary School, will lead a family workshop in the UB Anderson Gallery from 1-3 p.m. on Dec. 2. The workshop is intended for families with children of all ages.
  • Status of Cardiac Stents Focus of NEJM Article
    11/10/06
    Drug-coated stent or bare-metal stent? The question of which device is the best for opening blocked coronary arteries is addressed by a University at Buffalo physician in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
  • Hospital Discharge Instructions for Mild Brain Injury Faulty
    11/10/06
    In a study published in a recent issue of Brain Injury, researchers at the University at Buffalo found that discharge sheets from 14 of 15 hospitals that were reviewed lacked at least one important sign of a possible hemorrhage. Ten of the hospitals were located in Western New York; five were located in southern Ontario, Canada.
  • Seismic Testing of Wood-Frame Townhouse Makes History
    11/14/06
    For 15 seconds of historic testing, a two-story, wood-frame townhouse built in a laboratory at the University at Buffalo and similar to those found in southern California was shaken violently today by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake like the Northridge quake that struck the Los Angeles area in 1994.
  • Eagan Named STOR Associate Licensing Manager
    11/15/06
    Esther G. Eagan has been named associate licensing manager for the Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR) at the University at Buffalo.
  • Zionts Named Fellow of INFORMS
    11/15/06
    University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stanley Zionts was named a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) at its annual recent meeting in Pittsburgh.
  • Institute Releases Policy Briefs on Poverty, Rural Change in WNY
    11/15/06
    The latest Policy Briefs prepared by the University at Buffalo Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth contain key findings on poverty in New York State and Western New York and demographic change in the region's rural areas.
  • Warning Issued About Traveling Alone on Bike Paths
    11/16/06
    With the establishment of a link between a recent homicide involving the wife of a UB faculty member on a bike path in Clarence and a series of attacks on women in the region more than a decade ago, including one on the bike path near the North Campus in 1990, members of the university community are again reminded that they should not travel alone on the Ellicott Creek bicycle path near the North Campus or on other Western New York pathways.
  • Department of Music to Present Manes, Archer
    11/16/06
    Performances by organist Gail Archer and pianist Stephen Manes will be the featured concerts presented by the Department of Music during December.
  • UB Libraries Open Storage Annex
    11/16/06
    A little more than a year after breaking ground, the UB Libraries will celebrate the completion of a new storage facility with a grand opening reception this afternoon at the cavernous building on Rensch Road across Sweet Home Road from the North Campus.
  • UB Faculty Members Win Fulbright Scholar Awards
    11/16/06
    Two University at Buffalo faculty members have received prestigious Fulbright Scholar awards for 2006-07.
  • Study to Investigate Cigarette Smoke's Effect on Children
    11/16/06
    Prenatal exposure to cigarette smoke and exposure to cigarette smoke over the first two years of life have been associated with emotional, behavioral and learning problems later in childhood. A new study in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) will enhance understanding of why children exposed to cigarette smoke might have difficulty with self-regulation of behavior that contributes to such problems.
  • New Pathway Revealed for Drugs Treating Cognitive, Mental Disorders
    11/17/06
    In their continuing search for promising targets for treating mental disorders, a group of neuroscientists at the University at Buffalo has identified a pathway critical to the functioning of antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs and drugs for anxiety disorders.
  • Lasers Let Scientists Test Gene Function in Butterfly Wings
    11/20/06
    The University at Buffalo team that developed the world's first transgenic butterfly now has developed an innovative tool that will allow scientists studying "non-model" organisms to test directly the function of certain genes, even in the absence of genome sequencing information.
  • UB Moves Up to No.10 in International Enrollment
    11/22/06
    The University at Buffalo has moved up to No. 10 among 2,700 accredited U.S. universities in international enrollment, according to an annual report released by the Institute of International Education.
  • Mecca S. Cranley, Dean of School of Nursing, Dies at 67
    11/22/06
    Mecca S. Cranley, Ph.D., dean of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing since 1991, died Nov. 20 in the hospice unit at Sister's Hospital in Buffalo, surrounded by her family. The cause was multiple myeloma, cancer of the bone marrow. She was 67.
  • The Legends of Motown, Starring The Temptations and The Marvelettes, to Perform
    11/28/06
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo welcomes The Legends of Motown starring The Temptations and The Marvelettes at 8 p.m. on Feb. 14 -- Valentine's Day -- in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Jean Brown Named Interim Dean of UB School of Nursing
    11/28/06
    Jean K. Brown., Ph.D., professor and associate dean of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, was named interim dean of the nursing school Nov. 14 following the resignation due to illness of Mecca S. Cranley, Ph.D.