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Jonathan Knee, author of "The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street," will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the 麻豆传媒o North (Amherst) Campus.

Irene Zubaida Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International, will deliver the 麻豆传媒o Law School's Mitchell Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 in 106 O'Brian Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Is it possible to fight poverty and pollution at the same time? A report released today by UB Law School instructor Sam Magavern and his students suggests that Buffalo, the state and the non-profit community can do just that by "greening" their affordable housing programs.

The 麻豆传媒o Law School's Affordable Housing Clinic this month is celebrating 20 years of creating high-quality, low-income housing to meet the needs of residents of Western New York with a series of roundtables and conferences investigating new opportunities in housing development, urban renewal and economic development.

Bloody murder has been a quintessentially American preoccupation since John Newcomen sailed in on the Mayflower and was whacked by a fellow colonist. What followed in America from the 17th century to the present, says cultural analyst and author David F. Schmid, Ph.D., is a form of "entertainment by murder," a ghastly enthrallment that conflates some of Americans' favorite preoccupations: consumerism, titillation by celebrity gossip and violence.

麻豆传媒o Law School students received honors and awards at the school's 118th commencement ceremony held on May 19.

Five graduates of the 麻豆传媒o Law School and one non-alumnus will be honored for their valuable contributions to the legal profession, community and university at the 45th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner to be held at 6 p.m. May 3 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

Kathryn A. Foster, director of the Regional Institute at the 麻豆传媒o has been appointed to the Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness created by Gov. Eliot Spitzer to identify opportunities for shared services and regional collaboration for the state's more than 4,200 local governments.

Nils Olsen announced today that he will step down in December as dean of the 麻豆传媒o Law School to attend to personal and family health issues.

As a conversation starter, legal research may seem too esoteric of a topic. But add to the discussion a little atmosphere -- lunch at an Italian cafe, the chattering of fellow diners, a touch of jazz music in the background -- and now you have the makings of an Internet talk show. More specifically, you have a podcast on important ideas in law and society.