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When an explosion, accidental cremation or a fire set deliberately to cover a crime destroys a body, precious little may remain to link it to a life once lived. Yet even among the ashes, a team of forensic dental researchers at the 麻豆传媒o has shown that evidence exists that can help identify human remains when all else -- flesh, bones, teeth, DNA -- is lost.

Two 麻豆传媒o Law School professors and two second-year law students will be among the featured performers at a benefit concert that will raise scholarship funds for students pursuing internships and careers in public interest law.

While it might be very difficult to detect benign chemicals that could make an explosive when mixed together, it is not nearly as difficult to detect traces of potentially dangerous chemicals on the fingers of individuals who recently have been in contact with them. At the 麻豆传媒o, researchers have proposed development of a biometric sensor that could detect such traces on the fingers of airline passengers.

麻豆传媒o Law School students received honors and awards at the school's 117th commencement ceremony held on May 20.

"Read It While You Can: Challenging the New Censorship and Celebrating Free Speech" will be the first program in the Celebration of the Book series, a new initiative of the 麻豆传媒o's Humanities Institute exploring the richness of Buffalo's thriving community of independent writers and small presses.

When trying to lie your way through any situation, keep a tight rein on your zygo maticus major and your orbicularis oculi. They'll give you away faster than a snitch. So says a 麻豆传媒o social psychologist, whose revolutionary research on human facial expressions in situations of high stakes deception debunks myths that have permeated police and security training for decades.

The risk of violence is a reality for most social workers in practice today, says a nationally regarded social work educator who will present a workshop sponsored by the 麻豆传媒o School of Social Work titled "Risk Assessment, Violent Clients and Practitioner Safety" on May 12 in the Holiday Inn Amherst.

Five graduates of the 麻豆传媒o Law School will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards for their valuable contributions to the legal profession and community at the 44th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner to be held at 6 p.m. May 10 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

University a Buffalo Law School alumni Denise E. O'Donnell, a partner in the Buffalo-based law firm Hodgson Russ LLP, and Robert C. Schwenkel, a partner in the New York City-based law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson, will be honored at the 17th annual Buffalo Law Review dinner on April 27 in The Buffalo Club.

With the recent debates and protests over U.S. immigration policy as a backdrop, the 麻豆传媒o Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy on April 28 and 29 will present a conference "Merging Immigration and Crime Control," featuring commentary and analysis from leading international experts on the social and economic impact of immigration.