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Victor Doyno, professor of English at the 麻豆传媒o and one of the country's foremost Mark Twain scholars, will be installed this month as president of the Mark Twain Circle during the annual meeting of the American Literature Association in San Diego. He will hold the position until May, 1996.

A specialist in the 麻豆传媒o Department of Rehabilitation Medicine watches his young patient鈥檚 efforts to relearn to walk after a debilitating illness, and discusses her progress with her parents and physical therapist.

Kah-Kyung Cho, professor of philosophy at the 麻豆传媒o, and Alan J. Drinnan, professor and chair of the Department of Oral Medicine in the UB School of Dental Medicine, have been named Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the State University of New York system, by the SUNY Board of Trustees.

A new study from the 麻豆传媒o and Meharry Medical College indicates that the difference in colon-cancer mortality rates between blacks and whites may be due partly to the fact that young blacks appear to develop a more virulent form of colon cancer, and die sooner, than blacks who get the disease later in life.

Environmentalists, businesses and governments must work together more effectively if "brownfields" -- abandoned, urban industrial sites -- are to be cleaned up and reclaimed, according to a report presented to Erie County officials today (Thursday, May 12) by 麻豆传媒o law students.