• UB Scientist Publishes First Human Microbiome Analysis
    6/1/06
    Researchers have completed the first analysis of the genes of a community of human microbes, an accomplishment that has far-reaching implications for clinical diagnosis and treatment of many human diseases.
  • At UB Center of Excellence, Buffalo Students Glimpse Their Future
    6/5/06
    Two hundred Buffalo Public Schools middle and high school students were the guests of honor today (June 6) when Â鶹´«Ã½o President John B. Simpson welcomed them to a tour and a morning of scientific demonstrations in UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
  • Canty to Head UB's New Cardiovascular Medicine Division
    6/6/06
    John M. Canty, Jr., M.D., Albert and Elizabeth Rekate Professor of Medicine, has been named chief of the new Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Medicine in the Â鶹´«Ã½o School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Magnetic Field Acts as "Remote Control" to Deliver Nanomedicine
    6/6/06
    A nanoparticle-based drug delivery concept in which an applied magnetic field directs the accumulation in tumor cells of custom-designed, drug-filled nanocarriers has been demonstrated by Â鶹´«Ã½o researchers.
  • UB's Center of Excellence Will Investigate Complex Diseases
    6/2/06
    By bringing together talented researchers from related scientific disciplines in an environment that fosters collaboration and innovation, the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences will focus its resources on developing new treatments for serious and complex diseases.
  • UB's Center of Excellence and Roswell Park Cancer Institute Center for Genetics and Pharmacology Celebrate Grand Opening
    6/2/06
    Creation of a life-sciences industry and economy for Buffalo Niagara took an historic step forward today with the grand opening of the Â鶹´«Ã½o's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Center for Genetics and Pharmacology.
  • Law Students Receive Commencement Awards
    6/7/06
    Â鶹´«Ã½o Law School students received honors and awards at the school's 117th commencement ceremony held on May 20.
  • UB School of Management, M&T Bank Partner for Financial Literacy
    6/8/06
    The Â鶹´«Ã½o School of Management and M&T Bank are partnering to bring an innovative personal finance curriculum into area high schools.
  • Five Honored by UB Students for Their Teaching
    6/9/06
    Five faculty members and lecturers at the Â鶹´«Ã½o have received Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Awards from the undergraduate Student Association for their commitment to students and the quality of their teaching.
  • Lockport Family Establishes Scholarship for UB History Majors
    6/9/06
    Would-be history teacher Bryan Argo never graduated from the Â鶹´«Ã½o, but his memory, through the generosity of his family and friends, has lived on in the Bryan G. Argo Memorial Scholarship in History, awarded this year to Justin Martin, a senior from North Tonawanda.
  • Adult Stem Cell Research at UB Targets Damaged Hearts
    6/12/06
    A specialist in stem cell biology at the Â鶹´«Ã½o has received a $1.98 million grant from National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of bone marrow-derived adult stem cells to treat the serious heart malfunction known as hibernating myocardium.
  • Symposium on Intellectual Property Rights to be Held
    6/12/06
    To better examine issues that include continually increasing cyber threats, intellectual property rights violations and trademark infringement and signal theft the Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE) at the Â鶹´«Ã½o will host an Intellectual Property Rights Symposium on June 21.
  • Exhibition Says, "Happy Birthday, Morton Feldman!"
    6/13/06
    The late Morton Feldman once said that composers make plans and music laughs. Feldman should know. He was an extraordinary, pioneering composer who made an impressive and unique contribution to 20th-century American music. He also was Edgar Varese Professor of Composition at the Â鶹´«Ã½o from 1972 until his death in 1987. This year marks his 80th birthday and in celebration, the UB Music Library has opened an exhibition of material from its Morton Feldman Collection that will run through Sept. 11.
  • UB Establishes "Mega" Department of Visual Studies
    6/13/06
    The Â鶹´«Ã½o has merged its Department of Art History and Department of Art into a new "mega" Department of Visual Studies in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.
  • UB Dental Students Receive Awards
    6/14/06
    Graduating seniors in the Â鶹´«Ã½o School of Dental Medicine recently received awards at the school's Senior Recognition Banquet.
  • UB Nursing Students Receive Awards at Commencement
    6/14/06
    Eleven students in the Â鶹´«Ã½o School of Nursing received awards and scholarships at the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • UB Social Work Students Receive Awards at Commencement
    6/15/06
    Fourteen students attending the Â鶹´«Ã½o School of Social Work received awards during the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • Oren Lyons Named SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
    6/15/06
    Oren R. Lyons, professor in the Department of American Studies in the Â鶹´«Ã½o College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
  • Provost Announces Reorganization of School of Informatics
    6/16/06
    The Â鶹´«Ã½o's Department of Communication and Department of Library and Information Studies, the two departments that constitute the UB School of Informatics, will have new administrative homes beginning this fall. The Department of Communication will return to the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Library and Information Studies will become part of the Graduate School of Education.
  • On the "Home Front," Earthquake Engineering Goes High-Tech
    6/19/06
    A technology first used during the Cold War to isolate ballistic missile silos from vibrations will undergo its first test in a full-scale, wood-frame townhouse in the Â鶹´«Ã½o's Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory to see if it would minimize earthquake damage to wood-frame homes.
  • 37 Graduate from CEL Program at UB
    6/20/06
    Thirty-seven Western New York business owners, operators and high-level managers have graduated from the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) Core Program in the Â鶹´«Ã½o School of Management.
  • Study Focuses on Maternal Cocaine Use
    6/20/06
    A study conducted by researchers at the Â鶹´«Ã½o's Research Institute on Addictions has found cocaine-using mothers to be more insensitive during feeding interactions with their infants than non-cocaine-using mothers.
  • Newman Centers Lecture Series Spotlights UB Faculty
    6/20/06
    The Newman Centers at the Â鶹´«Ã½o are sponsoring their fourth annual summer lecture series, "The Bridge," which will feature talks by nine UB faculty members,
  • 13 UB Faculty, Staff Members Receive SUNY Chancellor's Awards
    6/26/06
    Six faculty members, five professional staff members and two librarians from the Â鶹´«Ã½o have received 2006 State University of New York Chancellor's Awards for Excellence from Chancellor John R. Ryan.
  • 'Expatriates' Focus on Boosting Life Sciences in Buffalo
    6/27/06
    As part of the grand opening of the Â鶹´«Ã½o's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, a group of Buffalo "expatriates" are spending time this week in the city they love to help boost the Center of Excellence and the life sciences industry it is generating.
  • A Car's Middle Back Seat May Be Least Desirable, but It's the Safest
    6/27/06
    In a full car, some poor soul is relegated to the middle of the back seat, the least desirable, most uncomfortable, most "un-cool" spot in the vehicle. It also happens to be the safest.
  • New Virtual Reality Psychodrama Is a Rigged Game
    6/28/06
    "Human Trials" is a unique virtual reality psychodrama in which duplicitous characters try to disempower a human participant on a journey to the "liminal portal of the unconscious" in a quest for her "Heart's Desire." The project is the work of an interdisciplinary team of media artists, computer scientists and dramatists at the Â鶹´«Ã½o.
  • Morris Gift Creates New Sports Performance Center at UB
    6/28/06
    A new sports performance training facility offering twice the space for physical training by Â鶹´«Ã½o student-athletes will open this fall thanks to a $500,000 gift from UB alumnus Robert G. Morris and his wife, Carol L. Morris.
  • UB Faculty Member Receives Engineering Award
    6/30/06
    John L. Crassidis of Clarence Center, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Â鶹´«Ã½o School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been selected to receive SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) International's Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award.
  • Barnes Recognized by Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
    6/30/06
    Robert Barnes of Amherst, associate dean for external affairs and adjunct associate professor of industrial engineering in the Â鶹´«Ã½o School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named 2006 National Outstanding Advisor of Tau Beta Pi.