Photo: Jessica Kourkounis

Dye Hard Nico Pezzimenti, left, a fourth-grader at St. Joseph School, works with the dye—actually Kool-Aid and vinegar—that he and his classmates use to tie-dye pieces of cloth as part of National Chemistry Week activities on Nov. 8 coordinated by members of UB's Graduate Chemists Club.

Improving post-disaster response
UB receives $2.5 million grant to apply information fusion to emergencies

Minutes after the first hijacked plane hit the World Trade Center's north tower on Sept. 11, information began to flow from the site to police, firefighters and other emergency personnel.

Sloan funds new master's programs

In recognition of its strengths in bioinformatics and related areas, UB has been awarded a major grant to develop professional master's degrees in disciplines closely related to bioinformatics by the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.