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  • UB Distinguished Speakers Series Announces 2012-13 Schedule
    8/3/12
    The University at Buffalo has announced the schedule for its 26th annual Distinguished Speakers Series, which will run from Sept. 20 through April 27 at 8 p.m. in Alumni Arena and the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
  • Legal Scholar Says Romney "Absolutely Legally Responsible for Bain Capital After 1999"
    8/2/12
    "Mitt Romney absolutely was legally responsible for the actions of Bain Capital after he 'retired' from the company in 1999 to run the Utah Olympics," says David Westbrook, JD, a legal scholar and recognized voice in corporate, contract and international law.
  • Forbes Features UB Grad on All-Star Student Entrepreneurs List
    8/1/12
    Forbes today named a 2011 UB graduate to the magazine's exclusive list of 2012 All-Star Student Entrepreneurs, which honors nine young men and women around the country who launched significant businesses while still in school.
  • David Schirm Receives Fellowship from NY Foundation for the Arts
    7/31/12
    The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced that David Schirm of Batavia, professor of visual studies at the University at Buffalo, has received one of its 2012 Artist Fellowships.
  • 'Hitler at Home' -- A Study in the Politics of Domestic Aesthetics
    7/30/12
    Architectural historian Despina Stratigakos, an award-winning scholar of modern German architecture, is at work on the first in-depth study of the aesthetic and ideological constructions of the "domestic" Adolf Hitler and the uses to which they were put by propagandists of the Third Reich.
  • Tracking Space Junk 22,000 Miles Away From Earth
    7/23/12
    There are thousands of debris objects in space that threaten satellites and future space missions. Keeping an eye on the debris, even with some of the world's most powerful tracking systems, isn't easy. Thankfully, it's getting easier with the help of John Crassidis, PhD, a University at Buffalo researcher and recipient of the 2012 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Mechanics and Control of Flight Award.
  • UB, Others awarded $2.5 Million to help U.S. Military Process Data
    7/12/12
    Researchers from the University at Buffalo and elsewhere will receive $2.5 million to develop tools that help the U.S. military process massive amounts of data and improve national security.
  • Police Officer Stress Creates Significant Health Risks Compared to General Population, Study Finds
    7/9/12
    The daily psychological stresses that police officers experience in their work put them at significantly higher risk than the general population for a host of long-term physical and mental health effects. That's the overall finding of a major scientific study of the Buffalo Police Department called Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) conducted over five years by a University at Buffalo researcher.
  • Program to Retain UB Graduates in WNY Celebrates Its Largest Scholarship Class
    7/5/12
    Twenty-five University at Buffalo students eyeing careers in Western New York will receive full scholarships in 2012-13 through a program designed to retain university graduates in the region.
  • UB, School of Management to Invest $525,000 in CEL
    6/27/12
    The University at Buffalo and the School of Management have announced plans to invest $525,000 in the school's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) to expand both the scope and reach of its activities.