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  • UB to Celebrate International Education Week with Lectures, Performances, Films
    10/28/11
    Journalist David Bornstein, an internationally acclaimed specialist in social innovation, will be the keynote speaker for the University of Buffalo's annual celebration of International Education Week Nov. 14-18.
  • Making Science Exciting: $9.8 Million Program Aims to Change How Science is Taught in Buffalo Schools
    10/12/11
    A coalition of regional partners has received $9.8 million from the National Science Foundation to expand a promising, teacher-focused initiative that aims to change how science is taught in Buffalo Public Schools. The five-year program, led by the University at Buffalo, Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo State College and the Buffalo Museum of Science, is called the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership (ISEP).
  • Alumni to Co-chair 2011 UB Scholarship Gala, Set for Nov. 4
    10/5/11
    Four University at Buffalo alumni will serve as co-chairs for the sixth annual UB Scholarship Gala, which will take place from 6-11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, in the Edward Wright Practice Facility on the UB North Campus.
  • In Yosemite, a New, High-Tech Tool for Mapping Changing Vegetation Patterns
    10/5/11
    Researchers from three universities have partnered to create a new, high-tech tool for mapping changing plant patterns at Tuolumne Meadows, a mountain meadow in Yosemite National Park.
  • UB to Offer 1,500 Free Tickets to Area High Schools for Nov. 9 Lecture by Judy Shepard
    10/3/11
    University at Buffalo will offer 1,500 free tickets to area high schools for a November lecture by gay rights activist and author Judy Shepard, the mother of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, whose 1998 murder provoked the passage of national hate crime legislation.
  • Kenneth Takeuchi Inducted as 2011 American Chemical Society Fellow
    9/28/11
    Kenneth J. Takeuchi, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in Chemistry, has been inducted as a 2011 Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
  • UB Receives Largest-ever Gift from an Individual Donor
    9/21/11
    A doctor who received his medical degree from the University at Buffalo during World War II and spent his career investing with the intent of giving back to his alma mater has made an historic gift to the university.
  • Behling Patient Simulation Center Transforms Health Sciences Education at UB
    9/20/11
    Before treating their first, live human patient, University at Buffalo students in the five health sciences schools will be able to safely practice a full range of medical procedures, from inserting catheters and delivering babies to resuscitating injured patients, thanks to the new Behling Simulation Center, which holds its grand opening today.
  • Wilsons Give $1 Million to UB Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Department
    9/20/11
    Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Demetrius Bell was looking forward to the team' first game of the 2009 regular season, having spent his entire rookie season the year before on the inactive roster. Bell had earned the left tackle spot for the opener against the New England Patriots, his first NFL career start. The Bills lost 25-24, but No. 77 went on to start in five more games that fall. It was during his sixth game that Bell suffered a knee injury that took him out of the game and off the playing field for nearly a year.
  • Peace Bridge Will Light Up True Blue and White to Honor Inauguration of UB's 15th President
    9/16/11
    The Buffalo and Fort Erie Peace Bridge Authority will bathe the Peace Bridge in blue and white lights from 8 p.m. Sept. 19 to 2 a.m. Sept. 20 to salute the inauguration of Satish K Tripathi, PhD, 15th president of the University at Buffalo, and in recognition of Inauguration Week at UB, Sept. 19-24.