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  • UB Summer Programs Answer the 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation' Question in Style
    4/19/11
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo's Center for Educational Collaboration (CEC) this summer again will embrace its inner cool scientist with a full program of science and math programs -- as well as the popular "Wiggle Your Power" civic engagement camp.
  • SUNY Board of Trustees Appoints Satish K. Tripathi President of University at Buffalo
    4/18/11
    The State University of New York Board of Trustees today appointed Satish K. Tripathi as the 15th president of the University at Buffalo. Tripathi has served as UB's provost and executive vice president for academic affairs for the past six years.
  • Higher CCSVI Prevalence Confirmed in MS, but Meaning of Findings Remains Unclear
    4/13/11
    A just released study on the relationship between multiple sclerosis (MS) and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), a narrowing of the extracranial veins that restricts the normal outflow of blood from the brain, found that CCSVI may be a result of MS, not a cause.
  • Rainbow-Trapping Scientist Now Strives to Slow Light Waves Even Further
    4/12/11
    An electrical engineer at the University at Buffalo, who previously demonstrated experimentally the "rainbow trapping effect" -- a phenomenon that could boost optical data storage and communications -- is now working to capture all the colors of the rainbow.
  • New Research Center Stands Up to Bullies
    4/11/11
    Researchers at a new University at Buffalo national research center say the United States lags behind in the struggle to address and prevent bullying, and have begun to detail how to help victims and stop what they call "child abuse by children."
  • Vitamin D Levels Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration
    4/11/11
    Women under the age of 75 with high vitamin D status were less likely to have early age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in adults, a University at Buffalo study has shown. The disease affects approximately 9 percent of Americans aged 40 and older.
  • Off the Hook! Who Gets Phished and Why
    4/6/11
    Communication researchers at four major universities have found that if you receive a lot of email, habitually respond to a good portion of it, maintain a lot of online relationships and conduct a large number of transactions online, you are more susceptible to email phishing expeditions than those who limit their online activity.
  • April Memorial Concert to Honor the Life of Noted UB Archaeologist and Professor
    4/5/11
    The University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences and the UB Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA) will present a concert next week to honor the memory of the late Samuel M. Paley, internationally renowned archaeologist of the Middle East, co-founder of IEMA and professor in the Department of Classics.
  • Media Advisory: Exceptional UB Students and their Research to be Showcased
    4/4/11
    The academic achievements and research of UB's most talented undergraduate and graduate students will be showcased at the university's annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence, to be held Wednesday, April 6 in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
  • UB Sophomore Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
    4/1/11
    University at Buffalo sophomore Maxwell "Max" Bileschi has won the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education award, given nationally to outstanding undergraduate sophomores and juniors studying mathematics, science or engineering.