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  • Students Develop Economic Revival Plans for Buffalo Neighborhoods
    3/22/12
    Don't tell the students in the University at Buffalo Law School's Regional Economic Development class the next big idea to revive Western New York communities isn't sitting in plain sight -- complete with reader-friendly illustrations.
  • The Smash Hit Production Of C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Coming to UB Center for the Arts
    3/22/12
    The Screwtape Letters, the smart, provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented for two performances only at the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 14, at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
  • Duel in the Pool: Lance Armstrong's Visit to UB Will Help Teens Living with Cancer
    3/21/12
    The University at Buffalo, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation will sponsor a "Duel in the Pool" competition at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in UB's Alumni Arena Natatorium to raise funds for Teens Living with Cancer in Rochester and Buffalo.
  • Zodiaque Ensemble, In Concert! April 20-22
    3/20/12
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Zodiaque Ensemble, In Concert! on April 20-21 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21-22 at 2 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre, Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society Tour Coming to UB April 18
    3/19/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society Tour on Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. The performance is sponsored in part by Monaco's Violin Shop & Music Center and A Best.
  • Electroacoustic Concert at UB Will Open Listeners' Ears And Minds
    3/13/12
    The award winning and internationally recognized composer, Tomas Henriques, assistant professor of music at Buffalo State College, will be among the performers taking part in the 13th annual Spring Black Box Concert presented by the University at Buffalo's Lejaren Hiller Computer Music Studios in the Department of Music.
  • For African Americans Seeking to Reclaim Family History, UB Workshop Offers Hope
    3/13/12
    Because so many of their ancestors were slaves, African Americans have often had a difficult time tracking down documentation of their early roots through public and genealogical records and, as a result, early family histories may be unavailable to them.
  • "Fluid Culture" Continues Its Watery Ways with Authors of International Distinction
    3/12/12
    Fluid Culture, the 2011-12 series presented by the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute, continues its presentation of art, literature and media events related to water, globalization and culture with three spring lectures by distinguished international authors.
  • 8th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storyteller's Conference to be Held March 23-24
    3/9/12
    Colonizing settlers will be under the microscope March 23-24, when the University at Buffalo Graduate Students Association in American Studies presents "Challenging Settler Colonialism," the 8th Annual Indigenous and American Storyteller's Conference.
  • A UB Student's Winning Plan to Reimagine a Siberian City
    3/9/12
    Matthew Wattles, a senior in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, and his planning team -- the only Americans among students from around the world to have participated -- were the winners of the 13th session of the International Winter University (WU).