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  • UB's Confucius Institute Celebrates Chinese Moon Festival with Music and Dance
    9/22/11
    The Confucius Institute at the University at Buffalo will celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival on Oct. 1 with the presentation of a free public performance of music and dance by highly accomplished student artists from the College of Music, Capital Normal University, Beijing.
  • "The War in the Medicine Cabinet" To Open UB's Scholars at Hallwalls Series
    9/15/11
    The University at Buffalo Humanities Institute will kick off its "Scholars at Hallwalls" lecture series at 4 p.m. on Sept. 23 with a free public lecture by David Herzberg, PhD, assistant professor of history at UB and an expert in America's relationship with prescription drugs.
  • Public Invited to Events Celebrating Inauguration Week at UB
    9/12/11
    The University at Buffalo will celebrate the inauguration of its 15th president, Satish K. Tripathi, with a week-long series of events, Sept. 19-23. Related art exhibitions will begin before and run beyond that week. All events are open to the public and all but a few are free of charge.
  • Media Advisory: UB's Conference Explores the Legacy of 'Attica, Attica'
    9/8/11
    BUFFALO, N.Y. Mixing a historic panel of eyewitnesses and survivors with past and present multi-media attractions, the University at Buffalo will mark the 40th anniversary of the most deadly prison riot in the nation's history with a three-day conference, Sept. 11-13 at UB and other Buffalo college campuses, a short drive away from the prison.
  • Drawing Death: In UB's Gross Anatomy Lab, Artists Explore the Human Body
    9/7/11
    The life-sized drawing of the cadaver is titled "Table 8." About six feet long, it shows the human body in a state of partial dissection, with flaps of leathery skin peeled back to reveal the flesh below. Lines of pen and ink capture intricate details: the sinews in the muscles, the texture of the bones. This study of a corpse is one of three that artist Joan Linder has completed since 2006 in an unusual location: the University at Buffalo's Gross Anatomy Lab.
  • UB's "Fluid Culture" Series Will Feature Stars in the Ecological Firmament
    9/7/11
    "Fluid Culture," a free public lecture, arts and media series, will be presented by the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute beginning in September and extending through April. The interdisciplinary series will bring acclaimed environmental scholars to Buffalo for a series of lectures on water, globalization and culture, with a special focus on the Buffalo Niagara region.
  • World Premiere of Dinh Q. Le's "Saigon Diary" at UB Anderson Gallery Sept. 17
    8/31/11
    "Saigon Diary," a 12-channel mixed-media installation by Dinh Q. Le, a Vietnamese artist best known for his woven-photographs, will receive its world premiere at the University at Buffalo's Anderson Gallery, 1 Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo, Sept. 17 through Dec. 31.
  • New Research on Famous Siamese Twins Demonstrates How the Paradox of American Identity Played Out in the Bodies of Chang and Eng
    8/16/11
    Cultural scholar Cynthia Wu has spent years studying Chang and Eng Bunker, a pair of Asian-born, co-joined, entrepreneurial, self-promoting "human marvels." "The Bunker twins," she says, "have served for more than 100 years as metaphors for the paradox that while 'individualism' is what makes Americans stand apart from Europeans, unity is equally valued."
  • To Help Doctors and Patients, UB Researchers Are Developing a "Vocabulary of Pain"
    7/18/11
    A University at Buffalo psychiatrist is attempting to help patients suffering from chronic pain and their doctors by drawing on ontology, the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of being or existence. The goals of his work are described in a video interview. He will present a tutorial on his research at the International Conference on Biomedical Ontology, sponsored by UB, July 26-30 in Buffalo.
  • Book 'em, Danno!
    7/8/11
    You're looking for something fresh to read, but holy granola, there are more than 1,879,000 titles out there - 46 by Dr. Seuss alone!