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  • Media Advisory: Designer for Solar Installation on UB North Campus to be Introduced April 22
    4/21/10
    UB President John B. Simpson and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) will introduce the winning designer of an innovative solar installation to be constructed on UB's North Campus at event to be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 22, in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's Clifton Hall, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.
  • Discussion of Alternative Teacher Training Programs Would Benefit from Careful Analysis of Current Programs, Says Education Dean
    4/21/10
    University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education Dean Mary H. Gresham said today that critics of universities that train teachers shouldn't assume that schools of education are the reason for poor student achievement in our nation's elementary and secondary schools. Instead, she said that critics would help students more by launching a careful examination of these programs' strengths and weaknesses.
  • UB Student A Cappella Group Heading to National Competition in NYC
    4/19/10
    Ask the 13 University at Buffalo students in the award-winning, high-flying, history-making, musical zone-dwelling, universally charming, suddenly famous Buffalo Chips a cappella group whether they now believe the truth of that familiar musical adage: A good song can take you far.
  • UB Libraries Offer Leisure Reading Collections in Japanese, Chinese, Korean
    4/15/10
    Lockwood Memorial Library at the University at Buffalo now has international collections of popular fiction and non-fiction books in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese -- three languages spoken by large and growing segments of the UB community.
  • International artists offer visions for solar installation on UB's North Campus
    4/14/10
    What do a strand of DNA, snow drifts and a terrain of clouds, mountains and ponds have in common? They all provided inspiration for designs submitted by three internationally renowned artists, finalists in a University at Buffalo-sponsored public art competition, for a solar installation to be constructed on UB's North Campus in partnership with the New York Power Authority (NYPA).
  • New York State Approves New Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program At UB
    4/14/10
    The University at Buffalo has obtained New York State Department of Education approval to offer its Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. The new academic program is a joint effort between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • UB Student Groups Host Major Environmental Conference
    4/13/10
    Student environmental activists from Western and Central New York are getting ready to teach, learn and discuss New York State's environmental future at Power Shift New York 2010 on the University at Buffalo North Campus on April 16-18.
  • 'Falcon-cam' captures life in UB nest
    4/9/10
    A new University at Buffalo Web camera is capturing life in a peregrine falcon nest on the UB South Campus in Buffalo, where, for the second consecutive year, a female has laid her eggs.
  • UB's 'Wiggle Your Power' Summer Camp to Teach Children Civic Engagement
    4/8/10
    The University at Buffalo's Center for Educational Collaboration (CEC) will bring its message of civic engagement and personal empowerment to elementary children through a summer camp that mixes interactive activities with UB's mission of making a difference in the world.
  • UB Undergrad Students Selected for Scholar Showcase in Albany
    3/30/10
    Four University at Buffalo undergraduate students have been selected to participate in "SUNY Undergraduates Shaping New York's Future: A Showcase of Scholarly Posters at the Capitol," to be held April 13 in the Legislative Office Building in Albany.