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  • Assad Named Dean of UB School Of Management
    5/16/08
    Arjang A. Assad, professor of management science and Dean's Professor for Extraordinary Service in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, has been named dean of the University at Buffalo School of Management. His appointment will be effective Aug. 1, 2008.
  • Area Teachers Help Teens Become Financially Savvy in Tough Times
    5/14/08
    More than 130 teachers from Western New York high schools are now using a Web-based curriculum called MoneySKILL™ to help their students develop personal finance skills, thanks to outreach efforts by the University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank.
  • UB Physician, UCLA Colleague Criticize TV Ad Campaign
    5/14/08
    A "direct-to-consumer" advertising (DTCA) campaign shown on network television over the past six months touting the benefits of a specific stent device used to prop open clogged arteries should be viewed as "potentially deceptive," asserts a commentary co-authored by a University at Buffalo cardiologist in the current on-line issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
  • Pharmacy School Names New Home in Honor of Alumnus John N. Kapoor
    5/9/08
    An alumnus of the University at Buffalo considered a visionary leader in the pharmaceutical industry is giving back once again to the institution that three decades ago provided a fellowship that helped him to earn a doctoral degree and begin his highly successful career.
  • Makau Mutua Named Dean of UB Law School
    5/7/08
    Makau W. Mutua, recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities in the area of human rights law, has been named dean of the University at Buffalo Law School.
  • Policy Makers, Media Blamed for U.S., World Food Insecurity Problem
    5/5/08
    A food security expert at the University at Buffalo says the worldwide food crisis is a direct result of the choices made by policy makers and the lack of attention paid to the food system and its relationship to global warming and fossil fuels.
  • Math, Science Summer Camp Set for Top-Performing Buffalo Students
    5/5/08
    The University at Buffalo will conduct a mathematics and science summer camp in August for 50 high-achieving eighth graders in the Buffalo Public Schools, funded through a $100,984 grant from the New York State Education Department's Excelsior Scholars Program.
  • High-Tech Information Studies Class Creates E.B. Green Digital Library
    4/28/08
    A user-friendly and interactive digital library featuring the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society's archival collection of works of renowned architects E.B. Green and William S. Wicks is the latest creation of a University at Buffalo's Library and Information Studies course with a proven track record of providing international access to Western New York research material.
  • Less Geek, More Citizen: Computer Scientists Push Social Relevance
    4/28/08
    Michael F. Buckley, a University at Buffalo computer science lecturer, is leading a national movement to change the way computer science is taught in college. His students learn about Buddhism. They read "The Tao of Pooh." They visit a center for children with disabilities and are asked to design technologies that can improve the way these children live and learn.
  • UB Underscores Commitment to 'Green Campus' Planning
    4/22/08
    As environmentalists and citizens nationwide observe Earth Day, the University at Buffalo today reemphasized its commitment to achieving climate neutrality.