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  • Science, Mathematics Mentoring Program for Teachers Expands
    2/15/07
    A University at Buffalo program that exemplifies the university's commitment to creating a pipeline to public higher education for kindergarten through high school students has expanded from one to two Buffalo schools, thanks to a $485,000 grant from the John R. Oishei Foundation.
  • Lois Weis Named SUNY Distinguished Professor
    1/17/07
    The State University Board of Trustees has awarded the distinction of SUNY Distinguished Professor to Lois M. Weis, professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.
  • Poetry Contest Open to High School Students
    1/17/07
    High school poets will have the opportunity to have their work judged by a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet by participating in the fourth annual UB Poetry Contest, sponsored by the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Gifted Math Program Seeks Nominations for Fall Class
    1/4/07
    The Gifted Math Program at the University at Buffalo is accepting nominations of outstanding sixth-grade mathematics students submitted by schools and parents for its Fall 2007 entering class.
  • Gottdiener Awarded Lady Davis Fellowship to Hebrew University
    12/12/06
    The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust has awarded Mark Gottdiener, Ph.D., of Buffalo, professor of sociology at the University at Buffalo, an endowed fellowship to support his residency at the Institute for Urban and Regional Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, during the Spring 2007 semester.
  • Simpson to Participate in U.S. Department of Education Trip to Asia
    11/8/06
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson has been selected to accompany Margaret Spellings, U.S. secretary of education, and other federal officials on a nine-day trip to Asia to meet with academic, government and business leaders in China, Japan and Korea.
  • New Program Will Address Suicidal and Other Harmful Behaviors
    10/31/06
    The Division of Student Affairs at the University at Buffalo has been awarded a three-year, $193,793 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to address suicidal and other harmful behaviors through a comprehensive campus-wide approach to the subject.
  • UB Provides Community with Assistance, Expertise in Wake of Storm
    10/20/06
    The University at Buffalo is reaching out with assistance to areas of Buffalo Niagara impacted by power outages and storm-related damage and challenges.
  • New UB Degree Program in Evolution, Ecology And Behavior
    10/17/06
    A new multidisciplinary graduate program in evolution, ecology and behavior that focuses on the interactions between organisms and their environments over time is being offered by the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Robert Creeley to be Subject of 3-Day Conference of Scholars
    10/5/06
    "ON WORDS: A Conference on the Life and Work of Robert Creeley," to be held Oct. 12-14, will feature presentations and readings by some of America's premiere contemporary poets, critics, translators, essayists and theorists -- all focused on the literary production of one of their most influential colleagues.