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  • A Sign of the Times -- Reference Assistance Now Provided Online by "Instant Librarians"
    11/21/01
    University at Buffalo librarians are offering real-time, online reference assistance to students, some as far away as China, using AOL Instant Messenger software (AIM) in the popular chat room format.
  • UB Program Teaches School Administrators to Collaborate for Greater Effectiveness, Improved School Performance
    11/20/01
    Improved administrative leadership and improvements in schools' performance are the goals of an innovative collaborative effort involving the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education (GSE) and 13 Western New York school districts.
  • Sloan Foundation Funds Development of Three New Professional Master's Degree Programs at UB
    11/13/01
    In recognition of its strengths in bioinformatics and related areas, the University at Buffalo has been awarded a major grant to develop professional master's degrees in disciplines closely related to bioinformatics by the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
  • Ritalin May Cause Long-Lasting Changes in Brain-Cell Function, UB Researchers Find
    11/11/01
    Scientists at the University at Buffalo have shown that the drug methylphenidate, the generic form of Ritalin, which physicians have considered to have only short-term effects, appears to initiate changes in brain function that remain after the therapeutic effects have dissipated.
  • Education Specialist at Baylor Dental School Named Dean of UB School of Dental Medicine
    11/5/01
    Richard N. Buchanan, D.M.D., director of advanced clinical education at Baylor College of Dentistry, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center in Dallas, has been named dean of the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Law School Opens Full-Service Courtroom, First in a Law School Building in the U.S.
    10/18/01
    The University at Buffalo Law School has become the only law school in the nation to house a fully functioning state court in its law school building with the grand opening today of the UB Law Courtroom.
  • UB School of Social Work Posts Online Suggestions for Coping with Traumatizing Effects of Terrorist Attacks
    10/17/01
    The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo has developed a Web site that offers online information and resources for those who are having personal difficulty coping with the Sept. 11 terrorist attack and its aftermath.
  • Experts to Address the Astonishing Impact of Digital Technology on Our Life and Times
    10/15/01
    Have we developed the collective wisdom and conscience to deal with a world in which ubiquitous technological interactions are so intertwined that they cannot be untangled? Let's hope so, because that's what our future holds. "Digital Frontier: Buffalo Summit 2001," a major international conference to be held Nov. 2 and 3 at the University at Buffalo, will present observations and research on what digital technology has wrought by some of the most brilliant, pioneering thinkers in art, social science, applied science and engineering, medicine, philosophy and education.
  • Robert J. Genco to Head UB's New Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach
    10/9/01
    The University at Buffalo is bolstering its efforts in the areas of technology transfer and economic development with the creation of a new Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach.
  • $7.3 Million Grant to Fund First Clinical Study of Effect of Periodontal Treatment on Heart-Disease Risk
    10/3/01
    The University at Buffalo has received a $7.3 million, three-year grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to plan and conduct a pilot study for a clinical trial of the impact of periodontal disease treatment on prevention of second heart attacks.