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  • Jump$tart Coalition Releases 12 "Must-Know" Principles for Financial Literacy
    4/11/01
    Twelve principles of basic money management have been released by a coalition of financial-services representatives and educators attempting to improve the financial literacy of American schoolchildren and young adults.
  • UB School of Management Awarded Grant to Develop MBA Program in Belarus, Set to Begin in October
    4/11/01
    The Eurasia Foundation has awarded a $218,000 grant to the University at Buffalo School of Management for development of an MBA program at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (YKSUG) in Belarus.
  • Olsen to Head University at Buffalo Art Galleries
    4/5/01
    The University at Buffalo today announced the appointment of Sandra Haller Olsen, Ph.D., to be director of the University Art Galleries and director of UB's new graduate program in museum studies in the Department of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Former Basketball Player Pledges $250,000 to UB
    3/28/01
    Ronald W. Schlenker Sr., a University at Buffalo alumnus and former basketball player, has pledged $250,000 to the Division of Athletics for a scholarship fund for student athletes.
  • UB School of Management to Offer Master’s Degree in Information Systems
    3/13/01
    The University at Buffalo School of Management will offer a master of science degree program in management information systems (MIS) beginning in the fall. The 30-credit-hour program is open to qualified students who have completed an undergraduate degree in business or a closely related field.
  • With Assist from UB, Tuscarora Students Preparing CD-ROM Focusing on Ancestors' 18th Century Journey
    3/8/01
    Middle school students at the Tuscarora Indian School in the Niagara-Wheatfield School District have been working since late September to produce "Skarooran Journey: A Tuscaroran Adventure," an educational journey that explores aspects of the history, language and culture of these ancient eastern woodlands people through a student-designed, multimedia, CD-ROM program.
  • School-Shooting Tragedy Might Have Been Avoided If Threats Had Been Taken Seriously, UB Expert Says
    3/6/01
    A shooting at a suburban San Diego high school this week that left two students dead and 13 injured might have been prevented if a teen-ager's threats had been taken seriously and reported to authorities, a University at Buffalo forensic psychologist and law professor said today.
  • “Uncrowned Queens” Web Site Focuses on Contributions of Unsung Heroines of African-American Community
    3/5/01
    African Americans in Western New York and beyond are coming together to pay homage to unheralded black women of the past 100 years, the unsung heroines whose legacy of self-determination speaks to a tradition of effecting change. "Uncrowned Queens" -- a Web site dedicated to recognizing those unsung heroines -- spotlights the accomplishments of African-American women who live or have lived in the Buffalo area.
  • Buffalo Education Community Comes Together in March for Serious Examination of Public-School Reform
    3/1/01
    The Buffalo educational community is taking a long, serious look at the challenges facing urban-education systems during Urban Education Month, a major program of events being held through March 31 and coordinated by the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education (GSE) and its Urban Education Institute.
  • Digital Composer Combines Real Instruments, Computers to Produce Sounds that Tease, Seduce, Shock and Surprise
    2/28/01
    Cort Lippe appears in his formal photographs to be the serious-minded composer he is -- a leading figure in the international electro-acoustic music community. He is an assistant professor and director of the Lejaren Hiller Computer Music Studios in the Department of Music at the University at Buffalo, an international nerve center for composition and research in the field of interactive computer music. That, however, is just part of his story.