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  • A New “Anti-Biography” of Composer Franz Schubert Undoes 150 Years of Distortion and Trivialization
    11/8/00
    The life and character of composer Franz Schubert have been variously sketched in treacle and brimstone by biographers. But a critically acclaimed new biography by a University at Buffalo Schubert scholar presents a far more balanced and empathetic portrait of the man and his career.
  • UB School of Social Work to Open V.I.S.A. Center for Students Suspended from School for Violence
    10/31/00
    The University at Buffalo School of Social Work has announced the opening of a new center aimed at meeting the educational, emotional and behavioral needs of students who have been suspended from school for disruptive behavior and acts of violence.
  • UB Signs Contract with Microsoft to Provide Software to More than 29,000 Students, Faculty and Staff
    10/24/00
    An agreement between the University at Buffalo and Microsoft will put into the hands of every one of UB's students and faculty and staff members the newest, most popular Microsoft software on the market while saving the university more than a quarter of a million dollars per year.
  • Market Demand Resulting in High Starting Salaries, “Signing Bonuses” for New Pharmacy Grads
    10/24/00
    Entry-level salaries of $75,000 per year, hefty "signing bonuses," gifts of expensive foreign cars -- enticements like these may not be uncommon in the technology sector, but they now are being offered by your friendly neighborhood pharmacy, too.
  • UB School of Pharmacy Alumnus Gives $5 Million to Strengthen Research Core in Pharmaceutical Science
    10/23/00
    Gifted venture strategist and scientist John N. Kapoor -- founder, chairman and CEO of E.J. Financial Enterprises, Inc. -- has given $5 million to the University at Buffalo, a gift that will help strengthen the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences' research core, provide resources to create a state-of-the-art instrumentation center and fortify the pharmaceutical-science faculty.
  • UB Announces $250 Million Campaign; Largest Ever Conducted by Public University in New York, New England
    10/20/00
    A national and international leader in higher education, the University at Buffalo announced today that it is launching a $250 million campaign, the largest ever conducted by a public university in New York and New England.
  • Rich Family Honors Parents with Lead Gift to Fund Alumni House at University at Buffalo
    10/20/00
    Robert E. Rich Jr. and David A. Rich, together with their families, have pledged a significant gift to the University at Buffalo for an alumni building named in honor of their parents, Janet and Robert E. Rich Sr.
  • Children Born Prematurely Remain at Risk for Educational Underachievement at Age 10
    10/3/00
    Children born extremely prematurely are 3 to 4 times more likely to be educational underachievers than children born at or near full term, a study by University at Buffalo researchers has shown.
  • American Sign Language Studied for Use as “Common Language” in Multilingual Preschools
    9/19/00
    The Early Childhood Research Center (ECRC) at the University at Buffalo has begun a project to explore the use of American Sign Language (ASL) as a common medium of communication among multilingual/multicultural preschool children whose socialization and English-language development often are impeded by the language barrier.
  • Miramax Films’ Harvey Weinstein to Receive Honorary SUNY Doctorate from UB on Sept. 26
    9/1/00
    Miramax Films co-chairman Harvey Weinstein, who got his start in the entertainment industry 30 years ago by promoting rock concerts at the University at the Buffalo, will receive an honorary SUNY Doctorate of Humane Letters from UB on Sept. 26.