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  • UB Materials Engineer to Receive Outstanding-Research Award from American Carbon Society
    3/5/04
    Deborah D.L. Chung, Ph.D., Niagara Mohawk Professor of Materials Research in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been selected to receive the Charles E. Pettinos Award from the American Carbon Society.
  • Bar Characteristics, Women's Behavior in Bars Tied to Their Risk for Bar-Related Aggression
    3/1/04
    Environmental characteristics of bars, as well as women's behavior in bars, influence their risk for bar-related aggression, according to a study conducted by researchers in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • UB Team Develops Simple, Yet Powerful Device that "Sterilizes" Contaminated Air, Eradicating Biological Agents like Anthrax
    2/27/04
    A team of University at Buffalo scientists and engineers has developed a device that in minutes, instead of months, could safely and inexpensively destroy airborne biological agents in buildings as large as the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., which was closed for several months after anthrax was detected there in October 2001.
  • Insulin Decreases Inflammation, Aids Clot-Busting Drugs in Heart Attack Patients, UB Study Shows
    2/24/04
    Incorporating insulin into the mix of clot-busting and anticoagulation drugs administered to a patient suffering a heart attack significantly lowers the amount of inflammation in the blood vessels following the attack, a response that can improve a patient's chances of survival, a study conducted by researchers from the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • In the African Highlands, Climate Extremes Are a Critical Factor in Malaria Epidemics, UB Research Shows
    2/12/04
    Seasonal fluctuations in a region's climate, rather than consistently high annual temperatures or levels of rainfall, play an important role in causing malaria epidemics in the African highlands, a new research paper by University at Buffalo biologists reports.
  • UB Dental School Is Reaccredited Until 2010; Several Programs Receive Special Commendation
    2/12/04
    The School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo has been reaccredited for another seven years, the maximum time allowable for a dental school.
  • Fuld Trust Awards UB Nursing School $500,000 Endowment
    2/10/04
    The School of Nursing at the University at Buffalo is one of 10 nursing schools in the U.S. chosen by the Helene Fuld Health Trust to receive a major endowment to fund student scholarships.
  • Researcher Finds that Race Is No Longer a Dominant Identity Marker for American Youth
    2/6/04
    In a study of how American high school students describe their social identities, an education professor at the University at Buffalo has found that a sizeable number of young people downplay conventional racial and ethnic labels and are constructing social identities unlike those of previous generations.
  • CCR and Verizon Bring Bioinformatics to High Schools
    2/5/04
    A strategy in Buffalo aimed at stimulating awareness of careers in the life sciences, particularly bioinformatics, has spurred local teachers and the Center for Computational Research at the University at Buffalo to develop several in-school programs to introduce bioinformatics to area high school students.
  • New Technique for Opening Blocked Carotid Arteries Significantly Lowers Complication Risk, UB Neurosurgeons Show
    2/4/04
    Patients who need a second surgery to open a re-clogged carotid artery, the large artery on either side of the neck that serves the brain, face potential major complications, including possible damage to nerves that control eye and tongue movements and stroke. A new, less invasive procedure being tested in clinical trials at the University at Buffalo and elsewhere could change that prospect, however.