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  • Study by UB's Research Institute on Addictions Confirms Link Between Alcohol Consumption, Work Absence
    5/9/02
    Alcohol consumption is predictive of workplace absenteeism on a day-to-day basis, with employees nearly two times more likely than normal to call in sick the day after alcohol is consumed, according to a study conducted at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).
  • International Education Expert Calls Presidential Directive Restricting Graduate Student Studies "Ghastly"
    5/3/02
    Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for international education at the University at Buffalo and a national leader in the field of international education, today expressed serious concern over a "hidden" directive from President George Bush that, if implemented, would place stricter controls on student visas and bar "certain international students from pursuing education and training in sensitive areas."
  • Exercise Program Aimed at Reducing MS Patients' Fatigue Also May Boost Immune Function, UB Study Finds
    5/1/02
    While many persons with multiple sclerosis struggle to perform normal daily activities, an exercise program appears to have a positive effect on MS by bolstering the immune system and reducing inflammation, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • From Bad to Worse: UB Finance Professor Finds Financial Literacy Drops Further Among U.S. 12th Graders
    4/24/02
    Survey results released yesterday by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and Lewis Mandell, professor of finance and managerial economics at the University at Buffalo, show that high school seniors know even less about personal finance basics than they did five years ago.
  • UB "Pup in a Cup" Study Finds Early Nutritional Modification Permanently Programs Metabolism, Predisposes to Obesity
    4/23/02
    Consuming a milk formula high in carbohydrates during the critical early weeks of postnatal life causes permanent changes in pancreatic islets and leads to overproduction of insulin and development of obesity in adulthood, University at Buffalo biochemists, working with rats, have found.
  • UB, Bioinformatics Representatives to Travel to Capitol Hill as Part of "UB Day in Washington"
    4/22/02
    The past, present and future of the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics will be the topic on April 23 as faculty members, staff members and administrators from the University at Buffalo, as well as center partners and representatives of the Buffalo business community, travel to Capitol Hill as part of UB Day in Washington.
  • UB Launches Nation's First Program to Certify Practicing Pharmacists as Specialists in Treating HIV
    4/18/02
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has launched the nation's first program to certify practicing pharmacists in the management of antiviral treatment for patients with HIV.
  • Improved HIV Pharmacotherapy in Zimbabwe Is Goal of Collaboration Between UB and University of Zimbabwe
    4/12/02
    Improving treatment of patients with HIV in Zimbabwe and potentially other developing nations by adapting approaches that have been successful in the U.S. is the goal of a new collaborative effort between the University at Buffalo and the University of Zimbabwe.
  • Book by Pulitzer Prize Winner Carl Dennis Populated by "Practical Gods" Who Speak to Us Daily
    4/11/02
    Carl Dennis' "Practical Gods," for which he was awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, is full of them.
  • Homeless Urban Children in Developing Countries Found to Be Healthier Than Expected
    4/10/02
    The rapid increase in the number of homeless children in cities in the developing world is a matter of grave concern, particularly with regard to their physical well-being. A study by a University at Buffalo researcher, however, supports earlier findings that although fraught with danger and poverty, the conditions under which these children live are more optimal for survival than originally thought.