• Classroom Spans The Globe As Robots Learn A Lesson Via The Internet
    9/19/96
    BUFFALO, N.Y. ­ Talk about distance learning!
  • UB Professor Part of Landmark Research Team Confirming Third Branch of Life On Earth
    9/4/96
    A University at Buffalo professor of microbiology is one of several scientists who played a key role in research that led to the recent announcement confirming a third branch of life on Earth.
  • First Human Trial Shows Partial Liquid Breathing Improves Lung Function, Chances of Survival In Sick Preemies
    9/13/96
    A five-center trial of partial liquid ventilation to treat life-threatening respiratory distress syndrome in extremely premature infants has shown that the procedure is safe and effective, and improves lung function in some children who failed to respond to conventional treatment, increasing their chances of survival.
  • UB Researcher Receives $1.5 Million For First Study of Obesity Prevention In High-Risk Children
    9/4/96
    University at Buffalo behavioral medicine specialist Leonard H. Epstein, Ph.D, has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first large study in the U.S of obesity prevention in high-risk children.
  • Sesquicentennial Academic Symposium to Focus On Relationship Between Mind And Body
    9/24/96
    The relationship between consciousness and the body will be the focus of "Does the Body Matter?," a sesquicentennial academic symposium on frontiers of knowledge in nature, society and culture to be held from 8:15 a.m to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, in Slee Concert Hall on the North Campus.
  • Celebration of The Poet's Work Will Bring Stars of Literature, Art And Music to UB
    9/23/96
    The University at Buffalo next month will host a three-day tribute to one of its own on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The celebration also will help mark the university's sesquicentennial and offer an opportunity for audiences to hear and meet several of the finest literary, visual and jazz artists of the past 40 years.
  • Academic Sports Camp Helps High-School Athletes Improve Their Sat Scores By 100-200 Points
    9/13/96
    A group of New York State's top high-school athletes who attended a sports camp called ACHIEVE held this summer at the University at Buffalo exceeded their goals -- and it had nothing to do with three-pointers or touchdowns.
  • Suicide is Greater Danger to Cops Than Homicide, UB Study Shows
    9/18/96
    Police officers are eight times more likely to die by their own hand than by homicide, a study by University at Buffalo epidemiologists has shown.
  • Six Decades of Student Leaders to Explore "Leadership" During UB Sesquicentennial Conference
    9/24/96
    The University at Buffalo will bring student leaders from the 1940s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s back to the campus on Oct. 4-5 for a student leadership conference, "The Legacy of Student Leadership."