• Nancollas Appointed Larkin Chair of Chemistry At UB
    11/19/97
    George Nancollas, D.Sc., Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Professor in the UB Department of Chemistry, has been appointed the Larkin Chair of Chemistry for a five-year term
  • Institute On Local Governance to Hold Session On Regionalism
    11/10/97
    "Regionalism: From Agenda to Action," a series of region-wide discussions on building a strong, enduring Western New York community, will hold its first session at UB on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
  • School of Management to Launch New Part-Time MBA Program "Professional MBA" Program Designed to Be More Convenient For WNY Managers
    11/4/97
    The School of Management will launch a new part-time MBA program next fall designed to be highly compatible with the lives and schedules of Western New York's working professionals.
  • UB to Launch New Doctoral Program In Pharmacy Graduates Will Spend More Time On Patient Care Than On Dispensing Drugs
    11/4/97
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy is launching a new, entry-level doctoral program designed to produce graduates who will spend far more time on patient-care management than they will on dispensing drugs.
  • UB MBA Students Ready to Shop Their Skills At Recruiting Event to Be Held In Virginia
    11/10/97
    The journey to success will begin in a rented van on Wednesday, Nov. 12, for five MBA students from the University at Buffalo School of Management
  • University Libraries Honored For Digital Initiative
    11/14/97
    The UB Libraries have received the 1997 Joseph F. Schubert Moving Towards Excellence Award from the New York State Library for its "Digital Library Initiative."
  • Stomach Acid In Lungs, A Leading Killer of Pregnant Women, is Focus of UB Anesthesiology Research Condition Also Believed to Have Contributed to The Death of Popular Actor, Rock Stars
    11/24/97
    Researchers in the University at Buffalo's Department of Anesthesiology have found that inhaled nitric oxide, a new therapy being tested to treat serious respiratory ailments, may do more harm than good if used for aspiration pneumonia.
  • UB Neuroscientists Map The Brain's Response When Told to "Pay Attention!" Findings Will Help Evaluate And Treat Disorders of Attention
    11/10/97
    Neuroscientists at the University at Buffalo have produced an image of how your brain musters its neuronal resources as you try to monitor two simultaneous conversations.
  • UB Psychologist Urges Abandonment of Corporal Punishment Nonpunitive Methods Are Just As Effective, But Not Morally Objectionable
    11/24/97
    Corporal punishment should be abandoned as a form of disciplining children because it is morally objectionable and because there are effective, non-punitive alternatives available, a University at Buffalo psychologist maintains.
  • Original "Rocket Man" to Speak At UB Nov. 24
    11/12/97
    William P. Suitor, the original "rocket man" who conducted test flights of the rocket belt developed by Bell Aerosystems in the 1960s, will speak at UB on Monday, Nov. 24.
  • Toronto Design Firm to Exhibit Work In UB Art Gallery
    11/14/97
    An exhibit featuring the innovative, multidisciplinary graphic designs of the Toronto firm Dinnick & Howells will be on display from Nov. 20 through Dec. 12 in the Art Department Gallery in the UB Center for the Arts.
  • New Book Explores Research On Plant Defense Systems
    11/14/97
    The discovery that plants respond actively to specific attacks by herbivores and pathogens is the topic of a new, state-of-the-discipline critical overview co-authored by Ian T. Baldwin, University at Buffalo associate professor of biological sciences and a specialist on plant defense systems.
  • A.R. Ammons Will Present Silverman Reading At UB
    11/7/97
    A.R. Ammons, one of the nation's most distinguished poets and winner of numerous literary awards during his extraordinary career, will present the 1997 Oscar Silverman Memorial Reading at UB on Friday, Nov. 14.
  • UB Event to Feature Famous Jazz Musician At The Calumet
    11/12/97
    Steve Lacy, internationally renowned as the pioneer of modern jazz soprano saxophone, will perform with his trio on Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Calumet Arts as a UB Wednesdays at 4 Plus special event.
  • Transmission Improvements at WBFO to be Supported by Foundation Grant
    11/25/97
    New telecommunications technology to improve its broadcast sound quality in electronic feeds to National Public Radio and other radio syndicators will be implemented by WBFO 88.7 FM with the support of a $5,000 grant from The Buffalo Foundation.
  • Newman Reappointed Chair of UB Foundation Board
    11/14/97
    Reginald B. Newman II, president of NOCO Energy Corp., has been reappointed chair of the board of trustees of the University at Buffalo Foundation, Inc.
  • Tcie At UB Announces Three New Appointments
    11/4/97
    UB’s Center for Industrial Effectiveness has announced three staff changes, including the hiring of Timothy R. Mattulke as project manager for the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence program.
  • NCEER Names Soong Interim Deputy Director
    11/24/97
    Tsu-Teh Soong, Samuel Capen Professor of Engineering Science and professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, has been named interim deputy director of the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
  • UB School of Management Hires Consulting Firm to Assist In Search For New Dean
    11/26/97
    The School of Management has hired an international management-consulting firm to assist in its search for a new dean.
  • Meli Named President of UB Engineering Alumni Association
    11/3/97
    Frederick P. Meli, a 1976 graduate of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been elected president of the UB Engineering Alumni Association for 1997-98.
  • School of Management to Launch New Part-Time MBA Program "Professional MBA" Program Designed to Be More Convenient For WNY Managers
    11/4/97
    The School of Management will launch a new part-time MBA program next fall designed to be highly compatible with the lives and schedules of Western New York's working professionals.
  • UB Pharmacy Students Teach Kids About Household Poisons
    11/3/97
    More than 100 UB pharmacy students this fall are carrying a poison-prevention message to kindergartners and first-graders in local schools.
  • UB to Launch New Doctoral Program In Pharmacy Graduates Will Spend More Time On Patient Care Than On Dispensing Drugs
    11/4/97
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy is launching a new, entry-level doctoral program designed to produce graduates who will spend far more time on patient-care management than they will on dispensing drugs.
  • Program On Musculoskeletal Problems In Children to Be Held At UB On Nov. 15
    11/3/97
    A program devoted to children's musculoskeletal problems in primary care will be on Saturday, Nov. 15, at UB.
  • University Libraries Honored For Digital Initiative
    11/14/97
    The UB Libraries have received the 1997 Joseph F. Schubert Moving Towards Excellence Award from the New York State Library for its "Digital Library Initiative."
  • Cancer Cells' Growth, Death to Be Focus of UB Research
    11/25/97
    A $5,000 grant from The Buffalo Foundation will fund research at the UB into the reproduction and self-destruction mechanisms of cancerous cells.
  • Toronto Design Firm to Exhibit Work In UB Art Gallery
    11/14/97
    An exhibit featuring the innovative, multidisciplinary graphic designs of the Toronto firm Dinnick & Howells will be on display from Nov. 20 through Dec. 12 in the Art Department Gallery in the UB Center for the Arts.
  • UB Primary Care Externship Program Bolstered With $150,000 Grant
    11/25/97
    An innovative program providing real-life clinical learning opportunities in primary care for UB medical students has received a $150,237 three-year grant from the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation of Stamford, Conn.
  • New Book Explores Research On Plant Defense Systems
    11/14/97
    The discovery that plants respond actively to specific attacks by herbivores and pathogens is the topic of a new, state-of-the-discipline critical overview co-authored by Ian T. Baldwin, University at Buffalo associate professor of biological sciences and a specialist on plant defense systems.
  • A.R. Ammons Will Present Silverman Reading At UB
    11/7/97
    A.R. Ammons, one of the nation's most distinguished poets and winner of numerous literary awards during his extraordinary career, will present the 1997 Oscar Silverman Memorial Reading at UB on Friday, Nov. 14.
  • Anderson Named Dean of UB School of Pharmacy
    11/5/97
    Wayne K. Anderson, Ph.D., has been appointed dean of the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy effective Nov. 1.
  • New Book Says Homicides Within Families Increasing; Investigates Dynamics of Intrafamilial Homicide
    11/21/97
    Dozens of cases of intrafamilial homicide are examined in "Fatal Families: The Dynamics of Intrafamilial Homicide" a new book by Charles Patrick Ewing, professor of law and adjunct professor of psychology at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Event to Feature Famous Jazz Musician At The Calumet
    11/12/97
    Steve Lacy, internationally renowned as the pioneer of modern jazz soprano saxophone, will perform with his trio on Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Calumet Arts as a UB Wednesdays at 4 Plus special event.