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Richard N. Buchanan, outgoing dean of the School of Dental Medicine, has received the 2009 Foundations of Excellence in Academics Award from the New York State Dental Foundation. In selecting Buchanan to receive the award, the foundation cited the technological improvements he has overseen at the dental school, including the introduction of digitized radiography and the development of information technology capacity for point-of-service delivery of images, teaching materials and patient information.
The Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association selected “Bridging the Gap,” a project for Buffalo’s D’Youville College developed by UB graduate students studying under Daniel Hess, associate professor of urban and regional planning, for the chapter’s 2009 Outstanding Student Project Award. The award was presented earlier this month at the organization’s annual meeting in Albany. The studio course called for the students to create a comprehensive plan designed to reinforce the connection of D’Youville, on Buffalo’s West Side, to its surrounding communities. They summarized conditions in the West Side neighborhoods, examined implications for the development of vacant land and D’Youville-owned out-parcels, connected campus planning with neighborhood revitalization plans for the Connecticut Street and Niagara Street corridors, and evaluated potential impacts of Peace Bridge reconstruction plans on the D’Youville campus. “Most important,” says Hess, “they provided vision and direction for the future investment in and development of the campus neighborhood.”
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