Young Chemists at Work Chris Kim, left, a graduate student in chemistry, leads a National Chemistry Week demonstration Nov. 5 at the Campus North School in Buffalo. Attired in goggles and latex gloves, students learn to make ice cream using liquid nitrogen along with the usual cream, sugar and vanilla. From left: Jamarrion Keenan, Aaron Jackson and Dwight Reed.

Sheridan in Nicaragua to study mudflow
UB volcanic expert aims to find out what triggered disaster that killed thousands
A UB scientist who is an expert in volcanic mudflows left for Nicaragua on Saturday to evaluate the possible causes of the devastating mudflow that occurred with the catastrophic collapse of Casita volcano and killed thousands of people in several villages.

Back to the drawing board for ethics code
A proposed code of ethics governing consensual relations between faculty and students was sent back to the drawing board by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee at its Nov. 4 meeting, an action that resulted in cancellation of the Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for Nov. 10.

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