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<base href=""> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" alink="#dddddd" vlink="#000000" link="#006699"> <table width="475" border="0"> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/images/blank.gif" alt=" " width="2" height="2" border="0"> </td> <td> <table width=99%> <tr><td> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>VOLUME 31, NUMBER 27</b></font> </td><td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, April 13, 2000</b></font> </td></tr> </table> <img src="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/images/Flag.gif" alt="Reporter" width="450" height="77"> <table border="0"> <tr><td><img src="Graphics/cover.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" alt=""><br> <font size=1 face="arial">photo by: Nancy J. Parisi</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="6">Meet UB</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> Courtney Bolents (left) and Mandy Kou hang out with a cardboard cutout of President William R. Greiner at Preview Day, held Saturday to introduce accepted students to UB academics, resources and people. </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>Psychologist Capaldi named provost<br></b> <i>Former University of Florida provost to take reigns as UB's chief academic officer</i></font><br> Psychologist Elizabeth Deutsch Capaldi, formerly provost at the University of Florida, has been named UB provost. <div align="right"><a href="f1.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f2mark><b>Sungs give $1 million for scholarships</b> </font><br> A Western New York entrepreneurial couple who have worked steadfastly to improve health care in Western New York are giving a $1 million cash scholarship gift to the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. <div align="right"><a href="f2.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p><br> <a name="Top_Stories"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"><b>Top Stories...</b></font><br> <center> <table width="90%" border="0"> <tr><td> · <a href="n1.html"> EMBA students embark on tour of China: <i>Participants to meet with executives from state-owned and private firms</i></a><br> · <a href="n2.html"> Med school audit discussed: <i>Faculty Senate told response will require enormous effort</i></a><br> · <a href="n3.html"> Plan would hike student fees $82</a><br> · <a href="n4.html"> Martens to retire after 38 years at UB: <i>Associate vice president made "computers for all" UB's IT philosophy</i></a><br> · <a href="n5.html"> Conference to honor retiring classics scholar: <i>Colleagues to recognize Peradotto's contributions to the field of Homeric studies</i></a><br> · <a href="n6.html"> Students flunk finance test: <i>Study finds that high-school students' knowledge is lacking</i></a><br> · <a href="n7.html"> Fibrinogen linked to gum disease</a><br> · <a href="n8.html"> Engineering students offered a lifeline: <i>Initiative aims to make freshman year easier to manage academically, emotionally</i></a><br> </td></tr> </table> </center> <p> <center> <br><br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> <a href="front.html" target="Right">Front Page</a> | <a href="front.html#Top_Stories" target="Right">Top Stories</a> | <a href="briefly.html" target="Right">Briefly</a> | <a href="qa.html" target="Right">Q&A</a> | <a href="eh.html" target="Right">Electronic Highways</a> | <a href="obit.html" target="Right">Obituaries</a> <br> <a href="photos.html" target="Right">Photos</a> | <a href="mail.html" target="Right">The Mail</a> | <a href="sports.html" target="Right">Sports</a> | <a href="ex.html" target="Right">Exhibits, Jobs, Notices</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/calendar" target="_top">Events</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent">Current Issue</a> | <a href="mailto:reporter@ubnews.buffalo.edu" target="Right">Comments?</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/Archives.html" target="Right">Archives</a> <br> <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/search" target="_parent">Search</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/index.html" target="_parent">UB Home</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/news/index.html" target="_parent">UB News Services</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/UBT/index.html" target="_parent"><i>UB Today</i></a> </font> </center> <br> <hr noshade width="90%" size="1"> <font size="2"> <i>The Reporter</i> is a campus community newspaper published by the Division of University Services, State University of New York at Buffalo. 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