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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 4</b></font> </td><td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, September 16, 1999</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.gif" alt="" width="300" height="202" alt=""></td> <td valign="middle"> <p> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="6">Go Bulls! </font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> These students show their UB spirit during the Bull's first football game played as a member of the Mid-American Conference. Unfortunately, Akron spoiled the debut with a 17-10 win. <br><br> </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>UB establishes photonics, laser center<br></b> <i>Institute to capitalize on links between university and WNY industries, institutions</i></font><br> The university has established a new, multidisciplinary institute to conduct research designed to harness the power of light in a broad spectrum of applications and potential products, ranging from telecommunications to cancer therapy.<br> <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>Credit proposed for work with centers </b> </font><br> Teaching and research associated with interdisciplinary centers and institutes would be credited during the promotion and tenure process under recommendations suggested last week by a Faculty Senate committee.<br> <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"> UB budget to meet only current obligations: <i>Wagner tells Faculty Senate UB may not finalize spending plan until October </i> </a><br> · <a href="n2.html"> CIT priorities hinder policy: <i>Greiner suggests "manual solution" to carry out grade changes </i> </a><br> · <a href="n3.html"> artsTECH targets urban girls </a><br> · <a href="n4.html"> "Culture jammers" bring protest to UB </a><br> · <a href="n5.html"> Swimming Horse tackles what's really going on </a><br> · <a href="n6.html"> Gene work on Nature cover : <i>Scientists find first 11-subunit protein bound to RNA</i> </a><br> · <a href="n7.html"> Getting new drugs online is risky </a><br> · <a href="n8.html"> Kleinman named chair of architecture: <i>Expert in design and theory brings national reputation to UB</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="sports.html" target="Right">Sports</a> | <a href="jobs.html" target="Right">Jobs</a> <br> <a href="mail.html" target="Right">The Mail</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> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/Search.html" target="Right">Search</a> <br> <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"> The Reporter is a campus community newspaper published by the Division of University Services, State University of New York at Buffalo. Editorial offices are located at <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/news/" target="_parent"><b>UB News Services</b></a>, 136 Crofts Hall, Amherst, NY, 14260, 716-645-2626. <br><br> The Reporter publishes in print and online every Thursday during the academic year.<br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Associate Vice President for University Services:</b></font> Carole Smith Petro<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Director of News Services:</b></font> Arthur Page<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Associate Director of News Services and Editor:</b></font> Sue Wuetcher<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Assistant Editor:</b></font> Mara McGinnis<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Art Director:</b></font> Rebecca Farnham<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Design Assistant:</b></font> Kristen Kowalski<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>News Services Editors:</b></font> Lois Baker, Patricia Donovan, Ellen Goldbaum, Mary Beth Spina, Christine Vidal<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Online Publisher:</b></font> Liz Holland </font> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table>