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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 8</b></font> </td><td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, October 15, 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="203" alt=""><br> <font size=1 face="arial">photo by: Frank Miller</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="6">UB Salute</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> The Bulls raise their helmets as they prepare to take the field Saturday for the homecoming game against Central Michigan. Unfortunately, the Chippewas prevailed, 38-19. <br><br><br> · <a href="photos.html"> Homecoming Scrapbook</a> </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>UB to create Center for the Americas<br></b> <i> Interdisciplinary center will expand current program in American studies</i></font><br> The university will establish a Center for the Americas as an interdisciplinary teaching and research center in the College of Arts and Sciences to expand UB's curriculum and degree options in the field of American studies. <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>Grant to aid in study of kidney disease</b> </font><br> Total Renal Care, Inc. (TRC) has donated $500,000 to the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to establish the Nephrology Research Endowment Fund to partner with UB in the battle against kidney disease. <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"> Nursing school to study lung cancer issues: <i> UB one of five schools to examine quality-of-life issues affecting women with disease</i> </a><br> · <a href="n2.html"> Organ donation targeted: <i>UB to develop ways to increase donations among minorities</i> </a><br> · <a href="n3.html"> Cause is personal for Minniefield </a><br> · <a href="n4.html"> Dias works to prevent shaken babies: <i> Effort by pediatric neurosurgeon to alert parents to dangers is paying off</i> </a><br> · <a href="n5.html"> Music students to tango in Calumet </a><br> · <a href="n6.html"> Status of women improving: <i>Marcus' talk at Convocation cites sex harassment, child care</i> </a><br> · <a href="n7.html"> Five to join Athletic Hall of Fame </a><br> · <a href="n8.html"> Program improves grad-school access: <i>Schomburg Fellowships give minority students chance to pursue graduate studies</i> </a><br> · <a href="n9.html"> First woman engineering grad to be honored: <i>Dorothy Price to receive first Vital Partners award at Industry/University Day </i> </a><br> · <a href="n10.html"> Grant to fund state-of-the-art equipment </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="kudos.html" target="Right">Kudos</a> | <br> <a href="transit.html" target="Right">Transitions</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> | <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. 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