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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" alink="#dddddd" vlink="#000000" link="#006699"> <base href=""> <table width=99%> <tr> <td> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>VOLUME 32, NUMBER 19</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, February 8, 2001</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="215"><br> <font size=1 face="arial">Photo: Stephanie Hamberger</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">Quake Talk</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Andre Reinhorn (left), professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering, discusses the new earthquake-engineering facility to be built at UB with President William R. Greiner (center) and Rep. Jack Quinn at a press conference held Saturday in Ketter Hall. </font> </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>UB gets $16.5 million for quake work</b><br> <i>Funds from NSF, New York State, SUNY to be used to build new facility, shake table</i></font><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering has been awarded $16.5 million in federal and state funding to develop the world’s most versatile earthquake-engineering research facility designed to provide testing capabilities that will revolutionize the understanding of how even very large structures behave during earthquakes.</font> <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></font></p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b>Grant named to new vice provost post</b></font><br> <font face="verdana,arial" size="-1">Kerry S. Grant, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and a respected music historian and a nationally known administrator, has been named vice provost for academic affairs and dean of the Graduate School, effective March 1. </font> <div align="right"><a href="f2.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p><br> <a name="Photos"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"><b>Photos...</b></font><br> <center> <table width="90%" border="0"> <tr> <td> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> · <a href="photos.html">Early Spring?</a><br> · <a href="photos2.html">Girls Rule</a><br> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <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> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> · <a href="n1.html">Computer standards urged: <i>Faculty Senate seeks same access for faculty as students</i></a><br> · <a href="n2.html">Weekes is smitten with autographs: <i>UB staffer has nearly 1,000 pieces documenting famous African Americans</i></a><br> · <a href="n3.html">UB researchers find gum-lung disease link</a><br> · <a href="n4.html">Living & Learning the law: <i>80 law students to establish community in new Flint Village</i></a><br> · <a href="n5.html">Brun pledges $1 million to UB</a><br> · <a href="n6.html">UB Business Alliance marks successes: <i>Schimminger, Clarke to receive "Igniting Ideas Leadership Awards"</i></a><br> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <hr noshade width="90%" size="1"> <center> <p> <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="front.html#Photos" target="Right">Photos</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><br> <a href="transit.html" target="Right">Transitions</a> | <a href="kudos.html" target="Right">Kudos</a> | <a href="obit.html" target="Right">Obituaries</a> | <a href="sports.html" target="Right">Sports</a> | <a href="ex.html" target="Right">Exhibits, Notices, Jobs</a><br> <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent"></a><a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/calendar" target="_top">Events</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent"></a><a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent">Current Issue</a> | <a href="mailto:reporter@ubnews.buffalo.edu" target="Right">Comments?</a><br> <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/Archives.html" target="Right">Archives</a> | <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> </p> </center> <br> <hr noshade width="90%" size="1"> <font size="2"> <i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Reporter</font></i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> is a campus community newspaper published by the Division of University Services, State University of New York at Buffalo. 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