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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 32</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, June 28, 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 valign="top"><img src="Graphics/cover.gif" alt="" width="302" height="198"><br> <font size=1 face="arial">Photo: Stephanie Hamberger</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">UB Solar</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Parimal Patelassisted by Matthew Bernfeld (front) and Jeremiah Rauch (rear)pilots UB's entry in "Solar Splash 2001," the intercollegiate solar/electric boat regatta held last weekend on Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park. In its first appearance, the UB team just missed making the final round and received the "Best Rookie" award. <p> </font> </td> </tr></table> <br> <b><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark></font></b> <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4">UB to lead world-class consortium</font></b><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><br> <i>Group gets $5 million to develop new materials in molecular electronics, photonics </i></font><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The U.S. Department of Defense has selected the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics at UB to lead a world-class consortium in a five-year, $5 million effort to develop new materials in molecular electronics, photonics and opto-electronics to form the basis of a new generation of solar-powered, information-technology systems.</font> </p> <div align="right"> <br> <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>Penniman to head informatics school</b></font><br> <font face="verdana,arial" size="-1">W. David Penniman, former president and CEO of the Council on Library and Information Resources Inc., and the American Society for Information Science & Technology, has been named dean of the School of Informatics, effective Sept. 1.</font> <p>  <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> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> · <a href="n1.html">UB to manage its high-tech incubator: <i>Western New York Technology Development Center to remain tenant in facility</i></a><br> · <a href="n2.html">Administrative Update</a><br> · <a href="n3.html">Student housing blitz continues</a><br> · <a href="n4.html">Alfiero family gives $2 million to UB:<i> Gift to fund construction of new facility for student programs in School of Management</i></a><br> · <a href="n5.html">Planning grant awarded for new clubhouse: <i>UCI, Boys & Girls Clubs to use $100,000 grant to study facility for Eggertsville</i></a><br> · <a href="n6.html">SUNY trustees honor 3: <i>Atleson, Mayne, Ciancio named distinguished professors</i></a><br> · <a href="n7.html">UB using IM to reach prospects</a><br> · <a href="n8.html">Eight receive Chancellor's Awards: <i>Awards recognize excellence in teaching, professional service and librarianship</i></a><br> · <a href="n9.html">Students help town toward e-government: <i>MBA teams propose pet-licensing Web portal, "personal government assistant"</i></a><br> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p><br> <a name="Research"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"><b>Research Digest...</b></font><br> <center> <table width="90%" border="0"> <tr> <td> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> · <a href="n10.html">Drug may avert MI, stroke: <i>Anti-diabetes drug may decrease risk of cardiovascular disease</i></a><br> · <a href="n11.html">System would extend cell phones</a><br> · <a href="n12.html">Drinking daily, without meals, linked with hypertension risk</a><br> · <a href="n13.html">12-hour ADHD drug effective</a><br> · <a href="n14.html">Nutritional status mixed</a><br> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <br><br> <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="briefly.html" target="Right">Briefly</a> | <a href="kudos.html" target="Right">Kudos</a><br><a href="mail.html" target="Right">The Mail</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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