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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 33, NUMBER 18</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, February 21, 2002</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.jpg" width="300" height="200"><br> <font size=1 face="arial">Photo: Nancy J. Parisi</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p><font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">Cober <br> Tribute</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A self-portrait of the late illustrator and UB faculty member Alan Cober appears to peer over the shoulder of his widow, Ellen (left), and senior Kate Racculia, the first recipient of the Alan E. Cober Scholarship. Cober was honored Friday with the opening of "Alan E. Cober: A Retrospective Afterlife" in the UB Art Gallery.</font> </p> </td> </tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark></font> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b>NSF grant to fund volcano research</b></font><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><i><font size="3">Multidisciplinary project involves researchers from CCR, NYSCEDII and NCGIA</font></i></font> </p> <p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Technologies ranging from mathematical modeling, geologic simulation and geographic information science to scientific computing and virtual reality are being combined by UB researchers for the first time to provide the most accurate information on geologic dangers to scientists, civil-defense authorities and citizens who live in the shadow of volcanoes.</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></font><font 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