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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 21</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, March 14, 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="204"><br> <font size=1 face="arial">Photo:Nancy J. Parisi</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p><font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">Pulse<br> Point </font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Jennifer Pettersen, a soon-to-be physical therapy major, checks the pulse of Dennis Powell, a communication systems engineer with Operational Support Services in Computing and Information Technology, during the third annual Wellness Fair held Friday in Alumni Arena.</font></p> </td> </tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark></font> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b>Initiative to spur security research</b></font><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><i><font size="3">NYSTAR director Bessette tells Faculty Senate new program triggered by 9/11</font></i></font> </p> <p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In an effort to spur security-related research, the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) has created START (Security Through Advanced Resonance Technology), a new initiative triggered, in part, by the tragedy of Sept. 11, Russell Bessette, executive director of NYSTAR, told the Faculty Senate on March 12. </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> </font><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></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><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b><font size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Middle States OKs UB self-study plan</font></b></font> <p align="justify"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The university has moved a little farther down 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