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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 23</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, April 4, 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/Cover1.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">Hello<br> Spring! </font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Larry Jackson takes the lead in a drum circle that was part of the Solstice Celebration held in the Center for Tomorrow on March 23 to welcome the spring equinox. The event featured sessions on the medicine wheel, spirit guides and dreams, in addition to the drumming.</font></p> </td> </tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark></font> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b>Study sets UB's impact at $1.28 billion</b></font><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><i><font size="3">University leverages state's investment by more than 4 times to benefit local economy</font></i></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2" color="#000000">The university leverages state funding by more than four times to the benefit of Western New York, with an annual economic impact on the region of more than $1.25 billion, according to a new economic impact study prepared by UB based on methods used nationally to evaluate the economic impact of universities.</font><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 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