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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 26</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, April 25, 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">More<br> Mud </font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Juniors Liz Geuss (left) and Linda Tran don't seem to care in the least that they're a muddy mess after taking part in Oozefest on Saturday. The annual mud-volleyball game, billed as the largest such event in the U.S., is presented by the Student Alumni Board. For more mudfest photos, <a href="photos2.html">click here</a>.</font></p> </td> </tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark></font> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b>Bioinformatics hot topic for UB Day<br> </b><i><font size="3">Delegation from UB focuses on center of excellence during visit to Capitol Hill</font></i></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The past, present and future of the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics was the topic on Tuesday as faculty members, staff members and administrators from UB, as well as center partners and representatives of the Buffalo business community, traveled to Capitol Hill as part of UB Day in Washington.</font><font size="2" color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font> <font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> </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>Early foods could lead to later obesity</b></font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Consuming a milk formula high in carbohydrates during the critical early weeks of postnatal life causes permanent changes in pancreatic islets and leads to overproduction of insulin and development of obesity in adulthood, UB biochemists, working with rats, have found.</font><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> </font><font 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<i>Site-specific installation on display today and tomorrow on 25th floor of City Hall</i></a><a href="n5.html"><i> </i></a><br> · <a href="n9.html">Preparing for earthquakes: <i>UB experts say Au Sable quake underscores need to retrofit</i></a></font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <p> </p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"><b><a name="Research"></a></b></font> </p> <hr noshade width="90%" size="1"> <center>  <p><font size="1" face="verdana,arial"><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></font><font size="1" face="verdana,arial"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"></font></font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">| <a href="briefly.html" target="Right">Briefly</a></font><font size="1" face="verdana,arial"><font size="1" face="verdana,arial"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><a href="eh.html" target="Right"><br> Electronic Highways</a></font><font 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