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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 27</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, May 2, 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: Jessica Kourkounis</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p><font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">To the<br> Rescue </font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">FSA's Munchie Machine made the rounds last week, providing sustenance to students studying hard for finals. Tossing snacks and water bottles to students gathered at Goodyear Hall are (left) Bill Fechner, manager of food service operations at Goodyear, and Amy Beard, student manager at the Richmond Dining Hall.</font></p> </td> </tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark></font> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b>Skolnick to lead bioinformatics center<br> </b><i><font size="3">Gov. Pataki makes announcement today during visit to UB to receive award</font></i></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jeffrey Skolnick, a world-renowned scientist in the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics, has been named executive director of the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics. </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>13 named UB Distinguished Professor </b></font> <p align="justify"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thirteen faculty members from across the university have been named the first UB Distinguished Professors. </font> <font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> </font><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, 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