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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 6</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, October 11, 2001</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="210" border="0"><br> <font size=1 face="arial">Photo: Frank Miller</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p><font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">Leading <br> the Way</font><font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5"><br> </font> </p> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Natosha Womack, a senior business administration major, carries the American flag that led the procession of students, faculty and staff members to the Center for the Arts for the seventh annual University Convocation, held on Oct. 4. For story and another photo, <a href="n7.html">click here</a>. <p> </font> </td> </tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark></font> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b>UB researchers travel to ground zero </b><br> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><i><font size="3">Team looks at how earthquake engineering can help buildings withstand attacks</font> </i></font><br> </p> <p><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers are grappling with a question that a month ago would have been completely unthinkable: Can buildings be designed to withstand catastrophic blasts inflicted by terrorists? </font></font></p> <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><b>Genco to lead tech transfer effort</b></font> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The university is bolstering its efforts in the areas of technology transfer and economic development with the creation of a new Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach.</font> <div align="right"><a href="f2.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p><a name="Top_Stories"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"><b>Top Stories...</b></font><br> <center> <table width="90%" border="0"> <tr> <td>  <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> · <a href="n1.html">McCombe named Distinguished Professor: <i>Physicist, associate dean of CAS, achieves highest rank in the SUNY system</i></a><br> · <a href="n2.html">Administrative Update</a><br> · <a href="n3.html">FSEC discuss public service<i></i></a><br> · <a href="n4.html">BVI nurses come to UB for degree: <i>Unusual collaboration with British Virgin Islands help upgrade its health-care system </i></a><br> · <a href="n5.html">Biophysicists discover speedy motility in cells: <i>High-speed reaction is in response to changes in voltage in cell membraines</i></a><br> · <a href="n6.html">Sedentary image questioned: <i>Kids accumulate more activity than previously thought</i></a></font><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">· <a href="n7.html">Education seen as UB's contribution: <i>In convocation remarks, Greiner urges re-examination of curriculum in wake of attacks </i></a></font> <br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">· <a href="n8.html">Music department announces Oct. concerts: <i>Among highlights will be two performances by violin virtuoso Viviane Hagner </i></a></font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <hr noshade width="90%" size="1"> <center>  <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> </font><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> | <a href="briefly.html" target="Right">Briefly</a> | <a href="eh.html" target="Right">Electronic Highways</a><br> <a href="letters.html" target="Right">Letters</a> | <a href="sports.html" target="Right"></a><a href="mail.html" target="Right">Mail</a> | <a href="qa.html" target="Right">Q&A</a> | <a href="sports.html" target="Right">Sports</a> | <a href="ex.html" target="Right">Exhibits, Notices, Jobs</a><br> <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent"></a><a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/calendar" target="_top">Events</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent"></a><a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent">Current Issue</a> | <a href="mailto:reporter@ubnews.buffalo.edu" target="Right">Comments?</a><br> <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/Archives.html" target="Right">Archives</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/search" target="_parent">Search</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/index.html" target="_parent">UB Home</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/news/index.html" target="_parent">UB News Services</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/UBT/index.html" target="_parent"><i>UB Today</i></a> </font></p> </center>  <br> <hr noshade width="90%" size="1">  <font size="2"> <i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Reporter</font></i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> is a campus community newspaper published by the Division of University Services, State University of New York at Buffalo. 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