ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE. David L. Dunn, vice president for health sciences, delivers the address at the annual commemoration of the birth of Millard Fillmore, UB's first chancellor and 13th president of the United States. This year's ceremony, held on Friday in Forest Lawn Cemetery, marked the 206th anniversary of Fillmore's birth. For another photo of the event, click on "Photos" in the left-hand column of this page. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
UB center receives grant to assist declining neighborhoods
The Center for Urban Studies has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund a comprehensive, university-assisted community development plan for two Buffalo neighborhoods in serious decline. » Full Story
Screening of "Napoleon" to open film festival. A nearly four-hour cut of the ambitious biopic "Napoleon" will open the 12th edition of the Buffalo Film Seminars.
UB to offer health and wellness minor. Students interested in obtaining a foundation of knowledge in the concepts of healthy living, as well as those interested in a career in health and wellness may pursue a minor in health and wellness, beginning in Fall 2006.
Translating alcoholism research to "real world." Researchers at UB's Research Institute on Addictions soon will be going into the field with a study designed to translate alcoholism research findings into the "real world" of community-based substance abuse treatment clinics.
Film festival spotlights women. For the 10th year running, UB's Gender Institute will present an International Women's Film Festival as a way of highlighting both worthy artists and worthy issues often ignored in the mainstream of American culture.
Male water fleas exposed. Male water fleas that scientists have never seen have made their debut in a UB laboratory, providing biologists with their first glimpse of these elusive organisms.