HAUNTED UNION. Alison Hight, a junior art history major, tries her hand at carving a pumpkin on Tuesday as part of the Student Association's annual Haunted Union activities. For another photo, click here. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
NYSTAR grants key to recruitment
Two new scientists, both with groundbreaking research programs and active entrepreneurial backgrounds, have been recruited to UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, thanks to $1.2 million in Faculty Development awards from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research. » Full Story
Leadership missing in war on poverty
America's leaders in Washington—not its citizens—lack the will to fight the war on poverty, former U.S. senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards told those attending a poverty symposium Monday at UB. » Full Story
Preparing upstate for mass casualties. The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has joined three other upstate academic health centers in a consortium whose mission is to prepare upstate New York for mass-casualty events resulting from terrorism or natural disasters.
Going solar. Starting this month, a portion of the electrical power that illuminates classrooms, hallways and computer screens in Norton Hall will be generated by a dramatically different source: the sun.
Computers boost surgical success. New UB faculty member Vipin Chaudhary uses high-performance computers to provide neurosurgeons with the up-to-date visual information required in the operating room to ensure successful surgical outcomes.
Arborists hired. UB has hired two certified arborists to help assess the damage to trees on the North and South campuses due to the freak October snowstorm.
Variance kills more than speed. UB researchers have found that while the well-known adage "speed kills" remains true, variance in speed on interstate highways can be even more deadly.
Kozlowski chairs new unit. The School of Public Health and Health Professions has established a Department of Health Behavior and recruited a leader in the field to chair it.
Legal preparedness for emergencies. The array of legal issues arising from an emergency or disaster will be the focus of a Baldy Center symposium to be held Nov. 17.
Telesca to receive Jaeckle Award. The Hon. Michael A. Telesca, whose career on the bench has encompassed county, state and federal judgeships, will receive the 2006 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award—the UB Law School's highest honor—at a luncheon to be held on Nov. 18.
Pipeline to UB. UB's newly formed Division of Continuing and Professional Studies is continuing to serve as an important pipeline to public higher education for residents in Western New York and beyond, the unit's leader told the Faculty Senate Executive Committee yesterday.