LEARNING THE ROPES. An orientation aide talks to incoming freshmen at a recent orientation session on the North Campus. UB will hold eight orientation sessions for freshmen this summer. (Photo: Enid Bloch)
Top inventor is strategic hire for UB
Esther S. Takeuchi, the inventor of the tiny batteries that power such life-saving devices as implantable cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators, has accepted a faculty position in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. » Full Story
Cartwright named to UB 2020 post. Engineering faculty member Alexander Cartwright has been named vice provost for strategic initiatives and will serve as the point person in the Provost's Office for the UB 2020 strategic strengths initiatives.
Discovering the iron-copper alliance. Investigators in the School of Public Health and Health Professions have learned that the trace minerals iron and copper work together to maintain proper iron balance.
Video arts as teaching tool in schools. Now in its seventh year, City Voices City Visions is a partnership between UB and the Buffalo Public Schools that provides teachers with innovative approaches to using digital video arts as a literacy tool.
Human rights are everyone's duty. Faculty member Claude Welch told a UBThisSummer audience yesterday that while much progress has been been made in advancing human rights, there remains much to be done to ensure that everyone across the globe is treated equally.
Solvents alter chemical bonds. New UB research shows that some solvents can enhance certain acid-base interactions and strengthen the bonding interaction between two molecules.