HELPING OUT ON LISBON. Kasey Weinert (left) and Nicholas Finoia remove a tree branch from the yard of a Lisbon Avenue home on Saturday as UB students mobilized to help their neighbors in the University Heights neighborhood clean up after the surprise storm on Oct. 12-13. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
UB reaches out in wake of storm
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Mitigating power outages. As electric power returned this week to the last of the homes and businesses affected by the devastating October snowstorm, UB researchers were discussing how tiny, nanoscale sensors could make power systems far more resilient.
More snow disaster planning needed. The widespread destruction from the October snowstorm reinforces the need to take new steps to avert winter-weather disasters, UB urban planner Ernest Sternberg says.
Comic wit. English professor Andrew Stott has turned his love of comedy into a scholarly pursuit.
Umbrella stories. Media study student Chris Barr's latest project encourages interaction and generates intimate conversations among strangers.
"Star-studded" lineup to launch center. Nobel laureate Gary Becker will be among the notable economists who will be attending the inaugural conference of the Signature Center of Excellence on Human Capital, Technology Transfer and Economic Growth and Development, being held this weekend at the Buffalo Niagara Marriott.
Symptoms may not mean asthma. UB pulmonary researchers say the airway hyperresponsiveness seen in obese patients, which often leads to a diagnosis of asthma, may be treated more successfully through weight reduction than by asthma medication.
Archives acquires three collections. UB has acquired three important archival collections that should deepen understanding of several aspects of the Jewish, medical, women's and academic history of the region and the United States.
November concerts. Performances by the Vogler String Quartet and Metropolitan Opera tenor William Ferguson, and three recitals by members of the UB music faculty will be among the offerings to be presented by the Department of Music in November.