POLLING PLACE. President John B. Simpson assists McKinley High School seniors (from left) Brian Calvin, Cedric Morris and Sean Fears as they fill out their voter registration cards Monday as part of the Kids Voting Western New York program, a partnership of UB, The Buffalo News and the Buffalo Alliance for Education. (Photo: Douglas Levere)
Ross Eye Institute opens downtown.
UB's Ira G. Ross Eye Institute, dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of adults and children with diseases of the eye and the vision system, opened Nov. 1 in its new home at 1176 Main Street. » Full Story
UB works for transborder network
UB is working to establish a formal consortium with some universities in Southern Ontario and New York State to facilitate collaboration between the institutions, Provost Satish K. Tripathi told members of the UB Council on Monday. » Full Story
Studying staph-killing clays. UB geologists are studying the surface characteristics of naturally occurring antimicrobial clays, including some clays from France, to determine why they are such effective killers of bacteria.
Expansion of AHC offers opportunities. David L. Dunn, vice president for health sciences, told the Faculty Senate on Tuesday that UB's plan to expand its Academic Health Center offers numerous opportunities for the university.
Mackey to open ‘Exhibit X Fiction’ series. Poet, novelist and critic Nathaniel Mackey will inaugurate the UB English department's 2007-08 "Exhibit X Fiction" series on Nov. 15 with a reading at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center.
Drug craving focus of Tiffany’ work. A top researcher on drug craving who joined the UB faculty this fall will continue pursuing research on cigarette addiction funded by two federal grants totaling nearly $2.5 million.
‘Clicker’ technology with a twist. Students in the School of Dental Medicine are using laptops, instead of the traditional remote-control devices, to answer questions in class.
November is ‘Japanimation’ Month. UB and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery are teaming up to offer several events tomorrow focused on the thriving anime industry.
Big Orbit to present media study exhibit. "Collisionscollusions," a two-part exhibition of film, performance, video, experimental music and networked actions produced by 11 media study graduate students, will take place over the next two weekends in Big Orbit Gallery.