FUEL FOR FINALS. The Munchie Machine, sponsored by Campus Dining and Shops, rolled up to Goodyear Hall, South Campus, on Monday to provide complimentary snacks to hungry students studying for final exams. Handing out the snacks are, from left, Sanjeet Ray, a freshman business major, and Rahul Valecha, a junior computer science major. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
Mutua named interim law dean
Makau W. Mutua, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the UB Law School, has been named interim dean of the Law School, effective Monday. » Full Story
Law dean candidates to visit campus. Two of the four finalists for the position of dean of the UB Law School will visit campus within the next several days to meet with members of the UB and local legal communities.
Changing problem drinking. Three new grants have been received by UB's Research Institute on Addictions to study "mechanisms of change" that may play a role in the process of changing problem drinking.
Turning microorganisms into factories. Microorganisms may soon be efficiently and inexpensively producing novel pharmaceutical compounds that fight aging, cancer or obesity as the result of research being conducted by UB researchers.
Severe diet leads to longer life. UB research has shown that severely restricting calories leads to a longer life and can maintain physical fitness into advanced age.
Alternatives to incarceration. The Regional Institute has released the findings of its assessment of the Erie County criminal justice system, part of an effort to identify strategies to alleviate jail overcrowding in the county.