THE BIG PICTURE. President John B. Simpson talks about the achievements of UB 2020 to date at the Campus Conversation held Tuesday in Alumni Arena. See story below for details. Click here for more photos. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
Outlining progress of UB 2020
President John B. Simpson opened Tuesday’s first-ever Campus Conversation with a review of the “big picture” in terms of what’s at stake when it comes to achieving UB’s goal of becoming one of the nation’s premier public research universities. » Full Story
Celebrating academic excellence
Pioneering arctic explorer Jean Malaurie will receive an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from SUNY April 17 at UB’s annual celebration of scholarly, research and creative excellence. » Full Story
Creating a great place to work. UB’s ongoing efforts to improve the worklife of its employees has been recognized by Business First of Buffalo with a designation as a finalist in the newspaper’s annual “Great Places to Work” ranking.
UB 2020 transcends other issues. President John B. Simpson reassured the UB Council Tuesday that the goal of making UB one of the nation’s top public research universities by the year 2020 will not be compromised by the budget situation or the change in leadership in Albany.
An insider’s view of government. Students in a UB political science class got a rare view of the workings of Erie County government yesterday, thanks to a visit by Erie County Executive Christopher C. Collins.
The emotional side of public health. UB faculty member Marc Kiviniemi studies how emotions affect decision-making about healthy behaviors.
The ‘truth’ according to Colbert. Satirist Stephen Colbert brought his conservative talk-show-host persona to UB last week to close this year's Distinguished Speakers Series.
Budget cuts discussed at FSEC. The impact of the passage of the 2008-09 New York state budget on UB was the topic of conversation during President John B. Simpson’s remarks at yesterday’s Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting.
Battling chronic bad breath. A study by UB dental researchers has confirmed that brushing twice a day with toothpaste containing a bactericide and using a toothbrush with a tongue cleaner can eliminate halitosis.
Creating teleonomic environments. UB architecture faculty member Omar Khan studies nonliving teleonomic environments that move and reconfigure space by sensing the presence of living beings in the environment.
The interpersonal nature of blogs. A UB study of bloggers has found that they are likely to be self-disclosing extroverts who use their personal blogs to strengthen and enhance their already large networks of strong social ties.
Early evidence of oral cancer. A simple “swish and spit” method can be used to detect potential early evidence of oral cancer, a preliminary study conducted by researchers at UB and Roswell Park Cancer Institute has shown.