STORY TIME. President John B. Simpson reads Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" to first graders at the Charter School for Applied Technologies as the first in a series of "celebrity" readers for the school's Celebration of Reading Week. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
UB enrolls top freshman class
This year's freshman class is the most academically accomplished in UB history, thanks in large part to a variety of initiatives across the campuses designed to encourage the top-tier students to enroll in the university. » Full Story
2007 run takes on special meaning.
With the capture of Linda Yalem's killer, the annual race run in her memory takes on special significance this year for members of the UB community. » Full Story
FSEC discusses emergency plans. Administrators who recently updated UB's safety and incident response plans met yesterday with the Faculty Senate Executive Committee to discuss what the new plans mean and to answer questions about how the university might fare in future emergencies.
Meeting affordable housing needs. The UB Law School's Affordable Housing Clinic is celebrating 20 years of creating high-quality, low-income housing with a series of roundtables and conferences.
Medallion returns to UB via eBay. A stained-glass medallion of Marie Curie that disappeared from UB's Polish Collection decades ago has been returned, thanks to the eagle eye of a UB alumnus and the generosity of the medallion's current owner.
Religion and law. Faculty member Winnifred Fallers Sullivan studies the conflicts between religion and the law in modern life.
Representation on panel significant. President John B. Simpson told members of the UB Council on Monday that UB's strong presence on the committee appointed to oversee the merger of Erie County Medical Center and Kaleida Health gives the university a key role in determining the future of health care in Western New York.
‘Greening’ affordable housing. A UB Law School report suggests that the state and nonprofit community can fight poverty and pollution at the same time by "greening" their affordable housing programs.
IREWG grows in numbers, stature. As the Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, its leaders recall a time when the organization was little more than a dream in the minds of some very active and dedicated faculty.