SUCCESS STORY. Graduating student Jill Hill delivers remarks at the 35th annual commencement ceremony for UB’s Educational Opportunity Center, held on Friday in Kleinhans Music Hall. In an emotional speech, Hill, who completed EOC’s GED and BRIDGE programs, told her classmates that EOC had helped her turn her life around. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
UB to honor business partners
State Sen. Mary Lou Rath and Moog Inc. will be honored at UB’s Business Partners Day luncheon, to be held on June 6. » Full Story
Computers focus of June in Buffalo. “Music and Computers” is the theme of this year’s edition of June in Buffalo, the annual festival and conference dedicated to emerging composers.
Helping teens manage money. More than 130 teachers from Western New York high schools are now using a special Web-based curriculum to help their students develop personal finance skills, thanks to outreach efforts by the School of Management and M&T Bank.
Manuel to open “Bridge” lectures. Warde J. Manuel, director of athletics, will open the 2008 Bridge Lecture Series, the annual summer lecture series sponsored by the Newman Centers at UB.
Examining pediatric myelin disorders. UB researchers are working to better understand previously unappreciated types of childhood demyelinating disorders, including MS, to improve treatment approaches.