COASTER CRAZY. Who needs the Comet when you can take a spin on a virtual roller coaster? Jenna Tombolesi (left) a student at Cardinal O’Hara High School, and Kelsey Hogan, a student at Williamsville East, enjoy a ride yesterday in UB’s New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation as part of the Fisher-Price Cyber Engineering Workshop for Young Women. Click here for an article on the workshop and another photo. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
UB cited as ‘great place to work’
UB has been recognized as a “great place to work” in a national survey of the quality of the academic workplace conducted by the Chronicle of Higher Education. » Full Story
Moving toward one group practice. The 18 separate specialty practices affiliated with the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are a step closer to becoming one clinical practice group that will be called UBMD.
Center to advance drug development. UB pharmaceutical researchers have joined with scientists from several large pharmaceutical companies to tackle fundamental research questions that need to be answered to advance development of promising protein-based drugs.
Targeting aspiring female engineers. A summer workshop hosted by NYSCEDII aims to reach out to female high school students who are interested in becoming engineers.
Parasite may be key to bat disease. UB biologist Katharina Dittmar de la Cruz’s work with bat flies may shed some light on a deadly disease that has killed thousands of bats in the Northeast.
‘Witch’ conjures many meanings. The role in Western culture of the witch as a symbol of society’s most basic fears and anxieties was the topic of conversation during yesterday’s UBThisSummer lecture.