ART EXAMINES PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS. Megan Baker, a student at Lockport High School, explains her magnetic heat engine to Dave Rechin, an engineering manager at Sefar Filtration in Depew, during a presentation on Aug. 11 of projects constructed by high school students participating in UB’s Physics and Arts Summer Institute. Click here to read a story about the institute. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
Documentary to open film series. “The Fog of War,” a documentary about Robert McNamara, secretary of defense during the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, will open this fall’s edition of the Buffalo Film Seminars.
Award for research. UB historian David Gerber has received an award from the U.S. Postal Service for his book analyzing the correspondence between immigrants and their homelands.
Mutua returns to Africa to speak. UB Law Dean Makau W. Mutua returns to Kenya this month to deliver two keynote speeches on human rights and justice in African nations.
Drinking linked to aggression. Scientists at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions have found that the odds of young college women experiencing sexual aggression are 19 times greater when they binge drink than when they don’t drink.
Creating art to explain particle physics. Eight high school students participating in UB’s Physics and Arts Summer Institute created artistic and interactive displays that focused on basic principles of particle physics.