First Look
Out with the Old
In dramatic fashion, the Engineering Trailer Complex on the North Campus was demolished June 27 to make way for a new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences building.
Photo: Douglas Levere, BA ’89
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Rolling out the welcome mat
Town-gown interests converge in revitalizing area surrounding South Campus
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Persuasive champion
Warde Manuel makes the case for UB’s potential athletically and off the field
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Helping hands
Human element paramount in center's work designing and developing assistive devices
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Math Magic
Couple’s research aims to increase performance in early childhood mathematics
Profiles
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Michael Adsit, DDS ’05
Rewards outweigh risks for dentist volunteering in Third World
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Roger Choplin, BA ’72
Computing pioneer and guitarist returns full circle to his musical roots
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Noa Bursie EdM ’89 & BA ’81
Singer-songwriter blends a compelling sound with a passion for literature
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Robert Murrett BA ’75
Vice admiral looks out for 300 million fellow Americans in top intelligence post
UB in the News
USA Today interviews UB accounting professor on Eastman Kodak's bankruptcy filing
An article in USA Today on Eastman Kodak?s bankruptcy filing, which has caused huge cuts to pay, benefits and insurance coverage for retirees and employees, quotes Martha Salzman, assistant professor of accounting and law in the UB School of Management.
NPR interviews UB professor on Pres. Obama?s plan to reduce gun violence
Steven Dubovsky, chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was interviewed live on NPR?s ?Here & Now,? which airs on 170 NPR affiliates nationwide, about President Barack Obama?s $500 million plan to reduce gun violence.
Buffalo News front-page story features UB study on use of stem cells in MS
A front-page story in the Buffalo News reports on a new study soon to be underway at UB and two other upstate medical centers to test a procedure that infuses stem cells into the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis to repair damage to their central nervous systems. The article quotes Bianca Guttman-Weinstock, co-principal investigator on the study. ?Expectations have to be kept under control,? she said. ?You?re not going to implant stem cells in people and suddenly see them running around.?