First Look
They did it!
In a moment of sheer jubilation, President John B. Simpson and Coach Turner Gill celebrate the UB Bulls’ decisive win over unbeaten Ball State, 42-24, to capture the 2008 MAC Championship December 5 at Detroit’s Ford Field. An elated Warde Manuel, UB director of athletics, looks on.
Photo: Paul Hokanson
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Features
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Probing childhood obesity
Research team investigates a startling epidemic, while pioneering family focused treatments
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The voice of America’s physicians
Nancy Nielsen, MD ’76, presides over the nation’s most influential physicians’ group as AMA president
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Avenues of access
Bevy of programs helps students in need reach higher to carve their part of the American dream
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Thunder of the East
Marching band’s pageantry, passion and precision inspire fans and players alike
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Online Exclusive
Golden airwaves
Celebrating WBFO’s golden anniversary
Profiles
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Joe Freedy, BA ’02
Former Bulls quarterback is ordained to the priesthood
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Louis Slovinsky, BA ’64
Retired executive with Time Inc. is sculptor, painter, author
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Lisa Albrecht, PhD ’84, MA ’75
& BA ’72Scholar, activist and teacher offers an inspiring worldview
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Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, EdM ’01
Community foundation leader draws on her own immigrant story
UB in the News
BBC News reports UB breakthrough in the genetics of Parkinson's disease
A UB breakthrough allows researchers to see how mutations in the parkin gene cause the Parkinson's disease in approximately one in 10 patients.
NBC Today Show interviews UB professor about Tourette's-like symptoms of Le Roy students
David Lichter, MD, UB clinical associate professor of neurology and a specialist in Tourette's syndrome, discussed the possibility of social media contributing to the symptoms of conversion disorder.
The Buffalo News reports on the UB Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center
A front page article in the Buffalo News reports on the Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center, a project of UB's neurology department based in the Jacobs Neurological Institute in Buffalo General Hospital, which opened for patients just a few months ago.