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Satish K. Tripathi invested as UB’s 15th president pledges to continue the university’s pursuit of excellence and a bold plan to hire 300 new faculty members and raise $200 million in endowments for student scholarships. >Visit the Inaugural site
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- Dexter Johnson, PhD ’95, Cleveland, Ohio
- Gwen Howard, March ’95, Buffalo, N.Y.
- Steve Marchese, BA ’97, New York, N.Y.
- Atif Zafar, MD ’94, Indianapolis, Ind.
- Dilek Cindoglu, PhD ’91, Ankara, Turkey
- Randy Asher, BS ’95, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Bridget Cullen Mandikos, JD ’94 & BA ’91, Queensland, Australia
- Rodney Sharman, PhD ’91, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Andra Ackerman, JD ’99, Buffalo, N.Y.
9 from the 90s
During the 1990s, students navigated uncharted technological and social change that created today’s globally wired culture. What a difference two decades make for these alumni, who talk about their careers and life passions.
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Trash to treasure
Recycling food waste means mulch for the garden
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Dan Bishop’s fighting spirit
Wrestler fights back from serious injury to help others on and off mat
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Dental dean breaks the mold
Michael Glick wants to dramatically expand dentists’ role in health care
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The career connection
Mentoring program a success story for alumni and students alike
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UB in the News
USA Today interviews UB accounting professor on Eastman Kodak's bankruptcy filing
1/17/2013 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 UBSchool of Management.
NPR interviews UB professor on Pres. Obama?s plan to reduce gun violence
1/17/2013 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
1/15/2013 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.?