http://www.buffalo.edu/news/list-page.html?key=d-bp-inthenews en-US Copyright 2009, University at Buffalo 2009-11-24T10:19:44-05:00 ub-news@buffalo.edu ub-news@buffalo.edu http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9553 An article in Business First interviews local businesspeople about how they build ties to area colleges, including UB. 2008-07-25T00:00:00-05:00 95530009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9548 An article in Business First reports SmartPill Corp., a UB research spin-off, has received a boost from key investors for it's plan to move component assembly to Buffalo from Los Angeles. 2008-06-05T00:00:00-05:00 95480009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9549 An article in <i>The Buffalo News</i> on the expansion of a local high-tech firm, Applied Sciences Group Inc., reports the company was founded by Michael Buckley, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and that recently the company debuted the software for Adult Talker and Child Talker, which is used on portable touchscreen computers to help people with communication-related limitations talk. Other products mentioned in the article, the SmartPill and the Hickey Cardiac Monitoring System, also are UB research spin-offs. 2008-05-21T00:00:00-05:00 95490009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9551 An article in The Buffalo News looks at a UB report calling on New York State to begin planning for wind power development in Lake Erie and quotes Robert Berger, professor of law and director of the Environment and Development Clinic in the Law School. The report also is the subject of an article in Business First and on WIVB-TV, Channel 4. 2008-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 95510009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9550 A story on WBFO today looks at the efforts of the Wind Action Group, which is pushing for offshore wind power in the region, and Robert Berger, professor of law, who has put together a report that says the state should mandate that any wind turbines to be erected in Western New York also be manufactured in the area. 2008-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 95500009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9552 An article in <i>The Buffalo News</i> reports on a "Pre-Seed Workshop" hosted by UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences to help six teams analyze the commercial potential of technology ideas they have developed before they try to secure seed money from venture capitalists or angel investors. 2009-11-24T10:19:44-05:00 95520009