UB Community in The News http://www.buffalo.edu/news/list-page.html?key=d-community-inthenews en-US Copyright 2009, University at Buffalo 2009-11-06T16:27:08-05:00 ub-news@buffalo.edu ub-news@buffalo.edu UB Students Raise Their 41st Buffalo Home for Habitat for Humanity http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9442 University at Buffalo undergraduate Mindy Underhill straddles a ceiling beam, checking the joists in a home going up on Buffalo's East Side. Underhill, a junior speech and hearing science major from Marilla, N.Y., is one of a team of young women working on what they call "the girls' house." It is one of four new homes being built this year by Habitat for Humanity with major assistance from 36 UB students, and it is the 41st such house since 1990. 2008-06-09T00:00:00-05:00 94420009 Businesses Describe How They Profit from Partnering with UB http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9439 At today's University at Buffalo Business Partners Day 2008, UB announced a slate of new, improved ways for business, government and community organizations in Buffalo Niagara and throughout the upstate region to access UB's vast array of top-notch technical resources and talent. 2008-06-06T00:00:00-05:00 94390009 New Technique Developed at UB for Teaching Math to Preschoolers 'Adds Up' http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9438 A program designed by University at Buffalo researchers to increase mathematics achievement in pre-kindergarten students has proven successful in a large-scale study in Buffalo and Boston. 2008-06-05T00:00:00-05:00 94380009