http://www.buffalo.edu/news/list-page.html?key=d-needtoknow en-US Copyright 2008, University at Buffalo 2008-05-17T10:21:01-04:00 apage@buffalo.edu apage@buffalo.edu http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9388 New York State should take advantage of a golden opportunity to become a leader in developing clean, renewable offshore wind power, an alternative energy source that could trigger an economic renaissance and a greener image for the Western New York community, according to a report by a University at Buffalo Law School clinic. 2008-05-16T00:00:00-04:00 93880009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9385 More than 130 teachers from Western New York high schools are now using a Web-based curriculum called MoneySKILL&#8482 to help their students develop personal finance skills, thanks to outreach efforts by the University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank. 2008-05-14T00:00:00-04:00 93850009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9381 WBFO 88.7 FM, a major public service of the University at Buffalo, has been awarded a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities to help support the station's "Meet the Author" series. 2008-05-13T00:00:00-04:00 93810009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9365 The University at Buffalo will conduct a mathematics and science summer camp in August for 50 high-achieving eighth graders in the Buffalo Public Schools, funded through a $100,984 grant from the New York State Education Department's Excelsior Scholars Program. 2008-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 93650009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9364 WBFO 88.7 FM, a major public service of the University at Buffalo, has completed installation of a new tower and antenna that will improve significantly the quality of its signal to all of its listeners and extend its reach to new audiences that currently do not receive public radio services. 2008-05-05T00:00:00-04:00 93640009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9349 Members of the local community are invited to participate this summer in the University at Buffalo's 2008 UBThisSummer Lecture Series, "Our World Community: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future," in which UB's internationally renowned faculty will share their expertise on a variety of topics. 2008-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 93490009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9340 A user-friendly and interactive digital library featuring the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society's archival collection of works of renowned architects E.B. Green and William S. Wicks is the latest creation of a University at Buffalo's Library and Information Studies course with a proven track record of providing international access to Western New York research material. 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 93400009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9341 Michael F. Buckley, a University at Buffalo computer science lecturer, is leading a national movement to change the way computer science is taught in college. His students learn about Buddhism. They read "The Tao of Pooh." They visit a center for children with disabilities and are asked to design technologies that can improve the way these children live and learn. 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 93410009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9342 The University at Buffalo East Side Neighborhood Transformation Partnership (ESNTP), a 2-year-old, university-assisted approach to the regeneration of Buffalo's Fruit Belt and Martin Luther King, Jr., Park communities, has received the 2008 Outstanding Program Award from the international Community Development Society. 2008-04-28T00:00:00-04:00 93420009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9334 Over the past 10 weeks, 138 IRS-certified accounting students from the University at Buffalo School of Management brought nearly $235,000 in tax refunds back into the Buffalo community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. 2008-04-22T00:00:00-04:00 93340009