http://www.buffalo.edu/news/list-page.html?key=ub2020-civic en-US Copyright 2009, University at Buffalo 2009-11-06T16:27:00-05:00 ub-news@buffalo.edu ub-news@buffalo.edu http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10623 The University at Buffalo will celebrate International Education Week (IEW), a joint initiative of the U.S. departments of State and Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to experience the U.S., Nov. 16-20. 2009-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 106230009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10622 The University at Buffalo Law School will host a Veterans Day symposium at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 in 106 O'Brian Hall on UB's North Campus designed to explore ways to make it easier for U.S. military and service-members to obtain their entitled benefits. 2009-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 106220009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10611 Mark Vogelzang, the highly regarded former president of Vermont Public Radio and a longtime member of the National Public Radio (NPR) Board of Directors, has been named interim general manager of the University at Buffalo NPR member WBFO 88.7 FM. 2009-11-02T00:00:00-05:00 106110009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10606 An historic comprehensive physical plan that will guide the growth of the University at Buffalo as it implements the UB 2020 strategic plan to become a model 21st century university will be unveiled today at a community celebration on UB's North Campus. 2009-10-27T00:00:00-05:00 106060009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10597 The University at Buffalo's School of Social Work will conclude its 75th anniversary celebration with a gala evening to be held in Salvatore's Italian Gardens Restaurant in Depew on Oct. 24. 2009-10-23T00:00:00-05:00 105970009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10592 When writer Steve Lopez, whose columns for the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> were the basis for a hit film and a bestselling book about homelessness, mental illness and the redemptive power of music, presents the Oct. 28 Distinguished Speaker Lecture at the University at Buffalo, he will be surrounded by community workers whose work he knows and appreciates. 2009-10-22T00:00:00-05:00 105920009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10545 John A. Payton, a renowned civil rights attorney and one of the nation's most passionate and determined voices for justice, will give this year's University at Buffalo Law School's Mitchell Lecture at 2 p.m. on Oct. 22 in John Lord O'Brian Hall on UB's North (Amherst) Campus. 2009-10-09T00:00:00-05:00 105450009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10528 The University at Buffalo introduced today iSciWNY, a comprehensive life-sciences workforce development program dedicated to preparing all Western New Yorkers, not just scientists, for new positions in Buffalo Niagara's growing life sciences industry. 2009-10-06T00:00:00-05:00 105280009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10519 The University at Buffalo Law School is reinventing the way it prepares students for Day One of practicing law. By integrating innovative and practical legal skills immediately into the curriculum, graduates will be better equipped immediately after they graduate to file a brief, cross-examine a witness or make a special pleading. 2009-10-02T00:00:00-05:00 105190009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10500 A nation-wide cancer information program targeting African-Americans, called the Witness Project, is partnering with a University at Buffalo genetic epidemiologist to conduct the first national study of genes that increase breast cancer susceptibility in African-American families. 2009-09-29T00:00:00-05:00 105000009