http://www.buffalo.edu/news/list-page.html?key=ub2020-culture en-US Copyright 2009, University at Buffalo 2009-11-06T16:26:57-05:00 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/10609 Three exceptional artists, recent graduates of the University at Buffalo Department of Visual Studies, will be featured in the exhibition, "Noncommittal: A Prospective Glance 2," Nov. 5 to Dec. 12 in the UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, North Campus. 2009-10-29T00:00:00-05:00 106090009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10604 The University at Buffalo Department of English has announced that award-winning Polish poet, novelist and essayist Adam Zagajewski will present the 2009 Oscar Silverman Reading Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. in 250 Baird Hall on the UB North Campus. 2009-10-27T00:00:00-05:00 106040009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10548 Yes, comics are the stuff of scholarly interest at the University at Buffalo, and this month UB will honor Buffalo native Spain Rodriguez, an pioneering indie comix giant, for his intriguing and politically explosive work. 2009-10-09T00:00:00-05:00 105480009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10449 "Toward the Sentient City" is an exhibition two years in the making that originated among University at Buffalo architects and will give you a whiff of the future, with its smart dust, text messages to fish and devices that provide electricity then sort of "eat" the carbon dioxide it produces. 2009-09-16T00:00:00-05:00 104490009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10443 The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo has received a two-year, $172,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand the university's undergraduate course offerings, academic exchanges and events related to South Asia. 2009-09-15T00:00:00-05:00 104430009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10395 "Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo Venture: From the Larkin Building to Broadacre City," is an exhibition focused on the context in which Buffalo became a locus for Wright's architectural activities in the first decades of the 20th century. It will be presented by the University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery Oct. 2 to Dec. 30. 2009-08-28T00:00:00-05:00 103950009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10382 The fall lineup for the Buffalo Film Seminars ranges from a 1972 Russian science fiction movie that brings into question the nature of reality to a 1955 French heist film that includes a near-silent, half-hour scene portraying the burglary of a jewelry shop in such incredible detail that the movie was reportedly banned briefly by French authorities. 2009-08-25T00:00:00-05:00 103820009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10284 Too much confidence among teenage students can be harmful. In a study that reinforces the danger of indiscriminately bolstering a child's self esteem -- whether the child earns that distinction or not -- the results show a clear connection between overconfident students and low reading comprehension, and suggest recommendations for parents and teachers. 2009-07-29T00:00:00-05:00 102840009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10130 People who feel pressure to look attractive are more fearful of being rejected because of their appearance than are their peers, according to a new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Kent. 2009-05-27T00:00:00-05:00 101300009