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UB Students Find Architectural Opportunity, Thesis in 'Quad' House View Photo 11/13/09 A year ago, the small house at 139 Howell St. in Buffalo's Black Rock neighborhood stood vacant, just one more derelict property up for auction. The two-story structure was crumbling. It languished as an eyesore, its fate uncertain. Where others saw blight, four University at Buffalo architecture students saw opportunity.
Center for the Arts Artists in Residence Working on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Project in Buffalo 11/11/09 Colleen Darby, an artist in residence in the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts' Arts in Healthcare Program in Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, has been selected to create a mural for ABC Television's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project currently underway at 228 Massachusetts Ave. in Buffalo.
UB to Celebrate International Education Week Nov. 16-20 View Photo 11/06/09 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.
UB to Host Veterans Day Conference to Help Military Personnel Obtain Benefits 11/06/09 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.
UB Distinguished Speakers Talk by Columnist Steve Lopez Will Be Complemented by WNY Community Resource Fair 10/22/09 When writer Steve Lopez, whose columns for the Los Angeles Times 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.
$7 Million Grant to UBMD Will Develop Health Care Informatics System Targeting Kidney Disease in WNY 10/07/09 UBMD, the University at Buffalo's 450-member physician practice plan, has received a $7 million grant from the New York State Department of Health HEAL NY initiative to implement a novel electronic records system to track and manage treatment of chronic kidney disease in real time, with the goal of reducing the number of patients in Western New York who develop end stage kidney disease (ESRD).
UB's iSciWNY Will Help Grow a High-Tech, Life Sciences Workforce 10/06/09 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.
The "Jewels in Our Genes" Study: Investigating Why Black Women are at Increased Risk of Early Breast Cancer View Photo 09/29/09 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.
From Avalanches to Steroids, UB Forum for Teachers Has Science Covered 09/09/09 Bat fleas, nematodes and intelligent design are just a few of the myriad subjects covered by the University at Buffalo's 2009-10 Western New York Science and Technology Forum, "Horizons of the Sciences," for Western New York teachers.
STEM's Rockets Red Glare: UB's Math and Science Summer Workshop Lights Up the Sky View Photo Video Clip 08/27/09 Many of the area's most promising middle and high school science and math students shared notes, participated in hands-on activities and interacted with some of the University at Buffalo's distinguished faculty during the four-day Passport STEM program held last week on UB's South (Main Street) Campus.


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The two-story structure was crumbling. It languished as an eyesore, its fate uncertain. Where others saw blight, four University at Buffalo architecture students saw opportunity. Center for the Arts Artists in Residence Working on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Project in Buffalo 11/11/09 Colleen Darby, an artist in residence in the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts' Arts in Healthcare Program in Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, has been selected to create a mural for ABC Television's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project currently underway at 228 Massachusetts Ave. in Buffalo. UB to Celebrate International Education Week Nov. 16-20 View Photo 11/06/09 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. UB to Host Veterans Day Conference to Help Military Personnel Obtain Benefits 11/06/09 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. UB Distinguished Speakers Talk by Columnist Steve Lopez Will Be Complemented by WNY Community Resource Fair 10/22/09 When writer Steve Lopez, whose columns for the Los Angeles Times 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. $7 Million Grant to UBMD Will Develop Health Care Informatics System Targeting Kidney Disease in WNY 10/07/09 UBMD, the University at Buffalo's 450-member physician practice plan, has received a $7 million grant from the New York State Department of Health HEAL NY initiative to implement a novel electronic records system to track and manage treatment of chronic kidney disease in real time, with the goal of reducing the number of patients in Western New York who develop end stage kidney disease (ESRD). UB's iSciWNY Will Help Grow a High-Tech, Life Sciences Workforce 10/06/09 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. The "Jewels in Our Genes" Study: Investigating Why Black Women are at Increased Risk of Early Breast Cancer View Photo 09/29/09 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. From Avalanches to Steroids, UB Forum for Teachers Has Science Covered 09/09/09 Bat fleas, nematodes and intelligent design are just a few of the myriad subjects covered by the University at Buffalo's 2009-10 Western New York Science and Technology Forum, "Horizons of the Sciences," for Western New York teachers. STEM's Rockets Red Glare: UB's Math and Science Summer Workshop Lights Up the Sky View Photo Video Clip 08/27/09 Many of the area's most promising middle and high school science and math students shared notes, participated in hands-on activities and interacted with some of the University at Buffalo's distinguished faculty during the four-day Passport STEM program held last week on UB's South (Main Street) Campus.	Dan Stripp (left) and Paul Dudkowski stand near "Quad Space," the renovated house that served as their master's thesis. Focus On UB 2020 Progress UB in the News New York Times: SUNY weighs the value of Division I sports 11/16/09 New York Times: UB photographer says a rephotograph lifts the illusion that time stops 11/13/09 USA Today: Government downsizing may result in a dangerous concentration of power, expert says 11/13/09 Utica Observer-Dispatch: Layoffs and cuts at small liberal arts colleges no surprise, education expert says 11/11/09 KCSN-88.5 FM: Researcher interviewed on decision making for women with breast cancer 11/11/09 See more coverage
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