http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter weekly campus newspaper 2008-08-21T12:46-4:00 http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol39/vol39n47/articles/DayOfCaring.html Approximately 150 UB employees spent yesterday morning at four sites across Buffalo giving back to their community as part of Day of Caring activities. http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol39/vol39n47/articles/WearBlue.html UB faculty and staff are encouraged to wear UB blue on Aug. 28 to show their pride and support for the Bulls in their home opener that night against the University of Texas-El Paso. http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol39/vol39n47/articles/IdolFinalists.html Seven staff members will take the stage on Aug. 28 to vie for the title of the first-ever “UB Idol.&#148 http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol39/vol39n47/articles/OpeningWeekend.html A variety of activities for new and returning students this weekend signals the start of the 2008-09 academic year on Aug. 25. http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol39/vol39n47/articles/ScienceCamp.html It wasn’t exactly Camp Granada as 47 high-achieving eighth graders took part in a cutting-edge, college-level science camp this summer coordinated by UB’s Center for Educational Collaboration. http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol39/vol39n47/articles/DandonaReceptors.html UB researchers—the first to identify the anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective properties of insulin—now have discovered one pathway through which the hormone produces this effect.