World Stage A record-breaking crowd of more than 5,000 gave standing ovations to Gen. Colin Powell Sept. 24 in Alumni Arena during his talk opening UB's Distinguished Speakers Series. The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff gave an inside view of major events on the world stage.

UB to be proactive in planning for future; Greiner sees great Midwestern universities as model for building an outstanding institution
While Buffalo is located along New York State's western-most edge, it's still hundreds of miles east of this country's heartland. Yet it is there in America's Midwest-not on the East Coast, not in New England-that President William R. Greiner focuses when he describes his vision for the future of the University at Buffalo.

Fall enrollment picture is mixed
Enrollment for this semester is down 188 full-time-equivalents (FTEs), or 130 students, from the targets budgeted for Fall 1998, but administrators are stressing that the university is not experiencing an enrollment problem.

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