SENIORS BRUNCH AND SLIDESHOW Carol Greiner and President William R. Greiner help host the annual Senior Brunch that included a free pancake and sausage breakfast cooked and served by UB faculty, staff and alumni, and a slide show that brought back memories of familiar faces and good times at UB. (Photo: Donna Longenecker)
Effect of strenuous physical activity on teen's sexual risk-taking differs based on gender, race, type of activity
Whether on an organized sports team or participating in informal physical exercise, UB study finds that gender plays a role in whether or not teens become sexually active during school years. » Full Story
Breverman receives teaching award from College Art Association
Harvey Breverman, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Art in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received the College Art Association's 2003 Distinguished Teaching of Art Award. » Full Story
Law School to honor six at alumni dinner. Five graduates of UB's School of Law will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards and the alumni association also will recognize a non-alumnus, New York State Assembly Majority Leader Paul A. Tokasz (D-Cheektowaga), during its annual alumni dinner.
UB professor outlines what must be done to make campuses more sustainable. Walter Simpson offers a "to-do list" for colleges and universities as they make progress toward becoming "green campuses."
Study suggests interferon beta-1a may lessen brain atrophy in MS patients. UB scientists have shown that the well-known treatment appears to limit the toxic effect of iron deposits found in gray-matter structures of MS patients.
UB neurologists find brain atrophy, lesions in young patients with type 1 diabetes. The findings, which are preliminary, may be important in understanding the development of cognitive impairment seen in older diabetics, study says.
Legislature working to restore funding to education, health care, Tokasz tells FSEC. Hoping to restore $1.9 billion to the proposed state budget, including $100 to $225 million to higher education, the NYS legislature has difficult road ahead, says assemblyman.