COMMEMORATIVE COLLAGE: Members of the community gathered at UB's Anderson Gallery on Saturday to create a commemorative collage by writing or drawing responses to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The project was facilitated by artist Terri Katz Kasimov. The finished banner-shaped collage will be displayed at a Buffalo firehouse. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
Changes in budget process have curbed impact of static state budget, Capaldi says.
Changes in UB's budgeting process over the past few years have, for now, effectively bullet-proofed the university against a static state budget, Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi told members of the Faculty Senate Tuesday. » Full Story
"Giving Where We're Living" is theme of 2002 SEFA campaign
UB faculty and staff members who volunteer to lead campaign efforts in their individual units heard some moving stories about how United Way agencies help the community during the kickoff to the 2002 SEFA campaign yesterday. » Full Story
UB researcher receives prestigious NIH Award: UB researcher Kenneth E. Leonard, an internationally recognized scholar in the area of addictions, has received a prestigious MERIT Award for his research from the National Advisory Council of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health.
UB study finds Bush transformed into charismatic leader after 9/11: A new study by a UB professor may explain the gut feelings of Americans who think President Bush became a much more charismatic leader after the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
Industrial heritage of Buffalo's grain elevators to be topic of conference: City residents and architectural groups will present a public symposium, "The Industrial Heritage in the Working Landscape," at which they plan to reintroduce the grain elevators to the larger community in a new context and help organize a "rescue party."
Norgren serves as chair of national theater festival: Catherine Norgren, associate professor of theatre and dance, and head of design and production for the Department of Theatre and Dance, directs the Kennedy Center American College Therater Festival, a national program designed to serve as a catalyst for improving the quality of college theater.
Critical shortage of librarians leaves thousands of professional jobs open: If you're looking for a good job with superior benefits, great hours and attractive working conditions—Get thee to a library school!
UB visiting scholars will address topics in Asian literature, philosophy and dance: A new major in Asian studies, which began at UB this fall, will sponsor three presentations by Asian specialists in Indian literature, Korean dance and Confucian philosophy.
Linking patients to family doctor, intensive follow-up studied as alternative for psychiatric emergencies: UB family-medicine researchers, in a new four-year study, are testing whether linking people in a psychiatric emergency to a primary-care physician and then following them closely will improve patients' mental and physical health care and save money in the process.
Projects funded by SPIR program credited with saving jobs, increasing revenue: The local branch of the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Insurgence provided an estimated $160,000 in project support to Western New York companies during its 2001-2002 fiscal year.