HAUNTED SCREENS Sophomore Torie Pashkoff ponders the works in "Haunted Screens,"an exhibit in the UB Art Gallery featuring the work of local, national and international artists who use a variety of techniques to simulate actual and implied movement. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
Creating a "learning landscape"
A handful of key construction projects are proposed to begin this spring and summer as the university prepares to undergo a vast physical transformation in keeping with the objectives of UB 2020 and UB's comprehensive physical plan. » Full Story
Simpson receives degree in Japan
UB President John B. Simpson received an honorary doctorate degree from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) last week in Tokyo during a ceremony welcoming freshman students to TUAT. » Full Story
Podcasts look at law and society. As a conversation starter, legal research may seem too esoteric of a topic. But add a little atmosphere, and now you have the makings of an Internet talk show. More specifically, you have a podcast on important ideas in law and society.
Lee receives AERA Early Career Award. The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has bestowed its Early Career Award on a UB professor whose research focuses on educational equity and achievement.
Geographer is corporate responsibility activist. A speech by the brother of the late Nigerian social and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa helped inspire Trina Hamilton's interest in large corporations taking responsibility toward individuals and the environment.
Athletic Hall of Fame named for boosters. In recognition of all they have done in support of the athletic program, the UB Athletic Hall of Fame will be renamed the Dr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Gicewicz Family UB Athletic Hall of Fame.
Time to act on climate. In signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, UB is in a position to inspire other large research universities to reach for environmental excellence, an environmental leader told students and faculty Tuesday in a dialogue about climate neutrality.
Institute hosts China visitors Partnerships focused on technologies ranging from photovoltaic cells to nanomedicine, now under development in UB's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, were the subject of discussions between institute scientists and several Chinese companies whose representatives were part of a delegation that visited UB last week.
Family endows physics professorship. Brothers Vinod K. Rustgi and Anil K. Rustgi, along with their mother Kamla Rustgi, are honoring their father's memory by endowing the Moti Lal Rustgi Professorship in the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Can infrastructure improve activity levels? Award-winning urban planner Samina Raja has been awarded a contract from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus to study physical activity levels among the 6,000 medical-campus employees in relation to improvements to its infrastructure and streetscape.
Appointment, promotion and tenure cases, 2005-06. UB faculty members and librarians who have received tenure or have been promoted from September 2005 to September 2006 will be recognized during a reception to be held Tuesday in the UB President's Residence on LeBrun Road.
FSEC discusses budget allocation process UB is changing the way it carries out its budget allocation process and though that transformation will take more time, positive things already are occurring, Sean Sullivan, associate vice president for academic planning and budget, told the Faculty Senate executive committee yesterday.