Past News Briefs

The University Community Farmers Market on the South Campus will open for its seventh season on May 18 with a variety of vendors selling fresh food and local products.

Some MBA students in the School of Management spent their spring break in New Orleans, helping ongoing efforts to rebuild the hurricane-devastated area.

The School of Social Work will launch a part-time, online master’s degree in social work (MSW) program this fall, giving prospective candidates the opportunity to pursue a professional career in social work without giving up their day jobs.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings—including those at UB—be flown at half-mast on April 30 in honor of two Fort Drum soldiers who died in Pul-E- Alam, Afghanistan, on April 23.

UB’s annual menu of intellectually stimulating, fun and sometimes offbeat summer workshops and courses kicks off next week with a program that will give participants an introduction to preparing herbal remedies and cooking a wild food buffet.

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly and UB Bulls head coach Jeff Quinn will share stories, talk football and reminisce about their 21 years of coaching together at a Gridiron Conversation being held on May 8 at UB.

Anne B. Curtis, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine, is first author on a paper in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that describes the results of the eight-year, national, multicenter clinical trial called Block HF.

“Benefit versus Risk in the Medical Uses of X-rays:  Science, Reality and Conundrums” will be the topic of the annual Alfred H. Dobrak MD Radiology Lecture, being held from 3:30-5:20 p.m. April 29 in Room 5019 of UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center, 875 Ellicott St., Buffalo.

 “Tempus Fugit,” an exhibition featuring the work of past and current faculty and students from the Department of Media Study, will open with a reception from 7-11 p.m. May 3 on the third floor of Hi-Temp Fabrication, 79 Perry St, Buffalo.

Nicholas A. Peppas, Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Professor of Engineering and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas-Austin, will deliver the fifth annual Eli Ruckenstein Lecture at 1:30 p.m. April 23 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.