News Releases

Alex Ampadu, CPA, associate professor of accounting and law in the University at Buffalo School of Management, will receive the Dr. Emmanuel Saxe Outstanding CPA in Education Award.

The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts 2006 Spring Magazine received a Gold Award in the Buffalo Club of Printing House Craftsmen Superb Printing Awards competition. The award was announced at the 49th Annual Printing Awards Banquet held March 23 in Salvatore's Italian Gardens.

Three CDs featuring faculty in the Department of Music in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences have been released recently to critical applause.

Fred Dansereau, professor of organizations and human resources in the University at Buffalo School of Management, has been named associate dean for research by Dean John M. Thomas.

A survey of seniors' access to dental care conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College presents a sobering picture of the dental needs and barriers to dental care experienced by seniors.

Recent incidents of student fighting in the Buffalo Public Schools point to a disturbing problem facing schools across the U.S. It's an issue that the University at Buffalo School of Social Work is addressing, thanks to several programs it has developed to defuse and prevent school violence.

Anthony Vidler, an internationally recognized scholar, theorist and critic of modern and contemporary architecture widely known for his essays on the most pressing debates in the field today, will be in residence the week of April 10 at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning as the 2006 Will and Nan Clarkson Visiting Chair in Architecture.

The Office of Continuing Education in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo will sponsor a hands-on, clinical-skills training program titled "Child and Adolescent Trauma Treatment: The Fairy Tale Model" from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 10 in the Holiday Inn Amherst, 1881 Niagara Falls Blvd.

Now more than ever, the Buffalo Niagara region needs reliable, timely information for sound decision making. To help meet this need, the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth at the University at Buffalo has launched the Regional Knowledge Network (http://www.rkn.buffalo.edu), a state-of-the-art information resource for the bi-national region.

Two research teams at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions recently explored the scientific literature focusing on relapse to addictive behavior. The first team reviewed studies of relapse to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and the second team, the differences between men and women who relapse to alcohol and drug abuse.