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The University at Buffalo is expanding opportunities for undergraduates to engage in service-learning activities through membership in the Western New York Service-Learning Coalition.

Three University at Buffalo faculty members were among the 52 State University of New York faculty members recognized for their research and scholarship by the SUNY Research Foundation at a recent dinner in Albany.

The depth and breadth of University at Buffalo's academic strengths will be highlighted this summer in the "UB This Summer Lecture SeriesÂ…Underscoring UB's Excellence," to be held weekly from June 9 through Aug. 18 on the North (Amherst) Campus

Ten graduates of the University at Buffalo School of Management received awards during the school's commencement ceremony on May 14.

The development of geographic information science tools to help rangers and forest scientists determine whether logging or prescribed burning is the best way to reduce the fuel load to mitigate the risk of devastating wildfires is the goal of software-development work being done in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service by Chris S. Renschler, Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo.

As part of an effort to anticipate -- and thwart -- the plans of potential terrorists, the Federal Aviation Administration is supporting the development of a new search engine by University at Buffalo researchers that is designed to detect "hidden" information that can be gleaned from public Web sites.

The worldwide public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP and its staff members have contributed $25,600 to the University at Buffalo this year, thanks to the Ernst & Young Matching Gifts Program.

A University at Buffalo assistant professor is conducting fundamental studies on nanomaterials that may in the future boost detection of important biomolecules for medical or homeland security applications, thanks to a $200,000 James D. Watson Investigator grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR).

With the current school year drawing to a close, countless families soon will be confronted with what many of them will consider devastating news: Their child's teacher will recommend that he repeat the same grade next year. The best way to react, says a University at Buffalo expert on retention and transition for elementary school students, is for these parents to focus on helping their child understand the recommendation is for their good.

The Honorable Paul L. Friedman, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, will give the keynote address at the University at Buffalo Law School's 116th commencement at 1 p.m. May 21 in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.