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Like any emerging technology, nanophotonics -- the science behind light and matter interacting on the nanoscale -- is ripe for all kinds of claims ranging from the sublime to the far-fetched. So it is an opportune time for the publication of "Nanophotonics," the first book to comprehensively cover nanophotonics, both as a fundamental phenomenon and as the origin of technologies and devices that will impact fields ranging from information technology to drug delivery.

Martin Holt of Birmingham, Ala., a student at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, has been named the first-prize winner in the poetry contest for high school students sponsored by the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Initiated by CAS Dean Uday Sukhatme, the poetry contest was held as part of the college's increased efforts to introduce high school students to UB and its College of Arts and Sciences.

If you are over 50, a smoker or regularly consume alcohol, you could be a candidate for oral cancer, a disease that is treatable if caught early. On April 17, faculty and students in the University at Buffalo's School of Dental Medicine will offer free oral cancer screening at the dental school on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.

Where once a little language stood in the way, readers -- including a few at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab -- now can dip into the work of fifth-century Indian poet and dramatist, Kalidasa, or "listen" to a 17th-century Mexican nun excoriate men who lay siege to a woman's honor, then condemn her as a whore. These new and ancient tales are available because of LiTgloss, the hugely successful text translation Web site produced and maintained by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in the University at Buffalo.

"Surviving in the Theatre" will be the topic of the opening lecture of "UB At Noon for Distinguished Alumni," the spring luncheon speaker series presented by the University at Buffalo Alumni Association.

Five graduates of the University at Buffalo Law School will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards for their contributions to the legal profession and community at the 42nd annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner to be held at 6 p.m. April 28 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

Tim Russert, senior vice president of NBC News and producer and moderator of "Meet the Press," will deliver the final lecture in the 2003-04 Distinguished Speaker Series of the University at Buffalo at 8 p.m. April 21 in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Noted structural engineer Jane Wernick, best known in the United States for the Millennium Wheel -- the 40-story Ferris wheel that is not only an engineering feat of no small proportions, but a new landmark on the London skyline -- will speak at the University at Buffalo on April 12 as part of the 2003-04 lecture series sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.

Three University at Buffalo faculty members -- Philip Thomas LoVerde, Barry Smith and Tsu-Teh Soong -- have been named SUNY Distinguished Professors by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.

The University at Buffalo today announced it is adding seven new units to the core component of bioinformatics to enhance its Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.