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The University at Buffalo School of Management, in conjunction with Renmin University in Beijing and Praxair Inc., celebrated the graduation of its second China Executive MBA class on Nov. 5 in Beijing.

Despite the high volume of shopping done on the Internet each day, many consumers fail to make online purchases because of continued reluctance to engage in transactions with intermediaries that are not familiar and trusted, according to a study by researchers at the University at Buffalo School of Management.

Four national experts from the investment-management industry will try to make sense of the turbulent stock market at an "Investment Forum" sponsored by the MBA program at the University at Buffalo School of Management.

As he packed off the army knapsack used by renowned "wartime poet" Robert Graves, Robert Bertholf -- curator of the University at Buffalo Poetry and Rare Books Collection -- reflected on the value of the items he often sends to museums from around the world. The knapsack was sent last month to the Imperial War Museum in London, where it is part of the exhibition, "Anthem for Doomed Youth: Twelve Soldier Poets of the First World War." It is one of four major exhibits in which the UB Poetry and Rare Books Collection, which is quietly achieving international notoriety for its significance, is participating over the next few months.

The UB Center for the Arts will present the Eager Artists Theatre Company of Durban, South Africa, in "Mine Ghosts" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is made possible, in part, through the support of the Western New York delegation to the New York State Assembly.

WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, recently completed a record-breaking membership drive, raising $227,000.

Contemporary democratic theory will be the subject of a workshop to be sponsored by the University at Buffalo's Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy and the UB Law School.

There isn't much in Doug Bush's humble, engaging and unassuming manner to indicate his dedication to one of the world's most extreme sports -- the triathlon. And when dressed in jeans and a long-sleeved plaid shirt instead of his workout gear, there isn't much at first glance that betrays the very high level of physical fitness this very non-traditional student maintains.

The University at Buffalo will honor faculty members who have received the largest amounts of federal grant dollars with a reception to be held from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 5 in the Anderson Gallery, Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo.

Using non-invasive geophysical tools -- and without turning one shovel of soil -- a team of University at Buffalo scientists has discovered in the Jordanian desert an ancient Nabatean settlement buried beneath a 2nd-century Roman fort, which itself is buried a few feet below the desert surface.