UB senior Diana Pratt, who volunteered this summer to help deliver needed medical services to villagers in remote areas of the Himalayas, is the first recipient of the Mary Rosenblum Somit Scholarship.
"Scientific Fraud in American Political Culture: Reflections on the Baltimore Case and the Investigative Powers of the Government" will be the topic of the first talk in a new lecture series, "The University and The World," presented by the UB College of Arts and Sciences.
Award-winning journalist Lorraine Dusky will present the keynote address as part of a special centennial conference, "Sisters in Law: A Century of Achievement at UB," sponsored by the UB Law School.
Research establishing a connection between individuals' dental and general health will be discussed by Sara G. Grossi, D.D.S., at the next UB Senior Alumni Luncheon, to be held at noon Oct. 26 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
The ongoing effort to revitalize neighborhoods around the University at Buffalo South Campus and beyond has taken a turn into cyberspace. The University Community Initiative (UCI), formed to revive and stabilize urban and suburban neighborhoods in the area, has gone online to make its presence better known in Western New York.
The University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is honoring its first woman graduate, Dorothy Price ('49), with its first-ever Vital Partners award for individual achievement.
Robert E. Reisman, clinical professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University at Buffalo, has been named the Distinguished Medical Alumnus for 1999 by the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Total Renal Care, Inc. (TRC) has donated $500,000 to the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to establish the Nephrology Research Endowment Fund to partner with UB in the battle against kidney disease.
In a show of local support and to help the university secure national dollars, the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo has given a $49,500 grant to the UB School of Pharmacy and its Center for Drug Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics.
