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The School of Pharmacy recognized 20 students with awards at its recent commencement ceremony.

In our collective exuberance over the astonishing explosion in the field of information technology during the past two decades, we may overlook something just as important -- the investigation of its meaning. This observation by the faculty and graduate students who comprise the University at Buffalo's Critical and Cultural Studies in Information Technologies group has led to the development of a new array of courses exploring the forces shaping technology and its uses that is among the first of its kind in the nation.

Allegedly tried as a witch by his own people, admired and feared by European monarchs, accused of betraying the nation he represented, the formidable Iroquois diplomat Red Jacket remains one of the most compelling figures of his era. "Red Jacket: Iroquois Diplomat and Orator," a new book by University at Buffalo Archivist Christopher Densmore, is the first modern biography of the legendary Seneca Indian.

Pamela H. Keen and Juli A. Riemenschneider have been named to new positions with The Center for Industrial Effectiveness, University at Buffalo Business Alliance.

UB sophomore Jason Majewski has been elected to a two-year term representing District 2 on the national board of the Student Alumni Association/Student Foundation Network of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

The UB Student Visual Art Organization and the Experimental Print Imaging Center will hold public workshops this summer on figure drawing and printmaking techniques.

A Chemical Engineering Symposium in honor of Eli Ruckenstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical Engineering and 1998 winner of the prestigious National Medal of Science, will be held June 18-19 at UB.

Ransom notes, like the one left behind in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, and other handwritten documents that provide clues to criminal cases may soon be easier to analyze, thanks to research being conducted by University at Buffalo computer scientists.

The Grace P. Capen Academic Awards have been presented by the University at Buffalo Women's Club to 46 sophomores who have completed three semesters of full-time work and a minimum of 45-50 hours at UB and earned a quality-point average of 3.9.

Trained runners who severely limit the amount of fat in their diets may be suppressing their immune system and increasing their susceptibility to infections and inflammation, a University at Buffalo study has shown.