Kerry S. Grant has been named dean of the new College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, a move that reaffirms the university's commitment to undergraduate education.
A plan to revitalize the neighborhoods around the University at Buffalo South Campus by improving the area's housing stock through a housing acquisition, rehabilitation and resale program is feasible and would have a positive impact that would be "unparalleled in the region," a marketing study has concluded.
A University at Buffalo professor who last week reported at a scientific meeting that she had observed apparent negative electrical resistance at the interfaces between layers of carbon fibers in a composite material is conducting additional studies to clarify the mechanism behind the phenomenon.
Nancy P. Zimmerman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UB School of Information and Library Studies and coordinator of its School Library Media Program, has been elected president of the New York Library Association.
The Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth at the University at Buffalo has announced that 13 school-municipal partnerships throughout the state will receive legislative grants of up to $30,000.
Carol Greiner, wife of University at Buffalo President William R. Greiner, has been named 1998 chair of The Council of Presidents' and Chancellors' Spouses of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
University at Buffalo researchers are working on a Federal Aviation Administration-funded project designed to get visual detection of cracks in airplane components down to a science.
They may be flashy and gimmicky, but most company Web sites would flunk a test of simple "Marketing 101" theory because they fail to follow basic marketing strategy, a new University at Buffalo study suggests.
