America's preoccupation with themed environments is due in large part because these spaces provide the type of pedestrian urban experience formerly found in cities, according a new book by a University at Buffalo sociologist.
"Rationing of Health Care" will be the theme of the 60th Annual Spring Clinical Day, to be held on Saturday, April 26, by the UB Medical Alumni Association.
University at Buffalo Professors Paras N. Prasad, Ph.D., and Sargur N. Srihari, Ph.D., have been named Distinguished Professors, the highest rank in the State University of New York system, by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
Faculty from the UB Nurse Anesthesia Program are joining with ophthalmologists from Eye Health Associates of Western New York to provide free cataract surgery to those who need the operation but aren't covered by insurance.
Author Doug Rice will present a reading and multi-video performance of his work -- in which he says he "will turn into a woman" on-stage -- at UB on April 17.
The chairman and CEO of Praxair and a co-founder of the national Muscular Dystrophy Association are among nine individuals to be honored at the UB Alumni Association's annual awards dinner on May 2.
Research at the University at Buffalo is the first to provide a biochemical explanation for obesity that could help pave the way for development of treatments for the condition.
Charles H.V. Ebert, Ph.D., nationally known expert on natural disasters, will discuss "Asteroids: A Menace From Space" in a UB at Sunrise breakfast lecture on Thursday, April 17.
TRIO Day -- a celebration of the accomplishments of Buffalo-area students enrolled in TRIO programs that serve low-income and first-generation college students and those with disabilities -- will be held on Wednesday, April 16.
