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BUFFALO, N.Y. Mixing a historic panel of eyewitnesses and survivors with past and present multi-media attractions, the University at Buffalo will mark the 40th anniversary of the most deadly prison riot in the nation's history with a three-day conference, Sept. 11-13 at UB and other Buffalo college campuses, a short drive away from the prison.

Jim Brickman's A Christmas Celebration hits the road for the holiday season with an evening of dazzling solo piano, vibrant vocals and the warmth and humor that has made this concert a seasonal tradition for the past 15 years. The five-time platinum-selling pianist and songwriter, with his special guests, perform in Buffalo on Friday, Dec. 23.

The University at Buffalo will recognize the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a special observance that will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, in the Student Union on the UB North Campus.

Few people realize that a handful of food retailers and processors on Buffalo's West Side have a $40 million annual economic impact on Erie County. But that is the case, and experts associated with the Buffalo Food Policy Summit, to be held Sept. 20-21, say that like other communities across the country, we can use our food system and its network of producers to generate a higher food-based economic multiplier, making our food system a major engine for economic development.

The life-sized drawing of the cadaver is titled "Table 8." About six feet long, it shows the human body in a state of partial dissection, with flaps of leathery skin peeled back to reveal the flesh below. Lines of pen and ink capture intricate details: the sinews in the muscles, the texture of the bones. This study of a corpse is one of three that artist Joan Linder has completed since 2006 in an unusual location: the University at Buffalo's Gross Anatomy Lab.

A colorful ceremony rich in tradition and pageantry will mark the formal investiture of Satish K. Tripathi as the University at Buffalo's 15th president at 3 p.m. Sept. 23 in the Center of the Arts on the UB North Campus. The ceremony will be followed by a public reception in the center's atrium.

"Fluid Culture," a free public lecture, arts and media series, will be presented by the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute beginning in September and extending through April. The interdisciplinary series will bring acclaimed environmental scholars to Buffalo for a series of lectures on water, globalization and culture, with a special focus on the Buffalo Niagara region.

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. and Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins will speak at the University at Buffalo School of Management on white collar crime and ethics in accounting, respectively.

The University at Buffalo Honors College was awarded a $500 9/11 "Day of Service" grant from State Farm and Youth Service America to learn about, remember and honor 9/11 through community service-learning projects. On Sept. 11, at 10 a.m., 50 UB Honors College students will gather on the East Side of Buffalo to help local activist Elizabeth Triggs create a new garden in a vacant lot recently turned over to the community by the city. Triggs leads the None Like You/We Care Block Club.

An easy-to-use device developed by a local biomedical company, with UB's help, is providing relief to Buffalo-area patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema.