Aaron Krolikowski of Glenwood, N.Y., a senior who will graduate Phi Beta Kappa from the University at Buffalo this spring, has received a four-year Clarendon Scholarship from Oxford University where he plans to complete his doctor of philosophy (D.Phil.) degree.
In what appears to be a match made in social research and human services heaven, the University at Buffalo School of Social Work's Buffalo Center for Social Research has entered into a five-year contract to provide research expertise to Hillside Family of Agencies, a children and family human services nonprofit headquartered in Rochester, N.Y.
The warm spring weather invites forays into the Western New York countryside for a little maple sugar action -- and here's where to learn all about it. University at Buffalo librarian Dave Bertuca has beefed up his maple sugaring Web pages to help you make the most of the region's offerings.
In the quest to pack ever-smaller electronic devices more densely with integrated circuits, nanotechnology researchers keep running up against some unpleasant truths: higher current density induces electromigration and thermomigration, phenomena that damage metal conductors and produce heat, which leads to premature failure of devices. But University at Buffalo researchers who study electronics packaging recently made a pleasant discovery.
The spectacular increase in the use of psychiatric drugs over the past 50 years involved what a University at Buffalo historian calls "a massive break with what we consider 'normal' mental health," one linked to myriad social and cultural changes in America.
Fourth-graders in Buffalo's Highgate Heights Elementary School, PS 80, will get a fun look at how the brain works today (Thursday, March 19, 2009) provided by neuroscience graduate students at the University at Buffalo.
In an effort to stem the migration in recent years of many young, talented professionals from Western New York, the Prentice Family Foundation has given a significant gift to help UB students graduate and establish their careers here in the eight-county region.
An ambitious ecosystem restoration program at the University at Buffalo that emphasizes working with local Indian nations has led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to present its national training workshop, "Consulting with Indian Nations," in partnership with UB on March 24-26.
