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Political scientists from the University at Buffalo and Texas State University have presented the first-ever comprehensive ranking of American states with regard to public policies affecting individual freedoms in the economic, social and personal spheres.

Five hundred middle-school girls from all over Western New York will participate in Tech-Savvy, a day-long series of entertaining, hands-on workshops to show girls how much fun they can have while studying science and technology.

University at Buffalo Police are continuing their investigation of the death of 19-year-old freshman student Jonah Dreskin of Ardsley, N.Y. Updates will be provided when there is more information to report.

An antibody with the potential to stop breast cancer in its path. A nanoparticle that can address a side effect of the treatment that hemophiliacs cannot live without. A "quantum dot" with the potential to treat cancer or harvest the power of the sun. An air purifier that kills the world's nastiest toxins. These are some of the new inventions that were patented in 2008 by University at Buffalo researchers.

The University at Buffalo Alumni Association will honor 20 individuals with achievement awards at a gala to be held March 20 in the Adam's Mark Hotel, 120 Church St.

Would the sweet scent of vanilla and the soothing sound of classical music make dental patients feel more relaxed? Creed Cardon, a second-year dental student, made that question the subject of his research in the UB School of Dental Medicine's Student Research Program. His results, and those of 47 other research projects undertaken by student and post-doctoral researchers, will be presented to fellow students and their faculty advisors at the annual Dental Student Research Day.

More than 30 of the University at Buffalo's best and brightest inventors will be honored Thursday, March 5 at the UB Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception to be held at 4 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow on UB's North Campus.

The Obama administration's push to move health care from handwritten charts and prescriptions into the electronic age is getting a boost in Western New York with new funding to establish a Medication Management Research Network in the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.

On April 9, the University at Buffalo Asian Studies Program will present a free public seminar by McCabe, "Autism and Education in the People's Republic Of China," at 7 p.m. in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Amherst, 6320 Main St., Williamsville, across from the ECC North Campus.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the pathogen that causes mononucleosis, appears to play a role in the neurodegeneration that occurs in persons with multiple sclerosis, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Trieste, Italy, have shown.