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Buffalo has fewer police officers per capita than many other cities in New York and nearby states, a condition reinforced by a 13 percent drop in officers per capita between 2000 and 2005, according to the most recently released Regional Institute Policy Brief, "Violent Crime in the City of Good Neighbors."

As UB thrives, Western New York thrives. That's the message President John B. Simpson has been delivering to myriad community groups, campus groups and members of the Western New York legislative delegation. And it's the message he plans to convey to Gov. Eliot Spitzer during a meeting on Friday, Simpson told members of the UB Council on Monday.

University at Buffalo athletes joined former athletes, coaches and alumni Tuesday morning to dedicate the new Robert and Carol Morris Sports Performance Center and to thank the donors for whom it is named for their generosity.

The UB Anderson Gallery and UB Department of Visual Studies are proud to present "Getting Your Work Shown," a workshop by Jackie Battenfield. The event will take place in the UB Anderson Gallery from 7-9 p.m. March 22, and is free and open to the public.

In conjunction with the exhibition "Bruce Adams, Half Life, 1980-2006" currently on view in the UB Anderson Gallery, the artist will conduct a workshop titled "Artist as Educator: Blank Canvas to Finished Product" from 6-9 p.m. on March 21. The event will take place at the UB Anderson Gallery, 2nd Floor Museum Studies Room.

There has been a spectacular transformation in women's athletics in the United States over the past century, particularly in the 33 years since the passage of Title IX. When it comes to self-congratulation, however, Susan K. Cahn, Ph.D., associate professor of history at the University at Buffalo and one of the country's top scholars of women's sports history, says, "Not so fast."

The problem of efficiently delivering drugs, especially those that are hydrophobic or water-repellant, to tumors or other disease sites has long challenged scientists to develop innovative delivery systems that keep these drugs intact until reaching their targets.

Urban planner and researcher Robert Mark Silverman, Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo, is critical of community development projects and processes that serve vested interests while discouraging or denying input to others, including the indigent, poor and working classes who have to live with results.

Students in the five departments and multiple degree programs in the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions will benefit from a common core curriculum to be developed under a two-year, $257,000 grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. The new curriculum, being developed around the common theme of prevention, population health and wellness, is expected to serve as a model for other colleges and universities.

Amgen, a Fortune 500 company that has pioneered new treatments based on advances in recombinant DNA and molecular biology, has awarded three grants totaling $145,000 to the University at Buffalo Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences for fellowships in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics research.