Hon. Michael A. Telesca, whose career on the bench has encompassed county, state and federal judgeships, will receive the 2006 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award from the University at Buffalo Law School and the UB Law Alumni Association at a luncheon to be held on Nov. 18 in the Buffalo Hyatt Regency.
Mecca S. Cranley, Ph.D., who has served as dean of UB's School of Nursing since 1991, has announced that she is stepping down at the end of the current academic year.
Pulmonary researchers at the University at Buffalo have created asthma-like symptoms in non-asthmatic volunteers by decreasing their lung volume through simulated obesity. The study results suggest that the airway hyperresponsiveness seen in obese patients, which often leads to a diagnosis of asthma, may be treated more successfully through weight reduction than by asthma medication.
As electric power this week returned to the last of the homes and businesses in Western New York affected by the devastating October snowstorm, researchers at the University at Buffalo were discussing how tiny, nanoscale sensors could make power systems far more resilient.
In the aftermath of October's historic snowstorm, Western New Yorkers were painfully reminded of the widespread destruction that snowy weather can bring, which is why new steps are needed to avert winter-weather disasters, according to University at Buffalo professor Ernest Sternberg, who studies disaster preparedness and response.
The University at Buffalo is reaching out with assistance to areas of Buffalo Niagara impacted by power outages and storm-related damage and challenges.
Former U.S. senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards will visit the University at Buffalo on Oct. 30 to deliver the keynote address at the Western New York Poverty Symposium being held in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
The Hon. Michael H. Wilson, O.C., ambassador of Canada to the United States, will deliver a major address, "Canada's Commitment to a Continental and Global Agenda," on Oct. 25 at the University at Buffalo
Flutist Cheryl Gobbetti-Hoffman, of Buffalo, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences, has a new CD on the Raven label with award-winning organist Bruce Neswick.
To celebrate the launching of the University at Buffalo's new graduate program in evolution, ecology and behavior, the founding departments in the College of Arts and Sciences are screening the film, "Flock of Dodos," and holding a roundtable discussion about intelligent design and science communication.
