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Nobel laureate Gary Becker will be among the notable economists who will be attending the inaugural conference of the University at Buffalo's Signature Center of Excellence on Human Capital, Technology Transfer and Economic Growth and Development, being held tomorrow and Saturday in the Buffalo Niagara Marriott.

A little more than a week after a devastating snowstorm united the City of Good Neighbors was the perfect time for Chris Barr, a University at Buffalo graduate student in the Department of Media, to bring his traveling project, "From Here to There Under an Umbrella," to Buffalo last weekend.

Performances by the Vogler String Quartet and Metropolitan Opera tenor William Ferguson, and three recitals by members of the UB music faculty will be among the offerings to be presented by the Department of Music in November.

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.