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The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Bellydance Superstars at 8 p.m. on Nov. 15 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by KeyBank.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present BREAK! The Urban Funk Spectacular at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Tickets for the performance will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Aug. 21.

A public memorial service for Dennis P. Malone, 73, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor emeritus in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo, will be held at noon Aug. 10 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. Malone died Saturday (Aug. 5, 2006) following a brief illness.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Bulgarian State Opera in "The Marriage of Figaro" at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 6 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

The visualization capabilities of the Center for Computational Research at the University at Buffalo is providing city residents with a multi-faceted, interactive, real-time visualization of what activity on Main Street in downtown Buffalo would be like if vehicular traffic returns after an absence of more than 20 years.

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have presented the first evidence that the addictive drug methamphetamine, or meth, also commonly known as "speed" or "crystal," increases production of a docking protein that promotes the spread of the HIV-1 virus in infected users.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Wreckers at 8 p.m. on Sept. 28 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Tickets for their performance go on sale at 10 a.m. on Aug. 11.

Nineteen psychologists, physicians, teachers and parent advocates from Japan are on campus this week to observe the University at Buffalo's innovative Summer Treatment Program for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learn about state-of-the-art treatments for the disorder.

Only one drug is approved to treat persons with mild to moderate Alzheimer's symptoms, despite the fact that the brain protein at the core of this disease, the NMDA receptor, is known to play a central role in several acute and chronic neurodegenerative conditions that impair learning and memory. Gabriela Popescu, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry at the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is hoping to help change that situation.

The University at Buffalo Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health and Health Professions will use a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo to benefit the eight counties of Western New York.