In a full car, some poor soul is relegated to the middle of the back seat, the least desirable, most uncomfortable, most "un-cool" spot in the vehicle. It also happens to be the safest.
As part of the grand opening of the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, a group of Buffalo "expatriates" are spending time this week in the city they love to help boost the Center of Excellence and the life sciences industry it is generating.
Six faculty members, five professional staff members and two librarians from the University at Buffalo have received 2006 State University of New York Chancellor's Awards for Excellence from Chancellor John R. Ryan.
A study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions has found cocaine-using mothers to be more insensitive during feeding interactions with their infants than non-cocaine-using mothers.
The Newman Centers at the University at Buffalo are sponsoring their fourth annual summer lecture series, "The Bridge," which will feature talks by nine UB faculty members,
Thirty-seven Western New York business owners, operators and high-level managers have graduated from the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) Core Program in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
A technology first used during the Cold War to isolate ballistic missile silos from vibrations will undergo its first test in a full-scale, wood-frame townhouse in the University at Buffalo's Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory to see if it would minimize earthquake damage to wood-frame homes.
The University at Buffalo's Department of Communication and Department of Library and Information Studies, the two departments that constitute the UB School of Informatics, will have new administrative homes beginning this fall. The Department of Communication will return to the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Library and Information Studies will become part of the Graduate School of Education.
Oren R. Lyons, professor in the Department of American Studies in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
