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The Jacobs Neurological Institute at the University at Buffalo has developed an online education program on Medicare Part D for physicians treating patients with multiple sclerosis. "Medicare Part D: Implications for Physicians and Patients" was developed by the Kenneth Alford Medical Education Center, the continuing-medical-education arm of the institute.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present David Sedaris at 8 p.m. on Oct 10 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 5.

Joseph I. Fradin, Ph.D., of Buffalo, professor emeritus of English at the University at Buffalo, died of cancer on April 24. He was 80.

Selenium does not protect against cardiovascular disease, despite its documented antioxidant and chemopreventive properties, analysis of a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial covering 13 years has shown.

At an international symposium to be held at the University at Buffalo May 5-6, algorithm developers and informatics researchers will explore the diffusion of evidence-based mental health treatment information for use throughout the world.

Five graduates of the University at Buffalo Law School will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards for their valuable contributions to the legal profession and community at the 44th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner to be held at 6 p.m. May 10 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

University a Buffalo Law School alumni Denise E. O'Donnell, a partner in the Buffalo-based law firm Hodgson Russ LLP, and Robert C. Schwenkel, a partner in the New York City-based law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson, will be honored at the 17th annual Buffalo Law Review dinner on April 27 in The Buffalo Club.

"Grab a Buddy and Let's Get Muddy" is the theme for Oozfest 2006, the annual mud volleyball tournament sponsored by the University at Buffalo's Student Alumni Board (USAB), to be held April 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 29 at the Mud Pit on St. Rita's Lane, behind UB Stadium on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Middle-school-aged students at Buffalo's Native American Magnet School are having their interest in science and science careers nurtured through an after-school science program conducted by University at Buffalo faculty members and students.

A former post-doctoral fellow at University at Buffalo has provided a gift to support young researchers in honor of the training in the field of pulmonary medicine, environmental physiology and bioengineering that he received at the Center for Research and Education in Special Environments and Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.