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Paras N. Prasad, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the University at Buffalo's, College of Arts and Sciences and executive director of UB's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, has been elected a fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering.

Students in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning recently received awards of excellence in their fields of study.

A $225,000 grant from the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation and a $220,000 grant from the national organization, Research to Prevent Blindness, have helped push the University at Buffalo's new Ira G. Ross Eye Institute over goal in meeting a $3 million challenge.

A $75,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. to the University at Buffalo Art Galleries will help produce a scholarly catalogue to accompany "The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art," the largest exhibition of contemporary Chinese art ever to travel beyond that country's borders.

The battle over judicial nominees and filibustering rules currently taking place in the U.S. Senate is symptomatic of the bitter partisanship that for years has gripped the U.S. House of Representatives and has now overtaken the Senate, according to a University at Buffalo expert on the judicial process.

The new building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is nearing completion. The scientific agenda has been solidified, corporate partners identified and a formal organizational and governance structure adopted. Barely four years after Gov. George Pataki announced an ambitious proposal to create jobs and jump-start the New York State economy through the creation of high-technology "centers of excellence," UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences is well on its way toward fulfilling its dual mission of improving health care while facilitating economic development in Upstate New York.

In a city known for its fine historic buildings, the grand opening last week of the facility housing the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI) and its Structural Biology Research Center -- the new home of UB's Department of Structural Biology --symbolizes a dramatic addition to the city's rich, architectural landscape.

Twenty-six students were honored for being the outstanding graduating senior in departments within the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo's 159th general commencement ceremony held on May 15.

The University at Buffalo will present Sen. Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert with Igniting Ideas Awards in recognition of their outstanding support of UB at the university's Business Partners Day luncheon at noon on June 6 in the atrium of the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Premenopausal women who were heavier than average at birth or had not been breastfed as infants appear to be at increased risk for developing breast cancer, epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo's School of Public health and Health Professions have found.