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The Milwaukee Institute of Design will be the first venue to host the traveling version of "Unlimited by Design," a multi-media, hands-on exhibition of well-designed, attractive products and residential interiors created according to the principles of universal design (U/D). The exhibit is a presentation of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Universal Design in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.

With two major championships under his belt already and this week's British Open in his sights, Tiger Woods has a 13 percent chance of completing golf's coveted Grand Slam by winning all four of golf's major tournaments this year, according to a "probabilist" from the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Members of the University at Buffalo community, at the request of a UB alumnus who was serving with the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in Afghanistan, have joined the international effort to improve medical care in Kabul and the surrounding area by donating and shipping 40 boxes of medical textbooks to the war-torn region.

The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has met the challenge, raising $1.6 million to earn a $500,000 Challenge Grant from the prestigious Kresge Foundation, a first for the university.

WBFO-FM 88.7, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, and WNED-AM 970, part of the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, are embarking on a programming collaboration that will explore health issues affecting minorities living in Buffalo's Near East Side neighborhoods.

WorldCom and other financially troubled companies considering bankruptcy are better off filing for bankruptcy protection sooner than later, according to a University at Buffalo School of Management researcher who studies how accounting practices affect a firm's chances of bankruptcy survival.

Taking steps to tailor medication regimens for patients being treated for the first time for HIV infection and to assure that they adhere to those regimens can pay off with improved virologic results nearly a year following initiation of treatment, according to a study by University at Buffalo researchers.

The first annual Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 13 in the Eggertsville and University Park areas near the UB South (Main Street) Campus.

Companies with transactional Web sites aren't providing consumers with enough assurances about the privacy, security and business integrity of the sites, according to a study by researchers from the University at Buffalo School of Management. As a result, some companies may be losing customers concerned about Internet fraud, theft of credit-card information or a company's ability to follow through on its promises.

Fifty graduates of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences received awards at the school's recent commencement ceremony.