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With an entry that judges said showed "an understanding of human nature reminiscent of Twain," a University at Buffalo philosophy professor has won the top prize in an international writing competition in which 520 entrants wrote the ending to an unpublished story by Mark Twain.

Have we developed the collective wisdom and conscience to deal with a world in which ubiquitous technological interactions are so intertwined that they cannot be untangled? Let's hope so, because that's what our future holds. "Digital Frontier: Buffalo Summit 2001," a major international conference to be held Nov. 2 and 3 at the University at Buffalo, will present observations and research on what digital technology has wrought by some of the most brilliant, pioneering thinkers in art, social science, applied science and engineering, medicine, philosophy and education.

Richard J. Traystman, Ph.D., recognized internationally for his discoveries involving brain circulation and metabolism, will present the 10th annual Hermann Rahn Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. on Oct. 25 in Room G-26 of Farber Hall on the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus.

Rush Limbaugh's loss of sensory inner-ear hair cells, a condition that likely contributed to his hearing loss, could lead to changes in his brain that would allow him optimize use of his remaining hearing, research being done at the University at Buffalo indicates.

More than 50 second- and third-year law students from University at Buffalo are expected to participate in the 2001 Charles S. Desmond Moot Court Competition to be held Oct. 22-26.

Two students in the University at Buffalo School of Management have been awarded scholarships by the American Business Women's Association (ABWA).

Bruce D. McCombe, professor of physics and associate dean for research and sponsored programs in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor by the SUNY Board of Trustees.

With the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon now one month ago, this is the time when cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in those who witnessed the events in person or through the news media will start being diagnosed, according to a psychologist at the University at Buffalo.

The University at Buffalo's Department of Theatre and Dance will present "Children Of Eden" Nov. 8-11 and Nov. 15-18 in the Drama Theatre of the Center for the Arts on the North (Amherst) Campus. The production is sponsored by WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB.

Making sure that cell-phone calls go through, particularly in times of disaster, as well as at times of heaviest use, is the goal of new architecture for next-generation wireless systems for cellular telephones being proposed by researchers at the University at Buffalo.