WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, has recorded its best spring membership drive, raising $150,955 in the drive that ended on March 23.
University at Buffalo dental educator Norman G. Schaaf, D.D.S., whose pioneering research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) led to improved prosthetic devices for head-and-neck cancer patients disfigured by surgery and other treatments, will receive the first professional achievement award from UB's Center for Implant Dentistry.
Antonio M. Gotto, M.D., D.Phil., provost for medical affairs at Cornell University, will deliver the annual Stockton Kimball Lecture on April 28 as part of the University at Buffalo Medical Alumni Association's 64th annual Spring Clinical Day.
Bioengineers at the University at Buffalo and Shriners Burns Hospital-Boston have created a genetically engineered skin that expresses a protein that promotes wound healing. It is believed to be the only artificial tissue designed to express keratinocyte growth factor, KGF.
Investigations by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Tokyo into the origins of life and the genetic code have resulted in a method of developing novel proteins that has enormous potential for the biotechnology industry while providing some important clues to answering the question: "How did life begin?"
The Center for Management Development and Institute for Tax Studies in the University at Buffalo School of Management will offer three courses in conjunction with its Graduate Tax Certificate Program beginning April 24. Courses will be held in the Jacobs Management Center on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
Funeral services were held March 24, 2001 for Norman L. Corah, retired researcher in School of Dental Medicine, dental educator and a pioneer in research on patients' dental stress. Corah died March 20 in his Amherst home after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 67.
The Department of Art in the UB College of Arts and Sciences will present its Senior Thesis Show 2001, a series of exhibitions of works by senior art majors, during the month of April in several locations in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
Paul R. Lohnes, a professor for 30 years in the Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology in the Graduate School of Education, died Feb. 16 in Dover, N.H., after a brief illness. He was 72.
