News Releases

The Center for Management Development in the UB School of Management has added several new programs to its roster of professional development seminars for the fall.

A consumer's guide to the issues related to long-term care will be presented by Anthony H. Szczygiel, UB law professor, at the UB Alumni Association's Senior Alumni luncheon program at noon, Sept. 13 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

Nationally prominent education scholar and researcher Jeremy Finn has blasted what he calls the "test and punish" education plan put forth by President George Bush in the White House report "No Child Left Behind." Finn, professor in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, says that in his eagerness to restructure funding priorities, Bush has ignored the importance of the one strategy that empirical studies have consistently proven to optimize student learning in virtually all educational settings -- small classes in the elementary grades.

Insulin, the hormone used to treat diabetes, also may have potential as a treatment for heart disease, a study conducted by endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo has shown.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Fourteen nurses from the British Virgin Islands(BVI) have spent the summer in Buffalo-area hospitals and clinics completing their requirements for bachelor's degrees in nursing from UB, which will be conferred in January commencement ceremonies in Tortola, BVI.

Electronic prescriptions -- not fingerprinting of patients at pharmacies as proposed by some policymakers -- could help cut a substantial amount of illicit use of medications like OxyContin, according to Karl D. Fiebelkorn, assistant dean for student affairs and professional relations in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

The federal agency responsible for setting medical reimbursement policy for Medicaid and Medicare programs has designated an assessment survey developed at the University at Buffalo as the national standard for determining payment for inpatient medical rehabilitation.

The University at Buffalo School of Informatics has proposed a new and unusual master's-degree program in information and communication. The program, which will require the approval of the State University of New York and the State Education Department, was developed with input from an extensive survey in which public and private corporations, research facilities, libraries, industrial and business institutions across New York State were asked to identify employee competencies they will require to take full advantage of new information technologies and maintain a competitive edge in their fields.

A new distance-learning graduate program at the University at Buffalo this fall will offer an innovative master's degree in general education that will satisfy New York State Department of Education requirements for permanent teaching certification. The 33-credit-hour program is unique in that it will be a complete graduate program -- including non-education courses -- delivered entirely through the use of interactive video and Web-based technologies. Students also will have the option of attending on-site summer institutes at UB.

The University at Buffalo Law School this fall will offer two new collaborative programs that underscore the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of careers in the field of law.