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Matter, anti-matter, dancing molecules and "green" chemistry will make an appearance at a UB symposium for high-school students and their teachers called "Quarks, Biomolecules and Polymers: Modern Science and Technology at UB Today," to be held from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 20 in 121 Cooke Hall on the UB North Campus.

University at Buffalo dental educator and researcher Joseph R. Natiella, D.D.S., and Henry Spiller, D.D.S., who advocated the addition of fluoride to public drinking water to prevent dental decay, were honored by the UB Dental Alumni Association at the group's recent reunion dinner dance.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet will be featured in "Christmas With Brubeck" at 8 p.m. Dec. 11 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.

The University at Buffalo and IBM Corp., the world's largest computer manufacturer, have signed a memorandum of understanding in which the two parties will collaborate on research and development of new technologies, education, training and placement of UB students, and delivery of educational services and business systems.

Members of the UB faculty and staff have been honored by a number of professional organizations.

The Hon. Mark Farrell, Amherst town justice and past president of the UB Alumni Association, will discuss his award-winning "drug court," believed to be the first of its kind in a suburban setting, during the UB Senior Alumni luncheon, to be held at noon on Nov. 18 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

Robert Daly, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the departments of English and Comparative Literature at UB, will discuss "Lies All Lies: Reading Fictions for Fun and Profit" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.

ACE inhibitors can keep high blood pressure under control if life is running smoothly, but they don't prevent it from rising when things get tense -- like when the bottom drops out of the stock market. That's when a person needs a friend. And if a human friend isn't available, the four-legged variety will do nicely, a study of responses to stress in a group of hypertensive New York City stockbrokers conducted by University at Buffalo researchers, has shown.

The Department of African American Studies will continue its 30th anniversary celebration this month with a campus visit by the eminent Yoruban artist Lamidi O. Fakeye (Fah-kee-AY), widely acknowledged as the finest traditional woodcarver in Nigeria.

One of his favorite pulp writers might describe George Kelley as "just one dirty guy doing a seedy job in a miserable world." But Kelley's life-long pursuit of cheap -- sometimes even cheesy -- paperbacks has the librarians at the University at Buffalo doing handsprings. That's because Kelley has made a gift to the UB Libraries of 25,000 pulp-fiction titles.