The American Chemical Society (ACS) has recognized the work of the Western New York Younger Chemists Committee (WNY YCC) at UB with a Local Section Younger Chemist Committee Award.
C.K. Williams, award-winning contemporary American poet and translator, will present the 23rd annual Oscar Silverman Memorial Poetry Reading at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 in 250 Baird Hall on the UB North Campus.
The critical worldwide shift of higher-education costs from governments and taxpayers to students and their parents has raised serious concerns among educators here and abroad because it severely restricts access to higher education for millions of low-income students in many nations. To illuminate the problem and resolve the critical policy issues related to this crisis, the University at Buffalo will host a major international meeting of policy experts and researchers in higher-education finance on Nov. 14-16.
UB senior Diana Pratt, who volunteered this summer to help deliver needed medical services to villagers in remote areas of the Himalayas, is the first recipient of the Mary Rosenblum Somit Scholarship.
"Scientific Fraud in American Political Culture: Reflections on the Baltimore Case and the Investigative Powers of the Government" will be the topic of the first talk in a new lecture series, "The University and The World," presented by the UB College of Arts and Sciences.
Award-winning journalist Lorraine Dusky will present the keynote address as part of a special centennial conference, "Sisters in Law: A Century of Achievement at UB," sponsored by the UB Law School.
Research establishing a connection between individuals' dental and general health will be discussed by Sara G. Grossi, D.D.S., at the next UB Senior Alumni Luncheon, to be held at noon Oct. 26 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
The ongoing effort to revitalize neighborhoods around the University at Buffalo South Campus and beyond has taken a turn into cyberspace. The University Community Initiative (UCI), formed to revive and stabilize urban and suburban neighborhoods in the area, has gone online to make its presence better known in Western New York.
