Harry A. Sultz, professor and director of the medical school’s Health Services Research Program, has been appointed to the National Advisory Committee of a federally supported program called "Partners in Managing the Health of the Community."
Bruno B. Freschi, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, was the keynote speaker at the Tangier American Legation Museum Society conference last month that marked the 200-year anniversary of American diplomatic presence in Morocco.
Applicants with a doctoral degree or equivalent are being sought to apply for the Professor S.M. Small Research Fellowship at the University at Buffalo, a $32,000 per year fellowship.
Millard Fillmore College, the continuing-education and summer- sessions division at UB, is offering an expanded certification program in paralegal studies to prepare students for one of the fastest-growing careers in the country.
Eight evening students attending Millard Fillmore College, the continuing-education and summer-sessions division at UB, have received the annual Kish Scholarship in recognition of academic performance.
Western New York retained more than 1,000 manufacturing jobs and created more than 800 new ones during the 1996-97 fiscal year as a result of efforts by the local arm of the UB-based Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence program.
In recognition of its contributions to the field of epidemiology, the Dec. 2 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology is dedicated to research by faculty members and graduates of the UB Department of Social and Preventive Medicine.
Breast-feeding for at least 20 months during their lifetime appears to offer women some protection against developing breast cancer later in life, a study by epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo has found.
Eating contaminated sport fish from Lake Ontario is associated with shortened menstrual cycles and a small delay in the time it takes women to become pregnant, epidemiologists from the University at Buffalo have found.
UB researchers have shown that men who were younger than 65 at that time and moderately overweight had a greater risk of dying from any cause, and from heart disease in particular, than their counterparts who were not overweight.
