Recognizing the need for nurses to keep abreast of changes in the profession and to explore new areas in their field, Shirley DeVoe, a UB School of Nursing alumnus, has made a $200,000 bequest to the school to support nursing research.
Leading researchers in the field of optical technologies will speak at a workshop on “Photonic Materials and Devices: Issues and Opportunities” to be held on Oct. 24 and 25.
New York State Sen. Mary Lou Rath and Assemblyman Paul A. Tokasz will be honored at a breakfast sponsored by the Legislative Action Committee of the UB Alumni Association on Thursday, Oct. 23.
Lester Milbrath, UB professor emeritus and noted environmental futurist, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association.
An advanced composite material developed at the University at Buffalo that strengthens mortar could bring longer life -- and lower repair costs -- to aging brick buildings and chimneys.
A UB alumnus of the School of Management has donated $25,000 to the school in appreciation for the education and guidance that he and his son, also a former student, received from one of its professors.
Larry Levine, major historian, public intellectual and cultural provocateur, will present the 1997 Capen Lecture in the Humanities at the University at Buffalo on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
Noted photographer and photographic historian Robert Hirsch, director and curator of CEPA, the Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art, will present a slide talk, “Recent Color Photography,” at UB on Thursday, Oct. 23.
The Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces, headquartered at the University at Buffalo, has received a $900,000 National Science Foundation grant to expand its research on airborne contagions and health.
