The University at Buffalo will further its participation in the burgeoning area of distance learning this fall with telecourses on American cinema and nutrition offered through its Millard Fillmore College Division.
Karen Kopecky, who will attend UB as a freshman in the fall, has been selected by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. as this year's recipient of the annual Wal-Mart Competitive Edge Scholarship, which totals $20,000 over four years.
Judith Adams, director of the University at Buffalo Lockwood Library, has made a bequest to the library, one of the largest monetary gifts to the University Libraries ever received from a library staff member.
Researchers at UB have improved the current-carrying capabilities of batteries by using thermal oxidation to change the electrochemical behavior of the form of carbon used in them.
Christina L. Bloebaum, Ph.D., of Amherst, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been selected to participate in an annual meeting that brings together some of the nation's top young engineers.
Randall E. Borst, previously director of Services for Students with Disabilities and ADA coordinator at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Ind., has been named director of the Office of Disability Services.
Paulette Tempro, associate professor of periodontics, has received the Distinguished Dental Alumni Award from the SUNY-Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine in recognition of her hard work and dedication to the field of dentistry.
Stanley Bruckenstein, Ph.D., of Amherst, A. Conger Goodyear Professor of Chemistry, will receive the Award in Electrochemistry from the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.
