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Residents of Central New York attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the fall 2007 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.

Residents of Westchester and Rockland counties attending the University at Buffalo have been named to the Dean's List for the fall 2007 semester for achieving a grade-point average of 3.6 or higher.

Keeping newly licensed nurses working in the profession is critical to solving the chronic nursing shortage experienced across the U.S., an issue nursing researchers at the University at Buffalo and New York University have been studying since 2005.

Stroke patients who use ibuprofen for arthritis pain or other conditions while taking aspirin to reduce the risk of a second stroke undermine aspirin's ability to act as an anti-platelet agent, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.

Oliver P. "O.P." Jones, M.D., the widely beloved professor who inspired awe and sometimes trepidation in generations of anatomy students at the University at Buffalo, will be remembered in a lectureship created in his honor through the generosity of a former student and his spouse.

From designing safer intersections to helping vehicular accident victims overcome their fears, a new driving simulation laboratory is now open for business in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Six students from area high schools won first place in an entrepreneurship competition on March 8 for their business proposal, a high-tech gaming center. The competition was the culmination of a 19-week Entrepreneurship Training Program conducted by the University at Buffalo School of Management and the Meszaros International Center of Entrepreneurship (MICE).

They look innocent enough, these hollow, translucent urethane tubes. They hang from the ceiling into an exhibition space where they come to rest at foot level. As you draw near to them, however, they "come alive," recoiling (literally) to the ceiling as they "sniff" your breath. When you move away from them, they "exhale" like a gang of long, living lungs, and slowly return to their original positions. It may seem creepy, but its a graphic example of how architectural environments of the future will behave.

WBFO 88.7 FM, a public service of the University at Buffalo and the area's most-listened-to NPR station, has announced the appointment of Donald R. Ingalls, vice president of government affairs for HealthNow of New York Inc., as chair of its advisory board by Marsha S. Henderson, UB vice president for external affairs.

It's an annual rite of spring: high school seniors discussing with their parents one of the most important decisions they face -- where to attend college. Luke Scannell from Schodack Landing near Albany, now a freshman in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, remembers how he decided to come to UB.