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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.

Imagine being the person who really understands global warming or stem cell research or genetically modified foods, the one others go to when they need a clear and accurate explanation of the seemingly mysterious issues of science that affect everyone's daily life. Now imagine tapping into that knowledge as a professional skill. That's the reasoning behind Science and the Public, a new master's degree program offered by the University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education in conjunction with the Center for Inquiry, a not-for-profit organization devoted to public education about reason and science.

A team of four University at Buffalo MBA students will advance to a national competition in Washington, D.C., after winning the UB MBA Second-Year Case Competition.

Weihui Lu of Flushing, a student at Hunter College High School in New York City, has been awarded first place in the annual poetry contest for high school students sponsored by the Humanities Institute in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences.

A team of four students in the University at Buffalo School of Management will share a $3,000 prize as winners of the second annual On Target Undergraduate Case Competition.

Charles Patrick Ewing, the University at Buffalo Law School professor considered one of the country's leading experts on the insanity defense, takes readers into the minds of David Berkowitz, John Wayne Gacy and other notorious murderers in his new book of chilling insights into some of the most well-known murder trials in recent memory.

Although University at Buffalo students will be on spring break March 12, the North Campus will be far from quiet as some 800 high school students learn more about science and scientific careers at the 22nd annual Science Exploration Day.

The UB Anderson Gallery is pleased to announce that Sam Francis: Black and White and Joseph Norman: Der Tiergarten Suite have been extended through May 25.

Artist, printmaker and educator Kathleen Sherin will conduct two collagraph relief printing workshops for families and children of all ages, to be held in the University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery on April 6.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present One Night of Queen Performed by Gary Mullen & The Works at 8 p.m. on April 6 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.