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A University at Buffalo faculty member who practices on the lower west side of Buffalo and co-founded a free medical clinic at a shelter for women and children has been named 2007 Family Physician of the Year by the New York State Academy of Family Physicians.

University at Buffalo Athletics Director Warde Manuel has announced a reorganization of the Athletics Department staff designed to "help continue the department's vision and goal of developing a successful Mid-American Conference program."

A four-year study on iron metabolism within cells, an essential process that impacts both iron deficiency and iron toxicity, conditions responsible for a multitude of human diseases, is underway at the University at Buffalo funded by a $1.16 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has bestowed one of its top awards to X. Christine Wang, assistant professor of learning and instruction in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.

Three faculty members in the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have won top awards for 2007 from the New York State Chapter of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).

The University at Buffalo School of Management and the Foundation for Accounting Education of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants are collaborating to introduce minority high school students to career opportunities in the accounting profession during a five-day program.

Women who suffer through morning sickness during their pregnancies may have a 30 percent lower risk of developing breast cancer later in life than mothers-to-be who experience nine nausea-free months, a new study by epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo suggests.

In a publication selected as a "2007 Hot Article" by the journal Biochemistry, University at Buffalo chemists report the discovery of a central mechanism responsible for the action of the powerful biological catalysts known as enzymes.

The vast lawn in front of Hayes Hall on the University at Buffalo's South (Main Street) Campus will be a destination for summertime entertainment with UB launching a series of free music-and-dance concerts for the community called UB on the Green.

Twenty new graduates of the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo were honored with scholarships and awards during the school's recent commencement ceremony.