The Physics Department in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences will install a dramatic, 25-foot-long Foucault Pendulum extending from the third floor of Fronczak Hall to the lobby level of the building on the UB North (Amherst) Campus at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 14.
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to study how methamphetamine disrupts the immune system, increasing susceptibility to HIV among users of the recreational drug.
The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Hot L Baltimore on April 20-22 at 8 p.m. and April 23 at 2 p.m. in the Blackbox Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
The University at Buffalo Alumni Association will present its highest honor, the Samuel P. Capen Award, to J. Grant Hauber, B.S. '48, at the association's Achievement Awards Ceremony, to be held at 6 p.m. April 28 in the Adam's Mark Hotel.
Aspiring physicists who also appreciate the arts are invited to apply for the University at Buffalo's first Physics & Arts Summer Institute for high school students, sponsored by the Department of Physics in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.
Bruce D. McCombe will serve as interim dean of the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences effective July l and until the university identifies a successor to Uday P. Sukhatme through a national search.
"Welcome to the Promised Land," an exhibition of paintings and drawings by David Schirm, chair of the new Department of Visual Studies at the University at Buffalo, will open in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) with a reception from 5-7 p.m. on April 20.
"Media Mixer: Sculpture from the Collection," an exhibition highlighting the University at Buffalo sculpture and print collection, will open in the UB Anderson Gallery on April 20 with a free public reception from 6-8 p.m.
"NET<3," a two-day exhibition of new work by nine media study students from the University of Buffalo is scheduled for 5-9 p.m. April 10 and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 11 in the UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, North (Amherst) Campus.
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