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  • Students Pitch Coasters and Ideas During Real-World Ad Course
    11/1/10
    A University at Buffalo communications instructor is giving students the chance to pitch real business ideas to real business owners, using something close to the heart of many college students to do it: chicken wings and beer.
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter Announces $4.6 million for UB to Purchase State-of-the-Art Cyclotron Essential for Developing New Therapies
    10/28/10
    Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter today announced a $4.6 million appropriation from the U.S. Department of Defense to the University at Buffalo to purchase a cyclotron to support UB's $118 million Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC).
  • Financial Times Ranks UB School of Management's Executive MBA Program as One of World's Best
    10/25/10
    The University at Buffalo School of Management's Executive MBA (EMBA) program has been ranked as one of best in the world by the Financial Times. Making its first appearance in this ranking, the UB School of Management placed No. 51 out of 100 for its EMBA program, offered in Buffalo and Singapore.
  • Shibley Named Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning
    10/25/10
    Robert G. Shibley, long-time faculty member and a lead developer of both the University at Buffalo and City of Buffalo's comprehensive plans, has been named dean of the UB School of Architecture and Planning.
  • 158 Years of YMCA Records and Documents Find a Home in the UB Archives
    10/21/10
    YMCA Buffalo Niagara, the second oldest YMCA branch in the United States, has presented to the University at Buffalo Archives a collection of records and documents dating to its founding in 1852.
  • Community Partnership Award Recognizes 20 Years of Collaboration Between UB's School of Architecture and Planning and Habitat for Humanity
    10/20/10
    The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has received the 2010 Award for Community Partnership from Habitat for Humanity Buffalo. The accolade recognizes the work of architecture and planning students, who have constructed 47 houses in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Buffalo since 1991.
  • Study Confirms: Whatever Doesn't Kill Us Can Make Us Stronger
    10/15/10
    We've all heard the adage that whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but until now the preponderance of scientific evidence has offered little support for it. However, a new study of the effects of adverse life events on mental health has found that adverse experiences do, in fact, appear to foster subsequent adaptability and resilience, with resulting advantages for mental health and well being.
  • From Handwritten Captchas to "Smart Rooms," Tech Solutions Start With Pattern Recognition
    10/14/10
    Buy something online, enter your credit card number and mailing address. Simple. Then you come to the box with the CAPTCHA, the Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart. Here, the website attempts to confirm that you're a human, not some robot about to commit a cybercrime. You dutifully copy down the warped, watery-looking letters.
  • Rescue of Chilean Miners Provides Lesson in Human Resilience, Psychologist Says
    10/13/10
    While many people might assume that the men rescued from the mine in Chile might suffer from psychological problems that require therapy, the miners' survival of the ordeal may actually provide a worldwide lesson on the remarkable strength of human resilience, says a University at Buffalo researcher.
  • UB Is True Blue: Football, Fireworks, Face-Painting Highlight Homecoming Weekend
    10/12/10
    Next Friday will kick off the annual University at Buffalo tradition, True Blue Days -- a time for students, alumni, faculty, staff, family and friends to paint themselves blue and white, and celebrate in the glow of a giant bonfire.