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  • What’s Up in American Poetry? UB to Host “Majors” This Fall
    8/1/00
    Wearing the patina burnished by repeated major national recognition, the "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" series presented by the Poetics Program in the University at Buffalo Department of English will, with its typical panache, present a star-studded program of readings and literary performances this fall.
  • UB's "Public Casting of Cities"Project Fashions Buffalo's History in Bronze
    7/13/00
    A year-long multidisciplinary research and construction project by the University at Buffalo will produce a new form of public art that was designed specifically for the City of Buffalo, but which can serve as a model for cities seeking to reclaim their histories. It is a massive, 24-page, sculptural book comprised of two-dimensional historical and conceptual maps, buildings, icons and other visual historical data -- all cast in bronze -- that will articulate significant events and benchmarks in the history of Buffalo.
  • UB Poet, Literary Theorist Susan Howe Elected To Board Of Chancellors Of Academy Of American Poets
    5/19/00
    At the height of a career distinguished by stunning literary achievement, UB poet and literary theorist Susan Howe has been elected by some of the most lionized figures in American literature to the Academy of American Poets' Board of Chancellors, the academy's advisory body of eminent poets.
  • UB’s Lynch Named Fellow Of National Humanities Center
    5/19/00
    Deidre Shauna Lynch, an award-winning associate professor of English at the University at Buffalo who is widely regarded as an innovative literary scholar, has been named a fellow of the National Humanities Center (NHC), one of the greatest distinctions in the humanities field.
  • Gilbert Named Rockefeller Media Fellow
    5/18/00
    Charlene Gilbert, assistant professor of media study at the University at Buffalo, has been named a 2000 Film/Video/Multimedia Fellow by the Rockefeller and MacArthur foundations.
  • UB Initiative To Provide Unique Experiences For Students, Research Services To WNY Companies And Not-For-Profits
    5/18/00
    Deborah K. W. Walters, Ph.D., and Joseph A. Gardella, Jr., Ph.D., of the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) have been awarded a $150,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to develop a community-linked interdisciplinary research (CLIR) program for undergraduate students at UB.
  • Bernstein’s Up To His Old Tricks: Knockin’ ’Em Dead In Wordland
    5/17/00
    A new book of old work by Charles Bernstein, David Gray Chair of Poetry at the University at Buffalo and one of the great irony producers of our age, is getting rave reviews from the national literary community.
  • UB’s Carl Dennis Receives One Of The Most Distinguished Literary Awards In The English Language
    4/21/00
    Carl Dennis, professor of English in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of the 2000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the English language.
  • Marshmallow Peeps Collection Is Pride Of UB Librarian
    4/12/00
    Easter is a special time for Kathleen Delaney because it is reminiscent of her first introduction to marshmallow Peeps. Some might say she took her historical passion a bit too far, but the University at Buffalo librarian and archivist has been collecting these marshmallow Easter treats for more than 25 years.
  • UB Faculty Member’s Book Examines Road To Utopia
    4/7/00
    The road to utopia throughout Western civilization all too often has begun with what appeared to be someone's good intentions only to lead to tragic, shameful legacies for generations, a University at Buffalo faculty member says.