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  • UB Events Devoted To Pulitzer Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks
    4/10/07
    The work of African-American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, one of the most acclaimed and exciting playwrights working today, will be the focus of two free public events at the University at Buffalo on April 26 and 27.
  • Concert of Computer Music Set for April 17
    4/5/07
    The University at Buffalo's Center for 21st Century Music will continue its impressive offerings this month with a concert featuring the Slee Sinfonietta, UB's professional chamber orchestra, presenting an intriguing program of computer music.
  • Ives Quartet to be in Residence at UB in April
    3/30/07
    The critically acclaimed Ives Quartet will be in residence at the University at Buffalo April 20-22, performing two concerts -- including the sixth concert of the Slee/Beethoven String Quartet Cycle -- as well as conducting a master class.
  • The Wow Factor -- School of Architecture and Planning 'Atelier' Opens
    3/28/07
    New and exciting ideas about our built surroundings will be on exhibition this week when the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning presents its annual Atelier, an extensive exhibition of work produced during year by the undergraduate and graduate students in architecture and planning studios.
  • 'America Divided' To Be Subject of UB Symposium
    3/27/07
    It is clear that Congress and the major American political parties are more ideologically polarized than they were a generation ago, but are Americans themselves more deeply polarized? This and other questions about America's political identity will be discussed in "America Divided: The Polarization of American Politics," a symposium to be held April 17.
  • Gottdiener to Present Endowed Lecture at Yale University
    3/22/07
    Mark D. Gottdiener of Buffalo, professor in the Department of Sociology in the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences, will present the 2007 Roth and Symonds Endowed Lecture at the Yale School of Architecture on March 30.
  • Works By Architecture Undergraduates Featured in "Buffalo Scaled"
    3/21/07
    The UB Anderson Gallery is proud to present "Buffalo Scaled," an exhibition featuring projects created by undergraduate students from the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo. The exhibition opens with a public reception on March 31 at 6 p.m.
  • Late Registrants More Likely to Vote, Finds Study of Voter Participation
    3/19/07
    "Later is better" when it comes to voter registration in national elections, according a new study of voter participation in the 2000 presidential election.
  • UB Art Gallery to Host "Responsive Architecture"
    3/14/07
    The University at Buffalo Art Gallery will present "Responsive Architecture," an exhibition featuring architectural prototypes that explore how humans interact with their surroundings. The exhibition will open on April 5 with a public reception at 5 p.m.
  • Anderson Gallery to Host Exhibition of China's Sacred Sites
    3/14/07
    The University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery will present "China's Sacred Sites: Architecture of Heaven and Earth," an exhibition organized by the UB School of Architecture and Planning and the Asian Studies Program. This exhibition will present photographs taken by John Valentino while traveling with architect Beverly Foit-Albert and Chinese professor Nan Shunxun to research historical sites in the People's Republic of China.