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  • Study Ties Risk of Problem Gambling with Proximity to Casinos and Other Gambling Opportunities
    6/28/05
    Individuals who live within 10 miles of a casino or in a disadvantaged neighborhood are more likely to experience problem gambling, according to new research from the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).
  • Leading Researchers to Discuss Latest Treatments for Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents
    6/23/05
    Renowned experts in the fields of childhood and adolescent mental-health problems will gather next month to discuss new and effective treatments for a wide-range of mental illnesses affecting children and teens at the fourth Biennial Niagara Conference on Evidence Based Treatments for Childhood and Adolescent Health Problems
  • Research to Focus on Role of Emotions in Alcohol Use, Abuse and Relapse
    6/13/05
    The role of negative emotions in alcohol use, abuse and relapse will be the focus of a study by Paul R. Stasiewicz, Ph.D., a researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), under a $1,937,729 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
  • UB Professor Authors Page-Turner on Toronto Medical Scandal
    6/13/05
    A University at Buffalo physician has turned the inside story of a medical brouhaha in Canada, involving sick children, a controversial treatment for the blood disorder thalassemia and the pharmaceutical company that makes it, into a nonfiction best-seller.
  • College Students Think Favorably, but Act Timidly about Organ Donation
    6/6/05
    Only 11 percent of students surveyed at two universities in New York State have formally declared their intentions to become organ or tissue donors, a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo has found.
  • Jackson Trial a New Low in TV's Coverage of Law, Says UB Media Critic
    6/6/05
    Whatever the outcome, the Michael Jackson trial represents a low point in TV's continued trivialization of the U.S. legal system, according to Elayne Rapping, Ph.D., professor of American studies at the University at Buffalo and author of "Law and Justice as Seen on TV."
  • Bequest Gift to Endow Nursing Research at UB
    5/27/05
    A bequest gift by the late Helen E. Popa, an alumna of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, will support the work of the school's Center for Nursing Research in the UB School of Nursing through the Helen E. Popa Nursing Research Fund.
  • UB Pharmacy Students Receive Awards
    5/27/05
    Twenty-four graduates of the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences received awards during the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • UB Medical School Graduates Receive Awards
    5/27/05
    Forty-two graduates of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences received awards at the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • Nursing Students Honored at Commencement
    5/27/05
    Eleven students in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing received awards at the school's recent commencement ceremony.