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The region's population is driving more and using public transit less compared to 2001, trends facilitated by relatively low congestion on roadways, the continued growth of a suburban-based service economy and changing household dynamics, according to the University at Buffalo Regional Institute's latest Policy Brief, "Getting There."

Police officers hold the second most stressful job (inner-city high school teacher is first), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This comes as no surprise to the University at Buffalo's John Violanti, a former member of the New York State Police and principal investigator on a pilot study of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in police officers.

The Regional Institute at the University at Buffalo has released the findings of its assessment of the Erie County criminal justice system, part of an effort to identify strategies to alleviate jail overcrowding in the county.

Nils Olsen, professor and dean of the University at Buffalo Law School, will receive the 2007 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award, the highest honor the UB Law School and the UB Law Alumni Association can bestow, in recognition of his extraordinary service to the university and the Western New York community.

"Lessons from Homicides: The Buffalo Story," a new documentary that explores the lessons learned by individuals, families, communities and organizations with direct experience of those homicides, will premiere at the Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway at 6 p.m. Oct. 19.

Are you a terrorist? Airport screeners, customs agents, police officers and members of the military who silently pose that question to people every day, may soon have much more than intuition to depend on to determine the answer, thanks to computer and behavioral scientists at the University at Buffalo.

Jonathan Knee, author of "The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street," will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.

Irene Zubaida Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International, will deliver the University at Buffalo Law School's Mitchell Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 in 106 O'Brian Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Is it possible to fight poverty and pollution at the same time? A report released today by UB Law School instructor Sam Magavern and his students suggests that Buffalo, the state and the non-profit community can do just that by "greening" their affordable housing programs.

The University at Buffalo Law School's Affordable Housing Clinic this month is celebrating 20 years of creating high-quality, low-income housing to meet the needs of residents of Western New York with a series of roundtables and conferences investigating new opportunities in housing development, urban renewal and economic development.