Science and Technology

Local company Medcotek, Inc., has signed a licensing agreement with the University at Buffalo for use of a new technology that will advance the company's entry into the lucrative teleradiology market.

Bloggers who publicly broadcast highly personal information across the Internet are likely to be self-disclosing extraverts who use personal blogs to strengthen and enhance their already large networks of strong social ties, according to a study co-authored by a University at Buffalo researcher.

The internationally recognized Spanish architect Benedetta Tagliabue will present the 2008 Bethune Lecture of the University School of Architecture and Planning on April 4.

For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients' heads, according to new research published earlier this month by University at Buffalo engineers.

Lee Smolin, a theoretical physicist and founding member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, will speak on "Using the Universe as a Microscope to Probe the Micro-Structure of Space and Time" at the 14th annual Moti Lal Rustgi Memorial Lecture at the University at Buffalo in April 4.

Teacher Julianne Chamberlin's eighth-grade physical science class is as fun as it is informative. For proof, just check her Web site. Chamberlin has adopted educational methods developed by Randy Yerrick, professor and associate dean of educational technology in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education. Using examples of effective teaching known as "inquiry learning" as a kind of cyberspace lesson plan, Yerrick has merged proven classroom methods with state-of-the-art technology, including podcasting, movie-making and digital photography.

The annual Birdair Lecture, sponsored by the Birdair Corporation and presented by the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, will be given by Charles Renfro, partner in the world-renowned architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

At its annual atelier, the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning celebrates work completed throughout the year by undergraduate and graduate students in architecture and in urban and regional planning.

Whether it's springtime flooding, an infectious disease outbreak or a volcanic eruption, small or rural communities affected by natural disasters often suffer additional hardship because of their size, say organizers of "Natural Disasters in Small Communities: How Can We Help?" a conference to be held by the University at Buffalo on March 29 and 30.

Issues of space, identity, urban planning, cultural geography, greening and other topics relevant to Buffalo's urban spaces will be subjects of a public community symposium to be held April 4 and 5 in two city architectural venues adapted for reuse.