Science and Technology

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  • New Peptide Derived from Protein in Saliva may be Promising Antifungal Agent, UB Oral Biologists Find
    3/10/04
    Searching for better treatments for oral infections that plague persons with compromised immune systems, oral biologists at the University at Buffalo have developed a novel peptide that appears to be a good candidate for treating candidiasis and other fungal conditions.
  • UB to Host March Talk by Michael Kwartler, Whose Innovative Use of Digital Tools Illuminates Complex Land-Use Issues
    3/9/04
    Michael Kwartler, an innovative architect, planner, urban designer and educator with extensive experience in the development and use of digital visualization tools will present the Clarkson Lecture on Urban and Regional Planning on March 24 at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB and Buffalo Public Schools to Host Program to Interest Middle School Girls in Science and Technology
    3/9/04
    Solar power. Robotic patients. Virtual earthquakes. These and other scientific wonders await 60 middle-school girls from the Buffalo Public Schools when they venture onto the University at Buffalo campus on March 27 for "Expanding Your Horizons: A Science/Math and Computing Program for Middle School Girls."
  • UB MBA Graduate Wins $25,000 in Annual Entrepreneur Competition
    3/5/04
    Michael Blumenson, a 1998 graduate of the University at Buffalo MBA program, won the $25,000 first-place prize in UB's fourth annual Panasci Entrepreneurial Competition, which awards seed money to UB students and recent alumni who devise and present the best plans for launch of a viable new business in Western New York.
  • UB Materials Engineer to Receive Outstanding-Research Award from American Carbon Society
    3/5/04
    Deborah D.L. Chung, Ph.D., Niagara Mohawk Professor of Materials Research in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been selected to receive the Charles E. Pettinos Award from the American Carbon Society.
  • To Understand What 'Turns On' Butterfly Wing Colors, UB Biologists Develop the First Transgenic Butterflies
    3/3/04
    University at Buffalo biologists who study butterfly wing patterns have inserted into an African butterfly a marker gene from a jellyfish species, resulting in the first transgenic butterflies that express DNA from another species.
  • Urban Design Project in UB School of Architecture and Planning Will Showcase a Decade of Work in March Exhibit
    3/1/04
    A graphic and textual record of selected work produced by the Urban Design Project in the UB School of Architecture and Planning will be on display from March 5-27 in the school's James Dyett Gallery on the third floor of Hayes Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • UB Team Develops Simple, Yet Powerful Device that "Sterilizes" Contaminated Air, Eradicating Biological Agents like Anthrax
    2/27/04
    A team of University at Buffalo scientists and engineers has developed a device that in minutes, instead of months, could safely and inexpensively destroy airborne biological agents in buildings as large as the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., which was closed for several months after anthrax was detected there in October 2001.
  • Insulin Decreases Inflammation, Aids Clot-Busting Drugs in Heart Attack Patients, UB Study Shows
    2/24/04
    Incorporating insulin into the mix of clot-busting and anticoagulation drugs administered to a patient suffering a heart attack significantly lowers the amount of inflammation in the blood vessels following the attack, a response that can improve a patient's chances of survival, a study conducted by researchers from the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • Distinguished Dutch, Irish, African-American Architects and Planners to Speak at UB School's Annual "Atelier"
    2/20/04
    The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has announced events planned for "Atelier '04," its annual celebration of student work to be held March 5 and 6 at various venues.