Science and Technology

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  • UB School of Management to Offer MBA Option in Biotechnology Management
    11/6/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Management will offer a new MBA concentration in biotechnology management beginning in Fall 2004. The curriculum is designed to provide a strong foundation of business principles vital to building a successful career in the biotechnology field.
  • Harvesting of a Soft Coral for Use in Cosmetics Provides UB Marine Biologist with an Ideal "Experiment"
    10/30/03
    The harvesting of a Caribbean soft coral off the coast of the Bahamas for use in a popular beauty product is providing a University at Buffalo marine biologist with an extraordinary experimental opportunity to answer fundamental questions about the ability of corals to survive environmental challenges.
  • UB Researchers Use Virtual Reality to Treat Car-Accident Survivors Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress
    10/30/03
    Researchers from the University at Buffalo have developed a virtual-reality driving simulator that may help car-accident survivors recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- a prevalent, but commonly untreated, condition associated with serious car accidents.
  • Four UB Faculty Members Honored by SUNY
    10/28/03
    Four University at Buffalo faculty members recently were honored by the State University of New York for significant accomplishments in their respective academic fields.
  • UB Researchers Show First Evidence of Pharmacogenomic Differences in Patients' Responses to Widely Used MS Drug
    10/28/03
    University at Buffalo researchers using the latest computer-assisted technologies of genetic analysis have shown for the first time how a widely used drug for treating multiple sclerosis -- interferon beta (IFN-beta-1a) -- can modulate the expression of particular genes in patients being treated for the disease.
  • From Lab Bench to Boardroom: UB Chemist's Powerful Approach to Anti-Cancer Compounds Makes the Leap
    10/27/03
    In a classic example of scientific research that has successfully outgrown the university lab where it was born, a University at Buffalo professor's unique method for designing and synthesizing anti-cancer compounds, called protein kinase inhibitors, is being commercialized.
  • UB Architecture Professor Semi-Finalist in Competition for 9/11 Memorial in New Jersey Park Across from World Trade Center Site
    10/27/03
    Mehrdad Hadighi, associate professor in the Department of Architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, has been selected as one of 10 semi-finalists in a design competition for a 9/11 memorial to be constructed in the award-winning Pier A Park, in Hoboken, N.J., across the Hudson River from the site of the World Trade Center.
  • Architecture Students Design and Build Site Models, Infrastructure for Exhibit at Albright-Knox Art Gallery
    10/27/03
    Local architecture buffs have the unique opportunity to see all five proposals -- not just the winning proposal -- in the competition to design the visitors center for Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House, thanks to the work of a UB architecture professor and seven graduate students.
  • Using GIS, Simulation of Flu-Like Illnesses Like SARS Draws a Nuanced Picture of Public Health Threats
    10/24/03
    A new, computational method for simulating the spread of flu-like illnesses like SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) that is being developed by a University at Buffalo geographer may provide policymakers and analysts with new ammunition for studying and predicting the pattern of public-health threats in urban communities.
  • UB Researchers Developing Sensor to Detect Agents Used in Biological Warfare
    10/22/03
    Researchers from the University at Buffalo are developing a handheld sensor that can detect the presence of toxins potentially used as agents in biological warfare.