Science and Technology

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  • UB Professor, Graduate Students Study North America's Most Active Volcano On Site in Mexico
    5/17/02
    A geology professor at the University at Buffalo recently took graduate students enrolled in his advanced field methods class to western Mexico to study Colima -- the most active volcano in North America -- and its eruptive patterns, and to learn from residents what it's like to live beneath "el Volcan de Fuego," or "volcano of fire," as Colima is known.
  • Researchers Develop Semiconducting Material that has the Right Stuff to Develop Spintronic Devices
    5/16/02
    A team of researchers led by University at Buffalo physicists reported today that they have created semiconducting materials that exhibit the key properties that are essential to the development of semiconductor spintronic devices.
  • University at Buffalo Neuroimaging Researchers Studying Multiple Sclerosis from Inside Human Brain
    5/16/02
    Using advanced MRI brain imaging methods and tapping into one of the most powerful supercomputing systems in the world, University at Buffalo researchers in the Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center (BNAC) are providing insights into multiple sclerosis that never before were possible.
  • Pataki Announces Recruitment of World-Renowned Scientist as Director of Bioinformatics Center
    5/9/02
    Jeffrey Skolnick, Ph.D., a world-renowned scientist in the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics, has been named director of the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
  • Collaborative Effort with M&T Bank Brings 10 Top Students from India to UB's MBA Program
    5/2/02
    Ten information-technology professionals from India, recruited for the University at Buffalo MBA program with the assistance of M&T Bank, are helping the bank implement new IT applications while boosting the academic profile of the UB MBA program.
  • In Fight Against Cyberterrorism, National Security Agency Names UB "Center for Information Assurance"
    5/2/02
    The National Security Agency (NSA) has named the University at Buffalo a Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education to develop new programs to conduct research and train students to protect the nation's information technology systems from cyberterrorism and security breaches on the Internet.
  • Marketing Software Puts the "Oral" Back in Oral History
    5/1/02
    A University at Buffalo historian has developed a unique application for a software originally developed for the industrial market-research field that has enormous implications for thousands of audio and video history collections held in archives around the world.
  • Pataki, HP President, Veridian CEO to Receive "Igniting Ideas Awards" from UB on May 9
    4/24/02
    Gov. George E. Pataki and the chief executives of two major corporations will be honored on May 9 by UB and its School of Engineering and Applied Sciences for their roles in establishing the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
  • Au Sable Earthquake Points Out Need for Seismic Retrofitting Throughout New York State
    4/23/02
    Though the damage was relatively minor, Saturday's earthquake in Au Sable Falls, N.Y., points out the need for upgrading structures throughout New York State so they are better able to withstand future earthquakes, says an earthquake-engineering researcher at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB, Bioinformatics Representatives to Travel to Capitol Hill as Part of "UB Day in Washington"
    4/22/02
    The past, present and future of the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics will be the topic on April 23 as faculty members, staff members and administrators from the University at Buffalo, as well as center partners and representatives of the Buffalo business community, travel to Capitol Hill as part of UB Day in Washington.