Science and Technology

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  • UB Chemists Develop Revolutionary Method For Synthesizing Drugs Such As Ritalin, Zoloft
    4/21/00
    A revolutionary method for synthesizing specialty chemicals --especially pharmaceuticals -- that makes it possible to activate the normally unreactive carbon-hydrogen bonds in organic molecules has been developed by a team of University at Buffalo chemists.
  • UB Jumps To 11th In Yahoo! Survey Of Wired Universities
    4/19/00
    From nowhere to the top 50 to the top 15. That's the story of the University at Buffalo's remarkable track record in technology in just the past three years, according to the closely watched "wired schools" arbiter, Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine.
  • UB’s “Green” Snowmobile Wins National Contest
    4/17/00
    The cleanest, meanest, most economical snowmobile machine isn't yet available in a store near you. It's at the University at Buffalo, thanks to a team of engineering students who recently beat competitors from six other schools at the Inaugural Clean Snowmobile Challenge held in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
  • UB Biologists Find Genetic Link Between Periodontal Disease, Clotting Factor And Heart Disease
    4/13/00
    Oral biologists at the University at Buffalo have found increased levels of the blood-clotting factor fibrinogen in persons with periodontitis, illuminating one pathway for the relationship between poor oral health and heart disease.
  • Less Drug, Stronger Laser Beam Allow Photodynamic Therapy To Reach Deep Chest Cancer Lesions, UB Researchers Find
    4/8/00
    Photodynamic therapy (PDT), one of the most promising new cancer treatments, may have much wider application than previously thought, new research by University at Buffalo researchers has shown.
  • UB Dental Researchers Find Obesity Related To Gum Disease
    4/8/00
    Researchers from the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo have found that obesity is significantly related to periodontal disease through the pathway of insulin resistance.
  • “Operation Mother Hen” Web-Based Review Tool Helps UB Students Struggling With Calculus
    4/7/00
    The Department of Mathematics in the UB College of Arts and Sciences has teamed up with UB Science and Engineering Node Services staff to develop "Operation Mother Hen," a unique Web-based review tool that has virtually banished the old survival-of-the-fittest mentality for "Introduction to Calculus" at UB. In its place is a system that acts like a nurturing "mother hen," rescuing and supporting students who are struggling with the material.
  • UB Program Strives To Make Freshman Year For Engineering Students Kinder and Gentler (If Not Easier)
    4/7/00
    The University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has begun the Student Excellence Initiatives, a unique program that aims to make freshman year for engineering students easier to manage academically and less emotionally agonizing.
  • UB Architects Receive $3 Million Federal Grant To Establish Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
    4/6/00
    The Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center) in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education through the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
  • Flanagan Receives Fulbright To Conduct Research In Taiwan
    4/4/00
    Mary Flanagan, assistant professor of media study at the University at Buffalo, has been selected by the William J. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to participate in the Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Program.