Preview Day Saturday's Preview Day brought more than 1,500 accepted students and their families to the campus for lectures, receptions, tours and informational sessions. Checking out UB maps in Capen lobby are Betty Gousse, left, and Jessica Davis of New York City.

Year 2000: preventing computer 'doomsday' IT specialists helping UB community become aware of potential problems
Information-technology specialists are dividing people in their organizations into two categories: those who have "gotten religion" on the Year 2000 issue (usually mid-level managers) and those who haven't (usually upper-level managers).

UB professor leads effort to fund GIS research
A UB professor is leading the effort to increase federal funding of university research in the field of geographic information systems (GIS), applications of which are addressing important social problems ranging from the handling of medical emergencies, to fighting crime, to monitoring agricultural crops.

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