VOLUME 31, NUMBER 32 THURSDAY, June 22, 2000
Reporter

photo by: Frank Miller

UB in Bloom

Thanks to the efforts of grounds workers, campus landscapes this summer are punctuated by clumps of bright flowers, like these flourishing near Alumni Arena and the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.


Social Work receives NIAAA grant
 $2.9 million grant to fund program to help families break cycle of substance abuse
Researchers at UB have received a five-year, $2.9 million grant to conduct an international project aimed at helping children of alcohol-dependent parents avoid becoming substance abusers themselves.
State funding bolsters institute's work
Prospects for an emerging laser and photonics industry in Western New York have brightened, thanks to a $500,000 allocation from New York State, sponsored by Sen. Mary Lou Rath, to the UB Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics.
Top Stories...

· RIA to study child development
· Cocaine withdrawal called not as traumatic: Still not pleasant, but study shows symptoms diminish steadily over time
· NIH grant to fund RIA postdocs
· "Administrative Update" on state budget
· Poets academy taps Howe: English professor's work recognized by eminent group
· Computing program approved
· UB groups "step up" with SEFA events
· 12 are Chancellor's Awards recipients: Honors given for superb teaching, performance excellence and librarianship
· Tarantula venom examined: Chemical could aid treatment of heart attack, UB study finds
· Exercise benefits aging muscles
· Collections tell Love Canal story
· $600,000 gift supports mini-medical school: Cumulative gifts to UB reach $1 million for Donald L. and Esther Davis

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