UB CHALLENGED. Victor E. Bull gets in a few stretches amid other members of UB's Chase Corporate Challenge team before the start of the race, held on June 12 in Delaware Park. For another Corporate Challenge photo, click on "Photos" in the left-hand column of this page. (Photo: Nancy J. Parisi)
Task force to deal with SARS issue
UB will continue to admit and enroll students from SARS-affected countries and will not restrict travel by faculty and staff to these countries by withholding university funding, according to new policies developed by the Task Force on SARS and approved on Monday by Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi. » Full Story
More freshmen, more challenges
While it's good news that 600 more freshmen than expected will be entering UB in the fall, the influx will provide some challenges for those at the university who provide student-support services. » Full Story
Working to curb poxviruses. UB molecular biologists have discovered a novel way to inhibit the replication of poxviruses, the group that includes smallpox virus, a discovery that could lead to drugs to treat the disease if there was a bioterrorism-related outbreak.
GIS technology pinpointing breast-cancer clusters. UB researchers using geographic information systems (GIS) technology have shown that women who developed breast cancer before menopause tend to cluster based on where they were born and where they lived at their menarche (start of menstruation).
Stating the case for public service. Robert Shibley, UB faculty member and longtime proponent and practitioner of engaged scholarship, maintains that the university must take a seat at the table in the national dialogue to redefine the role and responsibility of a public university within the communities it serves.
New technology transmits sensation of touch over Internet. This breakthrough by researchers in the Virtual Reality Laboratory could lead to creation of haptic technologies that convey the sense of touch and would teach users how to master skills and activities that require precise application of "touch" and movement.
Digital video proves to be "super tool" for disaffected students. Researchers in the Graduate School of Education say that digital-video technology is a teaching and learning "super tool" that can have enormous benefit for poor and minority children in urban schools.
Study focuses on problem gambling among youths. Scientists in the Research Institute on Addictions, funded by a $1.8 million federal grant, will gauge the prevalence of problem gambling, demographic patterns of gambling and pathological gambling among adolescents and young adults.
Twelve receive Chancellor's Awards. Eight faculty members, one librarian and three professional staff members have received awards recognizing excellence from SUNY Chancellor Robert L. King.
Conference to address mental illness in children. The July meeting organized jointly by UB and McMaster University will focus on treatments proven by empirical study to be effective for the treatment of mental health problems in children.
Perry gives $100,000 to UB public health school. J. Warren Perry, founding dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions, has continued his generous giving to the school with his latest award of $100,000.
Erie-Niagara Regional Partnership improves communication between counties. The partnership, now administered by the UB Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth, has evolved into a vital conduit for cross-county cooperation and collaboration.