WARM WISHES. Staffers in Facilities Operations have been working hard to keep members of the UB community toasty during this extraordinarily frigid weather. Dan Reilly, plant utilities assistant, checks to ensure the proper operation of feed pumps that supply water to two temporary boilers in the MacKay Heating Plant on the South Campus. Old cold-fired boilers have been removed at the plant and are being replaced with new, energy-efficient, gas-fired boilers. The temporary boilers are providing steam to the South Campus this winter. The renovation project is expected to be completed this summer. (Photo: Donna Budniewski)
Successful rover landing could mean more interesting Mars landing sites
A good landing by "Opportunity" on Saturday could "blow the doors wide open" for bolder sites for future Mars landings, a UB planetary volcanologist predicts. » Full Story
Oh, noh! UB will present a performance of "Aoi no Ue," a classic work by the 15th century Japanese noh dramatist Zeami Motokiyo, as part of a week-long residency at the university by three noh actors.
Prosecuting Saddam Hussein. UB political scientist Claude Welch says that lessons learned from past and ongoing war-crimes trials provide a useful backdrop for discussions on how to try Saddam Hussein.
Executive management program to be offered in Turkey. The School of Management this spring will offer an executive management certificate program in Istanbul, Turkey, the first of its kind in the country that is taught by faculty members from a major U.S. public university.
Five to be inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame. Five UB alumni athletes have been selected for induction into the Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame.