• UB Center for the Arts to Present The Living Room Project
    9/4/01
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Living Room Project, a special four-week community performing-arts project between the Center and Eager Artists Theatre Company of Durban, South Africa, to be held Sept. 10 to Oct. 6 in the Center for the Arts, as well as in homes and businesses throughout the community.
  • Memorial Service Set for Mary Beth Spina
    9/6/01
    A memorial service for Mary Beth Spina, a member of the University at Buffalo's Office of News Services staff for 27 years, will be held at 1 p.m. Sept. 13 in 250 Baird Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Alumnus Bringing American Artist Joseph Norman, Exhibition of Norman's Work to UB
    9/6/01
    Nationally renowned American artist Joseph Norman and a selection of his works are making a return visit to the University at Buffalo this fall, thanks to the generosity of Rhode Island physician Joseph Chazan and his wife, Helene.
  • UB Distinguished Speakers Series Will Feature Jane Goodall, Madeleine Albright and Ken Burns
    9/6/01
    World-renowned animal ethologist and conservationist Jane Goodall, Ph.D., distinguished stateswoman Madeleine Albright and award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns will headline the University at Buffalo's 15th annual Distinguished Speakers Series.
  • UB to "Recreate" Atmosphere of Pan-Am Midway with Gala Fest of Music, Food, Llamas, Plays, Dead Presidents
    9/7/01
    The planners call themselves "Panamaniacs," a name that expresses their obsession with Buffalo's 1901 Pan-American Exposition and with its centennial celebration. And the Panamaniacs at the University at Buffalo have put together an eponymous two-day on-campus festival Sept. 22-23 in which visitors can experience the thrill of the original Pan-Am midway through films, music, foods, games and memorabilia.
  • UB Improves Performance in Major Factors Used to Rank Nation's Top Research Universities
    9/7/01
    The University at Buffalo ranks among the top 26-50 public and private research universities in the country in a new data-based report by a University of Florida research center. UB posted improvement in six of the nine measures of performance for which accurate and valid data were available and that "reflect quality of research university performance," according to "The Top American Research Universities," the annual report charting the comparative performance of research institutions by TheCenter at the University of Florida.
  • Noted Americanist Scholars Will Examine the Myth of Pan-Americanism at UB Symposium
    9/7/01
    As part of its centennial celebration of the Pan-American Exposition, UB on Sept. 13 will sponsor "Pan-Americanisms: Myths and Realities," an international symposium that will look at the myths and realities embodied in the concept of pan-Americanism.
  • Safyer Named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of M.S.W. Program at UB School of Social Work
    9/7/01
    Andrew W. Safyer, associate professor of social work at the University at Buffalo, has been named associate dean for academic affairs and director of the M.S.W. program in the School of Social Work.
  • New Risk Map for Planet's Riskiest Volcano Forecasts Far More Precisely Mudflow, Avalanche Dangers
    9/7/01
    A new risk map that reveals the hazards most likely to occur in the future on Popocatepetl -- located just 60 kilometers from Mexico City and considered the planet's riskiest volcano -- has been developed by University at Buffalo volcanologist Michael F. Sheridan, Ph.D., and colleagues at UB and the National University of Mexico (UNAM).
  • UB President Responds to National Disaster
    9/11/01
    University at Buffalo President William R. Greiner today issued a statement in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. "In the wake of this great tragedy," Greiner said, "we are declaring the rest of the day a day of mourning and memorial for the victims of these horrendous, unspeakable attacks. On behalf of the University at Buffalo community and the UB Council, we do so out of respect for the dead, dying, wounded and their families."
  • UB Responds to Needs of Students from New York City, Washington, D.C. Areas
    9/12/01
    The University at Buffalo quickly responded on Tuesday to the needs of students from the New York City metropolitan and Washington, D.C., areas following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Student Affairs established a "NYC/DC Response Center" staffed with counselors and equipped with a telephone bank for students to use to call relatives in those areas.
  • War on American Soil
    9/12/01
    Tuesday's terrorist strikes at the World Trade Center and Pentagon "bring the horror of war into Americans' lives in ways others have been experiencing it for decades," according to Michael Frisch, professor of American History at the University at Buffalo.
  • Shattered Sense of Security
    9/12/01
    As a result of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Americans have been hit with a "double shock," according to Paul Senese, assistant professor of political science at the University at Buffalo and an expert in international security and conflict process and American foreign policy.
  • A New Fear of Flying
    9/12/01
    While the use of hijacked commercial airliners by terrorists to attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Tuesday may leave many reluctant to board an airplane, the issue is not about flying, says Gayle Beck, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University at Buffalo and an expert in panic and anxiety disorders and post-traumatic problems.
  • Attack Aftermath: Coping With Grief
    9/12/01
    Following Tuesday's terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, people across the United States "will be looking at everything in their lives through a screen of apprehension," says Thomas T. Frantz, Ph.D., associate professor of counseling and educational psychology at the University at Buffalo.. "That apprehension may fade in a couple days, or it may last a week" or longer.
  • UB Sets "Remembrance Program" for Victims of Terrorist Attacks
    9/12/01
    The University at Buffalo will hold a Remembrance Program for the victims and responders to the New York-Washington, D.C.-Pennsylvania tragedies on Thursday, Sept. 13. The program, coordinated by the Office of Special Events, will take place at 3 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Mainstage theater and will include readings and reflection and music performances.
  • Response to Terrorists' Attacks Should Be "Marshall Plan" Aimed at "Poor and Disinherited People of the World"
    9/12/01
    The terrorists who Tuesday used hijacked commercial airliners to attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon "were using death and destruction to deliver a message," according to an associate professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo. "They deliberately chose to attack the most visible symbols of American wealth and military power," says James M. Lawler, whose expertise is in social and political philosophy, "hoping that the impoverished majority of mankind would applaud and rally behind them."
  • Terrorist Attacks May Drive Businesses to Countryside
    9/13/01
    Businesses that in recent years flocked to upscale addresses in high-rise buildings in large cities now may be looking for a place in the country following this week's terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center, according to an associate professor of finance and managerial economics at the University at Buffalo.
  • Comic Magicians Penn & Teller to Perform Oct. 17 at UB
    9/14/01
    The UB Center for the Arts and UBASE will present comedic magicians Penn & Teller at 8 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Mainstage theater located in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Present "Wine, Women & Dance"
    9/14/01
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present the fall dance concert of Zodiaque Dance Company, titled "Wine, Women And Dance," Oct. 11-14 and 18-21 in the Drama Theatre located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB President Asks Campus Community to be Cautious in Personal Responses to Terrorist Attacks
    9/14/01
    University at Buffalo President William R. Greiner Thursday asked students, faculty and staff to continue to value and protect UB's multi-ethnic and multi-religious community in their personal responses to this week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
  • Bush Hitting Right Notes as a Leader, But Potential Missteps Lie Ahead, Says UB Expert on Leadership Styles
    9/14/01
    George W. Bush took a solid first step in improving his image as this country's leader when he stepped to the microphone this week to comment on terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, according to a University at Buffalo professor with expertise in leadership, charisma and management styles.
  • International Summit to be Held at UB to Assess Digital Frontier, How Digital Technologies Impact Our Lives
    9/16/01
    The University at Buffalo will sponsor a major international forum on Nov. 2-3 at which leading figures in medicine, psychology, sociology, physiology and technology development will discuss the effects of digital technologies on our lives. "Digital Frontier: The Buffalo Summit 2001" will be convened by Jaylan S. Turkkan, vice president for research, in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
  • UB Professor, Constitutional Law Expert Predicts Threat to Privacy, Civil Rights of Some Americans
    9/17/01
    Just as they did during the era of McCarthyism and the post-Pearl Harbor period, Americans can probably expect to see calls for measures that may seriously erode the constitutional rights of American citizens, says Lee Albert, professor of law at the University at Buffalo and a specialist in constitutional issues.
  • Specialist in End-of-Life Care for Children to Present Fifth Annual Bullough Lecture at UB
    9/18/01
    Pamela S. Hinds, Ph.D., director of nursing research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and a specialist in end-of-life decision-making for children and adolescents, will present the fifth annual Bonnie Bullough Lecture, to be held at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Business Alliance Awards SPIR Funds to 6 Companies
    9/18/01
    The local branch of the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence, based in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has awarded grants to six Western New York companies.
  • 12th Annual Linda Yalem Run Set for Sept. 23
    9/18/01
    More than 1,200 racers, runners, joggers, strollers and walkers are expected to participate in the UB's 12th annual Linda Yalem Memorial Run, to begin at 10 a.m. Sept. 23 on the North Campus.
  • Jennifer McDonough Named Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
    9/19/01
    Jennifer A. McDonough, vice president for development and alumni relations at the University of Vermont, has been appointed vice president for development and alumni relations at the University at Buffalo.
  • Americans "Naive" When it Comes to Understanding Religious Beliefs that Drive Terrorists
    9/19/01
    Americans' "general naivete" regarding the beliefs and assumptions of religions other than their own is hampering their ability to understand discussions about those suspected of being responsible for last week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, according to Phillips Stevens, Jr. Stevens, associate professor of anthropology at the University at Buffalo and nationally-recognized expert in the anthropology of religion, says the lack of knowledge is particularly acute when it comes to fundamentalist religious groups of the Middle East.
  • Former Social Work Director at Oklahoma City Hospital Says Rescue Workers Are Among Disasters' "Victims"
    9/20/01
    Deborah Waldrop, Ph.D., University at Buffalo assistant professor of social work, was social work director at Oklahoma City's St. Anthony Hospital on April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb exploded in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Located roughly five blocks from the disaster, St. Anthony was on the front line of rescue efforts and Waldrop learned first-hand the devastating impact such a tragedy has on rescue workers responding to disasters.
  • Political Scientist Says Improved Intelligence-Gathering Needed for America's Response to Terrorists
    9/21/01
    A major emphasis on improving intelligence-gathering -- including having the FBI and CIA work in tandem -- must be a key piece of the U.S. retaliation against terrorists for last week's attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, according to a University at Buffalo professor who is a former editor of the journal Armed Forces & Society. "If President Bush looks only to the military, which seems to be both his initial inclination, and what the American public wants him to do, he will get incomplete and misleading information about what's important," said Claude E. Welch, Jr., Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the UB Department of Political Science.
  • Center for Computational Research has Become Critical Resource for UB Researchers
    9/21/01
    For more and more faculty researchers at the University at Buffalo, UB's Center for Computational Research, one of the world's leading academic high-performance computing centers, has become an increasingly critical resource that is helping to propel major projects. Supercomputing has made major inroads in a broad range of projects at UB, helping to garner about $40 million in external funding for faculty members.
  • Jazz Trio Medeski Martin & Wood to Perform Oct. 24 in Center for the Arts
    9/24/01
    The UB Center for the Arts will present Medeski Martin & Wood at 8 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Mainstage theatre in Center for the Arts on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Center for the Arts to Present Hudson Vagabond Puppets' "Ferdinand the Bull"
    9/24/01
    The UB Center for the Arts will present Hudson Vagabond Puppets' "Ferdinand the Bull," based on the classic tale by Munro Leaf, at 2 p.m. Oct. 28 in the Mainstage theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Buffalo's Leadership in Allied Health Education to be Topic of 13th J. Warren Perry Lecture
    9/24/01
    Thomas C. Robinson, a faculty member in the College of Allied Health Professions in the Chandler Medical Center at the University of Kentucky, will deliver the 13th annual J. Warren Perry Lecture at 4 p.m. Oct. 12 in Slee Concert Hall on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB to Offer Course on Critical Tax Issues for Financial and Legal Professionals
    9/24/01
    The Center for Management Development (CMD) in the University at Buffalo School of Management will offer a non-credit tax course, "Critical Tax Issues for Financial and Legal Professionals," beginning Oct. 23.
  • MBA Enrollment Up 40 Percent at UB School of Management
    9/24/01
    MBA enrollment in the University at Buffalo School of Management is up 40 percent this fall. A total of 258 new students have enrolled in the full-time, Professional and Executive MBA programs in the UB management school, compared to 184 students last fall.
  • Sedentary Image of Children and Adolescents Questioned
    9/24/01
    A review and analysis of 26 studies of physical activity levels of children, completed by University at Buffalo researchers, has found that children accumulate more physical activity than previously thought.
  • Astronaut, UB Grad, to Get SUNY Honorary Degree at UB's Annual Convocation on Oct. 4
    9/24/01
    Astronaut Ellen Shulman Baker, a 1974 graduate of the University at Buffalo, will receive a SUNY honorary doctor of science degree at the UB's seventh annual University Convocation, to be held Oct. 4.
  • Yahoo! Internet Life Ranks UB 10th Among Country's "Most Wired" Colleges, Universities
    9/25/01
    The University at Buffalo is one the nation's top 10 most wired universities, according to Yahoo! Internet Life magazine.
  • McGuire Named 'Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year' by UB School of Management
    9/25/01
    Frank J. McGuire, chairman of The McGuire Group, has been named 2001 "Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year" by the University at Buffalo School of Management. The award will be presented at the 52nd annual awards banquet of the UB School of Management Alumni Association, to be held Nov. 7.
  • UB School of Management Accounting Students Top State in CPA Exam Results, Score High in U.S. Exam
    9/25/01
    A higher percentage of UB undergraduate accounting students passed all or some parts of the May 2000 certified public accountant exam than did students from any other college or university in New York State, according to a report released by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.
  • Philippine National Dance Company to Perform Oct. 26 at UB
    9/26/01
    The Philippine National Dance Company Bayanihan will present the third performance in the UB Center for the Arts 2001-02 KeyBank Dance Series Oct. 26 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts.
  • UB Expert in Airline Safety Says Federal Takeover of Airport Security Could Improve Operations
    9/26/01
    The proposed federal takeover of airport security ultimately could permit longer and more careful screening of passengers and their baggage, according to a University at Buffalo professor who serves on a Federal Aviation Administration panel that studies research and development needs in aviation security.
  • UB Symposium to Look at Environmental Law and Stewardship for a Sustainable Society
    9/27/01
    The University at Buffalo's Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, the Mitchell Lecture Fund and the Buffalo Environmental Law Journal will present a symposium, "Environmental Law and Stewardship for a Sustainable Society," Oct. 13 in the UB Law School, located in Baldy Hall on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Dansereau Named Fellow of American Psychological Society
    9/27/01
    Fred Dansereau, professor of organizational and human resources in the University at Buffalo School of Management, has been named a fellow of the American Psychological Society (APS).
  • UB Biophysicists Discover High-Speed Motility in Cells in Response to Voltage Changes
    9/27/01
    University at Buffalo biophysicists studying the motility of cells have shown that simple cells react in less than a millisecond to changes in membrane voltage, a property scientists have thought was confined to highly specialized cells such as the cochlear outer hair cells responsible for hearing.
  • Treatment Program Effective in Helping Women Problem Drinkers Decrease Alcohol Use
    9/27/01
    Women with a history of problem drinking exhibited significant increases in abstinence and light-drinking days, and decreases in heavy drinking, after participating in a 10-week program at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • Bearing "Media Witness" to Terrorist Attacks, Destruction Can Lead to Acute Stress Disorder
    9/27/01
    The image of an airplane flying into the second tower of the World Trade Center and exploding in flames, played over and over on television following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, will remain in America's collective consciousness for a long time. For all, that image forever will represent a national tragedy. But for some, there will be a more profound personal effect, according to a University at Buffalo expert in psychological trauma.
  • Rebuilt World Trade Center Towers Would Be "Focal Sign for American Resolve," Ability to Heal
    9/27/01
    The World Trade Center twin towers should be rebuilt as a "focal sign for American resolve, for the ability of a democratic society to suffer injury and heal," according to an urban sociologist at the University at Buffalo.
  • University at Buffalo to Study Athletics Program
    9/28/01
    President William R. Greiner announced today that the University at Buffalo will begin a year-long, campus-wide effort to study its athletics program as part of the NCAA Division I athletics certification program. Specific areas the study will cover are academic and fiscal integrity, governance, rules compliance, as well as a commitment to equity, student-athlete welfare and sportsmanship.
  • Forbes Magazine Ranks UB School of Management as a Best Business School
    9/28/01
    Forbes magazine has included the University at Buffalo School of Management in its annual ranking of 50 business schools that provide MBA students with the best return on their investment.