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Student-entrepreneur makes mark on global economy
By JESSIE BRACE | May 2, 2005The typical UB student doesn't worry about inventories, marketing and the ever-advancing world of business technology.
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Evaluations' effectiveness debated
By JESSIE BRACE | Apr. 27, 2005If there's one sure sign students can count on every year to remind them the semester is coming to a close, it's teacher evaluations.Passed out in classes and arriving in e-mail inboxes, the surveys filled out to rate professors and classes tend to draw mixed opinions on whether they are effective.
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Separation of art and state
By JESSIE BRACE | Apr. 15, 2005While the case against UB art professor Steven Kurtz moves slowly towards a trial, members of the national academic and art communities drew a full crowd to the Center for the Arts Wednesday night for a symposium entitled "Art, Law and the Patriot Act."Supporters of the embattled artist and popular professor gathered to discuss Kurtz's current situation and how the outcome of his pending trial could affect the arts, scholarship, law enforcement and our society as a whole.Kurtz was arrested last May for the possession of bacteria cultures he kept in his house for his unique artwork.
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"Poems, emotions shared at Creeley event"
By JESSIE BRACE | Apr. 8, 2005Friends, family and colleagues of eminent poet and longtime UB professor Robert Creeley filled the Poetry and Rare Books Library in Capen Hall on Thursday.
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Interim med school dean sets sights high
By JESSIE BRACE | Apr. 6, 2005Longtime UB professor Frederick Morin has stepped into a dual role as interim vice president for health affairs and interim dean of the medical school as UB searches for permanent replacements for both jobs.Morin was appointed to the two jobs last week, as Margaret Paroski, who has the same dual responsibilities, is leaving UB on April 18 to take a position with Kaleida Health Services.Morin said he will focus on implementing programs that allow medical students to work on their residencies within the medical community of Western New York.
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Maher presents athletic teams' progress to Faculty Senate
By JESSIE BRACE | Mar. 25, 2005Fresh off the men's basketball team's unprecedented success this season, interim Athletic Director Bill Maher addressed the progress and future of UB athletics on Wednesday at a Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting in Capen Hall.Maher gave a broad-based presentation to the committee where he discussed the department's role in the UB community, the performance of its student-athletes, funding issues, and strategies and priorities that will determine the next steps the program takes."We keep score," Maher said.
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SUNY SA committee meets to discuss presidency
By JESSIE BRACE | Mar. 23, 2005The SUNY SA Executive Committee, which includes UB delegate Robert Batdorf, met in Rochester earlier this month to address the upcoming election for SUNY SA president.The current president, Stephanie Gross, has held the position for the last two years and will step down upon graduation in May.
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"Coulter, Reno get ready to rumble"
By JESSIE BRACE | Mar. 9, 2005Conservative author Ann Coulter and former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno will go toe to toe in a highly anticipated debate Thursday night at Alumni Arena.Free student tickets are still available for the debate, which is part of the Distinguished Speakers Series.
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Event to help custodian's sick grandson
By JESSIE BRACE | Feb. 18, 2005To make her four-year-old grandson's "yuckies" go away, UB custodian Sally Ann Hunt is asking her family at work to help her family at home.Rather than stand by while her grandson, Lawson Slaugenhoupt, fights leukemia, Hunt hopes to give Lawson a helping hand on Feb.
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Alfiero era set to begin
By JESSIE BRACE | Feb. 14, 2005As construction for the $7 million Alfiero Center draws to a close, grand opening celebrations are tentatively scheduled for late April, according to university officials.The new center, located next to Jacobs Hall and behind Lockwood Memorial Library on North Campus, will serve as the hub of the management school.
