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The most wonderful time of the year can take a turn for the worse pretty quickly if you wake up Christmas morning in the grips of the flu.
It's unfortunate how much a school name matters in the job game.
A chemical compound found in the greatest amounts in soy products might help to stave off breast cancer, according to the results of a recent UB and Roswell Park Cancer Institute collaborative study.
In an announcement to the university, Chairman of the UB Council and Presidential Search Committee Jeremy Jacobs updated the community on the progress and status of the presidential search.
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The search for UB's 15th president has officially commenced, and the search committee, made up of several members of the administration and the UB Council, wants to hear what the UB community would like to see in their next president.
After attending a national conference in Denver focused on sustainability in higher education, a few members of the UB community have brought back "a suitcase of ideas" on how to make the university a little bit greener, and they're eager to put them into action.
In Australia this past week, 3,600 record sales were enough to give a British metal band the number one position on the music chart - an all time low.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John G. Roberts Jr. returned to his hometown of Buffalo to give a question-and-answer style lecture in the Koessler Athletic Center at Canisius College on Tuesday evening.
Unknown to many students, the music department in Slee and Baird Halls is home to one of the most highly respected graduate music composition programs in the nation.
The recent installation of nearly 100 new security cameras on South Campus appears to be serving its intent of reducing the on-campus crime rate.
For his highly influential work on the forefront of a budding new discipline of sociology, Mark Gottdiener, Ph.D., professor of sociology, was presented with one of the most distinguished awards offered in his field - the Robert and Helen Lynd Lifetime Achievement Award.
From serving food at restaurants in The Commons to stocking shelves at grocery stores on the weekends, UB students make money in many of different ways.
In an effort to raise awareness for women's health, the UB Gender Institute is focusing its 11th annual Gender Week on the topic of "gender and health."
Although the SUNY system is in a dire financial situation due in large part to the $210 million budget cuts, SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher remains optimistic about the future of the state's public schools.
UB's wallet just got thinner and UB 2020 may need a new name.
Raj J. Kaul, a revered professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering, passed away April 9 from a "prolonged illness."
I have respect for nearly every kind of music, with maybe a few exceptions.
In a memo to department chairs and deans, President John B. Simpson announced a number of significant revisions to the university's registration and grading policies, which will take effect immediately.
UB students inspire junior urban planners By BRENDON BOCHACKI Assistant News Editor Eight graduate students and one undergraduate student in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning were recently awarded for their efforts in a public service project involving two Buffalo public schools. The nine students, all members of the Graduate Planning Student Association (GPSA), received an award from the American Planning Association for Outstanding Planning Student Organization for their "Buffalo Urban Planners" project. The mission of the student-conceived project was to inform younger Buffalo public school students about the relationship between a school and its surrounding neighborhood and environment. Led by president Kimberley Moore, GPSA students encouraged seventh and eighth graders of PS 74 Hamlin Park School and PS 30 Frank A. Sedita Academy to become involved in their community and fight for the changes they want to see. "[Our] goal was to illustrate the links between a healthy school and a healthy neighborhood," Moore said. "We wanted students to become active stakeholders in their communities and become focused on a revitalization project, as well as become more aware of the history and community around them." Under the direction of the GPSA project team, students were urged to come up with their own ideas and projects for their neighborhoods in areas they thought were most in need of improvement. "We really left it up to the students," Moore said. "Being able to give them a voice and an outlet is very important in encouraging them to believe in their project. I think if we would have given them the outcomes or the projects it would have been inorganic. They live there, they know what's best and what's most necessary." With little instruction from the UB students, the kids at both schools came up with practical plans for community improvement. At the Hamlin Park School, the kids proposed a strategy for improving a local park, including the addition of a community garden. At Frank A. Sedita Academy, kids wanted to work on bettering the conditions of nearby housing. "The students are a smart bunch," Moore said. "They knew the types of things they wanted without too much input from us." In addition to motivating the kids to get involved in their community, the project also sought to inspire the children to consider careers in urban planning. The American Planning Association (APA) award, in the category of Community Outreach, was given to the GPSA based on an evaluation of a formal write up of their efforts. According to Alfred Price, a professor of urban and regional planning and the director of the students' internship program, the report was originally written as a mere formality. "I told them, ‘I think you all ought to conclude this effort with some kind of formal write up of the project, if for no better reason than to keep a record of what you did at the university,'" Price said. The APA judged the GPSA's write up against the urban planning projects of 70 other schools across North America. The GPSA was presented with the award and a $1,000 cash prize on Tuesday at a national APA conference in New Orleans. The "Buffalo Urban Planners" project will continue into next year as part of a larger regional effort to revitalize more than 60 kindergarten through 12th grade public schools in the city of Buffalo. Known as the Buffalo Public Schools Program, the district-wide project is managed by LP Ciminelli, a local contracting company, and calls for nearly $1.4 billion in improvements to the schools and their surrounding communities. "This is an ongoing process," Price said. "We realized going in that teaching [students] urban planning and expecting a finished project was too much for one semester. So we're going to continue to work with LP Ciminelli and the Buffalo Public Schools to help them implement the projects and programs the children want to see in their communities." E-mail:news@ubspectrum.com