UB gave John Alm a second chance. Now, he gives its potential students hope for the future. Alm, a retired Coca-Cola CEO who flunked out of UB the first time he attended, established a $150,000 scholarship for graduating seniors at Maple Grove High School, his alma mater.
John Brennan, the president's pick for new CIA director and his principal adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism over the last four years faced the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday afternoon to answer questions on U.S.
Student Association President Travis Nemmer doesn't see much of a plan in UB 2020. On Tuesday night, Provost Charles Zukoski held an open forum for students, mainly SA senators and e-board members.
When Gregory Duckworth was 13 years old, he wanted to become an Eagle Scout. During the process, Walter Andrews, his Boy Scout troop 121 leader, told him if he didn't believe in God, he would not be allowed to join.
What: Second Friday at the Burchfield Penney Art Center
Sometimes when you have sex on a regular basis, the romps in the bedroom become a bit stagnant. Not to say that having sex on a regular basis in the same position is bad, but sometimes just a simple twist of the hips can make a climax go from ordinary to extraordinary.
UB is known as a research institution, but many students aren't aware of what professors are doing outside their classrooms. The Huffington Post used UB as an example of advances in scientific research, coinciding with innovative research and medical discoveries that have come out of UB in 2012.
A young Catherine Dulmus stood behind the counter of Buffalo's local Salvation Army when a family of four walked in.
The Bruce Holm Memorial Catalyst Fund awarded $213,762 to five UB inventors and research teams developing potential innovative products in the field of life sciences. The funding will enable researchers to conduct studies, projects and trials demonstrating the use and worth for their prospective inventions.
UB's Student Association is one of the most "unique and autonomous student governments in the country," according to SA President Travis Nemmer. Nemmer and the total $4.2 million budget he controls caught the attention of The New York Times early this week.
It's not often the UB Dental School is filled with kids of all ages with smiles across their faces, showing off their healthy, white teeth. On Sunday, 250 volunteers came together from UB's School of Dental Medicine, UB Pre-Dental Association and from the Buffalo community for "Give Kids a Smile Day." The event, hosted by UB's School of Dental Medicine, provided free dentistry and dental health information to approximately 800 children from the Western New York area, ranging from toddlers to 18-year-olds who do not have access to dental care.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party narrowly won the legislative majority late last month.
Teresa Miller has been taking students to prisons for more than a decade. She isn't a police officer putting them away into cells - she is a SUNY Buffalo Law School professor. She doesn't just lecture about the prison system.
5:01 p.m. - The Putnam's manager requested officers after one employee threatened another employee, stemming from an altercation the previous night.
College is hard, but eating healthy is harder.
He said he'd be back.
There are elementary school children in Buffalo who have never tried chickpeas. They don't even know what zucchini is. In the inner city of Buffalo, sometimes dinner means getting snacks from the convenience store around the block. The media has dubbed Buffalo and other similar areas "Food Deserts," communities with little or no access to fresh and affordable healthy foods.
Horsemeat found in burgers Officials identified traces of horsemeat in beef burgers produced by Silvercrest Foods, Ireland's second-largest manufacturer.
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