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.
I cannot live without Ramen. Family and friends who know me always say I am the biggest Ramen junkie they ever met.
Hut, hut, spice! Oh yeah, it's that time of the year again. Everyone is gathered around the TV for the biggest football game of the year: the Super Bowl. It's the 13th-straight year my favorite team, the Buffalo Bills, have not made the playoffs.
Joseph Wojnowski, a sophomore history major, calls himself the reigning king of his local McDonald's back drive-thru.
Businesses are breaking out of the boardrooms and signing on to Twitter. A new study by the UB School of Management shows providing a link between social media and businesses, making them more accessible to the masses, could be beneficial.
I cannot live without Ramen. Family and friends who know me always say I am the biggest Ramen junkie they ever met.
Student Association President Travis Nemmer, a former member of his high school rifle team and part of a family who owns and actively shoots guns, believes the latest New York State gun law regulations are counterproductive. He believes the focus should be on the mental health of all Americans instead of focusing solely on gun laws.
Carolyn Molina, a sophomore English major, spent the majority of her Saturday night dropping obvious clues about her discomfort, dismay and overall annoyance about her living situation, while her roommate and her roommate's boyfriend made out and blissfully ignored Molina's general well being.
UB has a huge financial undertaking every year. The school's administration consistently has to deal with huge figures and find a way to give students the most for their money while saving for the future.
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