The departure of acclaimed research scientist Jeffrey Skolnick from Buffalo represents the problem blurring the reputation of UB's bioinformatics program.
A one-man band often brings to mind a sweaty street circus musician caged within a garbage heap of instruments.Keller Williams, contrary to the squeezebox-pumping, monkey-on-shoulder stereotype, is able to manipulate as many as eight instruments without becoming light-headed or doused in perspiration.The artist, set to perform this Saturday at the Center for the Arts, creates an audio ruckus by nonchalantly fusing together beat boxing, finger picking, folk, lounge, techno music, and other varieties of sound that the average music snob would not be able to name.Keller Williams' guitar playing is reminiscent of Tim Reynolds' babbling style with B?
Free Fridays at the Albright-Knox are the rage these days with Buffalo's art lovers, and those new to the art scene.
The Dalai Lama's visit to UB, originally scheduled for Sept. 21-23, has been rescheduled for Sept.
In 2005, Beck released "Guero," an enjoyable retread of his Grammy award-winning album "Odelay." Unfortunately, the new remix album "Guerolito" squeezes "Guero" of every last drop of its musical worth.
What happens when a happy, sheltered college student begins her last semester of school with no definite plans for the future?
The start of winter break was an exciting moment for Hassan Shibly, and not just because he didn't have to go to classes.
If only the women's basketball team had the same winning percentage at home as it does on the road, the Bulls would be 13-2.
When the much-anticipated Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics opens later this year, it will do so without Jeffrey Skolnick, the prominent scientist who up until last week served as director of UB's new multi-million dollar research hub.Skolnick's resignation, which became official Jan.
It was a personal brush with suicide that motivated Chris Barr's somber performance art project, which he hopes will raise awareness of one of the biggest killers of young people in America.In February 2003, Barr's younger brother Tony took his own life, leaving behind only a letter saying that he could be found at a tree where he and his father had carved their names.
In response to "Where cowboys and directors dare" (Jan. 18): "It's great to see a morally ambiguous story brought to the forefront." Excuse me, but love is not "morally ambiguous." Ever.It is the only fountainhead and barometer of morality itself.
Standing at the foul line with less than six minutes to play and Buffalo down by two to Ball State, Calvin Cage let the basketball fly from his fingers as if it were any other shot.But by the time the ball had sunk through the net, Cage was a new member of an exclusive 13-person club: UB players who have scored 1,000 career points."I had no idea how close I was," said the senior guard.
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Turner Gill may have felt a bit like a fish out of water when he arrived in Buffalo, unfamiliar with the city and far from a winning football program, but it seems to be something he has since taken in stride.Amidst the blue couches, blue chairs and blue carpets of his UB Stadium office, the first-time head coach has already started to make himself comfortable.
As a University of Nebraska quarterback, Turner Gill nearly won the Heisman Trophy. As a Cornhusker coach, he mentored a Heisman-winning QB and helped win the school's first and second national championships back-to-back.
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