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World AIDS Day at UB

UB vice president for research named AAAS fellow

Celebration of Haitian culture at UB

This past Saturday, members of the Haitian Student Association (HSA) celebrated their heritage with an evening of food, dance, music and culture.The show, called "Tribute to Haiti: Resurrection of Love," featured an ethnic dance, the singing of the Haitian national anthem by HSA member Louise Calixte, a performance by the UB Step Troupe and a comedic play about love lost and found.According to HSA President David Louis, "Tribute to Haiti" helped raise money for a school in Haiti.

UB recruits well-known scientist to develop electronics of the future

Gottfried Strasser, a well-known Austrian researcher, joined the UB faculty six weeks ago to take advantage of a $750,000 grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR).A professor of physics and electrical engineering, Strasser developed a reputation as a world-class researcher while he was an associate professor at the Solid State Electronics Institute at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria."Famous Austrians include Mozart and Arnold Schwarzenegger," he said.

UB geology working on top of the world

This past Monday, a panel of three experts from the UB Geology Department described the worldly sights they saw, the indigenous people they met and the frozen samples they and UB undergraduates collected during their field research at the Artic Circle.

UB president calls for tuition increase at FSEC meeting

According to President John B. Simpson, the low cost of tuition at UB could be putting the university at a disadvantage when it comes to keeping up with the competition.At Tuesday's Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) meeting, held at the Center for Tomorrow, Simpson acknowledged that UB does not compare favorably with similar-sized public research universities around the country.

ALA president speaks about future of American library system

Gender Week wrapped up this past Thursday with a lecture that shattered the stereotypical librarian image depicting a prudish, middle-aged, silence-loving white woman.

Blogging as a means of reaching students

In a Teaching and Learning Workshop presentation this past Friday, Kevin Lim, a doctoral student in the communication department, showed UB faculty and staff how they can reach out to their students and promote participation through non-traditional means.Lim explained to his audience the basic concepts of Internet blogging and how professors can utilize this tool to foster student learning.

New software offers game design opportunities for both Xbox and PC

In a presentation held in the Student Union on Sept. 17, representatives from Microsoft introduced a new game development platform that enables anyone with a computer and Internet connection to create and distribute games for PC and Xbox 360.According to Gus Weber, academic relations manager for Microsoft, the platform - called XNA - is free to download and features complete access to an online code database as well as a drag-and-drop interface, one that minimizes the need to write original code."This is a video game development for the masses.

"Faculty Senate considers updates to databases, textbook royalty rules"

Faculty representatives discussed concrete steps toward UB 2020's campus improvements as well as changes to University policies regarding Campus Cash, textbook royalties and the registration schedule during Tuesday's general meeting session.Peter Nickerson, director of the pathology graduate program at the UB Medical School, reported on the Faculty Student Association's (FSA) efforts to make Campus Cash more widely accepted."The FSA has expanded Campus Cash to a variety of local vendors, not only on campus but also around UB," Nickerson said.