NICK MAGESIS - The Spectrum

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UB Professor aims to assist in the rebuilding of declining regions

By NICK MAGESIS | Apr. 25, 2007

Kathryn A. Foster, director of the UB Regional Institute, has recently received approximately $200,000 from the Macarthur Foundation to conduct a national analysis concerning how regions respond to national demographic, economic and social challenges.Foster, a co-investigator for the Network on Building Resilient Regions, said that the analysis has been years in the making."The process that we have undergone in obtaining this grant has been underway since mid-2004," Foster said.

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Re-opening of Heights store brings neighborhood hope

By NICK MAGESIS | Apr. 18, 2007

It has been almost seven months since the closing of the M&F University Grocery and Deli, but under new ownership and with an optimistic outlook towards the future, the shop's bright red "OPEN" lights are shining once again.

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Campaign looks to raise awareness among UB students

By NICK MAGESIS | Mar. 23, 2007

With a waiting list that exceeds 90,000 people in the United States, organ donation is a cause in need of support nationwide.

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A preview of the past

By NICK MAGESIS | Feb. 16, 2007

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Studying addictions from a sexual identity perspective

By NICK MAGESIS | Jan. 26, 2007

A research grant has been awarded to Dr. Amy Hequembourg of the Research Institute on Addictions, with the intention of focusing exclusively on the addictions of members of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual community.Though substance abuse and sexual orientation have each had their turns in the media spotlight, no research until now has attempted to link the two.The grant is funded by the National Institute of Health, with the experiment being labeled as a C.O.P.E.

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Study shows correlation between asthma and obesity

By NICK MAGESIS | Jan. 19, 2007

With the rates of obesity and asthma at an all time high in America, researchers at UB have been able to find a link between the two conditions.

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$4.1 million in grants to fund psychology studies

By NICK MAGESIS | Dec. 8, 2006

With the pressure to try drugs and alcohol weighing heavily on many teenagers, one researcher at UB has been awarded a grant to find out what makes adolescents go under the influence.

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Journalist Jay Schrieber: From UB to the top

By NICK MAGESIS | Dec. 6, 2006

There are few people who can say that they are working their dream job, and even fewer people that can declare that their ideal career started at UB.

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UB Ranked Number 10 in International Enrollment

By NICK MAGESIS | Dec. 4, 2006

Among 2,700 accredited United States universities that accept international enrollment, the University at Buffalo has moved up to number ten in an annual report released by the Institute of International Education.

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College of Arts and Sciences Dean selection underway

By NICK MAGESIS | Dec. 1, 2006

With the dean position currently vacant in the College of Arts and Sciences, a search committee has been formed to fill the position with a worthy candidate.English instructor Robert Daly, credited as a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, is chairman of the search committee.