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The ladies at Baldy walkway caf?PI know how to walk the walk
By DANIEL BRITT | Sep. 11, 2006It's lunchtime at the Baldy open caf?
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UB Students Simulate Life on Mars
By DANIEL BRITT | Apr. 21, 2003While other students spent Spring Break on a beach in Daytona or Cancun, two UB graduate students spent their vacation in a two-story metal cylinder that simulated conditions of Mars.For two weeks in late March and early April, Brent Gerry and Abbey Semple, doctoral students in the department of geology, replicated the living and working conditions of astronauts who landed on the red planet, all while in Utah.The UB duo was part of the 16th crew of scientists and engineers to man the Mars Desert Research Station, located a few miles outside Hanksville, Utah.
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UB Grad Named Head of Chinese Education System
By DANIEL BRITT | Apr. 14, 2003UB's international reputation improved last month when Zhou Ji, a 1984 graduate of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, was named Prime Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China.
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Fighting Cancer with Animation
By DANIEL BRITT | Apr. 14, 2003For the members of UB Anime, the club devoted entirely to Japanese animation, sitting through a 26-hour anime marathon is a small price to pay to help raise money for the American Cancer Society.More than 30 UB students gathered in front of a big screen TV in Lehman Hall Friday to watch anime and raise money for the charity.
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International Fiesta Spices Up Student Union
By DANIEL BRITT | Apr. 7, 2003Women from the Organization for Arab Students rushed the stage in sequined skirts and were quickly joined by male dancers in jackets, ties and traditional Arab headdresses, called kaffiyehs, on Friday afternoon.The group performed an Arab wedding dance, as over 800 students cheered them on at the International Fiesta in the Student Union.
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UB to Construct 'Glass House' for Management Students
By DANIEL BRITT | Apr. 4, 2003University officials and local entrepreneurs got together in the muddy courtyard outside Jacobs on Thursday to break ground on the new Alfiero Center - the first UB building to be constructed mainly by support from private donors.The Alfiero Center will be a three-story addition to the School of Management in Jacobs Hall.
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GSA Election Debate Erupts into Chaos
By DANIEL BRITT | Mar. 26, 2003All seven Graduate Student Association candidates running for executive positions got the third degree from a frustrated audience at the association's official debate Monday night.The GSA candidates met in front of a small but rowdy audience in Knox 20 to state their platforms for running for office and debate issues relevant to the future of the GSA.
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School of Engineering Rewards Best and Brightest with Scholarships
By DANIEL BRITT | Mar. 24, 2003Twenty-four of UB's top engineering students were recognized Friday evening at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' 18th annual scholarship reception.The Center for Tomorrow event staff ran out of chairs when over 200 people gathered in the ballroom to recognize the undergraduate and graduate students who received scholarships.
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"UB, WNY Collaboration Aims to Ease Exchange of Health Data"
By DANIEL BRITT | Mar. 19, 2003In an effort to provide local health officials with an overview of regional health trends and to enable diagnosis of a possible bioterrorism attack on Western New York, UB is collaborating with the Erie County Department of Health to form the Western New York Population Health Observatory.According to Maurizio Trevisan, dean of the School of Public Health and initiator of the collaboration, the plan is to establish a network for the centralization, analysis and exchange of local health data."Much of what PHO will try to accomplish is drawing correlations between certain local regions and illnesses to see if we pinpoint some kind of causal relationship," said Christopher Sempos, director of the Population Health Observatory.
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"SA Organizes Rally to Fight Tuition Hike, Cuts to Aid"
By DANIEL BRITT | Feb. 14, 2003The Student Association, on behalf of its constituents, is about to retaliate against raised tuition.The SA recently unveiled plans to hold a rally outside the Student Union on Feb.
