Is this seriously my last week of college classes? If you're like me, someone who loved college, saying goodbye isn't easy. When I spot a UB lanyard-wearing freshmen looking frazzled in the Union, I can't help but feel envious about the remaining years they have left to enjoy being students.
Justin Lindh, a UB alumnus, is selling pot, legally. Lindh, who graduated in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in business, is now the co-owner and operator at Sensible Selections, a medical marijuana dispensary and lounge in San Diego, California. Lindh did not always picture a career in this industry; however, that changed after visiting a friend in California last year. "My friend had been in the works to open [a dispensary] but one of his partners backed out so I basically took his place," Lindh said.
Over 100 people in Western New York will need blood today, and 800 people in the Buffalo community are waiting for a life-saving transplant. This Tuesday, students can do their part to help save a life by attending the "Help The Beat Go On" event from 11 a.m.
This Sunday, the second annual Matthew Scarpati Memorial Walk will take place from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Note: Due to the illegality of using and selling prescription medications for non-medically intended use, many of the sources are referred to by their first names or pseudonyms to protect their anonymity. Misusing prescription amphetamine medications such as Adderall is a widespread problem at UB, a survey reveals, with nearly one-third of UB students stating that they have used the drug non-medically.
Dr. Gregory G. Homish, assistant professor of community health and health behavior at UB, is the first author of an article in the current issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness; the article deals with disaster response in the wake of the recent Flight 3407 tragedy. "Immediate intervention [after a disaster] usually reduces tension, which can mitigate the negative impact on individual, family, and work life and improve health," Homish said. Emergency mental health is a field of practice designed to help survivors, their significant others, emergency responders, disaster workers, and the community at large to effectively cope with the extreme stresses they may face in the aftermath of a disaster.
Ready for Takeoff! A Winning Process for Launching Your Engineering Career is the creation of Dean Millar, director of the Engineering Career Institution.
One in five college students has a sexually transmitted disease (STD), and more than half of all people will have an STD/STI at some point in their lives, according to The Center for Disease Control. Nineteen million new sexually transmitted disease cases occur each year, and almost half of these are among people between the ages of 15 to 24.
The National Science Foundation's CAREER awards have been presented to three UB faculty members, which has generated nearly $1.5 million for new research projects in Buffalo. Peihong Zhang and Wenjun Zheng, assistant professors of physics, received the awards in 2010 and Sheldon Park, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, will begin receiving funding through the award beginning this month. The CAREER Program, also known as The Faculty Early Career Development Program, presents one of the NSF's most esteemed awards.
Virginia Seitz, a 1985 graduate of the UB Law School, has been nominated by President Obama to lead the U.S.
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