ERIN SHULTZ AND NICK PETRILLI

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Wooing With Words

In an effort to celebrate the work of local high school poets and gauge the interest of prospective UB applicants, the College of Arts and Sciences recently announced the start of an annual contest with cash prizes.UB Artist in Residence Carl Dennis, whose book "Practical Gods" earned the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, will judge the contest.CAS Dean Uday Sukhatme, originator of the poetry contest, ran a similar program at the University of Illinois at Chicago.