Events
Romance Languages and Literatures Event
On
February 10th from 6-7pm in
420 Capen Hall, Jorge Guitart, professor of Spanish Linguistics in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, will give a reading and a book signing to celebrate the publication of "The Empress of Frozen Custard." This event is presented in conjunction with the Poetics Plus Program and the Humanities Institute. Read more here...
Geology Pegrum Lecture
On February 11th,
the Department of Geology hosts Dr. Alex P. Wolfe from the University of Alberta. Dr. Wolfe will present "Paleoclimatic Instability During the Eocene: Back to the Future?" in room 216 of Natural Sciences Complex. Refreshments will be available before the talk at 3:30pm, and the lecture will begin at 3:45pm. Read more here...
American Studies Talk at Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Cynthia Wu, assistant professor of American Studies will speak at Muse Restaurant on February 12th from 4-6pm in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery as part of the Humanities Institute's Scholars at Muse Series. Her talk is titled, "Conjoining the Republic: The Siamese Twins in American Literature and Culture." Read more here...
Philosophy Lecture
On February 12th, Philosopher Jason Stanley from Rutgers University will speak as part of the Department of Philosophy's Spring 2010 colloquia series. The lecture will be held from 3:30-5:30pm in Park Hall, room 141. Read more here...
News
UB Geographers Help Map Devastation in Haiti
In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, University at Buffalo geography students are participating in a global effort to enhance the international response and recovery effort by helping to assess damage, using images hosted by Google Earth and the Virtual Disaster Viewer, which shares imagery of disasters from various sources. Eight graduate and undergraduate students are conducting the research, under the direction of Chris Renschler, UB associate professor of geography, in his Landscape-based Environmental Systems Analysis and Modeling Laboratory (LESAM) in UB's Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences. Read more here...
UB Biologists Discover Enzyme Degrades Protein that Suppresses or Promotes Cancer
University at Buffalo biologists have identified an enzyme that degrades an important protein present in cancers of both adults and children. "This is the first study to show that treatment of cultured cancer cells with chemotherapeutic drugs can cause destruction of the Wilms' tumor 1 by an enzyme called HtrA2/Omi," says Stefan Roberts, PhD, assistant professor of biological sciences in the UB College of Arts and Sciences and lead author on the paper. Read more here...
Undergraduate Research Key to Recruiting and Retaining UB Students
As a research-intensive institution, UB is committed to providing rewarding opportunities for research discovery, even to undergraduate students, a group not traditionally provided many opportunities to work with faculty engaged in research. "Research is a way to attract undergraduate students to UB and let them know what they can accomplish once they're here," explains Tim Tryjankowski, coordinator of UB's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (CURCA). Read more here...
