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Patricia Donovan (Humanities)
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Ellen Goldbaum (Sciences)
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12 CAS Faculty Members Receive Funding for Research
Twelve faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences have been named Humanities Institute research fellows for the 2008-09 academic year.
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4 Faculty Members Receive SUNY Research Awards
Four University at Buffalo faculty members -- Robert J. Genco, Andre Filiatrault, Gilberto Mosqueda and Doreen Wackeroth -- were honored for their research and scholarship at the SUNY Research Foundation's annual awards dinner held on Monday in Albany.
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UB Art Gallery to present the work of five architecture students
The University at Buffalo Art Gallery in the UB Center for the Arts will present (In)visible Cities, an exhibition of architectural projects by five students from the UB School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
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UB Establishes Institute for Jewish Thought, Heritage and Culture
The University at Buffalo has established the Institute for Jewish Thought, Heritage and Culture, a multidisciplinary research and academic degree-granting center that will focus scholarship on the critical role that Judaism has played in the development and communication of Western thought.
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Second UB Classics Student Receives Prestigious Rome Prize
For the second year in a row, a doctoral student in the University at Buffalo Department of Classics has received a rare pre-doctoral Rome Prize to fund research in ancient studies at the American Academy in Rome.
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UB Economists Provide Revenue Forecasts to State Comptroller
Tax revenue forecasts by University at Buffalo economist Isaac Ehrlich, Ph.D., and researchers in UB's Center of Excellence on Human Capital, Technology Transfer, and Economic Growth and Development may play a major role in future budget negotiations in determining how much the state has to spend.
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We're All Stars Now: Reality TV, Web 2.0 and Mediated Identities
A new study of television viewing and communication patterns among young adults by University at Buffalo researchers has found a relationship between reality television viewing and "promiscuous friending" on popular social networking sites such as Facebook.
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Conference to Look at Evolving Role of Pro Bono Work
National and local experts on providing legal services to those unable to afford high lawyer bills will convene in Buffalo this month for a three-day pro bono conference sponsored by the University at Buffalo's Law School, the Department of Sociology in the UB College of Arts and Sciences and local judicial organizations.
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UB Creates Institute for European, Mediterranean Archaeology
The University at Buffalo will formally launch a new Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA) on April 3 with an inaugural ceremony and the institute's first academic conference on April 4 and 5.
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Writing for Friends and Family: The Interpersonal Nature of Blogs
Bloggers who publicly broadcast highly personal information across the Internet are likely to be self-disclosing extraverts who use personal blogs to strengthen and enhance their already large networks of strong social ties, according to a study co-authored by a University at Buffalo researcher.
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