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ONE YEAR. HUNDREDS OF STORIES.

THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO PROGRESS REPORT

{ PB } We took the Internet underwater.

We groomed a first-round NFL draft pick.

We hosted the President of the United States.

CONDUCTING RESEARCH that finds solutions to the complex challenges of today. Educating tomorrow’s leaders to answer questions that haven’t yet been posed. Engaging our communities to make lives better in our own backyard and throughout the world. That’s the University at Buffalo, every day of the year.

The following pages list 534 news headlines from 2013-2014 that chronicle our unique footprint in higher education. UB’s role as New York State’s largest, most comprehensive public research university is reinforced by the important work our award-winning faculty, enthusiastic students and committed staff undertake every day on our three vibrant campuses to make our local and global communities healthier, more productive and more prosperous.

This list of headlines is not comprehensive; we could easily fill UB Stadium with the accomplishments from the past year. But one thing remains clear: Whether we’re building a model Mars rover, targeting new ways to treat cancer or documenting women’s activism in Pakistan, the University at Buffalo is continually making a difference in the world.

DID A HEADLINE CATCH YOUR EYE? Go online at www.buffalo.edu/list for links to each story you see here, and experience a year in the life at UB.

{ 2 } LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, our mission as a premier research university boils down to three basic elements: groundbreaking research, transformative educational expe- riences, and deeply engaged service to our local and global communities. It’s a simple formula that yields incredible power—bringing together thousands of minds to tackle the age-old questions and brand-new challenges facing our world in the 21st century. How can we gauge our progress in pursuing this mission? I believe the best measure of a university’s excellence is our impact: the difference we make in the world around us, the lives we change for the better. As a scholarly community, we are dedicated to harnessing our ideas, our discoveries and our creativity to make the world a better place. Expressing that impact in a neat package is another story entirely. Research expenditures and funds raised help define the quality of our scholarship and education—and the scope of their influence—and you will find these figures and more in this progress report. But numbers tell only part of the story. It’s our people who bring these facts and figures to life—from our students who are building the solar home of the future to our researchers who are using nanotechnology to revolutionize cancer treatment, to our Buffalo neighbors who are partnering with us to build a greener, healthier and more culturally vibrant city. Many of their stories are gathered here, offering hundreds of small, vivid windows on the tremendous influence our university’s people have on the world around us. Of course, we can’t list every one of the achievements and contributions our students, faculty and staff have made this year. For every story and accomplishment recorded on these pages, there are many others to tell and countless more yet to unfold. We hope this report gives you insight into some of what our UB family has achieved over the course of the past year, and the great difference these efforts are making. Thank you for all you contribute to the ongoing UB story, and all the ways in which you deepen and extend our impact.

With best regards,

Satish K. Tripathi, President

{ 2 } THELIST LIST DIGITIZING JULY 2013 001. UB students head to Houston to test micropump at near-zero gravity for NASA ‘DOROTHY’ 002. UB’s new CTRC imaging center is Western New York’s first devoted exclusively to research

003. Amazing China! Amazing India! Expertise in 3-D digital

004. Intern puts skills to use at engineering firm Cobham fabrication leads to

005. UB TCIE’s continuous business improvement fall classes announced real-world opportunities

006. UB pediatrics professor receives Excellence Award from National for architecture students Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

007. Engineering students design bridge for rural Kenyans, now they’re seeking funding to build it LOOK UP the next time you’re strolling through 008. Federal judges take more UB students for internships downtown Manhattan, and you may see four 19-foot-tall angels looking down on you from 009. UB neurosurgery residents achieve among highest scores on national their perch atop a 21-story Beaux Arts building. board exam Named “Dorothy,” the caryatids were crafted by 010. Why do females respond better to stress? Estrogen in the brain Western New York restoration firm Boston Valley Terra Cotta using state-of-the-art technology 011. Research plans to bring African yoga project home and techniques introduced to them by UB faculty 012. Trena Peel named head softball coach and students. Terra cotta restoration has traditionally been a 013. UB on the Green to feature theme nights labor-intensive process involving many steps, from creating 2-D drawings of the original object to 014. Software firm graduates from UB incubator to new WNY office hand-pressing terra cotta into molds. Experts 015. Summer school—for science teachers from UB’s School of Architecture and Planning approached Boston Valley with an interest in exploring 016. UB receives $1.2 million grant to train future oral health researchers industrial applications for digital fabrication tools, 017. Worried about your teenager driving a car? They can learn for free on which students and faculty had long used to model UB’s driving simulator and test their designs in the school’s Digital Fabrication Laboratory. 018. Parade of robots concludes summer workshop So far, the experiment has been an unmitigated 019. Exhibition showcases work of artists with developmental disabilities success. The increased precision and efficiency generated by the high-tech tools are enabling Boston Valley to compete at an international level 020. 3-D digital carving: A new tool for an ancient art and, by taking the heavy lifting out of restoring large sculptural works, giving employees more 021. “Chinese philosophy and the Way of Living” time to focus on their craft. Meanwhile, UB students—who continue to work on-site, honing 022. Scientist gauging algae’s potential uses and passing on their skills—are gaining real-world 023. 150 years after the Civil War, America still searches for racial redemption experience that can’t be beat.

024. UB’s undergraduate academies to hold program on lawyers as agents of social change Experiential learning is par for the course at 025. Mapping the experience of an individual with dementia UB. A few more examples from the past year: 026. Can we create biofuels, fertilizer from Great Lakes algae? > Graduate students in UB’s Master of Arts in Humanities (MAH) Program 027. UB researchers stalk a preventable killer in Caribbean and Latin/o Cultural Studies explored a lost Mayan underwater world in Yucatan, Mexico, as part of an archeological project 028. UB conference examines bioethics and the philosophy of medicine > The UB Space Bulls, a team of graduate and undergraduate students in 029. UB faculty, students join medical mission in Haiti engineering and communications, built a working Mars rover prototype for a NASA-sponsored competition 030. Study finds link in genes for obesity and asthma > Working with civil attorneys, law students helped counsel consumer debtors 031. Back to the old grind! on their legal rights through UB’s new Consumer Financial Advocacy Clinic

{ 4 } 032. A smartphone app that could help decrease marijuana use?

033. Indian Health Service and UB sign collaborative agreement

034. It’s like a Buffalo Bills mini-camp, only it’s for WNY’s budding engineers

035. Students from across U.S. to showcase research they conducted in Buffalo 036. Tiny, brightly shining silicon crystals could be safe for deep-tissue imaging BIG AUGUST 2013

037. Law students advise consumers under siege from creditors

038. The Chronicle cites UB as ’great college to work for’ 039. Nasal spray anesthesia may work as well as injections for dental procedures, study shows MAN 040. UB joins National Science Foundation biometrics research center ON CAMPUS

041. Dean Folks ramping up ’experiential learning’ for engineering students

042. Monster in the Great Lakes: UB students study plastic pollution

043. UB offers engineering service grants to small and mid-sized businesses In a historic visit to UB, President Obama 044. UB offers new online rehabilitation counseling graduate certificate program reveals higher education policy agenda 045. UB program to fill demand for teachers of Chinese that will “shake up the system” 046. Gene regulator key to healthy retinal development

047. UB microbiologists identify disease triggers

048. UB’s newly created Corporate Village at Stampede Square adds exciting element to football gamedays

049. UB gets $1 million HRSA grant to educate nurses on oral health

050. UB to welcome President Barack Obama ON AUGUST 22, 2013, President ability and student debt,” Obama Barack Obama made history at said. “Today I’m proposing major 051. President Obama visits UB, unveils higher education reforms UB, becoming the first sitting U.S. new reforms that will shake up president to speak on campus the current system, create better 052. $75,000 grant to aid minority and women entrepreneurs since Millard Fillmore in 1853. incentives for colleges to do more President Obama delivered a with less, and deliver better value 053. Bukowski collection at UB looks at poet’s early years groundbreaking national address for students and their families.” 054. Campus garden goal of student group at UB’s Alumni Arena in front of The president’s choice to deliver a standing-room-only crowd of this message at UB was no accident. 055. UB shake tables to replicate California earthquake 7,200. The audience included U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Colleges” guide recently 056. Firsthand experience, government trust affect response to terror alerts students, faculty, staff and com- munity members, as well as dig- ranked UB first among public uni- 057. RIA awarded five NIH grants totaling more than $6 million nitaries such as U.S. Secretary of versities nationwide for students Education Arne Duncan and New graduating with the least debt. 058. Two-story building survives shake table test York Governor Andrew Cuomo. UB is also at the forefront of many 059. Swihart receives Schoellkopf Medal At a time when the average issues important to the Obama student borrower owes more than administration, including health 060. New UB center to create more effective leaders, organizations $26,000 after graduating, President care, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) 061. Heart disease and depression connection is topic of 2013 Golden lecture Obama spoke about the need for all students to be able to afford education, and economic revital- 062. Green living, eco-internships all part of UB’s new Sustainability Academy higher education. “We’ve got a ization through development of crisis in terms of college afford- university research. 063. Zombies to invade UB classroom this semester

064. College of Arts and Sciences welcomes 22 new faculty members this fall 065. RIA’s Gerard Connors receives prestigious national award Bold initiatives like Finish in 4, which provides 066. Obama’s visit brings UB national recognition as a leader in access, affordability resources and guidance to help students graduate

067. A small molecule may help reduce damage in aging-related heart attacks on time, led the New America foundation to choose UB as one of six “Next Generation” universities.

{ 6 } 068. The world as you have not considered it

069. Genomic study reveals why children in remission from rheumatoid arthritis often experience recurrences MISSION CRITICAL 070. Study finds increased menthol cigarette use among young people

071. Study: Overweight and obese women are equally capable of the impulse control that lean women exhibit New lecture series sparks

SEPTEMBER 2013 dialogue about pivotal 21st century issues 072. UB faculty and staff are welcome to relax in mindfulness meditation course

073. Slee Sinfonietta, Roman kick off UB concert season

074. Anderson Gallery to feature Hispanic artists NINE OUT OF 10 schools nationwide don’t offer computer program- 075. American Chemical Society career advancement event coming to UB ming courses—despite the fact 076. UB philosopher to talk about ’Silo City’ photo exhibition that computer science infiltrates nearly every aspect of our lives, from health care and politics to 077. ‘Critical Conversations’ highlights prominent scholars shopping and sports. This was just one of many pow- 078. Top legal experts will address the need for counsel for the poor erful messages delivered by Ed Lazowska, a leading scholar in the 079. Study to take a close look at gambling among elderly Asian Americans area of high-performance com- 080. UB to bring Opie to Burchfield Penney puting and communication sys- tems, during his appearance last 081. Already among “Best National Universities,” UB cracks top 10 for least fall as the inaugural speaker for student debt, according to US News rankings “Critical Conversations.” The new 082. Why are some corals flourishing in a time of global warming? annual program was launched by UB president Satish K. Tripathi to 083. UB engineer awarded $300K National Science Foundation grant for showcase distinguished scholars protein research at the forefront of their fields. 084. Who is ‘Molly’? UB’s Research Institute on Addictions knows Lazowska shared his insights into the new age of discovery in a 085. UB College of Arts and Sciences celebrates 100 years of excellence lecture titled “Big Data, Enormous 086. First proteomic analysis of birth defect demonstrates power of a new technique Opportunity”—a resonant subject at UB, given the university’s program will feature a keynote 087. UB exhibition expands from campus into city neighborhoods nationally recognized expertise in address that is free and open supercomputing. Referencing ev- to the public. Reflecting UB’s 088. Fair aims to nurture greener lifestyle erything from Siri to the Summer broader educational mission, the 089. Synthetic proteins focus of Park’s research of Love, Lazowska addressed the annual event has an ambitious impact of exponentials, the impor- agenda: to give the university 090. Program offers help in early days of cancer diagnosis tance of unanticipated results and community access to prominent 091. Lecture series opens humanities research to public the big data revolution. “Big data thought leaders who are break- will allow us to put the smarts into ing down traditional disciplinary 092. UB enrolls the largest number of international students in its history everything,” noted the University walls, to prepare students to be of Washington professor. global citizens and to contribute 093. Beta Alpha Psi again receives national honors Held at the start of the academic to UB’s growing role in leading 094. Russell Cicerone named Newcomer of the Year; First Team All-MAC year, each Critical Conversations big-picture conversations.

095. UB to celebrate Homecoming and Family Weekend Oct. 4-6

096. Forensic accounting expert to speak at UB School of Management ”Computing is characterized by exponentials: exponential 097. UB to host documentary and panel discussion on health care improvements in processor speed, storage capacity, 098. Kelly Svoboda named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week network bandwidth, sensors, even algorithms. These exponential improvements are invisible to most people 099. UB to celebrate Chinese Moon Festival Sept. 19 until suddenly they sweep over us and catch us unaware.” 100. UB rises significantly in ranking of world universities ED LAZOWSKA, INAUGURAL SPEAKER FOR CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS 101. Fred Lee named to Allstate AFCA Good Works Team AND FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE eSCIENCE INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 102. Research Institute on Addictions to host SUNY neuroscience conference

{ 8 } 103. ‘By any means necessary: Delivering the news in the 21st century’

104. Novel treatment for gonorrhea acts like a ‘live vaccine’ and prevents reinfection, UB animal study shows 20,000 GIGABYTES 105. Bright Buffalo Niagara venture forum to showcase 35 high-tech companies

106. UB Family Medicine sponsors breast cancer screenings at East Side walk and wellness event UNDER THE SEA 107. PAUSA provides unique venue for music

108. UB childhood obesity expert will share new approaches and solutions in free, public lecture From oil exploration to pollution monitoring to

109. Want to stop smoking for good? UB’s QUIT Program can help tsunami detection, the potential applications of an

110. UB to celebrate staff, faculty underwater Internet are vast

111. Vacuum key to pouring a smooth beer

112. UB study to examine health effects of Tonawanda Coke emissions IT SEEMS LIKE the Internet 113. From the Underground Railroad to African-American music: Past and is everywhere. On our future highlight EOC’s open house phones. In our cars. 114. Stem cells play role in atherosclerosis Attached to our heads. Everywhere, that is, 115. A new approach to managing hazardous waste sites but in the ocean.

116. Public health advocate Meredith Minkler to speak on community-based Thanks to the pioneer- research in public health ing work done by a group of UB researchers, led by elec- 117. Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku to speak at UB trical engineering professor

118. Sculpture of folded steel rises in the shadow of Buffalo’s grain elevators Tommaso Melodia, that’s about to change. 119. Stockholm meets New York in ‘Double Quartet’ The lack of an underwater Internet until now is largely a 120. Lecture to examine fandom, commerce and the freedom to play result of the way Internet tech- 121. UB Office of Global Health Initiatives continues its 2013 seminar series nology works. On land, wireless networks rely on radio waves that 122. UB announces global transcript notation transmit data via satellites and smartphones and other wireless 123. Cain receives prestigious cardiology fellowship antennae. But radio waves don’t devices in real time. Data-sharing work well under water. While the problem solved. 124. Study of skin disease reveals clues to autoimmune conditions Navy and other organizations According to Melodia, this have ways around this—using “unprecedented ability to collect 125. UB study to identify molecular process leading to peripheral pain a combination of sound wave- and analyze data from our oceans” 126. Professor develops test to identify risk of future DWI offenses based techniques and radio could have multiple applications, waves—different systems around including monitoring pollution 127. Chief judge to solicit testimony on unmet legal needs the world use different types of in our waterways, discovering 128. Lovell awarded prestigious NIH grant to improve cancer treatment infrastructure, making it difficult underwater oil and natural gas to share data. resources, intercepting makeshift OCTOBER 2013 The technology developed at submarines used by drug smug- UB will allow the transmission glers, and greatly improving the 129. UB enrollment at record high of data from underwater sensor detection of tsunamis and other 130. Babies born at 37-38 weeks at higher risk for adverse health outcomes networks directly to laptops, natural disasters.

131. Refugees’ story illustrates campaign’s mission

132. Taking the Internet underwater TESTED IN LAKE ERIE. PRESENTED IN TAIWAN. 133. UB to bring novelist Laird Hunt to Buffalo In November 2013, Melodia

134. Buffalo’s renaissance: Top urban planner reflects on years of work in a and his students shared changing city their work at an inter-

135. UB physicist’s work inspires new research national conference for underwater technology. 136. UB researcher plunges into hot teen webnovela

{ 10 } 137. UB’s cleanup volunteers target University Heights Linear Park, celebration to follow

138. Shibley receives state architecture education award 139. UB-led team receives $1.4M grant to mine ‘big data’ for transportation BREAKING NEW improvements

140. UB’s anti-bullying center presents annual conference during National Bullying Prevention Month GROUND 141. UB moves up in world university rankings

142. UB physician will direct National Center for Physician Training in Addiction Medicine Construction on UB’s

143. Alumna donates professorship to College of Arts and Sciences $375 million downtown medical school begins 144. Second $4.7 million DOE grant to Center for Assistive Technology

145. UB Employees Campaign for the Community

146. RIA’s Gancarz takes top prize at Neuroscience Research Day

147. New study: Does putting your feet up = power?

148. Stephen Goss, education reformer WHEN UB’S NEW SCHOOL of Medicine ratories and advanced simulation and Biomedical Sciences opens its centers for surgical and robotic 149. RIA’s Eiden receives prestigious NIH appointment doors, it will bring 2,000 faculty, surgery training. As the school’s students and staff to downtown opening draws closer, UB plans to 150. UB breaks ground for new medical school in downtown Buffalo Buffalo on a daily basis. And it will hire 100 new medical faculty mem- bring them together in a way that bers and grow its medical school class from 140 to 180 students. 151. Water meets lava and, curiously, no explosion will raise the level of teaching, research and health care for Most exciting, by building the 152. Nobel Prize for Higgs boson thrills UB physicists generations to come. medical school within steps That was the message delivered of UB’s hospital and research 153. UB ‘taking it to the next level,’ Tripathi reports in university address by leaders from UB, SUNY (State partners, the university will play 154. School of Management jumps 8 spots in Forbes ranking University of New York) and New an important role in the creation York State last October, when they of a comprehensive, collaborative 155. The 25th annual J. Warren Perry speaker to address issues of world obesity gathered to celebrate the school’s academic health center—a hub for teaching, research and patient care 156. Karen Finley to visit UB and debut new performance first major construction milestone. The roughly 610,000-square-foot that paves the way for Buffalo to 157. Nov. 8 concert to celebrate the 60th birthday of David Felder building—currently the largest become a health-care destination medical education facility under and to attract students and faculty 158. UB alumnus, a national expert on U.S. economy, to speak at CTRC from around the region and the in November construction in the U.S.—will feature a light-filled, seven-story world who want to study, teach 159. Irish-born lyrical poet Eamon Grennan to give UB 2013 Silverman Reading glass atrium, as well as state-of- and practice medicine at the the-art modular research labo- highest level. 160. Endowment for Robert Frost collection at $65,000 and growing

161. UB collaborates on one-of-a-kind new media gallery

162. Putting segregation to the numbers test

163. UB to celebrate Gender Week

164. Smyth among top social work professors using Twitter wisely

165. Grant aims to increase family consent to organ donation

166. Cancer scientist launches drug-development company

167. UB medical technology graduates fill growing national shortage

168. Lewis named American Academy of Nursing fellow “The academic health center will offer unprecedented 169. Second annual Buffalo Food Policy Summit to be held Oct. 23 opportunities for our faculty and students. It also will help improve the health of people who live in Western New 170. Increasing colorectal cancer screening among African Americans York and beyond, as Buffalo develops into a destination for 171. Applicants sought for technology entrepreneurship competition innovative approaches to clinical care and treatment.”

MICHAEL E. CAIN, DEAN OF UB’S SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

{ 12 } 172. UB professors foster bioinformatics education in WNY high schools 173. ‘Zombies’ kick off ‘Scholars on the Road’ lecture series IS A 174. UB neurologists to discuss new treatments and research with the public LIFE CABARET 175. This is not your grandmother’s poetry collection

176. Clinton covers the issues in UB lecture Science & Art Cabaret celebrates 177. UB opens Center for Excellence in Writing 5th season of mixing it up

178. Taking a hard look at government surveillance

179. Engineering alumnus gives $500,000 to support professorship “A REVEREND, a poet and a mathematician walk into a bar…” 180. NSF grant funds UB communication research into anti-phishing models That’s how Will Kinney, associate professor of physics, attempts to explain how some people perceive the Science 181. Breaking ground in cancer research & Art Cabaret. But this popular event series, which brings 182. No firm link between violence and video games, Anstey says local artists and university researchers together to discuss a hodgepodge of thought-provoking topics, is no joke. 183. Institutions discuss role in economic growth Rather, it’s one of UB’s most talked-about 184. How problems with an Alzheimer’s protein can jam up traffic in the brain “We wanted to happenings, where the public is invited to grab pull science a drink and listen as experts discuss a common 185. UB literacy teachers well-prepared for teaching in challenging times theme. The eclectic series—a collaboration out of the stuffy among UB’s College of Arts and Sciences, Hall- 186. Shamans weave myth, history to rewrite story of a subjugated people lecture hall and walls Contemporary Arts Center and the Buffalo 187. Carnegie Mellon and UB researchers improving transit and sidewalk show that it really Museum of Science—is held at various locations, access for people with disabilities is a creative but most often at a refurbished church in the heart of downtown. Other than the cash bar, 188. Zimpher names two from UB in first class of SUNY student fellows activity: vital, events are free. lively, human October 2013 marked the start of the fifth year 189. Science & Art Cabaret celebrates 5th season and fun.” for the cabaret, which Kinney co-founded along with John Massier, visual arts curator at Hallwalls, 190. Activities slated for 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Week at UB and Gary Nickard of the Department of Art. The landmark season kicked off with a conversation 191. New office to support student veterans on “hysteresis,” a word that refers to the way the history of a system influences its current state. 192. Women’s human rights theme of International Education Week Physicists shared the spotlight with a commercial 193. Caribbean/Latino studies students find program a hands-on experience photographer and a James Joyce expert. Past presenters have included a psychologist, a 194. A question of access topic of UB Law discussions painter, an artist who draws cadavers, an illu- WILL KINNEY, UB sionist, a law school professor and an electronic 195. NIH funds UB pharmacology initiatives ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR music ensemble. OF PHYSICS 196. UB joins database that pairs subjects with research studies The point—other than to have a good NOVEMBER 2013 time—is to reveal how people working in diverse 197. Sound poet and digital artist Jaap Blonk to perform fields often think and talk 198. Zimmerman attorneys to speak at trial competition about similar problems, without even knowing it. 199. Cahn receives prestigious Vanderbilt fellowship “Sometimes,” said Massier, 200. Lee Foundation makes $600,000 gift to UB for schizophrenia research “it’s not about answers, but about lots 201. Next-gen crystallography: UB and partner institutions awarded and lots of $25 million to develop new X-ray imaging of biomolecules questions.” 202. Buffalo Criminal Law Center puts scholars in touch worldwide

203. UB graduate student helps facilitate major health studies in India

204. Friedman named global fellow at Wilson center

205. Students take top honors in hackathons in Ohio, Michigan

206. Bystanders can make a difference, bullying expert says

207. Sculptural wall made from local materials wins international prize

{ 14 } ILLUSTRATION COURTESY JOAN LINDER AND MIXED GREENS GALLERY 208. Greiner Hall and UB-Kaleida Health building win awards for America’s best buildings of the year

209. Stingray movement could inspire the next generation of submarines

210. Researchers study how to use mind-controlled robots in manufacturing, SCHOLARSHIP medicine

211. Literacy depends on nurture, not nature, UB education professor says 212. Early onset dementia and CTE potential in professional football and MATERIAL hockey players are key focus of UB study 213. Law professors have roles in high-level court cases A high-profile award 214. FAFSA project clears the way for students’ financial aid keeps UB engineering 215. Gladwell weaves captivating tale of an underdog student on course 216. Course to break down ‘Breaking Bad’ to change the world 217. UB team works with Indian social workers to advance children’s rights

218. Hundreds of student volunteers grab shovels and paintbrushes for UB’s Community Day RUGBY PLAYER. Jazz musician. Published researcher. There 219. ‘Open Doors’ ranks UB among top 20 are many ways to describe 220. Childhood obesity expert to head Department of Social and Phillip Tucciarone, who re- Preventive Medicine cently graduated from UB with a BS in chemical engineering. 221. Prasad receives honorary doctorate from Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology In December 2013, Tucciarone added one more item to the list: 222. Undergraduates to study medicinal plants, culture of healing in Peru Marshall Scholarship winner. The Marshall is among the most 223. Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership to launch family business initiative prestigious scholarships in the world; 224. School of Management names winners in accounting competition Tucciarone was one of 34 winners nationwide. Previous recipients have 225. Heavy drinking is bad for marriage if one spouse drinks, but not both gone on to become CEOs, Supreme Court 226. College marketing can prey on disadvantaged students justices and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors. Given his near-perfect GPA, two published peer- 227. Does obesity reshape our sense of taste? reviewed academic papers and several other awards (including the 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship), one 228. Infrared vision lets researchers see through multiple layers of graphene might think Tucciarone was destined for the Marshall. 229. Beyond the brain: Vascular changes in the neck may play role in Alzheimer’s The truth is anything but. “I worked in trades all of my life—as a plumber’s 230. Four UB researchers receive NSF’s prestigious CAREER award apprentice, mowing lawns for a landscaping company and 231. Greenland’s shrunken ice sheet: We’ve been here before drilling water wells,” Tucciarone says. The Orange County, N.Y., native didn’t even plan to go to college. Then he DECEMBER 2013 received a scholarship to attend UB, and the rest is history. Despite an intense academic workload, Tucciarone found time to play club rugby at UB, serve as president of the 232. Engineering student wins prestigious Marshall Scholarship Honors Student Council, mentor high school students in Buffalo’s public schools and organize an annual volunteer 233. UB TCIE to debut new Green Belt, data courses in spring semester trip to the Dominican Republic to teach children English. Inspired by his volunteer work and his positive 234. Therapy dogs come to UB to ease stress of final exams experiences at UB, Tucciarone is pursuing a doctorate 235. Panel to examine ‘untold’ stories of environmental contamination at the University of Oxford with the goal of becoming a professor of materials science. “Education is the strongest 236. A boost for Bailey Avenue businesses mechanism for change in the world,” he says. 237. UB installs electric car-charging stations on campus

238. Students get hands-on experience while rebuilding neighborhoods Tucciarone credits the passion and dedication 239. Malave receives a Fulbright-Hays award for Mandarin study in China of UB’s faculty for his own desire to teach.

240. RIA’s Frone named APA Fellow, authors new book “The faculty at UB is incredible,” he says. “They engaged me from day one.” 241. Helping lung cancer patients beat insomnia

{ 16 } SUNY CHANCELLOR’S AWARDS FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE

Honors SUNY students who have integrated their academic OUR SENSATIONAL achievements with other aspects of their lives, including leadership, athletics, career achievement, community service, and creative and performing arts.

KELSEY BARBOUR ANDREW LYONS AMANDA SHERMAN ERIN ELLIS ELISE MARTIN MATTHEW SILVER STUDENTS EMILY FIORE KAYLA MAXWELL CHRISTINE TJAHJADI-LOPEZ COURTNEY KODWEIS DANIEL OVADIA PHILLIP TUCCIARONE TAYLOR LANSING ELISE ROBERTS TRENTON VAN EPPS Phillip Tucciarone put his talent to work at UB, taking full advantage of its resources and making a noticeable impact on campus and beyond. But he wasn’t the only one. In the past year, a remarkable FULBRIGHT PROGRAM group of student leaders, scholars and researchers received state and national recognition for their The largest U.S. international exchange program, enabling accomplished students to pursue international graduate study, high-caliber achievements. advanced research or teaching worldwide.

DOMINIQUE BERTRAND, a PhD student in anthropology, was named a Fulbright Fellow to conduct research in Indonesia. COURTNEY BURROUGHS, a 2014 graduate in international studies, was named a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Scholar to teach English and conduct cultural exchange programs in Russia. AQUILLA HINES, an English major, was named a Fulbright ETA Scholar to teach English in Spain.

WOODROW WILSON HARRY S. TRUMAN FELLOWSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

BARRY M. GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP Provides mentoring and Awards highly selective, access to master’s level One of the country’s most prestigious student awards, given merit-based scholar- education programs to annually to sophomores and juniors planning to pursue advanced ships to 60-65 U.S. stu- college seniors and new degrees in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering. dents planning to pursue teachers during their careers in government first three years at high- SEAN BEARDEN (left) Having inherited his passion for math and or other public service. science from a “kooky” great uncle interested in concepts like need urban and rural perpetual motion, Bearden has been conducting research on spin schools. CHRISTINE TJAHJADI-LOPEZ lasers. These futuristic gadgets aim to manipulate spin in order (finalist), a senior geog- to reduce the electric current needed to create a highly focused MEGAN ROSS, a 2014 raphy major, is founder laser beam—an advancement that could lead to more efficient graduate of chemistry of “Bloggers Against data transfer in computers. and classics, will attend Social Injustice,” an Purdue University as a international blog that NIGEL MICHKI After taking an Honors College seminar on basic phar- teaching fellow. raises awareness of macy, Michki, a computational physics major, was inspired to explore human rights issues. how physics can be used to study biological systems. He has taken on the challenge of building a device that will help scientists study proteins in solution, which could lead to a better understanding of cellular systems—as well as the medicines that treat them. Honorable Mentions: STEPHANIE KONG, KRISTINA MONAKHOVA 242. Two UB architects awarded artist fellowships

243. Bulls accept invitation to Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

244. UB to host Origins, a symposium on how things begin

245. Epstein is named AAAS Fellow 246. Unraveling how H. influenzae thrives in COPD patients 247. Engineers zap bridges with electricity to test for corrosion ABIGSTORY 248. Private funds support young scientist’s research on pediatric lymphoma Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data 249. Malaysian alum to lead international alumni relations Analytics is a key part of plan to put New York 250. Welch to mark 50th year at UB by giving Fillmore speech State at the leading edge of personalized medicine 251. 48 good films for a well-rounded education

252. State awards UB $1 million for supercomputer expansion

253. UB serving as incubator for the bus of the future

254. Bay-Cheng to present research in Croatia

255. UB Nation unites in party mode to support bowl game IMAGINE you’re diagnosed with Parkinson’s 256. Five named SUNY Distinguished Professors disease. It’s a terrible thought, but now 257. UB researcher wins Dale Prize for efforts to promote healthy cities imagine if, instead of a standard treat- ment plan, your doctor could prescribe 258. $3.7 million bridge engineering institute launched a custom-tailored therapy based on your 259. U.S. Supreme Court: Lead, follow or get out of the way? exact genetic makeup. This hopeful vision underlies UB’s 260. Who gets in? Immigration forum explores tough questions Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics (BIG), part of a $100 261. Murky legal status for same sex marriage million collaboration between UB and 262. The origin of flowers: DNA of storied plant could help solve ‘Darwin’s the New York Genome Center aimed at abominable mystery’ putting New York State at the forefront “If I had one word to of personalized medicine. Announced in summarize what the 263. Corporate retail notes: A good investment for individuals? January by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, this bold genomic medicine 264. UB is ranked among the nation’s top five in COPD research initiative has the potential to revolution- project means, it’s ize the way physicians treat, prevent and 265. Toys, books, cribs can harbor bacteria for long periods, study finds hope. It gives us hope manage disease. JANUARY 2014 To be successful, genomic medicine that we will finally be requires the analysis of massive amounts on a path to solving 266. More ER visits result from complex factors, says UB medical policy expert of information, or “big data.” This is disease on a personal where UB fills a critical role, thanks basis, so we’re not 267. People in poor neighborhoods are twice as likely to have gambling to the university’s expertise in high- problems, study finds performance computing, combined with treating sick people 268. Stimulating brain cells stops binge drinking, animal study finds recognized national leadership in but preventing disease genomics and analysis of patient data. based on the risks we 269. Program allows kids to dream up dream digs UB has vast capabilities within its Center find in their genomes.” 270. UB Graduate School of Education to offer new online graduate programs for Computational Research, New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinfor- matics and Life Sciences, and Institute 271. UB selected to co-lead state efforts to position New York for Healthcare Informatics. as national leader in genome research The big picture—or, in this case, the BIG picture—includes a major shot in the 272. New website provides entrepreneurs with business development resources arm for the Buffalo Niagara economy. The governor’s investment in UB, part of the 273. U.S. News and World Report ranks UB’s Graduate School of Education Buffalo Billion commitment, is already online programs among the country’s 25 best attracting companies that support NORMA NOWAK, UB 274. Study finds troubling relationship between drinking and PTSD genomic medicine to the region, and is PROFESSOR OF BIOCHEMISTRY symptoms in college students sure to spur the creation of many more. AND FOUNDER/CHIEF

275. Five UB inventions that could make life better for tomorrow’s consumers SCIENTIFIC OFFICER OF EMPIRE GENOMICS

{ 19 } 276. Buckle your seatbelts! Wooden Cities will take to the Slee stage in February

277. Urban night shift police more likely to suffer long-term job injuries, study finds RENEWED FOCUS 278. Space junk tracking researcher receives named professorship, thanks to $250K CUBRC donation 279. Zach Ahart earns Academic All-MAC accolades Interdisciplinary research institute is focusing on 280. UB lecture series will introduce companies to START-UP NY, the new critical environmental problems tax-free program for businesses

281. Recent TEDxBuffaloWomen has decidedly UB flavor

282. Renowned tobacco researcher discusses Surgeon General’s new report “ONE OF THE MOST urgent challeng- RENEW evolved from UB 2020, a on smoking es faced by humankind is finding plan to position UB as one of the world’s leading universities by in- 283. Chemistry doctoral student wins fellowship to learn about science ways to sustain human existence policy in D.C. while adapting to climate change vesting in and harnessing research and the evolving needs for energy strengths in an effort to bring 284. The symphony of life, revealed and fresh water.” positive changes to the world. “This is what great research 285. iSciWNY to celebrate the next generation of life sciences professionals So said UB Provost Charles F. at induction ceremony Zukoski in February 2014, as he universities do,” said Zukoski. announced the launch of RENEW “We bring together the best minds 286. Entrepreneur course kick-starts student businesses (Research and Education in to address timely topics and solve problems.” 287. Staying cool in the nanoelectric universe by getting hot eNergy, Environment and Water)— an ambitious, interdisciplinary, 288. UB and National Grid offer hands-on STEM experiments to Westminster university-wide research institute students designed to face these challenges Below are just a few of the 289. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation honors UB pediatrics professor head-on, and position UB as research projects currently a leader in environmental and 290. UB medical school professor receives top ophthalmology honor energy research. underway at RENEW: One of the most expansive 291. Giddy-up! The Chinese Year of the Horse is upon us > Development of biological control initiatives launched by UB in mechanisms to fight massive algae 292. UB Law School joins prestigious legal honor society recent years, RENEW will har- blooms in Lake Erie ness the expertise of more than 293. RIA helps shatter myths on prescription and OTC drugs 100 faculty members across six > A study of how consumers react to 294. Dreams of a better Kabul bring Afghan scholar to U.S. to study urban planning schools, with more expected to be economic incentives when shopping hired in coming years. Together, for a hybrid car 295. Swiss cheese crystal, or high-tech sponge? they will represent an impres- > A project that addresses the legal sive convergence of seemingly 296. Rust Belt gentrification and how it hurts the poor implications of climate change for disparate fields—ranging from land conservation agreements 297. Oishei Foundation gives $5 million to UB for School of Medicine and aquatic ecology and pollution Biomedical Sciences’ new building law to behavioral economics and > An investigation into how environ- 298. Super Bowl Sunday: Risky business for at-risk drinkers? community health—all working to mental and occupational exposure to address urgent global issues. pesticides affects human health FEBRUARY 2014

299. Cain reflects on growth, new med school during annual address

300. UB dean chairs international symposium on oral and systemic health

301. The cabaret comes to Amherst (the Science & Art Cabaret, that is)

302. RIA spring seminars feature renowned experts on drugs and alcohol

303. UB launches a major research effort to address the most important environmental issues of our time

304. UB volcanologists can discuss safety and hazards surrounding high-risk volcanoes

305. Finley watches U.S. Supreme Court buffer zone ruling

306. UB’s Graduate School of Education confronts the teaching vs. research dilemma

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FACULTY EXPERTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

{ 23 } HEALTH SOUTH CHINA FAST COMPANY BBC WGRZ CHANNEL 2 NATIONAL SCIENCE WALL STREET JOURNAL MAGAZINE MORNING POST “We may just be on the “This collection draws “No great city is a great FOUNDATION city without a great “If people are politically skilled, they “If mothers are “Our findings point the cusp of crowdsourcing scholars and fans from WEBSITE scientific data.” around the world who university, and no under psychological way to the manage- great university is “You see these won- can do bad things really well.” or physical stress, ment of asthma in the —GEOLOGIST CHRIS LOWRY, drive hundreds of miles derful volcanic erup- on his crowdsourcing project to stand in the pres- a great university —DARREN TREADWAY, associate professor of that may impact the obese through simple tions with the plumes, CrowdHydrology, which collects ence of this material.” without a great city.” interchange of nutri- weight reduction.” data and engages the public but gravity currents organization and human resources, about his —UB PRESIDENT SATISH K. about local water systems —MICHAEL BASINSKI, curator ents and biochemicals —PARESH DANDONA, UB Distin- TRIPATHI at the groundbreaking are going down the research on bullying in the workplace of the Poetry Collection, about between the mother guished Professor and chief of for the new downtown UB a UK exhibition marking the mountain. It can be endocrinology, on his research medical school, which is and the fetus.” centenary of the birth of Welsh very deadly.” showing that genes linked to expected to bring 2,000 poet Dylan Thomas that in- —EPIDEMIOLOGIST YOUFA chronic inflammation in asthma additional faculty, staff and —E. BRUCE PITMAN, professor cludes rare materials from UB WANG, about Danish research may be more active in obese students to downtown Buffalo and dean of the College of Arts showing that unborn children people and more than twice as THE SCIENTIST and Sciences, about using ARCHITECT DOMUS (ITALY) of mothers exposed to severe active in the morbidly obese mathematics to calculate and MAGAZINE stress are more prone to “We are developing understand mudslides and “Planning and design obesity later in life agents to sensitize other debris flows “Seeing a million bats for UB and our region bacteria to the agents fly out at once from came together be- we already have.” HUFFINGTON POST under a bridge—those cause UB leadership NATIONAL —ANDERS HAKANSSON, assistant are experiences that recognized that PUBLIC RADIO professor of microbiology and “Most fish wag their tails to swim. are sublime.” our responsibility in NATIONAL immunology, about new weap- USA TODAY “I deal with accusa- ons he is developing against —JOYCE HWANG, associate the evolution of our A stingray’s swimming is much more GEOGRAPHIC antibiotic-resistant bacteria “The kid humanized professor of architecture, about campus extends to the tions, whispers, public “It makes little sense using a protein in human milk unique, like a flag in the wind.” the whole business of how she has built her design community. I have had statements, grouses practice around incorporating trading. While other to me to suggest any that people make. —RICHARD BOTTOM, animal habitats into urban the opportunity to put a mechanical engineering graduate babies are just pic- links between the Usually, my model areas and projects a scholarly and ped- student featured in a video with Iman Borazjani, assis- tures, this one has 120,000-year-old polar shows, no, this play agogical lens to this tant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, a personality that is bear and a bear (or really was within work, essentially turn- NEW YORK TIMES about how UB and Harvard University are studying pure pop culture.” Yeti) in the Himalayas.” expectation.” ing the development the stingray to develop more agile submarines —ELAYNE RAPPING, professor —MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST “It’s a step forward, but of our campus, city —KEN REGAN, “chess detective” emeritus of American studies, CHARLOTTE LINDQVIST, on FORBES and associate professor of it’s not a giant step. about future marketing of the and region into a living genetic research linking a computer science and engi- It’s a battleship they wildly successful “spokesbaby” “The issue with texting laboratory for our breed of ancient Arctic bears neering, about an algorithm are moving here. It’s from E-Trade’s TV commercials and going across faculty and students.” to the legendary “Yeti,” or he developed to reveal chess Abominable Snowman players who cheat not a dinghy.” intersections is a —ROBERT SHIBLEY, dean of FUTURITY NBC NIGHTLY serious public health the School of Architecture and —GARY GIOVINO, professor and Urban Planning, on his role in chair of the Department of “This is an important NEWS issue that results Community Health and Health a series of planning projects at distinction that could “This study shows that in large numbers of UB and for the broader West- Behavior, on the Food and Drug INTERNATIONAL injuries and deaths…. ern New York community Administration’s proposed help researchers what we could consid- regulation of e-cigarettes BUSINESS TIMES Putting the cell phone TIME MAGAZINE decide which kind or er to be a low dose of down while you’re type of blocks to focus caffeine—what some (AUSTRALIAN doing this can save a “The study found significant positive on when developing might not think twice EDITION) drugs and other forms number of lives.” about giving to an “Almost immediately WIRED correlations between video-game of therapy for some 8-year-old—is having —DIETRICH JEHLE, professor LOS ANGELES when pharmaceutical of these debilitating of emergency medicine, in a “We do not really guilt and the moral foundations TIMES an effect on the car- companies started feature about his research utilize the concepts diseases.” diovascular system.” on the dangers of texting and introducing products, violated during game play.” “It’s a popular view that —SHERMALI GUNAWARDENA, —JENNIFER TEMPLE, associate walking of space, time and they claimed they were males and females assistant professor of biologi- professor in the UB School spectrum efficiently.” —MATTHEW GRIZZARD, assistant professor of com- either non-addictive or respond differently cal sciences, about a UB study of Public Health and Health —DIMITRIS PADOS, professor of munication, about his study that indicated playing of fruit fly larvae that found Professions, about a study that less addictive.” electrical engineering, on the to stress. Our study fast-dissolving blockages in hints at worrisome effects of a terrorist in a violent video game may make you —DAVID HERZBERG, associate U.S. Armed Forces sharing offers the molecular the flies’ brains, which might caffeine on kids professor of history, on $2.7 million with UB computer more morally sensitive lead to treatment for neurode- mechanism.” researchers’ latest efforts science researchers to de- generative diseases such as to make addiction-proof velop software that can make —ZHEN YAN, professor of phys- Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s painkillers wireless radios smarter and iology and biophysics, on her more efficient study showing that estrogen helps women respond better to stress than men 307. Research on venous abnormalities must continue, urge UB authors of one of neurology’s most cited papers 308. ‘Dental heroes’ and free dental care for kids at UB’s ‘Give Kids a Smile Day’ OUR PLACE IN THE SUN 309. Bacteria in the lungs make COPD patients sicker, even without exacerbations UB one of 20 schools nationwide chosen 310. First evidence-based diagnostic criteria for TMD developed by researchers to partake in solar house competition 311. New book offers financial advice for when we ‘get stupid’

312. How do polar bears stay warm? Research finds an answer in their genes

313. UB School of Management students to compete in CFA Research Challenge

314. UB named to list of top colleges graduating students with lowest debt

315. UB Athletics unveils facilities master plan

316. Poetry Collection receives $150K to catalogue obscure yet influential post-WWII literary magazine archives IMAGINE TENS OF thousands of “Sometimes, to get 317. Wanted: Parents looking to raise healthy, globally proficient children people traveling across the country things moving, you need to cheer for their favorite team … of a project that captures 318. “GRoW House” lands UB a spot in national Solar Decathlon architecture students. That will be the scene in Irvine, people’s imaginations— Calif., in 2015, as UB competes something people can 319. Robot wars. Pumpkin chucking. Bottle rockets. Yup, it’s National against a handful of other univer- Engineers Week at UB experience firsthand.” sities in the U.S. Department of 320. Investment bankers lead businesses to better mergers, acquisitions Energy’s Solar Decathlon—a nation- al contest in which collegiate teams 321. UB to host 11th annual Safe Schools Initiative Seminar March 17 design, construct and operate 322. Architect Joyce Hwang earns coveted ‘Emerging Voices’ award from cost-effective solar dwellings. Architectural League of New York Earlier this year, UB was chosen by the Department of Energy as one 323. Environmental activist and ’Story of Stuff’ creator Annie Leonard to speak of only 20 schools to compete in the at UB on March 11 prestigious event. Each solar house MARTHA BOHM, UB ASSISTANT 324. National award to honor Robert Shibley’s role in revitalizing Buffalo will be judged in 10 contests, rang- PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE ing from architecture and engineer- 325. ‘BAND Against Bullying’ competition returns to UB, sending abuse- ing to home appliance performance. prevention and ‘dignity for all’ messages Students and faculty from various The name for UB’s entry—the disciplines are contributing to the 326. Growing Food Connections launches website to train communities across GRoW House—refers to three spac- two-year project, which is providing the U.S. in food systems planning es inside the 884-square-foot home, a unique learning experience where residents can Garden, Relax 327. An (optical) cavity that you want while taking advantage of universi- or Work (GRoW): a glass room for ty-wide expertise in sustainability. 328. Think it’s safe to type a quick text while walking? Guess again growing plants, a super-insulated The School of Architecture and office/bedroom and a kitchen. Orga- Planning is taking the lead role, 329. UB to partner with EWI on advanced manufacturing institute nizers hope their efforts will prove with support from the School of 330. Miller named first vice provost for equity and inclusion that solar power is a viable option Engineering and Applied Sciences, for the Buffalo region. In fact, the and the School of Management. 331. Secondhand smoke exposure linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes GRoW House has been designed to After the decathlon, the GRoW 332. Ethics of abortion to be topic of philosophy debate not only produce more energy than House will return to Buffalo and it consumes, but to reduce lifestyle become a community resource, 333. UB Law School advances to International Round of Jessup International energy use as occupants raise their with tours geared toward teaching Law Moot Court Competition own food and power their (electric) people about the benefits of car with the house’s solar energy. sustainable design. MARCH 2014

334. Free college courses for prisoners makes good financial and social sense, says UB Law School expert on prison life

335. UB lecture series will introduce Buffalo’s $5 million business plan competition, 43North

336. UB Football hosts Pro Day

{ 27 } 337. First phase of UB downtown medical school construction is awarded to LPCiminelli 338. Inventors and entrepreneurs honored at UB reception A WORLD OF GOOD 339. Winners revealed in Target Case Competition

340. Zohydro will create new addicts, UB addiction medicine expert says Nearly a quarter of UB’s medical students 341. Up to 2,000 engineers expected in Buffalo for summer conference volunteer abroad 342. UB designates tax-free zones in Buffalo and Amherst for START-UP NY

343. Daylight saving time adds stress to the sleep-deprived, says UB sleep medicine physician FOR STUDENTS FROM UB’s School of UB students are also 344. MAC East Champions: Bulls dominate BG For Senior Day victory Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, making a difference growing interest in global health is 345. Loesing, Sharkey and Malone honored as All-MAC performers turning the world into a classroom. in our own backyard. 346. Making diabetes screening more available at the dentist’s office In ever-increasing numbers, stu- Here is a sampling of dent volunteers are serving in remote 347. Javon McCrea named MAC Player of the Year the dozens of initia- hospitals and clinics around the globe, tives that serve our 348. Eight MBA students advance to Whitman Case Competition finals in countries where a lack of basic local community resources and sufficient medical 349. More than $25,000 at stake for aspiring entrepreneurs in Panasci practitioners can create challenging Competition semifinals EACH YEAR, IRS-certified account- situations, along with tremendous ing students from the School of opportunities. Management provide free tax 350. From Uganda to Haiti, UB medical students to discuss In Uganda, for example, fourth-year preparation services to middle- caring for the underserved overseas medical student Julie Garchow was and low-income residents. Over able to assist with cesarean sections— the past seven years, they’ve a role typically limited to interns and 351. Lecture to highlight how new technology will revive Rust Belt brought more than $6.7 million residents in the United States. She also back into the Buffalo community 352. New program to boost Buffalo’s Kensington-Bailey business district worked with HIV patients, developing a color-coded medication labeling system A DENTAL CLINIC run by the 353. Aquaponics, acid reflux demos and more! Summit to feature student for those with minimal literacy, and School of Dental Medicine at science projects treating comorbidities including the new Erie County Health 354. Leadership conference to feature national and regional executives malaria and typhoid—”diseases you Mall is giving residents of an just don’t see in the U.S.,” she says. East Side neighborhood access 355. Strongest evidence yet of two distinct human cognitive systems Garchow is former president of UB’s to dental care while providing 356. 13 to be honored by the UB Alumni Association International Health Interest Group, a students hands-on experience student-run organization that helps fa- in setting up a practice 357. Perennial favorite frozen banana, STDs that ‘keep on giving’ and other cilitate overseas rotations and gathers ‘Cool Science’ attractions return to UB regularly to discuss issues in global SINCE 2011, students from the Graduate School of Education 358. Buffalo’s grassroots initiatives and the future they portend health. This group is partially respon- sible for the fact that almost a quarter and other UB volunteers have 359. Not just the gut: Negative relationships, fatigue are more powerful than of our med students serve overseas. helped more than 1,000 low- symptoms in IBS patients’ health perceptions But they’re not the only ones at income families fill out FAFSA financial aid forms, making 360. Citizen Planning School will train community members to transform UB with a global outlook. Nearly 11 ideas into action percent of all students—five times the college possible for increas- national average—visit other countries ing numbers of high school 361. Civil Wars: ‘Narrating Horror and Hope’ through more than 70 study abroad graduates 362. New education lecture series will bring prominent speakers to UB programs.

363. UB School of Management to host first Military MBA Preview Day

364. UB’s Morse presides over first graduation of Zimbabwe Traditional Healers

365. Nursing expert on diabetes to present the 2014 Margaret A. Nelson Lecture

366. U.S. News & World Report ranks UB grad programs among best in nation

367. UB weight-loss researchers are recruiting families for study on memory and attention training

368. UB MBAs take second place in prestigious Whitman Competition

369. Creating fiscal phenoms—Teens to compete in financial literacy challenge

{ 29 } 370. Two companies with international ties join UB Technology Incubator

371. Sanjay Gupta to speak at UB today as part of Distinguished Speakers Series 372. Engineering students available for corporate improvement projects CANCER-FIGHTING 373. ‘Insider’ Jeffrey Wigand to discuss his tobacco industry experience at UB Novel drug delivery

374. Even if they don’t reduce body fat, obesity prevention programs can lower method could transform kids’ blood pressure CARGO cancer treatment 375. Beyond its clichés: Buffalo in history, imagination and fact

376. End-of-life expert and author to speak at UB

377. Aspiring entrepreneurs to compete for more than $60,000 at UB IT SOUNDS LIKE a scene from a James 378. Two UB students win highly competitive Goldwater Scholarships Bond movie. But instead of taking place on the streets of an exotic city, this action 379. Rainbow-catching waveguide could revolutionize energy technologies happens deep inside a blood vessel—and the futuristic vehicle is a microscopic pod 380. UB’s School of Social Work establishes Institute on Sustainable Global Engagement called a “nanoballoon.” “Think of it this way,” said UB research- 381. UB celebrates National Prosthodontics Awareness Week with a er Jonathan Lovell. “The nanoballoon is a proclamation from Mayor Byron Brown submarine. The drug is the cargo. We use 382. Teens with Type 1 diabetes share experiences in group run by UB a laser to open the submarine door, which medical students releases the drug. We close the door by turning the laser off. We then retrieve the 383. UB’s Singapore Student Association holds Make-A-Wish fundraiser submarine as it circulates through the featuring memory expert Dave Farrow bloodstream.” 384. Historic preservation the focus of new UB programs Lovell, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering (a relatively new 385. UB medical team to deliver primary care to patients with serious department which spans the School of mental illnesses Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and APRIL 2014 the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences), is talking about the novel 386. Ancient Roman cooking course inspires 2,000 UB students to dine as technology he uses to deliver chemother- Romans did thousands of years ago apeutic drugs directly to cancer cells. It’s such a potential game-changer in the 387. One of America’s most distinguished conducting awards goes to UB’s Harold Rosenbaum fight against cancer, the National Institutes of Health awarded Lovell a five-year, 388. UB is recruiting people with tinnitus to try new device that retrains the $1.9 million grant under their Early ‘hearing’ brain Independence Award program—one of 389. First annual science week highlights STEM pipeline and partnerships just 15 awarded nationwide to fund high- risk, high-reward research. “This award could 390. A book club for doctors: Bestselling author’s visit inspires UB medical Typically, chemotherapy is delivered faculty and students to discuss humanism in medicine intravenously. But as the powerful drugs help improve 391. Up to 110 students expected at UB’s third annual hackathon this weekend spread through the body, they often inter- how we treat act with healthy bodily systems, diluting cancer and po- 392. Winners of UB entrepreneurship competition feeling good vibrations the drugs and causing side effects like tentially alleviate nausea and hair loss. 393. OUCH! Computer system spots fake expressions of pain better than people To address these concerns, Lovell pain that millions 394. RIA study proposes new treatment method for alcohol problems inserts chemotherapeutic drugs into of people and tiny modified liposomes that are roughly their families 1,000 times thinner than human hair. 395. Fighting cancer with lasers and nanoballoons that pop endure.” When the nanoballoons reach the cancer cells, Lovell strikes them with a red laser, LIESL FOLKS, 396. UB biotech majors visit Thermo Fisher Scientific to take tour, explore triggering them to pop open and release DEAN OF UB’S SCHOOL career options super-concentrated doses of medicine. OF ENGINEERING AND “Why [they] open in response to an 397. Two UB architecture projects—including Silo City wall—win APPLIED SCIENCES international awards otherwise harmless red laser is still a bit of a mystery to us, but we have definitely 398. EAGeR medical trial: Low-dose aspirin won’t prevent pregnancy loss unearthed a new and unique phenome- non,” said Lovell. 399. 2014 UB Signature Series’ ‘fireside chat’ to feature artist Douglas Fitch, Albright-Knox Director Janne Sirén

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OUR FORWARD-THINKING GETTING CLOSER TO FINDING A LINK BETWEEN BACTERIA IN THE MOUTH AND CHRONIC DISEASES OF AGING The composition of the oral microbiome (mouth bacteria) and its relationship to periodontal disease in postmenopausal women is the subject of an interdisciplinary study led by epidemiologist Jean Wactawski-Wende of the School of Public Health and Health Professions. The study, funded by a $4 million grant from the NIH National Institute of Dental and FACULTY Craniofacial Research, may lay the foundation for understanding how the oral microbiome impacts the development of other Jonathan Lovell’s research on chemotherapy chronic diseases of aging. nanoballoons had quite the pop this year, but high-impact studies are taking place all over UB. Here are just a few highlights.

IN WITH THE OLD PHISH BAIT

PHARMACY RESEARCHERS HIT UB DUO ZEROES IN ON INTERNET REWIND TO FIGHT SUPERBUGS SCAMMERS UB scientists hope to Cybercriminals use squash modern super- phishing to scam individ- bugs using a class of uals and organizations antibiotics developed all over the world out more than 50 years ago. of personal and sensitive A $4.4 million National information. With a Institutes of Health RO1 $320,000 grant from the grant—the most pres- National Science Foun- tigious NIH grant and dation, UB researchers the largest active RO1 Arun Vishwanath, of among U.S. clinical phar- the College of Arts macy departments—will and Sciences, and CRYSTAL CLEAR allow Brian Tsuji and his H. Raghav Rao, of the colleagues to develop School of Management, NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSFORM THE FIELD OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY new dosing regimens for are exploring what The next big drug discovery could very well come out of research a type of antibiotic that makes people vulnerable happening at UB, thanks to a prestigious $25 million Science and has been proven effective to phishing attacks and Technology Center grant from the National Science Foundation to against some antibiotic- how they can be better establish the BioXFEL research center. Headquartered in Buffalo resistant bacteria. protected. and representing a consortium of eight research institutions, the center will use cutting-edge X-ray free electron laser technology to address fundamental questions in biology at the molecular level.

NO TIME TO WASTE

ALAN RABIDEAU AND THE BATTLE TO RESTORE BROWNFIELDS RIA ON THE CUTTING EDGE Armed with a $796,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, environmental engineer Alan Rabideau is leading an interdis- ADDICTIONS INSTITUTE TACKLES ALCOHOL, DRUG USAGE IN TEENS ciplinary team of researchers in developing new management Are youths who drink alcohol-laced energy drinks more likely to techniques for the nation’s thousands of hazardous waste sites. engage in risky sexual behavior? Is there a link between bullying Eschewing traditional strategies that focus solely on technologi- and substance use in adolescents? Scientists in UB’s Research cal solutions and cost, the team is developing an integrative Institute on Addictions are exploring these critical issues and approach that will consider the sustainability of potential others in five innovative studies that together received more than solutions and their impact on future generations. $6 million in NIH grant funding. 400. Liazon Corporation, ZeptroMetrix to be featured in UB life sciences career panel

401. Law School students to build skills through new Advocacy Institute

402. Ancient Aleuts and large-scale environmental events in the global North

403. Noted Greek novelist, short story writer to open UB’s Exhibit X Fiction Series 404. Winners announced in UB School of Management undergraduate DEAL Expo GOING UP 405. UB TCIE offers new seminar on how to launch an improvement project for maximum impact Elevator pitch competition gives students a taste

406. UB undergraduates showcase research to SUNY chancellor and elected of real-world entrepreneurship officials

407. Centuries of global democracy have been provoked by who lived next door

408. Science & Art Cabaret to tackle big data

409. Students demonstrating hands-on wind tunnel and shake table projects join national science access expert Shirley Malcolm Friday in Science Week closing celebration

410. Symposium to commemorate 20th anniversary of Rwandan genocide

411. Ready, set, pitch! Contest challenges student entrepreneurs to deliver the perfect elevator pitch NO NOTES? No problem for the nearly 60 undergraduate and graduate students who 412. Guns aren’t the only things killing cops took part in UB’s second Elevator Pitch Competition, in April 2014. 413. Seven-ton MRI machine to be hoisted seven stories high and installed in The annual event gives students a taste UB lab of the real world, where aspiring entre- 414. Seminar to teach the basics of saving and investing preneurs must always be ready for chance encounters with potential investors, cus- 415. Noted theologian Diana Hayes to inaugurate Newman Center’s ‘Women tomers or business partners. In this case, Wisdom’ lecture series the “chance encounter” is with a panel of 416. UB literacy learning specialist chosen for prestigious mid-career award judges that includes real-life entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. 417. RIA awarded $2.7 million to help improve alcohol treatment strategies Through the competition, students from across the university get to pitch business 418. Historian Hal Langfur explains how ‘conquered’ indigenous Brazilians shaped their own histories “The pitch ideas that provide innovative solutions to competition is part real-life challenges. Those who manage 419. Treadway named to academy on workplace bullying of a growing effort to sell their idea in a minute and a half, without relying on any visual aids, can win 420. Mazzio named 2014-15 Guggenheim fellow at UB to promote cash prizes of up to $1,000 supported by the 421. U.S. labor secretary to speak at UB School of Public Health and Health entrepreneurship, Bruce Holm Memorial Catalyst Fund. Professions 2014 commencement ceremony to realize the Both of this year’s first-place winners pitched smartphone apps. One, from a team 422. UB School of Management certifies third LeaderCORE class promise of UB 2020 and to create an of two computer science undergraduates, 423. New UB MBA program for medical residents is first in New York State and would create customized mobile video games entrepreneurial one of few in the nation for business marketing. The other, pitched ecosystem in by an undergraduate accounting student, 424. UB’s Reed-Danahay receives NEH grant Western New York.” would help students focus on their studies by 425. Community partnerships invigorate East High School locking them out of their cellphones. The competition exemplifies the kind 426. UB’s Plasma series to examine relationship between media art and of pragmatic learning that is a hallmark social activism of UB’s School of Management, which 427. Refugee Health Summit 2014 to harness power of university- sponsors the event together with the UB community partnerships to address refugee needs Entrepreneurship Academy and the UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and 428. UB elevator pitch competition winners take big ideas to small screens Economic Outreach (STOR). 429. Just in time for Dyngus Day, UB Libraries puts two new Polish collections online YONG LI, ACADEMIC DIRECTOR OF UB’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY IN THE UB SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

{ 34 } 430. Sustainability dashboard tracks UB’s real-time power consumption

431. Murchie pledges record $3 million gift to UB Athletics 432. Novel compound halts cocaine addiction and relapse behaviors GUTS AND GLORY 433. UB to present public reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Dennis on May 21 434. Work underway to ‘transform’ general education Award-winning linebacker Khalil Mack 435. Students bank on money skills in financial literacy competition becomes highest drafted player in UB history

436. Student excellence in spotlight

437. Splinting, suturing, tooth waxing are on the agenda for Health Sciences Charter School students IT’S A MOMENT every college foot- ball player dreams of. Sitting in 438. CCS Oncology donates funds to UB for innovation in patient safety using health information technology Radio City Music Hall in New York City, waiting to be picked 439. Sound artist Ernst Karel to present his work and a public talk at UB May 5 by an NFL team. That dream came true for 440. Damien David named MAC Player of the Year Khalil Mack, as the Bulls 441. UB School of Management honors recruiters, interns and supervisors phenom became the fifth player selected overall in 442. UB graduate student lands elite accounting assistantship the NFL draft, joining the 443. Engineer Alexander Cartwright named SPIE fellow storied Oakland Raiders. UB was the only Division 444. UB expertise chosen to digitize national science researchers’ communication I-A program to offer Mack a scholarship, showing serious MAY 2014 foresight. Mack was named a 445. “UB in the ’70s: Radical Arts” to be held May 6 first-team All-American, won the Jack Lambert Award, broke 446. UB community shares nursing stories the NCAA record for career forced fumbles and tied the record for ca- 447. UB librarian Fred Stoss receives green education award from the National Library of Aruba reer tackles for loss as he helped lead the Bulls to an 8-5 record en 448. Bulls clinch first MAC East title with 2-1 win at Kent State route to the Famous Idaho Po- tato Bowl. None of that is to say 449. Kuras and Mack headline academic & athletics success celebration his success came easy. “He’s 450 Morris elected president of the American Association of Pharmaceutical where he’s at today because of Scientists the effort he put into it,” noted UB head coach Jeff Quinn. Mack intends to take the same 451. Khalil Mack selected fifth by the Oakland Raiders in the 2014 NFL draft approach as a pro that he did as a student athlete at UB. “If I wasn’t practicing in the offseason, then I 452. Making wireless 10 times faster was grinding, grinding, trying to get better,” said the four-year starter. 453. With RENEW, UB researchers are tackling major issues related to energy, water and the environment “That’s the mindset I have.”

454. How businesses can maximize revenue when introducing new products 455. Engineering students, working with Buffalo-area companies, show off More athletic highlights from their work on Friday the past year: 456. Winners named in Verney case competition > Under coach Vicki Mitchell, shot-put- > Coach Trena Peel led UB’s softball 457. UB Dental cuts the ribbon as partner in Erie County Health Mall ter Jonathan Jones finished fourth at team to a program-best 30 wins en 458. “Lean” management philosophy enables Baker Victory Services to grow the USATF Outdoor Championships, route to the MAC championship game work skills training program the highest finish for any Bull in > Coach Felisha Legette-Jack brought program history 459. Tibil and Shkodnik honored by ITA women’s basketball to its best > MAC record-holder Brittney Kuras, season in more than a decade 460. Maynes honored with teaching award coached by Andy Bashor, advanced > Guided by coach Bobby Hurley, Javon to the NCAA Championships in McCrea was named MAC men’s swimming basketball player of the year

{ 36 } OUR TRUE-BLUE TRADITIONS

Khalil Mack gave us a lot to cheer about last year. But every year at UB is filled with fun and excitement, OPENING WEEKEND from the back-to-school rituals of Opening Weekend The Human Interlocking UB, formed this year by 2,300 students, to the massive mud-romp that is Oozefest. is one of our biggest campus ice-breakers and helps mark the start of the fall semester

INTERNATIONAL FIESTA BIG-TIME COLLEGE FOOTBALL Through dance, costumes and music, this At home games, the festivities begin two hours before kickoff with fun, food and games awe-inspiring show puts the talents of our at Stampede Square, a live concert and the rousing “Walk to Victory” diverse student body on proud display

OOZEFEST HAUNTED UNION WINTERFEST Students and alumni get down and It’s not Halloween at UB without One of our oldest traditions, Winterfest gets students, dirty each year at what has become a terrifying trip through the faculty and staff outside for cold-weather fun and one of the nation’s largest colle- Student Union’s spooky maze warm memories giate mud volleyball tournaments 461. A summer adventure begins at UB

462. Great-grandmother, a Seneca, earns PhD in transnational studies at UB

463. Three teams with perfect scores highlight latest APR reports

464. UBThisSummer offers summer enrichment, fun activities STARTING OFF

465. Going beyond the surface

466. Methadone programs can be key in educating, treating patients with hepatitis C virus infection

467. From hours to minutes: New CUT method reduces time to simulate natural disasters 468. Study shows benefits of mushroom consumption STRONG 469. AIANYS honors Shibley for contributions to public architecture in New York State

470. HUD recognizes UB for downtown community outreach programs

471. New space to build community among School of Management undergrads

472. Colleges can’t discount role of drinking in sexual assault

473. UB researchers receive $100K in SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund awards for medical research

474. Schneekloth, Weidemann receive lifetime achievement awards in environmental design

475. UB spinoff Nanobiotix looks to bring cancer treatment to market

476. How long should HCV treatment last? Study suggests answers are complex UB’s first group of START-UP NY companies to 477. Increased social network can have big payoff for nonprofits, study shows bring new investment, new jobs to Buffalo 478. UB launches online LGBT archive; coincides with Buffalo Pride Festival

479. Vicki Mitchell inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame A GERMAN life sciences firm. A came to Buffalo to announce the developer of software for wear- eight companies chosen as UB’s 480. 20 from UB receive Chancellor’s Awards able devices. A company that inaugural START-UP NY partners. 481. Infertility: the link with high cholesterol provides athlete management Together, these firms plan to information systems to profes- create more than 200 jobs over the 482. UB’s Buffalo Partnership Project changing the lives of refugee students sional sports teams. next five years, with capital invest- ments totaling nearly $6.4 million. 483. Graduate students establish new fund to assist future students These are among the first eight businesses selected for START- All of the businesses have strong 484. Students build model Mars rover for NASA-sponsored competition UP NY, a program in which UB ties to UB, and plan to strengthen and state officials identify tax-free them even further—for example, JUNE 2014 zones on or near the universi- by partnering with UB institutions ty’s three campuses. New and like the New York State Center of 485. Therapeutic summer fun helps kids with communication disorders expanding businesses that align Excellence in Bioinformatics and 486. 3 named SUNY Distinguished Professors at UB with or further UB’s academic Life Sciences (CBLS), collaborating mission, and are accepted into the with faculty researchers, recruiting 487. Kofke named fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers program, pay no New York State UB graduates and providing taxes for 10 years. student internships. “The Buffalo 488. Eight companies approved for START-UP NY at UB Standing for SUNY Tax-free region is experiencing a rebirth Areas to Revitalize and Transform and a new energy not seen in Upstate NY, START-UP NY is a decades,” said Gov. Cuomo. “It is 489. Supreme Court decision clarifies ‘third-party’ infringement of exciting to see START-UP NY intellectual property rights statewide program designed to spur economic development. In contributing to Western New 490. UB student-athletes earn record GPA for spring 2014 June 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo York’s economic revitalization.”

491. Twenty-two outstanding high school students win full, four-year Presidential Scholarships to attend UB Eight more companies were accepted into the START-UP 492. Meet the faces of the Buffalo Partnership Project NY program in July 2014. In the next five years, they’re 493. Architecture school playing lead role in urbanism conference expected to bring 659 new jobs to Buffalo and invest nearly $10 million in facility/space upgrades and renovations.

{ 39 } 494. Brittney Kuras named to Academic All-American Third Team

495. Brain traffic jams that can disappear in 30 seconds 496. Paper towels fold in study versus hand dryers ON 497. Mautner and Burke selected in MLB draft KIDS COFFEE

498. UB President Tripathi joins coalition of higher ed leaders in support of strengthening K-12 curricula UB researcher among few looking into how

499. UB School of Management programs get boost from anonymous donor caffeine is affecting our youth

500. UB medical school chair is named section editor of Neurosurgery

501. ‘Don’t let a drop of water touch your mouth’ and other global travel tips IT’S THE MOST POPULAR psycho- 502. New courses enhance the UB School of Management EMBA experience active drug in the world, and not only among adults. 503. Caffeine affects boys and girls differently after puberty, Every day, millions of pre- study finds teens and teenagers count on caffeine to kick-start their morning, bring a little buzz to 504. UB receives $4 million NIH grant to study oral health in their afternoon or give them an postmenopausal women extra boost at night. In fact, the 505. UB physician is named medical director of new WNY Center for Centers for Disease Control and Survivors of Refugee Trauma and Torture Prevention determined that al- most 73 percent of U.S. children 506. UB vision scientist is elected to board of world’s largest eye research society and adolescents ingest caffeine 507. Workshop rethinks how the law treats human vulnerability in a given day, increasingly via coffee and energy drinks. 508. UB co-sponsors NY pavilion at BIO International Convention And yet, very few studies have Caffeine by Gender and Pubertal 509. Antibiotic developed 50 years ago may be the key to fighting ‘superbugs’ considered the effects of the drug Stage,” was published online on young people. in the July 2014 edition of the 510. Families grow more comfortable with anatomical gifts: 500 will attend UB Jennifer Temple, associate journal Pediatrics. It found that, memorial service professor in the Department of post-puberty, boys have a greater 511. Drug combating severe nausea in pregnancy begins clinical trial Exercise and Nutrition Sciences physiological response to caffeine at UB’s School of Public Health than girls, and that the response 512. UB’s Graduate School of Education provides a new tool for and Health Professions, is one to caffeine in girls varies across implementing Common Core learning standards of the few researchers working the menstrual cycle. 513. UB hosts full SUNY Board of Trustees meeting in this area. Earlier research by Future studies will look into Temple and others has shown whether these post-puberty 514. UB-led health care team to help Jamaica fight HIV and HCV that caffeine increases blood gender differences are a result pressure and decreases heart 515. CEL program honors emerging minority and women entrepreneurs of physiological factors (such as rate in children and teens as well steroid hormone level) or other 516. Prosperity Scholarship at UB again expands to a record class as adults. Her most recent study, causes, like different patterns of “Cardiovascular Responses to caffeine use. 517. Former School of Social Work dean receives CSWE Lifetime Achievement Award

518. UB engineering students help GMCH Lockport ‘solve problems’ UB faculty frequently reach across 519. UB professor receives major award for book on democracy, rhetoric disciplines and involve students and rights in high-level research. Co-authors 520. Marnie LaVigne named CEO of Launch NY on this paper include: 521. Algae blooms act as bodyguards for bacteria in Great Lakes > Ashley Bendlin, undergraduate student in 522. Jones etches name in record books with 4th place finish at USATF Nationals environmental studies and psychology

523. UB on the Green back for its eighth season > Theresa Sion, undergraduate student in family nursing 524. Decision to cancel ’Redskins’ patent hits professional, personal chord with UB social work professor > Adam Gracyzk, graduate student in exercise and nutrition sciences 525. Liu to lead learning, assessment efforts > Karina Vattana, recent graduate of the medical school > Amanda M. Ziegler, project coordinator for the Nutrition and Health Research Lab

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527. UB physician receives abstract award for research on Type 1 diabetes and liraglutide

528. UB to honor Arthur Eve by naming Educational Opportunity Center building after him OUR IMPACT 529. Javon McCrea to play for Dallas Mavericks Summer League Team IN 530. Fiebelkorn wins prestigious ‘Bowl of Hygeia’ award for community service

531. ‘Master switch’ for myelination in human brain stem cells is identified

532. Hobby Lobby decision will not broadly affect concept of ‘essential health benefits,’ says UB health policy expert

533. UB launches Department of Materials Design and Innovation to boost advanced manufacturing and biotechnology NUMBERS Numbers, like words, tell a story. Whether it’s record 534. UB named to Princeton Review’s list of ‘Best Value Colleges’ for 2013 enrollment, a surge in faculty hires, graduation rates that far exceed the national average or the largest construction project in our history, our TO BE CONTINUED IN 2014-15… numbers say UB is a university on the move. As we look to our future, we see exciting growth www.buffalo.edu/list and investment, expanding partnerships, and an unremitting commitment by our faculty, staff, students and alumni to make our university, our community and our world a better place.

A GLOBAL UNIVERSITY Our international perspective shows in everything we do—from the students we recruit to our innovative curricula. UB consistently ranks among the nation’s TOP 20 universities for the enrollment of students from other countries. Nearly 11 PERCENT of students— 5 TIMES the national average—study abroad.

AN ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE With annual revenues of almost $1.6 BILLION from all sources, UB and its affiliated entities generate a tremendous economic impact in the state and region.

{ 43 } AT A GLANCE

NAME > University at Buffalo The State University of New York A GROWING COMMUNITY AFFILIATION > A flagship institution in the State UB added 95 new tenure-track faculty in 2013, University of New York system, UB is well above our normal hiring rate, while the university the largest and most comprehensive campus in the 64-campus SUNY enrolled record numbers of new students: 3,701 system. It is a member of the Asso- freshmen, 1,923 transfer students and 3,658 ciation of American Universities. graduate and professional students. FOUNDED > 1846

RESEARCH > $388 million

A WEALTH OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY STUDENT BODY > 29,940 (2013-14 academic year) (HEAD COUNT) > 19,915 undergraduate With more than undergraduate and combined degree 100 > 10,025 graduate and professional programs—and more than 300 graduate and professional STUDENT BODY Western New York: 38 percent degree programs and certificates—UB offers an extensive > (GEOGRAPHIC (2013-14 academic year) array of academic programs. REPRESENTATION) > Other New York: 37 percent > Out-of-State: 3 percent > International (at WNY campuses): 16 percent ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD > External (offshore): 6 percent More than 230,000 UB alumni live in every state DEGREES AWARDED > 7,825 (2013-14 academic year) and 130 countries. DEGREE PROGRAMS > More than 100 undergraduate de- grees, including combined degrees > More than 300 graduate and professional degree programs A CLEAR PATH TO COMPLETION UB far exceeds the national average for public universities EMPLOYMENT > 6,791 full-time equivalent employees (FY 2013) in graduation rates. The 4-year graduation rate is 52 PERCENT, compared to a national average of 32 FACULTY > 2,830 total faculty percent; the 6-year graduation rate is > Undergraduate student to 72 PERCENT, undergraduate instructional faculty compared to a national average of 57 percent. ratio: 14 to 1

ALUMNI > 236,507 in 144 countries > More than 129,000 in New York State A LOW BURDEN OF DEBT $ ANNUAL BUDGET > Operating revenues: $680 million In the most recent US News and World Report rankings, (FY 2013) UB ranked ST among public universities for lowest > Financial statement revenues: 1 $1.255 billion (FY 2013) student debt. More than half of students graduate > UB and affiliated entities revenues: debt-free; the average amount for students who graduate $1.6 billion (FY 2013) with debt is $17,425. ENDOWMENT > $624.8 million

ATHLETICS > Division I, Mid-American Conference

MASCOT > Victor E. Bull THE STATE UNIVERSITY Michael E. Cain Andrew M. Stott OF NEW YORK Health Sciences Undergraduate Education Beth Del Genio* Sean P. Sullivan BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chief of Staff Academic Planning and Budget H. Carl McCall Venu Govindaraju* Chairman Research and Economic Development (Interim) UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO Joseph W. Belluck* Eric Corngold Laura E. Hubbard FOUNDATION Henrick N. Dullea Finance and Adminis- Ronald G. Ehrenberg tration OFFICERS Angelo M. Fatta Nancy E. Paton Francis M. Letro* Tina Good University Communications Chairman Peter L.K. Knuepfer Eunice Ashman Lewin* Nancy L. Wells Gregory M. Bauer* Marshall A. Lichtman* Philanthropy and Alumni Vice Chairman Lori Mould Engagement Jean C. Powers* John L. Murad Jr. Daniel J. White Secretary Linda S. Sanford Athletics Richard Socarides Robert E. Denning* Treasurer Carl Spielvogel DEANS Cary F. Staller Edward P. Schneider* Lawrence Waldman Arjang A. Assad Executive Director School of Management SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION Michael E. Cain TRUSTEES Nancy L. Zimpher School of Medicine and Ravinder K. Bansal Chancellor Biomedical Sciences Gregory M. Bauer* Alexander N. Cartwright Liesl Folks Gary R. Bichler Provost and Executive Vice School of Engineering and Thomas E. Black Jr.* Chancellor Applied Sciences Wayne S. Blank* Robert E. Denning* William F. Howard Michael L. Glick Beverly Foit-Albert* Senior Vice Chancellor and School of Dental Medicine Judith B. Ittig* General Counsel Jaekyung Lee Ashok G. Kaveeshwar* Johanna Duncan-Poitier Graduate School of Ross B. Kenzie Senior Vice Chancellor for Education William J. Maggio Anthony B. Martino* Community Colleges and Marsha L. Lewis the Education Pipeline Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz* School of Nursing Murray S. Rosenthal* UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO Makau W. Mutua Eileen S. Silvers* COUNCIL Law School Keith M. Stolzenburg* Satish K. Tripathi Jeremy M. Jacobs* James M. O’Donnell Margaret W. Wong* Chairman School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences DIRECTORS Mark J. Czarnecki* Vice Chairman E. Bruce Pitman Dianne Bennett* College of Arts and Sheldon M. Berlow Robert T. Brady Sciences Helen M. Cappuccino* Michael W. Cropp* Randall L. Clark Jonathan A. Dandes* Robert G. Shibley Daniel M. Hamister Pamela Davis Heilman* School of Architecture and Paul J. Harder June Williams Hoeflich* Planning Richard E. Heath Minahil Khan Nancy J. Smyth Jeremy M. Jacobs Jr. Christopher H. Koch School of Social Work Francis M. Letro* Christopher J. O’Brien Jean Wactawski-Wende* Jordan A. Levy* James W. McLernon* EMERITUS MEMBERS Public Health and Health Professions (Interim) Jean C. Powers* Sheila H. Battle Ronald M. Schreiber* Roger I. Blackwell VICE PROVOSTS AND SENIOR Marjorie E. Winkler* Randall L. Clark ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION** Frank N. Cuomo* EMERITUS TRUSTEES Edmond J. Gicewicz* A. Scott Weber Sal H. Alfiero Gerald S. Lippes* Senior Vice Provost for Randall I. Benderson* Mary E. Randolph Academic Affairs Lawrence P. Castellani Rose H. Sconiers* H. Austin Booth William M.E. Clarkson John N. Walsh III University Libraries Ellen E. Grant* Stephen C. Dunnett* Mark E. Hamister UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO International Education Jeremy M. Jacobs* Reginald Newman II OFFICERS Robert J. Genco* John N. Walsh III Science, Technology Trans- Satish K. Tripathi fer and Economic Outreach President NON VOTING MEMBERS Robert Granfield Michael E. Cain Charles F. Zukoski Faculty Affairs Provost and Executive Vice Laura E. Hubbard President for Academic Mary H. Gresham* Nancy L. Wells Affairs Educational Collaboration Charles F. Zukoski and Engagement VICE PRESIDENTS AND CABINET John T. Ho MEMBERS Graduate Education * University at Buffalo alumnus/alumna J. Brice Bible Lee H. Melvin Chief Information Officer Enrollment ** Vice Provost for Dennis R. Black* Strategic Initiatives Teresa A. Miller vacant at the time of University Life and Equity and Inclusion Services publication www.buffalo.edu/list

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