@UB: September 2006

Are you ready for Homecoming 2006? Please join us back on campus Oct. 6-7 to catch all the new action as well as your favorite Homecoming traditions: the first Dodge "bull" tournament and Alumni College, carnival, parade of marching bands, campus tours and more. Football fever is rising this season with the reinvigorated Bulls, and hopes are high that UB will defeat Ball State in UB Stadium on Oct. 7. Homecoming culminates with a Night of Comedy, featuring UB alumnus Alan Zweibel, original Saturday Night Live writer; Emmy-award winner; creator, producer and writer for It's Garry Shandling's Show; and producer on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Zweibel will entertain the audience with his recollections of SNL, his days at UB, and what it's like to be an award-winning comedic writer.  Learn more or order tickets online now. http://alumni.buffalo.edu/homecoming

This is the last issue of @UB for me as your interim associate vice president for alumni relations; I am very pleased to announce that Graham Stewart has been named the new AVP, and will take the helm Oct. 2. Graham comes to us from Ithaca College where he has served as director of alumni relations since 1999. His background also includes working as director of music admission at Ithaca and director of marketing and public relations for Cornell University. He is also an accomplished professional musician, and holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in music and a master's degree in communication from Ithaca College. As I return to my duties as associate director in the alumni office, I invite you to join me in wishing him well in his new position.

Michael L. Jankowski, Interim Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations

 

UNIVERSITY NEWS

NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL DEAN: Michael Cain, M.D., has been named dean of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, effective Nov. 1.
Read more about the new Dean.

SOM REACCREDITED: The School of Management and all of its undergraduate, master's and doctoral business programs have been reaccredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, a standard considered to be the hallmark of management education.
Read more about SOM accreditation.

MAIN STREET VISUALIZED: The Center for Computational Research has developed a multi-faceted, interactive, real-time visualization of what Buffalo's downtown Main Street would be like with the re-introduction of vehicular traffic, which has been absent for more than 20 years.
Read more about Buffalo's Main Street.

 

UB PEOPLE

VP FOR DEVELOPMENT:  Kathryn R. Costello, who has held senior leadership positions at the University of Georgia, Rice University, University of Maryland, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southern Methodist University and Vanderbilt University, has been appointed vice president for development. 
Read more about the new VP for Development.

 

BREAKING RESEARCH

BOTOX BONUS:  Research led by a UB professor has shown that botulinum toxin, the same Botox used to treat facial wrinkles, helps facial wounds heal with less scarring.
Read more about how Botox helps reduce scarring.

TIPSY PROTEINS:  Discovery by UB researchers that chronic alcohol exposure affects the activity of proteins in zebrafish may lead to new understanding of the mechanisms of alcoholism and alcohol toxicity in humans.
Read more about alcohol toxicity in humans.

ALZHEIMER’S DRUGS:  Laying the groundwork for development of new treatments for several neurodegenerative diseases is the goal of research in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences focusing on advancing knowledge of a brain protein that has a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Read more about Alzheimer's drugs.

 

HEARD ON CAMPUS

“Peaceful resolution is the only alternative.”

--His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, in his historic speech on September 19 in UB Stadium, remarking on violence resolution.  Watch video of the Dalai Lama’s three-day visit to UB. 

 

IN MY OPINION

Approximately 30,000 people witnessed His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s Distinguished Speaker presentation in UB Stadium this week.  Whether or not you attended this historic event, tell us your impressions.  Please include your name and graduation year.

Read comments about the Bulls’ new athletics mark (last month’s In My Opinion question).

 

HOT LINKS

Hear what’s new on campus this year from President Simpson in his fall video message to students, faculty and staff. 

Career Services’ Technical Job Fair will be held Oct. 18 in Alumni Arena.  Job seekers and employers, learn more.

You don’t know your own strength:  join the UB Alumni Association.

The 17th Annual Linda Yalem Safety Run will take place Sunday, Sept. 24.

Dinner for 12 Strangers is a fun, social way to stay connected to UB and current students.  Become an alumni or friend host or co-host.