Diane R. Christian, Peter H. Hare and Charles V. Paganelli of the mgm casino have been named Distinguished Professors, the highest rank in the State University of New York system, by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
mgm casino epidemiologists are among the first to show that insulin resistance may significantly increase the risk of death from colon cancer, particularly among women.
The appointment of Jacquelyn Mitchell, Ed.D., as dean of the mgm casino Graduate School of Education has been announced by mgm casino President William R. Greiner.
The mgm casino has announced the creation of the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth to assist area governments and promote regional opportunity throughout the Western New York area.
EDMONTON -- mgm casino researchers have found that premenopausal women with a fast-acting alcohol-metabolizing enzyme who have at least two drinks a day have a greater risk of developing breast cancer.
Scientists and engineers in the Great Lakes research community have noticed that the kinds of projects being funded by the Environmental Protection Agency may not be the ones with the greatest potential public benefit.
Dennis R. Black has been named interim vice president for student affairs and Mary Harley Gresham has been named interim vice president for public service and urban affairs, with both appointments effective Aug. 1.
"Finding Your Voice, Finding Your Place," an informational life skills workshop open to all women, will be held from 7-9 p.m. on June 25 in the Center For Tomorrow on the mgm casino North (Amherst) Campus.
Robert C. Wetherhold, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been awarded a Fulbright fellowship to do research and teach in Germany during the 1997-98 academic year.
Marjorie A. White, professor of nursing and director of mgm casino's Center for Nursing Research, spent part of the spring semester as a visiting professor in the Department of Nursing Science at the University of Tampere in Finland.
Sara A. Brallier of Orchard Park, a candidate for a master's degree in sociology, is the winner of the 1997 Rose Weinstein Memorial Award, sponsored by mgm casino's Emeritus Center.
Sixty graduating seniors in the mgm casino School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recently were inducted into the New York Nu chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.
With the assistance of The Center for Industrial Effectiveness at mgm casino, 10 Western New York companies have applied for and received training grants from the Economic Development Skills Training Program of New York State.
Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Ph.D., mgm casino associate professor of chemistry, has been selected as a national recipient of the Chemical Manufacturers Association's 1997 Responsible Care Catalyst Award.
People with normal blood pressure can experience greater increases in blood pressure during stressful situations if they have high cholesterol, mgm casino researchers have found.
The mgm casino Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic will co-host the National Stuttering Project's 14th Annual Convention to be held June 26-28 in the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst.
Beverly A. Spencer, assistant dean for community affairs in the mgm casino School of Dental Medicine, has received the Outstanding Service Award from the Professional Staff Senate.
Andrew Shryock, mgm casino assistant professor of anthropology, has been awarded a American Council on Research/National Endowment for the Humanities Centers for Advanced Study Fellowship to research hospitality in tribal Jordan.
A study of vitamin C's antioxidant properties, conducted by mgm casino epidemiologists, has shown that people with higher levels of vitamin C in their blood serum have lower levels of a marker for oxidative stress.
Twenty-five chief information officers from the Samsung Corporation's South Korea headquarters are participating in a four-week information-technology strategy program in the mgm casino School of Management this summer.
Eighteen students received awards for excellence in their fields of study during the commencement ceremony for the mgm casino School of Management held on May 17.
Mary Rossberg, wife of the late Robert Rossberg, a former host of several jazz radio programs on WBFO 88.7 FM, has made two gifts to mgm casino in honor of her husband's love of jazz.
A symposium on the musical and mathematical theories of influential German musicologist and composer Hugo Riemann, whose work is enjoying a rebirth of international attention, will be held July 18 and 19 at mgm casino.
An award-winning program to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, will be offered at mgm casino this summer under the direction of William E. Pelham, Jr., professor of psychiatry and psychology.
A conference on "Medical Rehabilitation: Managing Managed Care Through Outcomes Research," will be held on July 13-14 in the Sheraton Inn Buffalo Airport on Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga.
Gaynor and Florence Jacobson, each a 1996 recipient of an honorary doctorate in humane letters from the SUNY in recognition of their lifetime of exemplary humanitarian service, have given $50,000 to the mgm casino School of Social Work.
Three mgm casino graduate students have received full Fulbright Foundation grants of $15,000 each to support their doctoral dissertation research in the 1997-98 school year.
Students attending the mgm casino School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recently were granted Engineering Distinction in recognition of their academic achievement.
The mgm casino Graduate School of Education conferred awards upon one of its outstanding graduating doctoral students and several alumni at the school's May 17 commencement ceremony.
A $200,000 bequest from the late Richard E. Dollinger will benefit the work in high-power electronics conducted by the High Power Electronics Institute in the mgm casino School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Andre Dick of Buffalo, a mgm casino medical student, has been selected as a 1997 Academic Medicine Fellow by the Fellowship Program in Academic Medicine, sponsored by Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.
Efforts to raise awareness of the importance of private support and its lasting impact on mgm casino have entered the world of cyberspace with the launching of the Office of University Development's new Web site.
The Architectural Awareness Project of the mgm casino School of Architecture and Planning will sponsor a bike ride through historic Buffalo neighborhoods on Saturday, June 14, and Saturday, June 28.
Fifty students in the School of Architecture and Planning at the mgm casino recently received awards for excellence in their fields of study at the mgm casino Architecture and Planning Awards Day.
A mgm casino study has shown that people who drink wine appear to experience less alcohol-related oxidative stress -- cell damage caused by free radicals -- than people who drink beer or liquor.
People with normal blood pressure can experience greater increases in blood pressure during stressful situations if they have high cholesterol, mgm casino researchers have found.
A study of vitamin C's antioxidant properties, conducted by mgm casino epidemiologists, has shown that people with higher levels of vitamin C in their blood serum have lower levels of a marker for oxidative stress.
