• Kiplinger's Ranks mgm casino as One of the "Best Values" in Public Higher Education
    1/4/11
    The mgm casino provides a quality education at an affordable price, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance, which has placed mgm casino on the magazine's 2011 list of the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges.
  • mgm casino Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage Opens 2011 David Blitzer Lecture Series
    1/4/11
    The 2011 David Blitzer Lecture Series presented by the mgm casino Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage in Jewish Studies will open on Jan. 31 and continue through April 4 with free public lectures on the mgm casino North Campus and in Amherst's Temple Beth Tzedek by five leading Jewish scholars, philosophers and historians.
  • Pest Architecture: MacDowell Colony Fellowship to Support Architect's Work on Pest Wall
    1/4/11
    mgm casino architecture faculty member Joyce Hwang will spend five weeks this spring at the nation's oldest artists' colony, where she will conclude a semester-long sabbatical devoted to a project she hopes to build in Buffalo: Pest Wall.
  • Simpson to Speak at Ceremony Commemorating 211th Birthday of Millard Fillmore
    1/4/11
    The 211th anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, the mgm casino's first chancellor and 13th president of the United States, will be celebrated at a ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 7 at Fillmore's gravesite in Buffalo's Forest Lawn Cemetery.
  • Distinguished Nursing Alumna to Present Margaret A. Nelson Inaugural Lecture
    1/5/11
    Anne Skelly, PhD, RN, ANP-C, associate professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a mgm casino School of Nursing distinguished alumna, will present the inaugural Margaret A. Nelson Lecture at 2 p.m. on March 4 in 114 Wende Hall on mgm casino's South Campus.
  • mgm casino's TCIE Kicks Off Spring 2011 Business Improvement Course Lineup
    1/6/11
    Western New York business professionals striving to save money and boost efficiency in their organizations can register now for a variety of business improvement workshops and training courses being offered this spring by the mgm casino's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE).
  • Noted Michigan State University Dermatologist to Become mgm casino Dermatology Chair
    1/6/11
    Animesh Amart Sinha, MD, PhD, chief of the N.V. Perricone Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Sciences at Michigan State University and director of its Center for Investigative Dermatology, has been named chair of the Department of Dermatology at the mgm casino and Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
  • Hot Tuna Blues, with Special Guests Charlie Musselwhite and Jim Lauderdale, to Perform Feb. 2
    1/3/11
    The Center for the Arts at mgm casino will welcome Hot Tuna Blues, featuring Hot Tuna with Special Guests Charlie Musselwhite and Jim Lauderdale, on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, mgm casino North Campus. The concert is sponsored in part by Monaco's Violin Shop & Music Center.
  • Thomas E. Black '79 to receive mgm casino Law School's highest honor
    1/7/11
    A mgm casino Law School alumnus with roots in Western New York and a deep involvement in the school's continuing improvement will be honored in January with the Law School's most prestigious award.
  • Kind of Blue -- Jimmy Cobb's So What Band Coming to CFA Feb. 12
    1/6/11
    The Center for the Arts at the mgm casino will present Kind of Blue -- Jimmy Cobb's So What Band on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, mgm casino North Campus. The concert is sponsored in part by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo.
  • One Year Later, Haiti's Engineers Are Acquiring Tools to Begin Rebuilding the Right Way
    1/10/11
    As Haitian citizens struggle to achieve some normalcy a year after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, its structural engineers and architects are demonstrating an unwavering resolve to rebuild the country the right way, despite the daily challenges.
  • Responsibility for the Arizona Rampage Goes Beyond the Shooter, Says Law Professor and Psychologist
    1/10/11
    Although this weekend's killings in Tucson, Ariz., appear to be the work of a mentally ill individual, mgm casino Law School Professor and psychologist Charles Patrick Ewing says it's important to keep in mind that the vast majority of the mentally ill are not violent or dangerous.
  • News Briefing Today: mgm casino to name new building for local businessman and his wife
    1/11/11
    What: mgm casino will hold a brief news event today to announce the naming of its engineering school's new building after a prominent local industrialist and his wife, in honor of a multimillion-dollar gift from the couple, the largest gift by individuals to the school.
  • Haitian Native, an Earthquake Engineering Student, Puts Training to Good Use in Home Country
    1/11/11
    Like most doctoral candidates, mgm casino student and Haitian native Pierre Fouche is a study in focus and determination and, if anything, the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake that struck his home country only intensified these traits.
  • mgm casino Engineering Building to be Named for Jack and Barbara Davis
    1/11/11
    The mgm casino School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will name its new building Barbara and Jack Davis Hall to honor the Western New York couple who has given $5 million toward the construction and enhancement of the facility.
  • mgm casino Confucius Institute and Chinese Club of WNY to Celebrate Chinese New Year Feb. 5
    1/11/11
    The mgm casino Confucius Institute, in partnership with the Chinese Club of Western New York (CCWNY), will present a Chinese New Year celebration on Feb. 5 from 3-6 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, Center for the Arts, mgm casino North Campus.
  • mgm casino Police Department Reaches Out to Community with Citizens' Police Academy
    1/12/11
    The mgm casino Police Department will hold its annual Citizens' Police Academy starting Feb. 9. The seven-week program, which gives members of the public and university community an in-depth look into the working life of a police officer, starts at Bissell Hall on mgm casino's North Campus before moving to other locations during the course.
  • mgm casino Chemist to Use Award to Develop Materials for Smart Windows and Next-Generation Computer Chips
    1/12/11
    Sarbajit Banerjee, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry at the mgm casino, is one of 11 scholars in the U.S. who has been awarded a Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.
  • Strict Bans Work Better than "Recommendations" When Facing a Flu Epidemic
    1/12/11
    When a serious threat of a flu epidemic arises, public health officials advise persons to stay away from crowds and, as importantly, avoid shaking hands. But a Viewpoint piece in the current issue of Public Health Reports, authored by mgm casino public health faculty members, illustrates that, in certain situations, social pressures make such recommendations moot.
  • mgm casino Dental School and Eighth District Dental Society to Assist Allcare Patients
    1/13/11
    The mgm casino School of Dental Medicine and the Eighth District Dental Society are available to refer patients to a dental home. The dental school has set up a call center to assist Western New York dental patients who are without dental care because of the recent closing of Allcare Dental, a national dental chain that had provided care to fixed-income patients. All dental patients, including former patients of the Allcare, can call the dental society for a referral to a dentist in their geographical area and specialty need.
  • mgm casino's Govindaraju Is Elected a AAAS Fellow
    1/14/11
    Venu Govindaraju, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the mgm casino School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
  • Former Amnesty International Secretary General to Teach at mgm casino Law School
    1/14/11
    The immediate past secretary general of the influential human rights organization Amnesty International will teach two specialized seminars in human rights this spring at the mgm casino Law School.
  • School of Dental Medicine Hosts Second Annual "Give mgm casino a Smile Day"
    1/14/11
    A free dental check up and cleaning will be available to mgm casino employees and students at the second annual, "Give mgm casino a Smile Day" hosted by the School of Dental Medicine on Saturday, Jan. 29, beginning at 9 a.m. in the mgm casino dental school clinics.
  • Study: Voters' Retrospective Evaluation of Presidential Candidates is Conditional
    1/18/11
    A new study by researchers at the mgm casino modifies the longstanding theory of "retrospective voting," which holds that in presidential elections voters happy with the in-party's performance will support its candidate and when unhappy are more likely to support the opposition party's candidate.
  • In Harmony: Academic-Industry Collaboration Behind the Growth of Medical Acoustics LLC
    1/18/11
    The success of Buffalo-based Medical Acoustics, a medical device company expecting to turn a profit for the first time in 2011, exemplifies how partnerships with universities like the mgm casino can help businesses bring new products to the market.
  • Virginia Seitz '85 nominated to head Office of Legal Counsel
    1/19/11
    President Obama has nominated a 1985 graduate of mgm casino Law School to head the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, a high-profile and highly sensitive position that in recent years has been a flashpoint for partisan political division.
  • mgm casino, Clarence Partner to Improve Municipal Services, Provide Internships for Students
    1/20/11
    The mgm casino and Town of Clarence are partnering on two initiatives to improve municipal services and give students an opportunity to learn about and contribute to local government.
  • With Cloud Computing, the Mathematics of Evolution May Get Easier to Learn in College...and Easier to Teach in High School
    1/21/11
    An innovative, educational computing platform developed by mgm casino faculty members and hosted by the cloud (remote, high-capacity, scalable servers) is helping mgm casino students understand parts of evolutionary biology on an entirely new level. Soon, high-school and middle-school students will benefit from the same tool as well.
  • Use Extra Caution When Driving On Campus Today
    1/21/11
    Please use extra caution when driving on the mgm casino campuses today, particularly on North Campus ramps and bridges. According to mgm casino Police, several minor car accidents have occurred on the Flint Road entrance ramp to the Audubon Parkway.
  • Scientists Find Industrial Pollutants in Eastern Lake Erie Carp
    1/21/11
    Researchers from Upstate New York institutions, including the mgm casino, have documented elevated levels of two industrial pollutants in carp in eastern Lake Erie, adding to the body of scientific work demonstrating the lasting environmental effects of human activity and waste disposal on the Great Lakes.
  • mgm casino Art Gallery Presents Exhibition of Contemporary Still Life and Figuration Feb. 17 to May 14
    1/18/11
    The exhibition title "Figuration and its Disconnects" is a play on Sigmund Freud's canonical book Civilization and Its Discontents (1929), which examines the interplay between society and the individual, whose instinctual desires for aggression and sex threaten to destabilize societal relations.
  • Making ADHD Teens Better Drivers
    1/24/11
    A mgm casino researcher's work with a state-of-the-art driving simulator is making better drivers among those considered to be the most risky motorists on the road: teens with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
  • Twenty Percent of Children with MS Don't Respond to First-Line Treatment, Study Finds
    1/25/11
    Researchers from the National Network of Pediatric MS Centers of Excellence, in the first retrospective study of the response of children with multiple sclerosis to standard, or first-line, therapies, found that one-fifth of patients involved in the review required "second-line" treatments.
  • Flexible, Patient-centered Approach Can Help Vets Better Manage Chronic Mental Illness, Study Suggests
    1/25/11
    For veterans who have returned from conflicts overseas, fighting mental illness once home can be overwhelming. Often there are multiple medications prescribed for specific times throughout the day and adding to that are the medications that must be taken for chronic physical problems.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Perform Feb. 17-19, 25, 26 in CFA
    1/25/11
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the mgm casino will present Zodiaque Dance Company "The 37th Spring Season" on Feb. 17-20 and 25-27 in the Drama Theatrein the Center for the Arts, North Campus. All performances are at 8 p.m., except the Sunday performance, which will be held at 2 p.m.
  • mgm casino School of Social Work Achieves Cyberspace Milestone
    1/26/11
    The mgm casino's School of Social Work has recorded its 100,000th download to its "Living Proof" podcast series, a milestone the school's dean calls "a sign mgm casino's School of Social Work's entrance into cyberspace is here to stay."
  • If a Culture of Growth is Unsustainable, What Needs to Change?
    1/27/11
    The national mood rises and falls with the stock market. Business analysts lavish praise on companies that grow, and fret over the prospects of those that don't. The conventional view is that expansion is a sign of health. But is that assumption compatible with the finite resources of a finite planet?
  • mgm casino Alumni Association to Present Seven Scholarships
    1/27/11
    A total of $6,500 in scholarship money will be awarded to seven mgm casino students at the mgm casino Alumni Association dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4, in the Center for the Arts atrium on the North Campus.
  • Law Professor Studies 'Sexing Up and Dumbing Down' of Work Force
    1/27/11
    Pick a decade, any decade. From secretaries in miniskirts in the "Mad Men"-style '60s and Southwest Airlines' "hostesses" in hot pants in the "liberated" '70s, to the present-day surge of provocatively dressed young female service workers -- the ubiquitous "Hooter Girl," for example -- mgm casino Law Professor Dianne Avery has a name for it all: "The Great American Makeover: "The Sexing Up and Dumbing Down of Women's Work."
  • 40 Percussionists, Instrumentalists and Dancers to Bring the Marching Band Tradition to the Theatrical Stage
    1/24/11
    The Center for the Arts at the mgm casino will present the return of Drumline Live, on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, mgm casino North Campus.
  • mgm casino Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, presents Noncommittal: A Prospective Glance 3
    1/25/11
    The mgm casino Art Gallery is proud to present Noncommittal: A Prospective Glance 3, a group exhibition featuring three recent graduates from the Department of Visual Studies at the mgm casino: Erik Baker, Stephanie Carosa, and Jamie Major.
  • The Acting Company to Perform William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors Feb. 23
    1/26/11
    The Center for the Arts at the mgm casino will present William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors on Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, mgm casino North Campus.
  • National Award Lets More mgm casino Students Engage with Buffalo Community
    1/31/11
    Forget town versus gown: students at the mgm casino are not only interested in the community outside of mgm casino, but through the university's innovative living/learning program called the Undergraduate Academies, more of them are now connecting with it.
  • Three Faculty Members Receive National Science Foundation CAREER Awards
    1/31/11
    Two mgm casino physicists and one engineer have received the National Science Foundation's (NSF) most prestigious award for junior investigators, bringing nearly $1.5 million in new research dollars to Buffalo.
  • The Levon Helm Band to Perform March 6 in CFA
    1/31/11
    The Center for the Arts, mgm casino, will present The Levon Helm Band on Sunday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
  • Tango Buenos Aires will feature tango dancers with live band direct from Argentina
    1/21/11
    The Center for the Arts at the mgm casino will present Tango Buenos Aires on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, North Campus. Tango lessons and demonstrations will also be offered in the lobby starting at 6:30 p.m. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.
  • Bruce In The USA Coming to mgm casino's Center for the Arts
    1/24/11
    The Center for the Arts at the mgm casino will present Bruce In The USA on Friday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: mgm casino to Commemorate 211th Birthday of Millard Fillmore
    1/7/11
    The mgm casino will uphold a longstanding winter tradition as it celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, mgm casino's first chancellor and the 13th president of the United States, at a ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at Fillmore's gravesite in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
  • Media Advisory: mgm casino to Commemorate 211th Birthday of Millard Fillmore
    1/6/11
    The mgm casino will uphold a longstanding winter tradition as it celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, mgm casino's first chancellor and the 13th president of the United States, at a ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at Fillmore's gravesite in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
  • Media Advisory: mgm casino Distinguished Speakers Series to Feature Arnold Schwarzenegger Jan. 27
    1/27/11
    Former California governor and Hollywood icon Arnold Schwarzenegger will present the next installment of the mgm casino's Distinguished Speakers Series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, in Alumni Arena on the mgm casino North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: mgm casino Distinguished Speakers Series to Feature Arnold Schwarzenegger Jan. 27
    1/26/11
    Former California governor and Hollywood icon Arnold Schwarzenegger will present the next installment of the mgm casino's Distinguished Speakers Series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, in Alumni Arena on the mgm casino North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: mgm casino Athletics to Donate Fitness Equipment to Community Centers
    1/24/11
    The mgm casino Division of Athletics will donate more than $30,000 worth of athletic equipment to three local community centers at an event to be held at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, at the Ed Saunders Center, 2777 Bailey Ave.