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Goshen school psychologist receives excellence award
Thomas Colgan, a school psychologist at Scotchtown Avenue Elementary School, was given the Ted Bernstein Award from the New York Association of School Psychologists for excellence in school psychology.
UB 2020 remains crown jewel of the region's economic agenda
Business and political leaders in the Buffalo Niagara region are sticking with the University at Buffalo's ambitious UB 2020 plan as their top economic-development priority.
Award-Winning Latvian-American Scientist to Speak to Latvian Students
The following is a press release from the U.S. Embassy, Riga, Public Affairs Section: Riga, November 23, 2009.
NY revives retirement buyout for agencies
New York Gov. David Paterson's budget director has ordered state agencies to continue extending retirement buyouts to employees.
Public targets DEC over hazardous waste plan
For the second time in a year, state environmental regulators came to Niagara Falls to hear from the public about a draft of its plan to guide the future development of hazardous waste facilities.
Kane named Cheektowaga school superintendent
Longtime Cheektowaga Central Schools administrator Dennis M. Kane has been named superintendent for the district.
Effie Eitam's US campus speaking tour draws plaudits... and...
Against the backdrop of Israel's sometimes-fragile image, an organization seeking to promote dialogue about Israel and the Middle East has brought former MK Effie Eitam to US college campuses to advocate for Israel.
Man gets life for fatally injecting girlfriend
November 19, 2009, 7:07 AM / A Town of Tonawanda man who injected his girlfriend with an overdose of a prescription painkiller after they argued last Dec.
OSHA fines contractor $88,200 in UB case
A Victor-based electrical contractor is facing $88,200 in proposed fines from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration stemming from a May 18 incident on the University at Buffalo's North Campus in which an employee was burned.
SUNY Weighs the Value of Division I Sports
New York's state university system is among the largest in the country, but it has never been known for athletic prominence, unlike major public institutions in states like Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Hamburg voters will decide today whether to eliminate two town board members, cutting the membership to just 2 members and a supervisor, as part of a region-wide series of downsizing referendums advanced by activist Kevin Gaughan.
MS is more aggressive in children but slower to cause disability than in adults
Magnetic resonance images of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in childhood show that pediatric onset multiple sclerosis is more aggressive, and causes more brain lesions, than MS diagnosed in adulthood, researchers at the University at Buffalo have reported.
Victor Company Cited for 14 Alleged Safety Violations
Buffalo/ Victor, N.Y. - " O'Connell Electric Co. of Victor has been cited by OSHA for 14 alleged serious violations of safety standards.
UB prof to lead $500K 'clicker' study
Clyde Herreid displays a clicker. View Larger A University at Buffalo science professor has received a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the use of electronic audience-response devices in science classrooms.
Retailers Expect a Grinch-like Christmas, Says UB Retail Expert
Unfortunately for retailers, the Grinch will be pushing the shopping cart again this holiday season, says Arun Jain, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
2 ex-UB students found not guilty in robbery
Kedar Robinson and Ekeh Ibekweh, both former University at Buffalo undergraduates, were found not guilty Thursday of the gunpoint robbery of $3,100 from a fellow student and admitted marijuana trafficker on the North Campus on May 22, 2008.
Minority bar takes message to schools
"Across the nation we have seen a decrease in minority applicants to law school," said Moore, director of the Buffalo regional office for the New York State Division of Human Rights.
World travel is all well and good, if you have the time and the money. For the rest of us, movies can be a substitute exposure to distant parts of the world.
Marriage Of Kenyan Gay Couple Sparks Debate
Many Kenyans have been outraged that two men of Kenyan descent would get married to each other and have contacted the men's relatives who still live in the rural sections of their African homeland.
Implications Of Past Forecasting Errors Often Underestimated
When managers issue a forecast of their firm's earnings, they do not always take into account prior forecasting errors, according to research in the current issue of the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.
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