http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog UB's Undergraduate Learning Experience Blog Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:22:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks in part to a $3 million grant from the John R. Oishei Foundation, the University at Buffalo announced that it is establishing a Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint venture of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences that will focus on ... http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/ub-establishing-department-of-biomedical-engineering/ Two University at Buffalo professors were chosen to participate in a National Academy of Engineering symposium highlighting the next generation of innovators. Associate professor of industrial and systems engineering Ann Bisantz and professor of chemical and biological engineering Mark Swihart were invited to attend the 14th annual National Academy of ... http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/two-ub-professors-selected-as-rising-stars/ Esther S. Takeuchi, Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research at the University at Buffalo, has been selected as a 2008 recipient of an Astellas USA Foundation Award, administered by the American Chemical Society. The award carries a $30,000 prize and an invitation to deliver an address as part of a ... http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/takeuchi-wins-american-chemical-society-award/ Four University at Buffalo faculty members were honored for their research and scholarship at the SUNY Research Foundation's annual awards dinner held recently in Albany. The UB honorees are Robert J. Genco, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the departments of Oral Biology, and Microbiology; Andre Filiatrault, professor in the Department of ... http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/4-faculty-members-receive-suny-research-awards/ A UB undergraduate was awarded the Morris K. Udall Scholarship for their third consecutive year, highlighting a string of UB students selected to receive prestigious national competitive fellowship and scholarship awards in recent weeks. Aaron Krolikowski, a junior double majoring in political science and social sciences interdisciplinary - environmental studies, was selected as a Udall Scholar ... http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/ub-students-awarded-prestigious-national-scholarships/ From designing safer intersections to helping accident victims overcome their fears, a new driving simulation laboratory is open for business in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The state-of-the-art facility will be available for use by students, faculty and industry to conduct research on automotive and ... http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/driving-simulator-open-for-business-in-ub-engineering/ The Buffalo News recently produced a video feature on the unique, hands-on learning experience offered by UB's School of Architecture and Planning. Have a look. http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/watch-buffalo-news-video-feature-on-ubs-school-of-architecture-and-planning/ The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo has been awarded a grant by the John R. Oishei Foundation to bring the performing arts into health-care settings to enhance the healing environment for patients and caregivers. The center's innovative Arts in Healthcare initiative is the first of its kind ... http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/grant-supports-new-arts-in-healthcare-initiative/ The dramatic story of how great minds of science and industry harnessed the Niagara River to produce electricity over a century ago earned its authors high honors. “The Power Trail: History of Hydroelectricity at Niagara,” written by UB professor of architecture Lynda Schneekloth and three of her former students, received ... http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/professor-students-honored-for-niagara-hydroelectricity-history/ An anti-cancer drug developed by a UB faculty researcher and Kinex Pharmaceuticals has begun clinical testing with patients. The drug was created from the work of David Hangauer, UB associate professor of chemistry, who developed a compound that targets a protein linked to the survival of cancer cells. "We have ... http://learning.buffalo.edu/blog/anti-cancer-drug-begins-human-trials/