MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gersh Experience, a post secondary program for students with neurobiological disorders, of North Tonawanda today announced that Dr. Fran Murphy was appointed to be the new Program Director.

By Jay Rey Alfred University was on edge for two hours last week when police locked down the school in search of a gunman reported to be on campus. It turned out to be a student with a toy gun. Overreaction? "No," said Norman Pollard, Alfred's dean of students.

By Brown, Mark POSSIBLE SCHOOLS: The Reggio Approach to Urban Education. Ann Lewin-Benham. New York: Teachers College Press, 2006. 263 pp. Softcover, $22.95.

By Jay Rey, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Feb. 19--When Daemen College officials traveled to China last fall, the visit was more than a chance to see the Great Wall. The small, liberal arts college in Amherst signed a pact for a student-exchange program with two Chinese universities.

By Paul Westmoore, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Jan. 16