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space in the UB Downtown Gateway at 77 Goodell Street in Buffalo. ���This strategic move brings the CEL into the heart of a region where innovation is flourishing,��� said Arjang Assad, dean of the School of Management. ���The Gateway���s proximity to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and UB���s downtown research enterprises will allow easier collaboration between the CEL and the area���s burgeoning life sciences companies.��� The UB Downtown Gateway provides space for community outreach, service and research programs with a public orientation. These include the UB Office of Economic Engagement; the UB Regional Institute; UBMD, the physician practice plan of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; and UB���s Millard Fillmore College, which offers continuing education for adults. Acquired by UB in 2007, the building was home to local clothing manufacturer M. Wile & Co. from 1924 to 1964, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The move is another step in CEL���s plan to expand both the scope and reach of its activities, thanks in part to a $525,000 investment by UB and the School of Management. ���Both the new location and the additional funding are an outstanding opportunity to strengthen the center and take things to the next level for the benefit of the region���s entrepreneurs,��� said Tom Ulbrich, executive director of the CEL. x Exports to Canada program a cross-border success The School of Management collaborated with the Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA) in the fall to launch a new program, Exports to Canada, that assists Western New York businesses in increasing their level of exports across the border. Carrie Gardner, director of the school���s CreditBearing Internship Program (CBIP), and Maryann Stein, director of international programs for ECIDA, initially conceived of the project, which provides training to local businesses seeking to expand their customer base into Canada and then matches them with School of Management interns to help achieve that goal. 4 Buffalo Business Spring 2013 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Start-Ups Photo: Beth O���Keefe MBA students and ECIDA interns, from left, Colin Masterson, Andrew Wescott, Ian Trapper, Hung Duc Phan, Ruth Huoh and Mithra Pamaraju. Stein brought MBA students Mark Bortz and Chris Courtney on board as interns to help run the program. Their internships were partially funded through Western New York Prosperity Scholarships. Bortz and Courtney then matched MBA interns from the School of Management with participating companies: Ascension Industries, Buffalo Newspress, Life Safety Engineered Systems, RJR Engineering, Secura Technologies and ValueCentric. MBA interns Ruth Huoh, Colin Masterson, Mithra Pamaraju, Hung Duc Phan, Ian Trapper and Andrew Wescott each assisted one of the companies and gained insights into the ECIDA���s mission as well. The Exports to Canada program will now be a recurring internship opportunity for UB MBA students, Gardner said. ���It will be particularly valuable for those who wish to gain international business experience.��� John Dunbar Jr., an adjunct instructor in the school, served as the faculty mentor to all the interns in the program. He is a principal of Strategic Investments & Holdings Inc., a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, recapitalization, acquisitions and management buyouts of middle-market companies. National Grid provided a grant to assist the program through an approved economic development plan from the New York State Public Service Commission. For more information on the School of Management���s Credit-Bearing Internship Program, visit mgt.buffalo.edu/internships or call 716-645-3233. x Rankings Bloomberg Businessweek, Financial Times and U.S. News & World Report have again ranked the School of Management. See details in NewsBites, page 21.