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+
+abstract here
+
diff --git a/sections/acknowledgements.tex b/sections/acknowledgements.tex
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+
+% N.b. NO "Dedication" header
+% Double spaced
+% Not centered, either horizontally or vertically
+
+\newpage
+
+Optional acknowledgements page
+
diff --git a/sections/dedication.tex b/sections/dedication.tex
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+
+% N.b. NO "Dedication" header
+% single spaced
+% centered both horizontally and vertically
+
+\newpage
+\vspace*{\fill}
+\begin{center}
+
+(Optional dedication page)
+
+This should be single spaced.
+
+It should be centered horizontally and vertically.
+
+\end{center}
+\vspace*{\fill}
+
diff --git a/sections/frontmatter.tex b/sections/frontmatter.tex
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+
+
+%%%%% PAGE (i)
+
+
+\begin{center}
+
+Your Thesis / Dissertation Title Goes Here
+
+\skiplines{1}
+
+(Either single or double spaced)
+
+\skiplines{8}
+
+by
+
+\skiplines{1}
+
+Center your name here
+
+\skiplines{1}
+
+
+Center your defense date or the conferral date here
+
+\skiplines{8}
+
+% Select monograph type:
+%A thesis submitted to the 
+A dissertation submitted to the 
+
+faculty of the Graduate School of
+
+the University of Buffalo, The State University of New York
+
+in partial fulfillment of the requrements for the
+
+degree of
+
+\skiplines{10}
+
+% Degree type:
+Doctor of Philosophy
+
+Department of Computer Science
+
+\end{center}
+
+
+%%%%% PAGE (ii)
+
+
+\newpage
+
+\begin{center}
+
+% N.b. For vertical space at pagestart (i.e. before the first line), need to use vspace* (with *):
+\skiplines{37}
+
+Copyright by
+
+\skiplines{1}
+
+% Your name
+Center your name here
+
+\skiplines{1}
+
+% Year
+2023
+
+\skiplines{1}
+
+All Rights Reserved
+
+\end{center}
+
+\newpage
+
+
diff --git a/sections/introduction.tex b/sections/introduction.tex
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+
+Title page here
+
+\newpage
+
+another page
+
+\newpage
+
+yet another
+