UB News You Need to Know

UB to Celebrate International Education Week Nov. 16-20

2009-11-06T00:00:00-05:00

The University at Buffalo will celebrate International Education Week (IEW), a joint initiative of the U.S. departments of State and Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to experience the U.S., Nov. 16-20.

UB to Host Veterans Day Conference to Help Military Personnel Obtain Benefits

2009-11-06T00:00:00-05:00

The University at Buffalo Law School will host a Veterans Day symposium at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 in 106 O'Brian Hall on UB's North Campus designed to explore ways to make it easier for U.S. military and service-members to obtain their entitled benefits.

Historic Master Plan Will Guide Transformation of UB and Increase its Impact on Entire Region

2009-10-27T00:00:00-05:00

An historic comprehensive physical plan that will guide the growth of the University at Buffalo as it implements the UB 2020 strategic plan to become a model 21st century university will be unveiled today at a community celebration on UB's North Campus.

Fourth UB Gala to Raise Money for Student Scholarships

2009-10-27T00:00:00-05:00

The University at Buffalo's fourth Scholarship Gala to raise funds for undergraduate and graduate student scholarships across the university will be held Nov. 7.

UB's School of Social Work to Celebrate 75 Years of Caring and Accomplishment

2009-10-23T00:00:00-05:00

The University at Buffalo's School of Social Work will conclude its 75th anniversary celebration with a gala evening to be held in Salvatore's Italian Gardens Restaurant in Depew on Oct. 24.

Richard Besser, ABC-TV's Senior Medical Editor, to Present 21st Perry Lecture

2009-10-23T00:00:00-05:00

Richard E. Besser, MD, senior health and medical editor for ABC News, will present the 21st annual J. Warren Perry Lecture on Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m. in 105 Harriman Hall on the University at Buffalo's South Campus.

UB Distinguished Speakers Talk by Columnist Steve Lopez Will Be Complemented by WNY Community Resource Fair

2009-10-22T00:00:00-05:00

When writer Steve Lopez, whose columns for the Los Angeles Times were the basis for a hit film and a bestselling book about homelessness, mental illness and the redemptive power of music, presents the Oct. 28 Distinguished Speaker Lecture at the University at Buffalo, he will be surrounded by community workers whose work he knows and appreciates.

The "Jewels in Our Genes" Study: Investigating Why Black Women are at Increased Risk of Early Breast Cancer

2009-09-29T00:00:00-05:00

A nation-wide cancer information program targeting African-Americans, called the Witness Project, is partnering with a University at Buffalo genetic epidemiologist to conduct the first national study of genes that increase breast cancer susceptibility in African-American families.

"Ecologies of Decay" -- the Splendor and Intrigue of Destruction and Rot

2009-09-23T00:00:00-05:00

Buffalo's detritus and blight, what Hadas Steiner, associate professor of architecture at the University at Buffalo, calls "its bounty of domestic and industrial flotsam," has long been the stuff of Dennis Maher's art.

Simpson Challenges Status Quo in Annual Community Address; Says Public Universities are 'Economic Engines of 21st Century'

2009-09-23T00:00:00-05:00

University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson today rallied community support for the UB 2020 strategic plan, urging an end to the status quo hindering UB's ability to help revitalize the regional economy and become one of the nation's premier public research universities.