News Releases

All of the latest news about our university. (by topic)

  • Master Guitarist Joe Satriani to Perform April 10
    2/15/06
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Joe Satriani with very special guest Eric Johnson at 8 p.m. on April 10 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Chemical Sensors to Sniff Out Diseases in Human Breath
    2/10/06
    University at Buffalo researchers are developing a rugged, inexpensive Breathalyzer-type device that, just like the nose of a human -- or other mammal -- will contain thousands of chemical sensors "trained" to recognize complex chemical patterns, some of which are known biomarkers for certain diseases.
  • Pharmacy School, Pfizer Create Strategic Alliance
    2/9/06
    The University at Buffalo's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences today announced a strategic alliance with Pfizer, Inc., that will provide up to $7.5 million to develop at UB a Center of Excellence in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics and to support training and research in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
  • Diet Study Shows Little Effect on Disease in Women
    2/7/06
    The nearly decade-long dietary modification trial of the national Women's Health Initiative(WHI), which tested the effect of a diet low in total fat and high in fruits, vegetables and whole grains, showed that that diet had no statistically significant effect on rates of breast cancer, colon cancer, heart disease and stroke.
  • New Book Looks at Economic Rights in U.S., Canada
    2/3/06
    Although the United States and Canada both are large prosperous nations, the countries are not created equal when it comes to economic and other human rights, says Claude E. Welch, Jr., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, at the University at Buffalo, in a new book.
  • Anderson Gallery Receives Archive, Artwork of Alum
    2/3/06
    The UB Anderson Gallery, the University at Buffalo's art museum, has received the archive -- personal journals, travel slides and other artifacts -- and seven works of art by the late artist and UB alumnus Allan D'Arcangelo (1930-98). The gifts significantly contribute to UB Anderson Gallery's continuing endeavor to be an academic resource for students and scholars by supplementing its growing collection and archive on contemporary art.
  • UB to Hold Tibet in Buffalo Film Festival
    2/3/06
    Martin Scorsese's film "Kundun" will open the Tibet in Buffalo Film Festival on March 9, the first film in a special series showcasing some of the best films about the Dalai Lama, Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism.
  • CFA's Burrows to receive 2006 Arts Council Award
    2/2/06
    The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County has selected Thomas Burrows, executive director of the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts to receive this year's Arts Administrator Award. Burrows and other award recipients will be honored on March 21 at the 20th Annual Arts Awards Luncheon in the Buffalo Convention Center.
  • Theatre Department to Present Kafka's "The Trial"
    2/2/06
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Theatre and Dance will present Franz Kafka's The Trial, adapted by Steven Berkoff and directed by Vincent O'Neill, artistic director of the Irish Classical Theatre Company, Feb. 22-26 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Exhibition of New U.S. Border Station Architecture
    2/1/06
    "Thresholds Along the Frontier: Contemporary U.S. Border Stations" a traveling exhibition of newly designed U.S. international border stations, will be on display in the James Dyett Gallery in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning Feb. 1through March 13 before traveling to other venues in the U.S. and Canada.