News Releases

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

  • Rita Causing Flashbacks for Katrina Survivors
    9/22/05
    Three short weeks after they fled New Orleans, many victims of Hurricane Katrina housed in shelters in Texas are having difficulties dealing emotionally with the disaster, particularly with another destructive hurricane headed toward the state where they took refuge, according to Nancy J. Smyth, Ph.D., associate professor and dean of social work at the University at Buffalo.
  • Q&A: Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth
    9/22/05
    Kathryn A. Foster, director of UB's Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth, talks about the mission of the institute and plans for the future in a Q&A published in the Reporter on Sept. 22, 2005.
  • Wall Street Journal Ranks SOM 2 Spots Higher
    9/21/05
    The Wall Street Journal has ranked the University at Buffalo School of Management 13th among the top 47 regional business schools in North America, up two spots from last year's ranking.
  • Thomas R. Beecher, Jr., to Receive Jaeckle Award
    9/20/05
    Community leader Thomas R. Beecher, Jr., will receive the 2005 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award from University at Buffalo Law School and the UB Law Alumni Association at a luncheon to be held Oct. 22 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
  • "Justice at Dachau" Examines Nazi War Crimes Trial
    9/19/05
    With the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein expected to begin soon, the Jewish Law Students Association at the University at Buffalo Law School will host a multi-media presentation and lecture on a war-crimes tribunal from years past.
  • SofTrek Joins Center's Corporate Partner Program
    9/16/05
    San Francisco -- SofTrek Corporation, an Oracle hosting and technology company, announced today at Oracle Open World that it has formalized membership in the Corporate Partner Program of the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
  • UNYTECH05 Set for Sept. 21 and 22
    9/16/05
    UB, along with 10 other upstate New York colleges and universities, will present UNYTECH05, a venture forum designed to connect promising university-based start-up companies with potential investors, on Sept. 21 and 22 in the Buffalo Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway.
  • Montante is 2005 Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year
    9/16/05
    Carl J. Montante, president and managing director of Uniland Development Co., has been named the 2005 Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year by the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Katrina Spurs Geology Professor to Shift Course Focus
    9/15/05
    Aug. 29., the day that Hurricane Katrina barreled ashore on the Gulf Coast, also was the first day of class for Geology 428/528, "Preventing Geologic Disasters," at the University at Buffalo. Even though he had already prepared a semester's worth of historical examples, Michael F. Sheridan, Ph.D., UB professor of geology, decided that day to ditch much of it and to focus, instead, on Katrina as the harshest of case studies.
  • UB to Celebrate "Gender Matters/Gender Week"
    9/15/05
    A keynote speech by Winona LaDuke, a former U.S. vice presidential candidate, will kick off the fourth-annual UB "Gender Matters/Gender Week," to be held Sept. 19-23 at the University at Buffalo.