News Releases

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

  • On the Road 10 Years, Dental Van Helps 7,000 Children
    10/7/05
    More than 20,000 treatment hours have been logged by 7,000 children in Chautauqua County who have received dental care that otherwise would not be available to them since the UB School of Dental Medicine's traveling dental van took to the Southern Tier's roads 10 years ago.
  • 7 to be Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame
    10/6/05
    Six alumni and an administrator have been selected for induction into the University at Buffalo's Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame.
  • Pharmacy Students Heed Lessons from "The Apprentice"
    10/6/05
    A University at Buffalo pharmacy professor is using the hit TV reality show "The Apprentice" -- and its famous "You're fired" endings -- to help his students become more likely to hear the words "You're hired" upon graduation.
  • Treasured Map Lures Geologists to Buffalo
    10/4/05
    When University at Buffalo planetary volcanologist Tracy Gregg mentioned at a recent geology conference that the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library was this fall exhibiting an original edition of the world's first geologic map, audience members were captivated.
  • NSF Award Funds Studies of Magnetic Properties
    10/4/05
    Jochen Autschbach, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry at the University at Buffalo, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to conduct theoretical studies of the magnetic properties of molecules and nanoscale systems.
  • Fundraising Effort to Create Bahl Professorship
    10/3/05
    The family of the late Om Parkash Bahl, a distinguished University at Buffalo professor whose scientific research led to the development of the home pregnancy test, is remembering him by raising money for a new endowed professorship in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.
  • UB to Honor Audiologist, Clarence Resident
    10/3/05
    The University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences is honoring nationally known audiologist and alumnus Sebastian "Red" Rosica, Ed.M. '50, with its 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award, noting his outstanding professional achievement.
  • To Track Damage and Decisions, Scientists Head to New Orleans
    9/30/05
    Days after Hurricane Katrina hit, research teams from the University at Buffalo's Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research were dispatched to the Mississippi coast to conduct structural analysis and remote sensing of damage to large structures. On Oct, 3, MCEER will send three teams of researchers to New Orleans, again with funding primarily from the National Science Foundation.
  • Homecoming to be Held Oct. 5-9
    9/29/05
    The UB Alumni Association will host a variety of activities during Homecoming Week 2005, to be held Wednesday through Oct. 9 on both the North (Amherst) and South (Main Street) campuses.
  • SUNY Researchers to Discuss Homeland Security Projects
    9/27/05
    Researchers from throughout the State University of New York system will gather to discuss emerging and ongoing research in homeland security at a conference being organized by the University at Buffalo, the University at Albany Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, and Stony Brook University.