News Releases

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

  • UB Pharmacy Researcher Receives NIH MERIT Award
    7/7/05
    The National Institutes of Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has selected a University at Buffalo researcher to receive one of its coveted MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) awards, worth $3 million over its first five years.
  • A Seminal Work Offers Practical Advice for Those Who Would Work or Travel in Vietnam
    7/7/05
    Mark Ashwill, Ph.D., director of the World Languages Program at the University at Buffalo, has had a long love affair with Vietnam, a country that he says is "pulsating with energy and steeped in dreams." He has written a detailed and very well-received book about his "second country" that the American Library Association rates as "highly recommended."
  • Historical Reenactments, Declaration of Principles, Will Mark Centennial of the Niagara Movement
    7/1/05
    The University at Buffalo Department of African American Studies will sponsor a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Niagara Movement with an event to be held at 11 a.m. on July 9.
  • Justice O'Connor's Legacy on the Court One of Moderation, Independence, Says UB Law Professor
    7/1/05
    University at Buffalo School of Law Professor Lee A. Albert is available as an expert source to media covering today's surprise retirement announcement by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
  • Female Butterflies Go for Sparkle -- Not Size -- When Choosing to Mate
    6/29/05
    Size doesn't matter, at least not the size of the eyespots on a male butterfly's wings when female butterflies consider potential mates. Instead, females are attracted to the "sparkle" created by the ultraviolet reflectivity of the pupils, the white circles at the center of eyespots, according to new research from University at Buffalo biologists.
  • Gift Will Help UB Train More Pharmacy Students to Understand How the Body Interacts with Drugs
    6/28/05
    Sankyo Pharma Development is giving $120,000 to the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for graduate fellowships, as a response to the shortage of qualified researchers in the study of body/drug interactions.
  • Study Ties Risk of Problem Gambling with Proximity to Casinos and Other Gambling Opportunities
    6/28/05
    Individuals who live within 10 miles of a casino or in a disadvantaged neighborhood are more likely to experience problem gambling, according to new research from the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).
  • Grokster Ruling Is Good, Bad News for Copyright Law and New Technologies, Says UB Copyright Expert
    6/27/05
    The Supreme Court's decision in MGM v. Grokster, announced today (June 27, 2005) offers both good news and bad news for copyright law and followers of new technologies, like P2P, according to Shubha Ghosh, professor of law at the University at Buffalo and an expert on intellectual property and cyberspace law.
  • Hugh Calkins, GIS Pioneer and Former UB Department Chair, Dies at 66
    6/23/05
    BUFFALO -- Hugh West Calkins, Ph.D., a pioneer in the development of geographic information systems who was University at Buffalo professor emeritus of geography and former chair of UB's geography department, died from cancer on June 18 in Littleton, Colo. He was 66.
  • Leading Researchers to Discuss Latest Treatments for Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents
    6/23/05
    Renowned experts in the fields of childhood and adolescent mental-health problems will gather next month to discuss new and effective treatments for a wide-range of mental illnesses affecting children and teens at the fourth Biennial Niagara Conference on Evidence Based Treatments for Childhood and Adolescent Health Problems