News Releases

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

  • Law School Scholarship Fund Will Honor William R. Greiner, UB's 13th President
    4/24/04
    The William R. Greiner Scholarship Fund has been newly established in the University at Buffalo Law School to honor UB's 13th president, who retired as UB's chief executive officer at the end of last December.
  • UB Center for the Arts to Hold "Explore the Arts" Theatrical Arts Summer Program for Grades 5-9
    4/23/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Explore the Arts, its first theatrical arts summer program for children, from July 12-16 at the Center for the Arts. Registration and fee are required.
  • Dozens of Items from UB's Joyce Collection Off to Ireland's National Library for 100th Anniversary of Bloomsday
    4/22/04
    The 100th anniversary of Bloomsday is in the wings and several treasured items from the University at Buffalo Libraries' James Joyce Collection are being packed up and sent off to Ireland for the largest celebration of that anniversary in the world.
  • UB Center Receives $4.75 Million to Research, Transfer and Commercialize Assistive Device Technology
    4/22/04
    The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology Transfer (T2RERC) at the University at Buffalo has received a $4.75 million five-year grant from the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation Research to research, evaluate, transfer and commercialize assistive devices for persons with disabilities.
  • Satish Tripathi Named Provost of University at Buffalo
    4/21/04
    Satish K. Tripathi, Ph.D., dean of the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside, has been named provost of the University at Buffalo by UB President John B. Simpson.
  • From Recycling Microfilm to Reducing Fume Hood Use, UB "Green Partners" Find Innovative Ways to Conserve
    4/21/04
    A computing division is teaching students how to put their computers to "sleep." A chemistry department found ways to reduce fume hood use without affecting classes or research. A library department found a way to recycle microfiches and microfilms. These are just a few of the University at Buffalo's environmental efforts being celebrated this Earth Day (April 22) as part of the new Green Partners program, organized by faculty, staff and students of UB's Environmental Task Force.
  • Consuming Isoflavone-Rich Soy Protein Can Help Lower "Hidden" Risk Factors for Heart Disease
    4/20/04
    Blood tests to determine the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in the bloodstream are nearly always conducted after a 12-hour fast. Increasingly, however, researchers are interested in levels of cholesterol and other lipids, particularly triglycerides, in the bloodstream after eating, which has been shown to be associated with the development of atherosclerosis. Researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that one way to counter this destructive rise in blood lipids after eating is to include soy products in the diet.
  • Implications and Applications of the U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act Will Be Explored by Experts during April 29 Seminar at UB
    4/20/04
    Experts with differing points of view from the fields of law, national security and information dissemination will participate in a public seminar on April 29 at the University at Buffalo to explore the impact of the U.S.A.P.A.T.RI.O.T. Act on the country, its laws and institutions.
  • "Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim like Me" -- the Classic Collection of Black "Toasts," the Daddy of Hip-Hop -- Is Resurrected
    4/16/04
    "Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me: Narrative Poetry From Black Oral Tradition," a book collected and compiled by SUNY Distinguished Professor Bruce Jackson of the University at Buffalo, is back for a second go 'round.
  • "Friends" Reflected Change in American Society, Among First TV Shows to Portray "Youth on Their Own," says UB Pop-Culture Expert
    4/16/04
    The sitcom "Friends," which is ending its 10-year run on TV next month, will be remembered as one of those rare shows that marked a change in American culture, according to a pop-culture expert at the University at Buffalo.