News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • National Science Foundation Selects UB Professor Who Models Internet Switches to Receive Early Career Development Award
    4/16/04
    Hung Q. Ngo, Ph.D., an assistant professor of computer science and engineering in the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation to develop a theory for the design and analysis of ultra-fast optical switches.
  • High-Fat Fast-Food Breakfast Produces Rush of Inflammatory Factors into Blood Stream, UB Study Finds
    4/16/04
    A breakfast of Egg McMuffin and hash browns may taste good, but its high-fat, high-carbohydrate content wreaks havoc in the body's blood vessels, University at Buffalo endocrinologists have found.
  • Estrogen Alone Provides No Overall Benefit to Postmenopausal Women, Complete Analysis of WHI Trial Shows
    4/15/04
    Results of the clinical trial of estrogen supplementation for postmenopausal women who have had a hysterectomy, an arm of the Women's Health Initiative, show there is no overall health benefit to taking the hormone.
  • Conference to Focus on Fabrication of Public Opinion in an Era of Concentrated Media Ownership
    4/15/04
    "Networks, art and collaboration," a conference that will look at the many means of dissent devised by media artists, theorists, activists and critics, and consider their long-term goals in the face of global media consolidation will be held April 24 and 25 at the University at Buffalo.
  • Work on Promising Inorganic Blood Substitute to Move Forward with $1.5 Million Grant from NIH
    4/15/04
    A patient who is losing large amounts of blood presents a medical emergency, requiring proper blood-typing and immediate access to multiple units of compatible blood. Health workers must hope that a transfusion doesn't add to the emergency and that the patient has no objection to receiving blood products. Then there are the cost and logistics of maintaining large stocks of blood at the ready. The solution to these problems may lie in an inorganic compound being developed as a blood substitute at the University at Buffalo.