News Releases

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

  • Miramax Establishes Diversity Film Scholarships for New York State Residents
    4/7/04
    Miramax Films, the independent film company founded by Co-chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein, has generously established a $50,000 scholarship fund to support qualified New York State students from diverse backgrounds entering the Master of Arts in the Humanities/ Film and Performance Program at the University at Buffalo.
  • Novel Animal Model of Tinnitus, New Grant, Propel UB Researchers Forward in Search for Tinnitus Treatment
    4/6/04
    A novel rat behavioral model of tinnitus that will allow researchers to study this debilitating condition in a manner never before possible and to test potential treatments has been developed by researchers with the University at Buffalo's Center for Hearing & Deafness.
  • Architectural Superstar Peter Zumthor is UB's 2004 Visiting Clarkson Chair in Architecture
    4/6/04
    Switzerland is widely recognized as one of today's most important centers of modern architectural thought and Peter Zumthor, the 2004 Will and Nan Clarkson Visiting Chair in Architecture at the University at Buffalo, has produced works that are among his nation's major achievements.
  • Goldhagen to Deliver Architecture Lecture
    4/6/04
    Sarah Goldhagen, author of an influential and myth-busting book on Louis Kahn, one of the most important architects to emerge in the decades after World War II, will present the final talk in the 2003-04 Lecture Series of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.
  • Paleontologists Use Computer to "Morph" Deformed Fossils Back to Their Original Shapes
    4/6/04
    It's bad enough that fossils, buried deep in layers of rock for thousands or millions of years, may be damaged or missing pieces, but what really challenges paleontologists, according to University at Buffalo researchers, is the amount of deformation that most fossils exhibit. That's why a UB researcher and her colleagues are working on a computational method to morph fossils back to their original shapes by calculating and excising the deformation.
  • UB Anderson Gallery to Present "The Talking Cure" from April 8 through May 9
    4/3/04
    "The Talking Cure," the installation of a graphic novel written and illustrated by Christopher Mostyn, will open with a reception at the University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery on April 8 from 6-8:30 p.m.
  • UB Anderson Gallery to Present "Brain Wash," Video Installation by Pei-Yun Lee
    4/3/04
    "Brain Wash," a video installation by Pei-Yun Lee, will open with a reception at the UB Anderson Gallery on April 8 from 6-8:30 pm. The installation will remain on view in the second floor gallery through May 9.
  • Architectural Research Centers Consortium Cites UB's Robert Shibley for Lifetime Achievement In Architecture Field
    4/2/04
    Robert G. Shibley, professor of architecture and director of the Urban Design Project in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, has been named the sixth recipient of one of his field's most prestigious awards -- the James Haecker Distinguished Leadership Award for Architectural Research presented by the Architectural Research Centers Consortium.
  • In Solving an Ancient Whodunit, UB Geologists Conclude that Even in the Miocene, the Rhino Reigned Supreme
    3/31/04
    Lions may get all the good press about being "king of the jungle," but the modern animal that has no predators in the wild, except for man, is the rhinoceros and that probably was the case as long as nine million years ago, recent University at Buffalo research demonstrates.
  • UB to Host Mary Frances Berry, Legal Scholar, Civil Libertarian AND Human Rights Activist
    3/31/04
    UB will host a talk by Mary Frances Berry, Ph.D., J.D, on April 8 in which she will discuss the 1954 groundbreaking Supreme Court decision, "Brown vs. the Board of Education," its historical and legal implications and current application.