News Releases

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

  • Legal and Social Issues Related to Handling of Cultural Heritage by Libraries and Museums to be Focus of Conference
    3/25/04
    Hector Feliciano, who spent more than seven years tracking down the story of Nazi art pillaging, will describe the world of secret art trade during the keynote address of the Conference on the Ownership and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, to be presented April 1-2 by the University at Buffalo Law School's Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy.
  • Jacobs to Co-Chair State's Technology Policy and Practices Council
    3/25/04
    Donald J. Jacobs, founder and director of Center for Applied Technologies in Education at the University at Buffalo and chair of the education policy group Education Innovation Consortium, has been appointed to co-chair the University of the State of New York (USNY) Technology Policy and Practices Council.
  • Computer-Assisted Cognitive Rehabilitation Improves Substance-Abuse Treatment Response
    3/25/04
    "Brain exercises" originally developed for the rehabilitation of head-injury patients improve the cognitive functioning of individuals in substance-abuse treatment and their commitment to the treatment program, according to research conducted at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).
  • Critically Acclaimed Broadway Star and Popular Adult Contemporary Singer Linda Eder to Perform at UB
    3/24/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo and Different Strokes Paint Your Own Pottery Studio will present Linda Eder at 8 p.m. on April 30 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Researchers' Expertise in Big Cats Lands Them on Discovery Channel's New "Animal Face-Off" Series
    3/24/04
    Two members of a University at Buffalo research team that is developing the first interactive, computational tool kit designed to model the behavior of ancient beasts have had a chance to explore the entertainment value of their work for the Discovery Channel's new "Animal Face-Off" series.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present Student Production of "Fiddler on the Roof"
    3/24/04
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present a student production of "Fiddler on the Roof" on April 15-18 and April 21-24 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Media sponsor for this production is WBFO.
  • Researchers Show Chronic Sinusitis Is an Immune Disorder; Antifungal Medicine Is Effective in Its Treatment
    3/23/04
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo and the Mayo Clinic have shown that chronic sinusitis is an immune disorder caused by fungus, opening up a promising new avenue for treating this ubiquitous and debilitating condition, for which there is no FDA-approved therapy.
  • From Lava Lakes on Jupiter's Moon, Io, Come Ideas About What Earth May Have Looked Like as a Newborn Planet
    3/19/04
    Investigations into lava lakes on the surface of Io, the intensely volcanic moon that orbits Jupiter, may provide clues to what Earth looked like in its earliest phases, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
  • Emotional Intelligence Key to Winning on "The Apprentice"
    3/18/04
    Emotional intelligence is proving to be the deciding factor on who will win the dream job with Donald Trump on the hit NBC show "The Apprentice," according to a leadership professor at the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • UB Alumni Association Sets Annual Awards Dinner for April 23
    3/18/04
    A Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Competitiveness in Washington, D.C., has been selected to receive the University at Buffalo Alumni Association's most prestigious award at its Celebration of Excellence Dinner on April 23.