News Releases

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

  • Paroski named 1 of 10 "Women Making History in Erie County"
    3/12/04
    Margaret W. Paroski, M.D., interim vice president for health affairs at the University at Buffalo and interim dean of the UB medical school, has been named one of 10 "Women Making History in Erie County" in conjunction with the observance of March as National Women's History Month.
  • Martha Stewart's High-Profile Retail Strategy May Be Her Brand's Ultimate Undoing, Says UB Retailing Expert
    3/11/04
    Martha Stewart's hands-on, high-profile retailing formula -- once the key to her unprecedented success -- may be her brand's death sentence as the possibility of prison looms in her future, according to a retail-marketing expert at the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • National Group Ranks Faculty In UB's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Among the Nation's Most Productive
    3/11/04
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences ranks fourth in the U.S. in National Institutes of Health research funding per Ph.D. faculty member, according to the latest report on pharmacy faculty from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
  • Protease-Inhibitor Cocktail Protects, Increases Anti-Microbial Action of Promising New Peptide, UB Oral Biologists Find
    3/11/04
    The anti-microbial activity of promising peptides shown in laboratory studies to kill several medically important fungi, some of which are resistant to current drugs, can be enhanced further by protecting the peptides from enzymes programmed to destroy them, University at Buffalo oral biologists have found.
  • New Peptide Derived from Protein in Saliva may be Promising Antifungal Agent, UB Oral Biologists Find
    3/10/04
    Searching for better treatments for oral infections that plague persons with compromised immune systems, oral biologists at the University at Buffalo have developed a novel peptide that appears to be a good candidate for treating candidiasis and other fungal conditions.
  • Classic Russian Fairytale "Swan Lake" To Be Performed by Moscow Festival Ballet
    3/10/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present "Swan Lake," performed by the Moscow Festival Ballet, at 8 p.m. on April 20 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB to Host March Talk by Michael Kwartler, Whose Innovative Use of Digital Tools Illuminates Complex Land-Use Issues
    3/9/04
    Michael Kwartler, an innovative architect, planner, urban designer and educator with extensive experience in the development and use of digital visualization tools will present the Clarkson Lecture on Urban and Regional Planning on March 24 at the University at Buffalo.
  • Martha Graham Ensemble to Perform April 3 in Center for the Arts
    3/9/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Martha Graham Ensemble at 8 p.m. on April 3 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB and Buffalo Public Schools to Host Program to Interest Middle School Girls in Science and Technology
    3/9/04
    Solar power. Robotic patients. Virtual earthquakes. These and other scientific wonders await 60 middle-school girls from the Buffalo Public Schools when they venture onto the University at Buffalo campus on March 27 for "Expanding Your Horizons: A Science/Math and Computing Program for Middle School Girls."
  • UB MBA Graduate Wins $25,000 in Annual Entrepreneur Competition
    3/5/04
    Michael Blumenson, a 1998 graduate of the University at Buffalo MBA program, won the $25,000 first-place prize in UB's fourth annual Panasci Entrepreneurial Competition, which awards seed money to UB students and recent alumni who devise and present the best plans for launch of a viable new business in Western New York.