News Releases

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

  • Why Did Sabertooth Tigers Need Such Big Teeth? UB Team "Retro-Engineers" Ancient Beasts to Find Answer
    1/8/04
    Cringe. That's what most people do when they look at fossils of the impressive, eight-inch-long canines of the now extinct sabertooth tiger, Smilodon fatalis. But Frank Mendel, a University at Buffalo anatomist, sees those big teeth and thinks: How in the world did they use those fangs?
  • Popular Stand-Up Comedian Jim Norton to Perform at UB on Feb. 7
    1/8/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Jim Norton at 8 p.m. on Feb. 7 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Event media sponsor is WBUF-FM.
  • Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer to Present Special Duo Performance in Center for the Arts
    1/8/04
    The Center for the Arts will present Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer at 8 p.m. on Feb. 11 in the Mainstage theater located in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Center for the Arts to Present Garth Fagan Dance as Part of KeyBank Dance Series
    1/7/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Garth Fagan Dance at 8 p.m. on Feb 6 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by KeyBank. Media sponsors are WGRZ-TV and WJYE-FM.
  • Nutritionist Tackles the Carbohydrate-Glycemic Index Issue
    1/6/04
    Just as all fats are not "bad," it's wrong to demonize all carbohydrates and to think of foods high in carbohydrates as "bad" and those low in carbohydrates as "good," according to an assistant professor of nutrition in the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB School of Management Will Hold Open House on Full-Time MBA Program
    1/2/04
    The University at Buffalo School of Management will hold an MBA open house for prospective students from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 17 in room 122 of the Jacobs Management Center on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Executive Management Program To Be Launched in Turkey
    1/2/04
    The School of Management at the University at Buffalo, and SVG International Business Associates are preparing to launch an executive management certificate program in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • UB to Commemorate 204th Birthday of Millard Fillmore
    12/31/03
    The 204th anniversary of the birth of Millard Fillmore, the University at Buffalo's first chancellor and 13th president of the United States, will be observed in ceremonies to be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 7 in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
  • UB College of Arts and Sciences Sponsors Poetry Contest for High School Students
    12/31/03
    Aspiring high school poets can showcase their creative talents by participating in the UB Poetry Contest, sponsored by the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Graduate Student Documents Transformation of Buffalo's Vacant Lots into Community Gardens
    12/31/03
    On the corner of Niagara and Jersey streets in Buffalo is a community garden, with bright red hibiscus blooming in the summer, and evergreens decorated for the holiday season. The once-vacant lot is testament to how communities throughout Buffalo are reclaiming blighted, abandoned property and turning it into welcoming green space and a source of fresh food. The gardens also may be a way in which members of urban neighborhoods can reclaim political visibility and empowerment, says a graduate student in the Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo.