News Releases

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

  • UB School of Management Establishes "Senior Fellows in Entrepreneurship"
    11/18/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Management has named eight highly experienced individuals from the local business community "Senior Fellows in Entrepreneurship." The group will assist the school in the development and implementation of educational initiatives in entrepreneurship.
  • Combining Medication and Family Counseling Improves Treatment Outcome for Men Who Abuse Heroin
    11/18/03
    A study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has shown that combining medication and family treatment leads to improved outcomes in male heroin abusers.
  • UB's Supercomputing Center Makes Its Mark on Grid2003
    11/17/03
    The University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research will be a major participant this week in Grid2003, one of the largest public displays of an international computational grid running numerous applications across dozens of sites involving thousands of processors.
  • "Chickens Are Us" and Other Observations of Robotic Art
    11/17/03
    Hundreds of artists in all corners of the world -- a number of them at the University at Buffalo -- use emerging technologies as a tool for material and cultural analysis. One of them is conceptual artist Marc Bohlen, UB assistant professor of media study. His medium is not oil or bronze, but robotics and site-specific data, and his practice combines the structured approach of scientific investigation with artistic intuition, spiced with a deliberate and effective dash of good or bad taste.
  • Toronto's Former Director of Urban Design and Architecture to Speak as Part of UB Series on Nov. 19
    11/14/03
    Ken Greenberg, principal with Greenberg Consultants, Inc. of Toronto, will speak as part of the lecture series sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in 301 Crosby Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus. The lecture will be free and open to the public.
  • Singapore Program Will Be University at Buffalo's First Undergraduate Program Operated Entirely Overseas
    11/14/03
    The University at Buffalo has established a program at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) that will lead to a bachelor's degree in business administration from UB. Beginning in June 2004, it will be the first UB undergraduate degree program to be delivered entirely overseas.
  • New York State Approves UB's Bachelor of Science Degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
    11/14/03
    The New York State Education Department has approved the University at Buffalo's Bachelor of Science program in bioinformatics and computational biology, the university's first degree program directed at training undergraduates in bioinformatics and related fields.
  • Cosby Lecture On as Scheduled
    11/13/03
    Tonight's lecture by Bill Cosby, part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series, will be held as scheduled, despite the weather.
  • WBFO 88.7 Records Most Successful Membership Drive
    11/13/03
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by the University at Buffalo, recently completed its most successful fall membership drive, raising more than $250,000.
  • Bernice Noble, Noted UB Research Scientist and Union Activist, Dies at 63
    11/11/03
    Immunologist Bernice K. Noble, Ph.D., 63, of Eggertsville, professor of microbiology and immunology in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, died unexpectedly Nov. 8 in the Veterans Administration Hospital of respiratory complications of a serious chronic illness.