News Releases

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

  • UB Offers New Undergraduate Degree in Film Studies
    11/6/03
    The University at Buffalo is offering a new undergraduate interdisciplinary program leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies through the Department of Media Study in the UB College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).
  • Professor Kenneth F. Joyce to Receive 2003 Jaeckle Award
    11/5/03
    Kenneth F. Joyce, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University at Buffalo Law School and one of the most popular and engaging faculty members to teach there, will receive the 2003 Jaeckle Award from law school and the UB Law Alumni Association at a luncheon to be held on Nov. 15 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
  • UB Designs New Program to Meet Demand for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
    10/31/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing will inaugurate a new program in January to prepare nurses to be psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners, one of the most in-demand and financially rewarding of nursing specialties.
  • Panel Headed by UB Researcher Sets Guidelines for Healthy Living, Increasing Longevity for Cancer Survivors
    10/31/03
    Is exercise good or bad for cancer survivors? Should they eat hearty or restrict calories to speed recovery and prevent recurrence? Is a glass of wine a bad thing? A UB nursing professor headed a panel established by the American Cancer Society to answer these and many other questions concerning what persons who have survived cancer can do to lower their risk of recurrence and how those living with cancer can experience life to the fullest.
  • Executive MBA Program Moves to Alternating Weekend Schedule at UB School Of Management
    10/31/03
    Beginning in fall 2004, the Executive MBA (EMBA) Program in the University at Buffalo School of Management will move to an alternating weekend schedule to better accommodate the work responsibilities of its students and to increase attendance by candidates from farther away.
  • Harvesting of a Soft Coral for Use in Cosmetics Provides UB Marine Biologist with an Ideal "Experiment"
    10/30/03
    The harvesting of a Caribbean soft coral off the coast of the Bahamas for use in a popular beauty product is providing a University at Buffalo marine biologist with an extraordinary experimental opportunity to answer fundamental questions about the ability of corals to survive environmental challenges.
  • UB Researchers Use Virtual Reality to Treat Car-Accident Survivors Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress
    10/30/03
    Researchers from the University at Buffalo have developed a virtual-reality driving simulator that may help car-accident survivors recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- a prevalent, but commonly untreated, condition associated with serious car accidents.
  • Transcendent Courage and Endurance Are Subjects of "The Will To Live," a New Film to be Introduced at UB
    10/30/03
    A new documentary by Danish director and filmmaker Anne-Gyrithe Bonne, "The Will to Live: A Notebook on Love, Hate and Reconciliation," will be presented, along with one of its subjects, Cambodian-American writer Chanrithy Him, on Nov. 20 at the University at Buffalo.
  • Ponsot to Deliver Silverman Reading
    10/30/03
    Poet Marie Ponsot will deliver the 27th Oscar Silverman Annual Poetry Reading at 8 p.m. Nov. 7 in Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall, on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Alumni Association Seeks Award Nominees
    10/30/03
    The University at Buffalo Alumni Association is accepting nominations for its Celebration of Excellence and Athletic Hall of Fame awards.