News Releases

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

  • Department of Theatre and Dance to Present Student Production of "Playboy of the Western World"
    10/29/03
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present a student production of "Playboy of the Western World" on Nov. 12-16 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Distinguished UB Scholar and Teacher Honored by Hispanic Network of Western New York
    10/28/03
    Maria S. Horne of Williamsville, an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo who is internationally distinguished for her pedagogical skills and expertise in Ibero-American theater, has received the 2003 Guarionex Award from the Hispanic Network of Western New York in acknowledgement of her leadership and contributions to the Hispanic community.
  • Four UB Faculty Members Honored by SUNY
    10/28/03
    Four University at Buffalo faculty members recently were honored by the State University of New York for significant accomplishments in their respective academic fields.
  • SUNY Trustees Give Simpson Unanimous Approval to be 14th president of University at Buffalo
    10/28/03
    John B. Simpson, Ph.D., today received the unanimous approval of the State University of New York Board of Trustees to be the next president of the University at Buffalo.
  • Six Teams from UB School Of Management Vie for $1,000 in Pricewaterhousecoopers Accounting Competition
    10/28/03
    Six teams from the University at Buffalo School of Management will contend for $1,000 in the first round of the national xTREME Accounting Campus Competition (xACT) sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to be held at 3 p.m. on Nov. 4 in the Jacobs Executive Development Center at 672 Delaware Ave.
  • UB Researchers Show First Evidence of Pharmacogenomic Differences in Patients' Responses to Widely Used MS Drug
    10/28/03
    University at Buffalo researchers using the latest computer-assisted technologies of genetic analysis have shown for the first time how a widely used drug for treating multiple sclerosis -- interferon beta (IFN-beta-1a) -- can modulate the expression of particular genes in patients being treated for the disease.
  • Potential to Help High-Risk Children and Families Focus of Study
    10/27/03
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions are developing a hybrid treatment method that incorporates training for parents, couples therapy and reduction of substance abuse as a means to improve the behavior and functioning of children of substance-abusing parents.
  • From Lab Bench to Boardroom: UB Chemist's Powerful Approach to Anti-Cancer Compounds Makes the Leap
    10/27/03
    In a classic example of scientific research that has successfully outgrown the university lab where it was born, a University at Buffalo professor's unique method for designing and synthesizing anti-cancer compounds, called protein kinase inhibitors, is being commercialized.
  • UB Graduate Student, Two Recent Graduates Receive Student Fulbright Grants
    10/27/03
    A University at Buffalo graduate student and two 2003 UB graduates have received Fulbright grants, all to Canada, for 2003-04.
  • Collaboration Between UB Institute and Amsterdam Experts to Test Drug Treatment Model Originated in Buffalo
    10/27/03
    A joint project between the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions and the Jellinek Clinic in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, will examine how behavioral couples therapy works for cocaine-abusing patients across cultures.