News Releases

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

  • Grammy Award-Winner Pat Metheny to Perform at UB on Nov. 8
    10/8/03
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Pat Metheny Solo & Trio at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The event is sponsored by WBFO.
  • Eric Idle's "Greedy Bastard Tour" to Come to Mainstage on Nov. 9
    10/8/03
    Jam Theatricals will present Eric Idle in "The Greedy Bastard Tour" at 8 p.m. on Nov. 9 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB to Host New York State Asian Studies Conference Oct. 17-18
    10/7/03
    The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo will host this year's New York State Asian Studies Conference on Oct. 17-18 at the University Inn and Conference Center in Getzville.
  • UB Program Receives $2.5 Million Federal Grant to Provide Continuing Education in Rehabilitation Counseling
    10/7/03
    The Region II Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RRCEP) in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).
  • UB Graduate Students Design Metaphorical Home for "Water-Souls Longing for the Sea"
    10/7/03
    The process by which architects are trained involves a complex mix of architectural history and philosophical concepts of space, time, place, analogy and "re-making" that is difficult to describe. Occasionally there is an opportunity to examine at one time and place just how an architect-in-training learns that process. The 10-week, three-course summer graduate seminar conducted in Barcelona, Spain, by the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning is one such opportunity.
  • UB Community Initiative Works to Visually Brand and Market the University Heights District
    10/6/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and a consortium of commercial and community leaders are working to identify, analyze and ultimately help resolve issues of concern to Buffalo's University Heights neighborhood in which UB's South (Main Street) Campus is located.
  • Comedians and Magicians to Entertain at UB Homecoming/Family Weekend, Oct. 15-18
    10/3/03
    Nationally known comedians Bobby Collins and Caroline Rhea, and the husband-and-wife magician team The Pendragons will be among the highlights of Homecoming/Family Weekend to be held at the University at Buffalo from Oct. 15-18.
  • Former UB Faculty Member Coetzee Wins Nobel Prize
    10/2/03
    J.M. Coetzee, a faculty member in the Department of English at the University at Buffalo from 1968-71 and Butler Professor of English at UB in 1984 and 1986, has been named winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
  • Center for the Arts to Present Ailey II as part of KeyBank Dance Series
    10/2/03
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Ailey II at 8 p.m. on Oct. 23 in the Mainstage Theatre 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.
  • UB Offering Bachelor's Degree Program in Asian Studies
    10/2/03
    University at Buffalo students interested in studying Asian civilizations and contemporary societies now can register for the new interdisciplinary bachelor's degree program in Asian studies.