News Releases

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

  • UB Team Employs a Panoply of High-Tech Tools to Understand and Predict Devastating Volcanic Flows
    8/13/03
    When officials communicate the dangers of volcanic hazards to local populations, one picture may be worth a thousand words. Keeping that sentiment in mind, scientists at the University at Buffalo working on volcanic hazard mitigation have left no technology untapped as they create images of past volcanic flows in order to better predict future ones.
  • Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Awards Major Grant to UB
    8/13/03
    The University at Buffalo has received a grant of $1,999,200 from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of Las Vegas to establish a Geriatric Center of Excellence in its School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • UB Scientists Report First Demonstration Of RNA 'Redox' Chemistry, Bolstering the Case for an RNA World
    8/12/03
    The first demonstration of reduction-oxidation, or redox, chemistry in RNA -- a critical missing link in the experimental evidence for an ancient RNA world -- was reported Sunday by University at Buffalo chemists in Nature Structural Biology online.
  • 'UB Talker' Provides Independence for Those with Speech, Motor Disabilities
    8/7/03
    Students in an upper-level computer software engineering class at the University at Buffalo are helping to solve a real-world problem -- and restore a sense of independence to persons with speech and motor disabilities -- by designing augmentation communication devices.
  • UB Celebrates Commitment to Sustainable Energy Use
    8/5/03
    The University at Buffalo's commitment to sustainable energy use and "green" building principles was underscored today as members of the university community gathered at the Creekside Village apartments to unveil a plaque citing the certification of the complex's community center as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building.
  • Four UB Chancellor's Award Winners Form Marathon Relay Team
    8/1/03
    Long-distance running has always captivated the imagination -- just visit a few running sites on the Web and note how often the word "mythic" is used to describe either a particular marathon or runner. The University at Buffalo has its own mythic messengers -- "Two Daves and Two Joes" -- four State University of New York Chancellor's Award winners who are long-distance runners.
  • UB's Academic Menu to Include Advanced Certification in New Field of Medical/Health Informatics
    7/31/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Informatics this fall will offer a new post-graduate program that will award an advanced certificate in medical/health informatics.
  • Two UB Vision Researchers Receive Federal Grants
    7/31/03
    Two researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have received federal grants totaling more than $640,000 to conduct research into the function and development of the human vision system.
  • Althea Luehrsen Named Director of UB Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
    7/30/03
    Althea E. Luehrsen of Williamsville has been named director of the Center Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) in the University at Buffalo School of Management, effective July 1.
  • Donated Electric Cars to Help UB Reduce Pollution, Cut Costs
    7/30/03
    The University at Buffalo has received a donation of 10 zero-emission electric cars that are expected to reduce pollution on campus, as well as cut operating costs. The Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) are among 130 donated to the State University of New York as a joint effort of the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Global Electric Motorcars LLC, a division of DaimlerChrysler.