News Releases

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

  • Caps on Non-Economic Loss Damages Would Unfairly Penalize Women, Minorities, Elderly
    7/18/03
    Tort reform that would cap the non-economic damages that can be recovered in a health-care liability suit would have a significant adverse impact on women and the elderly, according to research conducted by a professor in the University at Buffalo Law School.
  • Web Site Helps Public Locate UB Doctors and Specialists
    7/18/03
    With almost 500 University at Buffalo physicians practicing in more than 17 primary and specialty-care areas, choosing a university-associated doctor may seem like a daunting task. But now it's been made much easier, thanks to the "Find-a-UB-Physician" Web site developed last fall by the Office of Medical Computing in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • EDS Gives Record-Breaking $53.5 Million Gift to UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    7/17/03
    EDS, the world's largest independent information technology services company, has given an in-kind software donation valued at $53.5 million to the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as part of UB's "The Campaign for UB: Generation to Generation."
  • Study to Look at Young Adults as They Move from Being Social Drinkers to Developing Drinking Problems
    7/15/03
    Researchers with the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) have been awarded a four-year, $1,569,584 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study the development of drinking problems by young adults.
  • Breast Cancer Genetics and Relationship to Dietary Folate and Alcohol Are Focus of $2.4 Million UB Study
    7/15/03
    University at Buffalo epidemiologists have received a $2.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct a four-year investigation of breast cancer, examining genetic susceptibility, tumor characteristics and dietary intake of fruits, vegetables and alcohol as they relate to breast-cancer risk.
  • UB Materials Engineer Invents New Thermal Paste to Help Minimize Overheating in Electronic Devices
    7/14/03
    A materials engineer at the University at Buffalo has invented a new thermal paste that will help solve the problem of overheating in high-performance personal computers and other electronics.
  • UB Graduate Students Test Internet Freeware Vital to Underfunded Libraries Here and Abroad
    7/14/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Informatics is testing a revolutionary freeware integrated library-automation system that can be used to automate all of the daily functions of libraries, from recording the purchase of materials and helping patrons to find them, to billing them for overdue books or rentals.
  • 40 Graduate from CEL Program in UB School of Management
    7/11/03
    Forty Western New York business owners, operators and high-level managers have graduated from the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Core Program in the UB School of Management.
  • Kuramitsu Elected Fellow in American Academy of Microbiology
    7/11/03
    Howard Kuramitsu, University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the Department of Oral Biology in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, has been elected a fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology.
  • Eight Receive Grants from Niagara County Environmental Fund
    7/11/03
    Eight Niagara County organizations have been awarded grants totaling $36,355 from the Niagara County Environment Fund, administered by the New York State Center for Hazardous Waste Management at UB.