News Releases

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

  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
    9/24/03
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present a student production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" on Oct. 16-19 and Oct. 23-26 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Media sponsor for this production is WBFO FM 88.7.
  • Center for the Arts to Present Excerpts from The China Beijing Opera "The Monkey Knows No Walls"
    9/24/03
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present the "Beijing Opera Monkey Troupe" from the International Center of Beijing Opera in Excerpts from The China Beijing Opera "The Monkey Knows No Walls" at 8 p.m. on Oct. 17 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Community Health Network and UB Plan Obesity Conference for Oct. 3
    9/24/03
    Responding to a national and regional problem that has reached epidemic proportions, the Community Health Network of Western New York and the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University at Buffalo are partnering to present a conference on obesity from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. on Oct. 3 in Michael's Banquet Facility, 4885 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg.
  • "Campaign for UB: Generation to Generation" Raises $291.6 Million, Surpasses $250 Million Goal by $41.6 Million
    9/19/03
    The University at Buffalo has concluded successfully "The Campaign for UB: Generation to Generation," becoming the first State University of New York (SUNY) institution to set such an ambitious goal -- $250 million -- and then surpass it, raising $291,602,262, more than five times the amount raised in the university's previous campaign.
  • Silicon Chip Created by University at Buffalo Engineer Mimics Function of Octopus Retina
    9/19/03
    A University at Buffalo optical engineer has created a silicon chip that mimics the structure and functionality of an octopus retina. Called the o-retina, the chip one day may give sight to autonomous robots used in space and undersea exploration or could be used in hazardous environments, like a nuclear reactor or underground pipe.
  • Wall Street Journal Again Ranks UB School of Management as One of the World's Top Business Schools
    9/17/03
    For the third consecutive year, the University at Buffalo School of Management has been ranked as one of the world's "top business schools" by The Wall Street Journal.
  • UB Computational and Life Scientists Working Side by Side to Tackle Cancer, Heart Disease, Multiple Sclerosis
    9/16/03
    Linking computer scientists with life scientists to develop computational tools that will help draw a far more complete picture of the causes behind complex diseases like cancer, multiple sclerosis and coronary artery disease is the goal of researchers at the University at Buffalo working under two major federal grants totaling $2.8 million.
  • Lackawanna Native Connie Porter, Novelist and Author of the "Addy Walker" Books, Will Read at UB
    9/16/03
    Connie Porter, a Lackawanna native, popular adult novelist, and author of 13 juvenile books in the wildly popular American Girls Collection series, will be a featured speaker in the University at Buffalo's "Gender Week" celebration presented by the UB Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender.
  • After Devastation, Japanese Designers Re-Imagined the Visual-Cultural Landscape of Their Nation
    9/15/03
    How and how much does our aesthetic environment affect our thoughts, actions and worldview? Maggie Kinser Saiki attempted to answer this question in her recent book, "12 Japanese Masters," in which she describes how, after the devastation of World War II, Japanese designers forged a new aesthetic that joined themes of destruction and rebirth with an appreciation for life and an awareness of the world around them.
  • Chief Architect for Federal GSA to Speak at UB
    9/15/03
    Edward Feiner, chief architect for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), will open the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning's fall lecture series with a talk at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in 301 Crosby Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.