News Releases

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

  • UB Not Restricting Student Enrollment, Study Abroad or Faculty and Staff Travel in Light of SARS
    6/20/03
    The University at Buffalo will continue to admit and enroll students from SARS-affected countries and will not restrict travel by faculty and staff to these countries by withholding university funding, according to new policies developed by the Task Force on SARS and approved on Monday by Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi.
  • AT&T Foundation Gives $50,000 to UB School of Informatics to Support Development of Undergraduate Informatics Program
    6/19/03
    Demonstrating its ongoing support of the University at Buffalo School of Informatics, the AT&T Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the school for the development of a new program supporting an undergraduate degree in informatics.
  • Steroids Trigger a 'Domino Effect' on Genes at Different Points in Time, UB Studies Find
    6/18/03
    Corticosteroids, drugs that simultaneously deliver powerful therapeutic effects and potentially severe adverse effects, cause a remarkably complex "domino effect" of genomic changes, according to a landmark paper by University at Buffalo pharmaceutical scientists.
  • Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Sets Free Concert
    6/18/03
    The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will present a free concert open to the community at 7 p.m. on July 10 in the WJK Park and Gardens at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), Elm and Carlton streets.
  • Program to Look at Degrees, Careers in Bioinformatics
    6/18/03
    Education and training for careers in bioinformatics and related fields will be the focus of a free public program to be held from 5:30-9 p.m. June 26 in Capen Hall on the North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Scientists Patent Novel Inhibitor of Poxvirus Replication; Work Could Result in Treatment for Smallpox
    6/17/03
    Molecular biologists at the University at Buffalo have discovered a novel way to inhibit the replication of poxviruses, the group that includes smallpox virus, by interfering with messenger RNA synthesis necessary for the viruses to reproduce in a host organism.
  • Researchers Call Digital Videos "Super Tool" that Infuses even Disaffected Students with Enthusiasm for Learning
    6/17/03
    An education researcher in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education working with disaffected urban students says a project involving students in the Buffalo Public Schools shows that digital video technology is a teaching and learning "super tool" that can transform urban teaching and have enormous positive effects for poor and minority children in urban schools.
  • Perry Continues Support of UB School of Public Health and Health Professions with $100,000 Gift
    6/17/03
    J. Warren Perry, founding dean of the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, has given $100,000 to the school.
  • Erie-Niagara Regional Partnership Improves Bi-County Communication, Forges New Initiatives in Several Areas
    6/13/03
    Founded five years ago to improve communication between Erie and Niagara counties, the Erie-Niagara Regional Partnership (ENRP), an ad hoc subcommittee of the Erie and Niagara Legislatures, has evolved into a vital conduit for cross-county cooperation and collaboration.
  • Conference to Address Latest Evidence-Based Treatments for Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents
    6/13/03
    The University at Buffalo and McMaster University of Ontario will present the third biennial Niagara Conference on Evidence-Based Treatments for Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Problems from July 24-26 at the Queen's Landing Inn and Conference Resort, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.