News Releases

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

  • Prevalence of Problem Gambling Among Youths Focus of Study
    6/13/03
    Researchers in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions will be gauging the prevalence of problem gambling among adolescents and young adults in a study funded by a new four-year, $1,827,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.
  • You Can "Star" in Virtual-Reality Dramas by UB Professor
    6/13/03
    If you've harbored dreams of starring in productions on stage or in the movies, Josephine R. Anstey has an offer that you can't refuse. In fact, she has two offers in the form of virtual, interactive dramas in which you would play the main protagonist.
  • Summer Institute for Advanced Social Work Practice and Addiction Studies to be Held at UB June 23 To July 28
    6/12/03
    The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo will sponsor the 18th annual Summer Institute for Advanced Social Work Practice and Addiction Studies from June 23 through July 28.
  • Having More than Two Alcoholic Drinks at a Time Increases Younger Women's Breast Cancer Risk by 80 Percent
    6/12/03
    Results from a case-control study on alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk conducted by epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo indicate that premenopausal women who usually have more than two drinks per occasion have an 80 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer than women who drink less on each occasion.
  • GIS Technology Helps Link Premenopausal Breast Cancer with Place of Birth, Residence at Time of Menarche
    6/10/03
    Geographers and epidemiologists from the University at Buffalo, using life-course data from a cohort of breast cancer patients and controls in Western New York and geographic information systems (GIS) technology, have shown that women who developed breast cancer before menopause tend to cluster based on where they were born and where they lived when they began menstruating.
  • Preventionfocus to Honor UB's Suzanne Tomkins for Work in Domestic Violence Prevention
    6/10/03
    Suzanne E. Tomkins, clinical associate professor in the University at Buffalo Law School, will be recognized for her tireless work in the area of domestic violence at a dinner to be held Preventionfocus at 6 p.m. June 19 in Salvatore's Italian Gardens, 6461 Transit Rd., Depew.
  • UB to Hold Summer Print-Making Workshops
    6/9/03
    The experimental Print Imaging Center (ePIC) in the Department of Art in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences is offering single-session and multi-session workshops this summer on a variety of topics.
  • UB School of Nursing Honors Graduates at Commencement
    6/6/03
    Eleven students in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing received awards at the school's recent commencement ceremony.
  • UB Study Shows How and When You Drink, Not Only How Much, Is Important to Liver Health, Especially in Women
    6/5/03
    In the first study of drinking patterns and their relationship to potential liver damage, University at Buffalo epidemiologists have found that how and when drinkers consume alcohol may be as important to a healthy liver as the amount consumed.
  • Students Win Poetry Prizes at UB
    6/5/03
    The University at Buffalo Libraries and the Department of English in the UB College of Arts and Sciences have announced the winners of student poetry competitions.