News Releases

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

  • UB Students Will Go Door-To-Door to Evaluate Incidence of Autoimmune, Respiratory Diseases
    7/21/03
    The University at Buffalo and the New York State Department of Health are teaming up to conduct a study to investigate the incidence of autoimmune and respiratory diseases in the Bellevue neighborhood of the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga.
  • Should Dad Still Be Driving? UB Law Professor Offers Guidelines on Evaluating Elder Driving Skills
    7/21/03
    An accident involving an elderly driver who killed 10 people shopping at a farmers' market in Santa Monica last week has focused a spotlight on whether the elderly should be retested on their driving skills after a certain age. But getting older does not necessarily mean driving worse, according to Anthony Szczygiel, professor of law at the University at Buffalo and a national expert in elder law.
  • UB's "Buffalo Film Seminars" Sets Fall Schedule
    7/21/03
    After a semester hiatus, Buffalo Film Seminars will return this fall with a lineup that includes such classics as Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver."
  • 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.