News Releases

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

  • Driving in Bad Weather: UB Engineers Developing Technologies to Assist Drivers
    1/6/03
    To prevent your car from spinning out on an icy roadway, is it better to turn the steering wheel toward or away from the direction of a skid? Mechanical engineers from the University at Buffalo -- using a virtual-reality driving simulator and human subjects -- are addressing this annual winter-weather question and are developing new technologies that one day may help drivers proceed safely in bad weather.
  • Regents Chancellor Robert Bennett Will Co-Teach UB Course on Public Schools Policy-Making
    1/6/03
    Robert Bennett, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, will co-teach a three-credit graduate course at the University at Buffalo during the spring semester that will address many issues of significance to urban school systems.
  • Clonaid Cult Derived from Flying-Saucer Cults Originating in the 1970s and '80s, Says UB Expert
    1/3/03
    The Raelians -- the cult behind Clonaid, the company claiming to have cloned a human being -- are a remnant of the "flying-saucer cults" that originated in the 1970s and '80s, according to cult expert Phillips Stevens, Jr., an associate professor of anthropology at the University at Buffalo.
  • Ronald J. Krul Named Assistant Dean for Continuing Education in UB School of Social Work
    1/3/03
    Ronald J. Krul has been named assistant dean for continuing education in the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.
  • UB School of Social Work Selected as Home for Interdisciplinary Journal
    1/3/03
    The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo has been selected as the new home of The Clinical Supervisor, a journal that looks at aspects of supervision in the fields of psychotherapy and mental health.
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo to Perform at UB on Feb. 5
    1/2/03
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present Ladysmith Black Mambazo at 8 p.m. on Feb. 5 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Center for the Arts to Present Musical Adaptation of "Cinderella"
    1/2/03
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present Fanfare Theatre Ensemble's original musical production of "Cinderella" at 2 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Ashley Kahn, Author of Book on John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" Album, to Present Reading at UB on Jan. 13
    12/31/02
    Ashley Kahn, author of "A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album," will give a reading at 7 p.m. on Jan. 13 in the auditorium of Allen Hall on the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Millard Fillmore College Reorganizes to Focus on Continuing Education, Professional Studies
    12/27/02
    After nearly 80 years as the University at Buffalo's night school, Millard Fillmore College has reorganized and redirected its focus toward the nontraditional student.
  • UB Geographer Using Disease Cluster Analysis to Develop System to Detect Bioterror or Public-Health Events
    12/27/02
    A new method with the potential to quickly detect suspicious patterns in reported illnesses in specific geographic regions is being developed by a geographer at the University at Buffalo. Combining cluster analysis with quality-control techniques traditionally used on assembly lines in factories, the method takes a novel approach to the problem of detecting potentially significant increases in the incidence of disease within specific geographic areas.