News Releases

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

  • New Theories of Type 2 Diabetes as an Inflammatory, Autoimmune Disease to be Investigated in Major Study
    10/24/02
    A study centering on two emerging theories on the causes of diabetes in adults will be conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo over the next three years, funded by a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
  • UB Molecular Biochemist Uses Laser Beam as "Tweezers" While Film Captures DNA in the Process of Unwinding
    10/24/02
    Piero Bianco produces movies. Not films that chronicle the human condition, a la Hollywood. His subject is human biology at its most basic -- the translocation and unwinding of DNA by a DNA motor protein. Bianco is the first to record on videotape in real time a molecule of a particular DNA motor protein in the process of "unzipping" a double strand of bacterial DNA.
  • Panasci Entrepreneurship Competition Offers $40,000 in Start-Up Funding to UB Students, Recent Alumni
    10/24/02
    The University at Buffalo School of Management is accepting applications for UB's annual Panasci Entrepreneurial Competition, which awards $40,000 in seed capital to UB students and recent alumni who want to start their own business in Western New York.
  • Korean Choreographer, Dancer to be in Residence at UB in November
    10/23/02
    Korean choreographer and dancer In-Young Sohn will be in residence at the University at Buffalo from Nov. 4-13, 2002. Her residency and a performance by the artist will be sponsored by the UB Department of Theatre and Dance, Asian Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Korea Foundation, the Dae-Han Foundation and the Center for the Arts.
  • Cheng Named 1 of 10 Young Researchers to Receive Grant Through James D. Watson Investigator Program
    10/23/02
    Richard P. Cheng, Ph.D., Jere Solo Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University at Buffalo, has received a $200,000 grant through a new state program designed to recognize and support outstanding scientists and engineers who, early in their careers, show potential for leadership and scientific discovery in the field of biotechnology.
  • Student Production of Michi's "Blood & Farmyard" to be presented Oct. 30 to Nov. 2
    10/23/02
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Theatre and Dance will present a student production of Michi's "Blood & Farmyard" Oct. 30 to Nov. 3 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Comedienne, former SNL cast member Ana Gasteyer to perform at UB
    10/23/02
    The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts will present a performance by Ana Gasteyer at 8 p.m. on Nov. 16 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Crosby Hall to Reopen at Noon on Monday, Oct. 21
    10/20/02
    Crosby Hall will reopen for classes and other activities at noon on Monday, Oct. 21. Students, faculty and staff in the School of Architecture and Planning should call 829-3485 for more details.
  • Global Media and CNN to be Topic of Lecture
    10/18/02
    Pamela S. Benson, a 1976 graduate of the University at Buffalo who is a senior reporter with Cable News Network, will offer her observations on "The Global Media and the 'CNN Effect'" during a lecture at 4 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Student Union Theatre on the UB North (Amherst ) Campus.
  • UB to Present Western New York Premiere of Andrew Lippa's "The Wild Party"
    10/18/02
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Theatre and Dance will present a fully mounted student production of Andrew Lippa's "The Wild Party," Nov. 14-17 and Nov. 21-24 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.