News Releases

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

  • The Derek Trucks Band to Perform Nov. 12 in the Center for the Arts
    10/9/02
    The UB Center for the Arts will present The Derek Trucks Band on at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The concert is sponsored by the UB Student Association and WBFO-FM.
  • UB Volcanologist to Fly Hyperspectral Mission over Erupting Volcano; to be Filmed by Discovery Channel
    10/9/02
    Flying over a volcano that's sending plumes of smoke and ash several miles into the sky might sound like a risky proposition, but University at Buffalo volcanologist Michael Sheridan and his colleagues are doing just that this week with Ecuador's towering 5,000-meter-high Tungurahua volcano as they study how and where it next will do its damage.
  • Peer-Review Team to Visit UB as Part of NCAA Certification Program
    10/8/02
    UB is in the home stretch of its year-long, campus-wide effort to study its athletics program as part of the NCAA certification program. The final self-study report has been sent to the NCAA and a peer-review team from the NCAA will visit UB Nov. 5-8.
  • Coral Reefs to be Topic of Lecture
    10/8/02
    The study of coral reefs will be the focus of a presentation by Mary Alice Coffroth on Oct. 16 that will be part of the College of Arts and Sciences Fall Lecture Series.
  • UB MBA Students Help Open Doors to Trade in China
    10/8/02
    Twenty-five MBA students from the University at Buffalo School of Management have begun to investigate opportunities for local firms to conduct business in China as part of a practicum during which they will travel to China in January.
  • Breast-Cancer Risk, Plant-Based Estrogens and Genetic Variations in Their Breakdown to be Studied by UB Researchers
    10/4/02
    The role of plant-based estrogens in modifying breast-cancer risk is the subject of a five-year research study and intervention to be conducted by nutritional epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB to Host Leading Urban Education Scholar at Colloquium on Social Class and Education
    10/4/02
    Jean Anyon, professor at the Urban Education Graduate Center at City University of New York, will present the 2002 Charlotte C. Acer Memorial Colloquium on Urban Education at the University at Buffalo on Oct. 17.
  • Swan Named "Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year" by University at Buffalo School of Management
    10/4/02
    William E. Swan, chairman, president and CEO of First Niagara Financial Group, has been named the 2002 Niagara Frontier Executive of the Year by the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • National Dance Education Scholarship Named for Ralabate
    10/4/02
    Thomas P. Ralabate of Williamsville, associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo, has been awarded a significant and rare honor by Dance Masters of America, Inc. (DMA), which has set and certifies standards in university, college and private dance education since 1984.
  • Major UB Conference and Book Will Address Violations of Economic Rights in the Western World
    10/4/02
    Internationally regarded human rights advocate Claude E. Welch, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, has received a grant from the Canadian government to hold a major academic conference at UB to address violations of economic rights in the Western Hemisphere.