News Releases

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

  • "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" to Offer Films, Digital Poetry Showcase
    8/13/02
    "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS," the bi-annual series presented by the Poetics Program in the UB Department of English, will stray from its usual format of poetry and prose readings this fall with a diverse lineup that includes film screenings, a digital poetry showcase and a symposium on "language and encoding," as well as the traditional readings by pre-eminent poets and novelists.
  • Counterterrorism Research a Priority at UB
    8/13/02
    From design of terrorist-resistant buildings to development of devices to detect airborne bioagents, the University at Buffalo is among several prominent universities nationwide that are making counterterror research a priority in their laboratories.
  • "Living Anatomy Program" Simulator Aims to Revolutionize Surgical Training
    8/8/02
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are combining 21st-century materials and computerized sensors to create a simulator for surgical training with "organs" that feel, smell and respond like living tissue in the human body.
  • Thomas Named Interim Dean of School of Management
    8/7/02
    John M. Thomas, associate dean for international programs in the UB School of Management, has been appointed interim dean of the school, effective Aug. 1.
  • 13 Receive SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence
    8/7/02
    Seven UB faculty members, four professional-staff members and two librarians have received 2002 SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence from State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King.
  • Critical Shortage of Librarians Leaves Thousands of Professional Jobs Open Across the U.S.
    8/7/02
    In America's libraries, thousands of good jobs are going begging, says Judith S. Robinson, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Library and Information Studies in the University at Buffalo School of Informatics. "Most people don't know that there is a massive job surplus in the field."
  • International Conference on Bioorganic Reactions Set for Aug. 15-17 by UB Department of Chemistry
    8/2/02
    Bioorganic reactions, essentially the reactions that distinguish living systems from nonliving ones, will be the subject of an international symposium to be held at the University at Buffalo on Aug. 15-17.
  • UB to Dedicate Creekside Village Student Apartment Complex
    8/2/02
    The grand opening of Creekside Village, the University at Buffalo's newest student housing complex, will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 22 in the community building of the complex on Skinnersville Road on the UB North Campus.
  • 'The Maltese Falcon' and 'The Thin Man' Among Selections in Fall 'Buffalo Film Seminars' at Market Arcade
    8/2/02
    "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man" -- two legendary film adaptations of Dashiell Hammett novels -- will be among the highlights of the Fall 2002 edition of "Buffalo Film Seminars: Conversations About Great Films with Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson."
  • Study Finds 'Idealized' Story of America Being Scrutinized, Questioned by High School Students
    8/1/02
    A study by an education researcher at the University at Buffalo has found that the "celebratory grand epic" about America that prevails in many of the nation's history classrooms and textbooks is no longer taken at face value by the increasingly heterogeneous population of U.S. high school students.