News Releases

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

  • Jusko Named Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UB
    8/1/02
    William J. Jusko, Ph.D., professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been named chair of the school's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • UB Researcher Observes Strong Statistical Correlation Between Prevalence of Diabetes and Air Pollution
    7/26/02
    A dramatic statistical correlation between the prevalence of diabetes and air pollution levels has been demonstrated by a University at Buffalo researcher who publishes his observations in the August issue of the journal, Diabetes Care.
  • Hutson Named Chief of UB's Division of Biostatistics
    7/25/02
    The Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo has named Alan D. Hutson as chief of its Division of Biostatistics.
  • UB Researcher Receives Prestigious National Institutes of Health MERIT Award
    7/25/02
    University at Buffalo researcher Kenneth E. Leonard, Ph.D., an internationally recognized scholar in the area of addictions, has received a prestigious MERIT Award for his research from the NIH's National Advisory Council of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
  • Third Annual Rockin' Rally at UB to Feature Concert by Pat Benatar
    7/25/02
    Pat Benatar, who in the 1980s reigned supreme as the biggest solo female rocker in the U.S. and possibly the world, will headline the third annual Rockin' Rally on Aug. 23 to kick off theUB's 2002 football season.
  • From Bench to Supercomputer: New UB Visualization Lab Is One of Few in the Nation that Bridges the Gap
    7/24/02
    A new laboratory with state-of-the-art graphics workstations at the University at Buffalo is providing a rare commodity: a way to bridge the gap between bench science and supercomputing through molecular modeling and bioinformatics tools. The Laboratory for Molecular Visualization and Analysis is one of a handful of such facilities in the nation, providing a critical service to researchers at UB and its affiliated research partners.
  • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences Formed
    7/24/02
    The UB School of Health Related Professions has formed a Department of Rehabilitation Sciences to provide a comprehensive and unified approach to the field of rehabilitation science.
  • Buffalo, Albany Centers of Excellence Together Will Dramatically Improve Upstate New York Economy
    7/19/02
    Creation of International SEMATECH North at the Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics at the University Albany -- coupled with the creation of the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics in Buffalo -- provides a powerful, unprecedented opportunity to transform the entire Upstate New York economy, while positioning the two cities as worldwide leaders in important new sciences.
  • UB Scientists to Discuss Urban Earthquake Risks
    7/19/02
    More than 800 of the world's leading earthquake specialists, including scientists from the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) headquartered at the University at Buffalo, will discuss urban earthquake risks at the Seventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering to be held in Boston on July 22-25.
  • Handwriting Recognition Workshop Sponsored by UB to Focus on Forensic Uses, Including Anti-Terrorism
    7/17/02
    Investigators working to identify the source of the anthrax-containing envelopes that terrorized the American public last fall concluded they were hand-addressed by the same person. Messages penned in Urdu that allegedly belonged to Daniel Pearl's kidnappers were introduced by prosecutors during their trial. Expanding the forensic use of computer processing of handwriting to solve such high-profile criminal cases will be among the topics discussed at the Eighth International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, sponsored by the University at Buffalo.