News Releases

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

  • Casting Events of Sept. 11 as Acts of 'War' Has Catastrophic Implications, Says UB Historian
    8/23/02
    The popular response to the events of 9/11 has been wholly appropriate, moving and important, says historian Michael Frisch, but now the "war" metaphor is being used at the policy level to justify actions whose consequences place the U.S. and its people in greater and greater danger.
  • Projects Funded by SPIR Program Credited with Saving More Than 900 Jobs, Revenue Increases of $24 Million
    8/23/02
    The local branch of the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Insurgence (SPIR), an economic stimulus program based in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, provided an estimated $160,000 in project support to Western New York companies during its 2001-2002 fiscal year.
  • Post-Sept. 11 Consumers Are More Introspective, Less Hedonistic, Says UB Marketing Professor
    8/22/02
    The appetites and spending habits of American consumers have changed substantially during the one-year period after Sept. 11, according to an expert on retail strategy and consumer perception at the University at Buffalo.
  • 9/11 Has Changed America's Sense of Self, Says UB Professor of American Culture
    8/22/02
    The Sept. 11 terrorists attacks have dramatically changed attitudes Americans have about themselves, their country and war, says Bruce Jackson, Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture in the Department of English at the University at Buffalo.
  • High Starting Salaries, Expanded Roles Mean Opportunities for Pharmacists Have Never Been Better
    8/22/02
    A nationwide shortage of pharmacists, entry-level salaries as high as $100,000 and the expanded role pharmacists are playing in health-care delivery have boosted interest and prompted expansion in the professional pharmacy program at the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and similar programs nationwide.
  • Sept. 11 News Clips Could Trigger Post-Traumatic Stress
    8/22/02
    Commemoration of the 9/11 tragedies may trigger episodes of post-traumatic stress in people who suffer from the disorder, says Nancy Smyth, associate professor in the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. An expert on psychological trauma, Smyth says rebroadcast of news clips showing the tragic events could cause survivors to "relive" the events.
  • UB, Teaching Hospitals Announce New Affiliation Agreements
    8/21/02
    New affiliation agreements that are being negotiated between the University at Buffalo and its teaching hospitals will define and fundamentally change the working relationship between the UB medical school and its teaching hospitals. The agreements are laying the groundwork for improved and more cost-efficient health care in Western New York.
  • Early Detection of Bioterrorist Threat or Epidemic Is Goal of Software System for Medical Emergencies
    8/20/02
    Computer scientists at the University at Buffalo who developed handwriting recognition software systems for the U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Census Bureau are developing a system to flag suspicious patterns in emergency medical reports and make them available to public-health authorities within days, if not hours.
  • Oren Lyons, Donald Jacobs to Address UN's World Summit on Sustainable Development
    8/19/02
    Two faculty members at the University at Buffalo have been invited to make presentations at the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, to be held Sept. 2-11 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • UB Institute for Nonprofit Agencies Awarded Second Grant from John R. Oishei Foundation
    8/19/02
    Building the management skills of area nonprofit executives remains a high priority for the John R. Oishei Foundation, which has given a $245,000 grant to the University at Buffalo's schools of Management and Social Work for continuing support of UB's Institute for Nonprofit Agencies.