News Releases

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

  • Importance of Early Environmental Exposure Pinpointed in Study of Breast Cancer Development
    6/24/02
    Where a woman lives at birth and puberty may have an impact on her risk of developing breast cancer later, findings from a novel study conducted by geographers and epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • UB Scientists Report Fast, Simple Method of Generating "Designer" RNA Catalysts for Proteomics
    6/24/02
    University at Buffalo chemists have developed a remarkably simple and effective biotechnological method for synthesis of novel proteins using amino acids that do not occur in nature by using unique, programmable ribozymes (enzymes made of RNA, or ribonucleic acid) that they evolved in the lab. The technology provides a potentially important new tool in the field of proteomics, where scientists are working to understand all of the proteins that have been identified through the human genome project.
  • Science Fun - UB Libraries Celebrate Kool-Aid, Maple Sugaring and Escaping the Asteroid
    6/24/02
    Academia is not only about barrier containment technologies and the latest literary trends. It's about Kool-Aid. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the marketing of the drink so sweet it can set your teeth on edge and a thirsty, sugar-loving UB librarian wants you to know all about it.
  • UB Recognizes Architecture and Planning Architecture and Planning Students
    6/24/02
    Students in UB's School of Architecture and Planning recently received awards for excellence in their fields of study.
  • Improving U.S. Resiliency and Response to Terrorist Attacks
    6/21/02
    Leading researchers in the fields of earthquake and blast engineering, as well as social scientists with expertise in disaster response, are gathering in New York City today to examine the events of 9/11 and explore ways to make structures more resistant to terrorist attacks and reduce risk to inhabitants and emergency responders. During a two-day workshop, organized by the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, headquartered at the University at Buffalo, the researchers are discussing lessons learned from the September 11 attack and will offer recommendations for how government leaders, engineers, emergency personnel and private citizens might better prepare for future terrorist attacks.
  • Estrogen May Lower Women's Risk of Heart Disease by Working as Damper on Inflammation, UB Study Shows
    6/20/02
    Estrogen's ability to reduce a woman's risk of heart disease during her reproductive years may be based on a previously unexamined mechanism of the hormone: its anti-inflammatory effects.
  • Study Finds Profound Vitamin D Deficiency in Kashmiri Women
    6/20/02
    The first study of vitamin D status in a group of Kashmiri women and their babies has revealed across-the-board deficiency of the nutrient, which increases the risk of rickets, osteoporosis, other bone disorders and muscle weakness in this population.
  • WBFO to Focus on Chautauqua Institution Programming
    6/20/02
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, this week begins a summer-long series of reports on the Chautauqua Institution's 2002 season. The station will be broadcasting weekly previews of morning lectures, concert previews and feature stories about the institution.
  • If Screening Shows Osteoporosis, Many Women May Not Tell Their Physician or Begin Treatment, UB Study Finds
    6/18/02
    Osteoporosis, a disease of bone-thinning that puts women at risk of serious fractures, is underdiagnosed and undertreated, a study by University at Buffalo researchers presented today at the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiological Research has found. Nearly half of 836 women in a population-based study who underwent screening for osteoporosis for the first-time were found to have undiagnosed disease, results showed. Moreover, follow-up a year later revealed that half of those diagnosed with osteoporosis did not begin treatment to slow progression of the disorder and a quarter failed to discuss the screening results with their physician
  • Great Lakes a Summer Classroom for Students From UB, Buffalo State and Other Colleges
    6/18/02
    The Great Lakes and its tributaries are a classroom for 10 students enrolled in the Great Lakes Summer Institute being hosted this month through June 25 by the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College. Working alongside researchers from UB's Great Lakes Program and the Great Lakes Center at Buffalo State, the students are testing water quality in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, and in the Buffalo and Niagara rivers.