News Releases

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

  • UB Doctoral Student to Attend Nobel Laureates Meeting
    6/7/02
    Derrick Helfer, a doctoral student in inorganic chemistry, will become the first University at Buffalo student to attend the annual meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, when he attends the 52nd convening of the group early next month.
  • When Fathers Recover from Substance Abuse, Children Show Improved Behavior, Functioning
    6/6/02
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., have found that when fathers recover from substance abuse, their children exhibit significant improvements in psychosocial functioning.
  • UB Dental School, in Pilot Project with U.S. Army, Offers Priority Dental Care to Reserve Units On-Alert
    6/6/02
    If the men and women of the U.S. Army's 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion depart for their next trouble spot with toothaches, it will be through no fault of the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo. The UB dental school is offering first-priority, at-cost dental services to the soldiers in the unit as it prepares for possible mobilization. The collaboration is the first such between a dental school and an Army Reserve special operations unit, and, if successful, could be used as a model for dental support to Reserve battalions across the country.
  • UB Post-Doc Fellow Takes Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize
    6/6/02
    Canadian conceptual and sound poet Christian Bok, a postdoctoral fellow in the University at Buffalo Poetics Program, has been named one of two winners of the second annual Griffin Poetry Prize, Canada's most prestigious literary prize and a major international literary award.
  • Recruitment Opportunities Abound for U.S. Universities as Canadian High Schools Graduate "Double Cohort" in 2003
    6/5/02
    The University at Buffalo is among U.S. institutions gearing up to recruit the most talented of the as may as 75,000 Canadian high school graduates who could be migrating to the United States next year to fill seats in college and university classrooms unavailable to them in their homeland.
  • Scientists to Discuss How Earthquake Engineering Practices Can Be Used to Design Terrorism-Resistant Buildings
    6/5/02
    Structural engineers from the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), headquartered at the University at Buffalo, will gather in New York City later this month to discuss how earthquake-engineering practices and blast-resistant designs can be used to create "terror-resistant" buildings.Their analysis will be part of a two-day workshop, "Lessons from the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack: Management of Complex Civil Emergencies & Terrorism-Resistant Civil Engineering Design," on June 24 and 25.
  • UB, Niagara Hospice Partner on Leading-Edge Pharmacy Care
    5/31/02
    Niagara Hospice and the University at Buffalo's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have formed a partnership, believed to be only the second of its kind in the United States, that will place both institutions at the forefront of research and instruction in hospice and palliative care.
  • Custom UB License Plates Available for Alumni, Supporters
    5/31/02
    University at Buffalo alumni and supporters who reside in New York State can now show their "UB pride" with new custom license plates that have been approved by the State Department of Motor Vehicles.
  • 13 Faculty Members Named UB Distinguished Professors
    5/31/02
    Thirteen faculty members at the University at Buffalo have been named the first UB Distinguished Professors.
  • Researcher Receives Prestigious Award to Study Factors that Delay Hospice Care for Terminally Ill Older Adults
    5/31/02
    A social work researcher at the University at Buffalo has received a prestigious award to explore, in collaboration with Hospice Buffalo, the psychosocial factors that contribute to delayed hospice care for terminally ill older adults.