News Releases

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

  • Enron Debacle Example of "Agency Problem" Within Boards of Directors, Say Strategic-Management Researchers
    1/23/02
    The fall of Enron demonstrates that an inherent management problem previously thought to occur only among a company's top managers also occurs within a company's board of directors, according to two strategic-management researchers at the University at Buffalo School of Management. In Enron's case, they add, the existence of the "agency problem" within its board of directors is partly to blame for the company's mismanagement and apparent unethical behavior.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Present "Ladies On Stage"
    1/22/02
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present "Ladies On Stage," the spring dance concert of the Zodiaque Dance Company, Feb. 14-17 and 21-24 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Student Leaves Her Mark on Intel "Motherboard"
    1/18/02
    When University at Buffalo physics major Stacey Serafin of Hamburg landed a coveted internship at Intel Corp. in Portland, Ore., last summer, that in itself was a substantial achievement. But making it through the next 10 weeks was an even greater challenge.
  • Veridian Gives Gift of Knowledge to UB Libraries
    1/18/02
    Veridian, through its Buffalo operation, has donated an extensive collection of engineering research materials and technical reports to the University at Buffalo Libraries, making the collection available to the public for the first time.
  • UB Researchers to Study Exercise as Treatment for Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
    1/17/02
    University at Buffalo researchers will test the somewhat counterintuitive concept that exercise can lessen tiredness in persons with multiple sclerosis, a group especially susceptible to fatigue.
  • Expert on Electronic Packaging Technology to Speak at UB
    1/17/02
    Jennie S. Hwang, founder and president of H-Technologies Group, Inc. of Cleveland, will discuss "Meeting Market Demands: New and Emerging Technologies for Electronic Packaging and Assemblies" during a lecture Feb. 8 as part of the Distinguished Women Speaker Series sponsored by the Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender at the University at Buffalo.
  • Ford Foundation Grant to UB Graduate School of Education Extends Support for International Study, Conferences
    1/17/02
    The Ford Foundation has awarded a $130,000 grant to the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education extending support for an international conference in Africa and a study examining the worldwide shift in the burden of higher education costs from governments and taxpayers to parents and students.
  • Project GRASP Offers Help to Partners of Problem Gamblers
    1/17/02
    Help for the spouses and partners of problem gamblers now is available through Project GRASP, a 10-week treatment and research program conducted by the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
  • UB College of Arts and Sciences to Present Lecture Series
    1/17/02
    "Purchasing Pleasure: Images of Women in French and American Magazines" will be the topic of the first installment in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences Spring 2002 Lecture Series, to be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Center for the Arts Screening Room on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB MBA Students Learn to Lead with Laughter
    1/15/02
    MBA students in the University at Buffalo School of Management recently received tips on how to "lead with laughter" from Malcolm Kushner, a national humor consultant and author of "The Light Touch: How to Use Humor for Business Success."