News Releases

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

  • UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach Appoints Reed as Financial Officer
    10/19/01
    The UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach has appointed Sallie P. Reed as financial officer.
  • UB Assistance for Quebecor Earns National Award
    10/19/01
    The National Association of Management and Technical Assistance Centers has selected the former University at Buffalo Business Alliance (now part of the UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach) to receive its Project of the Year Award for its longstanding relationship with Quebecor World Buffalo, located in Depew.
  • Store Closings Resulting from Poor Holiday Sales Would Be In Line with Terrorists' Goals
    10/19/01
    Retailers should brace for a poor Christmas sales season because many Americans feel too guilty to shop during this period of national mourning, says an expert on retailing and consumer behavior. "Not since the death of President Kennedy has the United States experienced such collective mourning," says Arun K. Jain, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research and Chair of the Marketing Department in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • UB Physics Research Shows that Novel Shock-Absorption System Could Make Structures Blast-Proof
    10/18/01
    Could structures be built with shock-absorption systems so powerful that jet planes would literally bounce off them? A system modeled in a paper authored by theoretical physicists at the University at Buffalo and published in the current issue of Physica A demonstrates that it may one day be possible to protect bridges, ships, skyscrapers, highway structures and even automobile bumpers from extremely powerful impacts.
  • UB Law School Opens Full-Service Courtroom, First in a Law School Building in the U.S.
    10/18/01
    The University at Buffalo Law School has become the only law school in the nation to house a fully functioning state court in its law school building with the grand opening today of the UB Law Courtroom.
  • Study Focuses on Maternal Cocaine Use, Infant Development
    10/18/01
    In a new study underway at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions, researchers are examining the cumulative effect of a number of risk factors associated with mothers' cocaine use on their infants' mental development.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present Victorian Parody "Cloud 9"
    10/18/01
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Theatre and Dance will present "Cloud 9," Nov. 14-18 in the Black Box Theatre of the Center for the Arts on the North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB's TCIE Helps Local Firms and Organizations Obtain Safety Training Grants
    10/17/01
    The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) in the University at Buffalo's Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach has assisted three local firms and one municipality in receiving a total of $46,000 in training grants from the New York State Department of Labor.
  • UB School of Social Work Posts Online Suggestions for Coping with Traumatizing Effects of Terrorist Attacks
    10/17/01
    The School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo has developed a Web site that offers online information and resources for those who are having personal difficulty coping with the Sept. 11 terrorist attack and its aftermath.
  • NYC Street Memorials to Those Killed in Trade Center Attack Are Subject of Professor's Photos
    10/16/01
    A photographic exhibition depicting memorials erected on the streets of New York City after the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack will be exhibited through Oct. 22 on the Mainstage theater wall in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.