News Releases

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

  • DNA Microarray Technology, Data Mining Help Researchers Differentiate Among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
    4/18/01
    A multidisciplinary team of pharmaceutics and computer-science researchers at the University at Buffalo, one of very few teams in the nation applying DNA microarray technology in studies of multiple sclerosis (MS), has developed a method of interpreting the massive amount of information that results from such experiments.
  • Grant to Bring South African Theater Group to UB for "The Living Room Project"
    4/17/01
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo has received the largest grant in its history for a project that will bring a South African theater group to the center for a month this fall, with performances scheduled not only in the CFA, but in homes and businesses in the community.
  • Alfredo Matilla, Former UB Professor, Poet and Novelist, Dies at 63
    4/16/01
    A renowned poet and playwright of the Puerto Rican diaspora will visit UB in May to commemorate the life and work of scholar, poet and novelist Alfredo Matilla, Ph.D., who for 23 years was a professor in the UB Department of American Studies. Matilla, a UB faculty member from 1972-95 and chair of the Department of American Studies from 1991-95, died March 29 in Puerto Rico. He was 63.
  • Feminism, Corporate Law, Economic Policy to be Focus of Workshop at UB Law School
    4/13/01
    Connections between feminism, corporate law and economic policy will be explored during the "Feminism, Corporations and Capitalism: Policy and Protest Workshop" to be held April 20 and 21 at the UB Law School.
  • 17 Students to be Inducted into Mortar Board
    4/13/01
    Seventeen UB juniors will be inducted into the UB Launch Chapter of MortarBoard, the national senior honor society, on April 19.
  • UB Expert in Nursing Labor Trends Says Profession Faces Aging Workforce, Poor Public Image
    4/13/01
    The nursing profession currently faces two major problems: an aging workforce and a less-than-stellar public image, according to Carol Brewer, Ph.D., associate professor in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing and an expert in nursing labor trends. She sees two potential solutions to solving these problems and avoiding a major shortage of nursing services: change the behavior of nurses who are already licensed by getting them to work more hours, or educate more nurses to increase the number entering the workforce.
  • Doctoral Degree in Library and Information Studies to be Offered Beginning in Fall Semester
    4/13/01
    The University at Buffalo School of Information Studies will open a new avenue for doctoral study in library science in the Fall 2001 semester with a 72-credit hour Ph.D. degree offered jointly by the school's Department of Library and Information Studies and Department of Communication.
  • New Study by UB Finance Professor Demonstrates Marketing Bias of Financial Analysts
    4/12/01
    A new study by a University at Buffalo finance professor has uncovered a pattern of behavior among financial analysts that suggests that their stock recommendations often conform to expectations of what will sell, rather than what stocks will provide better returns to investors.
  • UB Student Association Honors 4 Faculty Members for Teaching Excellence, Commitment to Students
    4/11/01
    Four faculty members at the University at Buffalo have received the 2001 Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Awards from the undergraduate Student Association recognizing their teaching excellence and commitment to students.
  • Writers in New Media to Gather from Around the World for First International Digital Poetry Festival at UB
    4/11/01
    "E-POETRY, 2001: An International Digital Poetry Festival," the first convocation of digital poets and artists gathered to focus on the emerging medium, will be held April 19-21 at the University at Buffalo.