News Releases

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

  • UB Gets $25 Million in NYSTAR Funds
    5/7/01
    Gov. George E. Pataki has announced the awarding of three major, peer-reviewed grants totaling $25 million from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research to the University at Buffalo and its research partners.
  • State Comptroller to Address EOC Graduation Ceremony
    5/4/01
    New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall will be the keynote speaker at the 28th annual graduation ceremony of the University at Buffalo's Educational Opportunity Center to be held at 7 p.m. on May 23 in the Buffalo Convention Center.
  • NPR Founding Member to Give Public Lecture on "Radio at the Ends of the Earth"
    5/4/01
    William Siemering, one of National Public Radio's founding members, will give a talk and slide presentation on developing radio in new democracies at 7:30 p.m. on May 11 in the auditorium of Allen Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • UB to Sponsor Forum for Municipalities on Brownfields and Superfund Legislation
    5/4/01
    How will proposed legislation on remediation and redevelopment of brownfields and Superfund sites in New York State affect Western New York communities? Staff and officials from area municipalities will have an opportunity to find out on May 10 from 3-5:30 p.m. during a community forum titled "A Comparative Discussion of New York State Superfund/Brownfields Legislation Affecting Municipalities."
  • Chemistry Major Named Goldwater Scholar
    5/4/01
    Joseph V. Mure of Buffalo, a junior chemistry major at the University at Buffalo, has been selected as a 2001-02 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
  • Center for Advanced Technology Program Returns to Buffalo
    5/3/01
    It's official: Buffalo's CAT is back. After nearly a decade without a New York State Center for Advanced Technology program that supports industry/university collaborations to drive job creation and economic growth, Buffalo is once again home to a CAT, this time a joint venture between UB and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).
  • UB, RPCI, Kaleida Health, Hauptman-Woodward Institute form Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
    5/3/01
    The major players in medical care, research, education and biotechnical innovation concentrated in what has been termed the "High Street medical corridor" in Buffalo have formed an entity called the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) to coordinate projects that will serve and enhance the group as a whole.
  • "The Importance of Being Oscar" to be presented Aug. 22
    5/2/01
    The UB Community Pan-Am Partnership, Irish Classical Theatre and The Baird Foundation will present Vincent O'Neill in a reading of "The Importance of Being Oscar" at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Law Alumni to Honor Six at Annual Dinner
    5/2/01
    Five graduates of the UB Law School will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards for their valuable contributions to the legal profession and community at the 39th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner, to be held at 6 p.m. May 10 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The alumni association also will recognize a non-alumna for "outstanding service to the Law School and community."
  • Type of Pain Control Received During Labor Depends on Type of Insurance, UB Study Shows
    5/1/01
    The "Cadillac" of pain control during labor is the epidural, an anesthetic injected into the epidural space surrounding the spinal cord. It eliminates pain, allows the mother to remain awake and has no effect on the newborn. Whether a laboring woman receives an epidural or other pain control, however, depends on her insurance type, a University at Buffalo study has found.