News Releases

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

  • Pitman Named Vice Provost for Educational Technology
    10/3/00
    E. Bruce Pitman, professor of mathematics, has been named vice provost for educational technology at UB.
  • Children Born Prematurely Remain at Risk for Educational Underachievement at Age 10
    10/3/00
    Children born extremely prematurely are 3 to 4 times more likely to be educational underachievers than children born at or near full term, a study by University at Buffalo researchers has shown.
  • Gene Researcher to Deliver UB’s Rahn Lecture
    9/29/00
    The researcher who discovered the genes that control the development of heart-muscle and skeletal-muscle cells will deliver the ninth annual Hermann Rahn Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. Oct. 12 in Butler Auditorium in Farber Hall on the UB South Campus.
  • John Glenn to Open UB Distinguished Speakers Series
    9/29/00
    Former U.S. senator and astronaut John Glenn will kick off the 2000-01 Distinguished Speakers Series at the University at Buffalo with a lecture at 8 p.m. Oct. 11 in Alumni Arena on the North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Present Fall Dance Concert
    9/29/00
    UB Department of Theatre and Dance will present “Ripples,” the fall concert of Zodiaque Dance Company. An evening of creative energy that ripples and radiates the landscape upon which we move, the performances will be held Oct. 12-15 and 19-22 in the Drama Theatre.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present “Cotton Girls” and “Overtones”
    9/29/00
    The Department of Theatre and Dance will present “Cotton Girls” and “Overtones” Oct. 19-22 in the Black Box Theatre, located at UB Center for the Arts, North Campus. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
  • UB Architecture Faculty Awarded $120,000 Federal Grant to Develop Online Educational Materials in Universal Design
    9/29/00
    Wassim Jabi of Buffalo, assistant professor of architecture in the UB School of Architecture and Planning, has received a $120,000 U.S. Department of Education (DOE) sub-grant through the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University.
  • Baldy Center Has Risen to Top Among Programs Focusing on Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Legal Institutions
    9/29/00
    The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, which began at the University at Buffalo Law School as a program in law and the social sciences, is celebrating its 25th anniversary as one of the top academic institutions internationally recognized for interdisciplinary study of law and legal institutions.
  • UB Conference of Pragmatic Naturalists Will Look at the Future of Realism
    9/28/00
    The UB Department of Philosophy will present an international conference Oct. 20-21 in honor of Peter Hare, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and former chair of the Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • “Engineering the Organic” -- Exhibition Assesses Partnership of Engineer J.J. Polivka and Frank Lloyd Wright
    9/28/00
    Western New Yorkers this fall will have an opportunity to visit an architectural exhibition employing new technologies, including virtual reality, to examine a little-known but significant working relationship in the career of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.