News Releases

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

  • UB School of Management, the Institute for Entrepreneurship Announce Launch of Online MBA Program
    9/14/00
    The University at Buffalo School of Management, the Institute for EntrepreneurshipSM and state Sen. Mary Lou Rath (R-C, Williamsville) announced today the launch of an Online MBA program designed for busy entrepreneurs and executives.
  • Session to Help Employers Recruit College Graduates
    9/14/00
    The UB Office of Career Planning and Placement has announced a program to help local human-resource professionals increase their success in recruiting college students.
  • 11th Annual Linda Yalem Run Set for Sept. 24 at UB
    9/14/00
    More than 1,600 individuals are expected to race, run, jog, stroll or walk as part of 11th Annual Linda Yalem Memorial Run, to begin at 10 a.m. Sept. 24 on the UB North Campus.
  • Applications Surge at UB Law School as Marketing Efforts Pay Off, Selectivity Increases
    9/13/00
    Students are applying in record numbers to the University at Buffalo Law School, thanks to a personalized team approach for marketing a first-rate quality education. Applications to the UB Law School were up 40 percent this year -- from 844 in 1999 to 1,178 in 2000 -- the second-highest increase among the 182 American Bar Association-accredited law schools, according to figures available to the Law School Admissions Council.
  • One of World’s Great Asian Music Virtuosos Plans Performance Lecture at UB
    9/13/00
    UB will host a performance lecture on traditional Korean music by virtuoso performer and composer Kim Jin Hi at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in the Screening Room, Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Heads $10 Million DARPA Research Project to Develop New Materials for Field of "Spintronics"
    9/13/00
    The University at Buffalo is the lead institution in a $10 million project to develop specific ferromagnetic materials for use in "spintronics," the emerging research field in physics focused on spin-dependent phenomena applied to electronic devices.
  • UB Researcher Studying Couples Therapy in Combination with Substance-Abuse Treatment
    9/13/00
    A researcher with the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions has embarked on the first comprehensive examination of the multidimensional effects of couples therapy with married or cohabiting individuals who misuse drugs other than alcohol. The study by William Fals-Stewart, Ph.D., senior research scientist, is funded by a $2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
  • Lung Function May Predict Long Life or Early Death
    9/12/00
    How well your lungs function may predict how long you live, according to a nearly 30-year follow-up of the association between impaired pulmonary function and all causes of mortality conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo.
  • Michael Farrell to Head UB Sociology Department
    9/8/00
    Michael P. Farrell, Ph.D., of Rochester, professor of sociology at UB, has been named chair of the Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
  • Verizon Grant Will Provide Web Walk Through Frank Lloyd Wright Masterpiece
    9/8/00
    It will be a walk on the "Web side" when a 20th-century Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece goes virtual through a grant to the Center for Virtual Architecture in the University at Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning.