News Releases

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

  • American Cities Are “Becoming” Las Vegas and UB Sociologist Says It’s a Model for Development of Other Metro Regions
    8/2/00
    Las Vegas is synonymous in the public mind with 24-7 gambling, chorus lines, Elvis impersonators and drive-by weddings, but it's far more than that, according to a University at Buffalo professor who says that Las Vegas is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States and its development as a major regional wonderland, while unlikely on the face of it, is not accidental and has broad cultural significance.
  • What’s Up in American Poetry? UB to Host “Majors” This Fall
    8/1/00
    Wearing the patina burnished by repeated major national recognition, the "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS" series presented by the Poetics Program in the University at Buffalo Department of English will, with its typical panache, present a star-studded program of readings and literary performances this fall.
  • Clark Appointed to University at Buffalo Council
    7/28/00
    Randall L. Clark, chairman of the board of Dunn Tire Corp., has been appointed to the 10-member University at Buffalo Council, the university's local governing council, by Gov. George Pataki.
  • City Teachers Learn to Apply Digital Technologies that Dramatically Improve Learning in At-Risk Students
    7/27/00
    "City Voices, City Visions," a broad partnership involving the University at Buffalo, Buffalo Public Schools and the community, is attacking the learning problems faced by Buffalo students by applying multimedia technologies in ways never used before.
  • UB to Host Global Conference on Environmental Health
    7/21/00
    Experts in environmental health from around the globe will convene in Buffalo for 10 days in August to present the latest research in the field and to assess the worldwide disease burden caused by environmental problems.
  • UB Researchers Partner with Japanese Scientists in $10 Million Study of Cellular Mechanics
    7/21/00
    Biophysics researchers at the University at Buffalo have been selected by the Japan Science and Technology Ministry to be its international collaborator on a $10 million research project aimed at understanding the mechanical sensitivity of cells.
  • UB to Offer Doctorate in Audiology
    7/21/00
    The University at Buffalo has received approval to offer a doctor of audiology degree (Au.D.), one of less than 10 in the United States, beginning in the Fall 2000 semester.
  • $315,000 Bequest Establishes the Joseph T.J. Stewart Honors Program in UB School of Management
    7/21/00
    An honors program for exceptional undergraduate students enrolled in the University at Buffalo School of Management has been established in memory of Joseph T.J. Stewart, a prominent Buffalo-area businessman and philanthropist who passed away last year.
  • Three from UB Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    7/21/00
    Three University at Buffalo faculty members have joined the ranks of distinguished professors appointed by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
  • UB Law Professor Urges Zero Tolerance of Abuse to End Out-of-Control Rage, Behavior at Youth Sporting Events
    7/19/00
    A policy of zero tolerance is an effective deterrent against abusive, out-of-control behavior by parents at youth sporting events, says Charles Patrick Ewing, a nationally known law professor and forensic psychologist at the University at Buffalo.