News Releases

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

  • Systolic -- Not Diastolic -- Blood-Pressure Reading Should Define Hypertension, New NIH Clinical Advisory States
    5/4/00
    Systolic blood pressure, the first -- or higher -- number in a blood-pressure reading, is the important factor in determining whether a person has hypertension, experts state in a new National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical advisory statement released today (May 4).
  • UB’s Doran Receives National Teaching Award
    5/4/00
    The 30-year career of UB faculty member Rodney L. Doran, Ph.D., which has been dedicated to teaching teachers innovative techniques to "turn students on" to the wonders and mysteries of science, has earned the educator a national teaching award.
  • UB School Of Social Work, Buffalo School District Establish Program Aimed At Curbing Student Violence, Suspensions
    5/4/00
    The UB School of Social Work has received a $100,000 grant from the New York State Education Department to establish with the Buffalo Public Schools a program aimed at curbing student violence and helping students stay in school.
  • UB Honors Students For Commitment To Residential Life
    5/4/00
    Daniel B. Sandberg of Pomona has received first-place honors in the 21st Annual Nancy Welch Awards recognizing residential students at UB who have made significant contributions to the university community during the current academic year.
  • Milles Named Associate Dean, Director Of UB Law Library
    5/2/00
    James Milles, associate director for information and technology, and adjunct assistant professor of law at Case Western Reserve University, has been named associate dean for libraries and director of the Charles B. Sears Law Library at the UB Law School.
  • 5 UB Faculty Receive Plesur Teaching Excellence Awards
    5/2/00
    Five UB faculty members have received 2000 Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Awards from the UB Student Association recognizing their teaching excellence and commitment to students.
  • Martens Made “Computers For All” UB’s IT Philosophy
    4/28/00
    A UB faculty member and administrator since 1962, Hinrich R. (Hinni) Martens has presided over the equivalent of several lifetimes of technological change in education. And he's all for it.
  • Schumer To Speak At UB’s 154th Commencement
    4/28/00
    U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer will deliver the address at the University at Buffalo's 154th general commencement ceremony, to be held at 10 a.m. May 14 in Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • 3 Foundations Support Project To Improve, Expand Signal Of WUBJ, WBFO’s Repeater Station In Jamestown
    4/28/00
    WBFO 88.7 FM, a National Public Radio affiliate and a major public service of UB, has received grants totaling $55,000 from three foundations to support the expansion and improvement of the signal of WUBJ 88.1 FM, its repeater station serving the people of Jamestown and Chautauqua County.
  • UB Endocrinologist Reports First U.S. Cases Of Severe Muscle Weakness Due To Vitamin D Deficiency
    4/24/00
    Adults afflicted with incapacitating muscle weakness and pain may be suffering from an easily treatable vitamin D deficiency, endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have found.