News Releases

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

  • Niagara County Environmental Fund Announces Awards
    5/12/00
    Pocket parks, tree plantings and nature trails are among 46 environmental education and enhancement projects selected this year by the advisory panel of the Niagara County Environmental Fund (NCEF) to receive funding through the Love Canal settlement between New York State and Occidental Chemical Corp. NCEF is administered by the New York State Center for Hazardous Waste Management, located at UB.
  • Ciccia, Sams Named Winners Of Outstanding Service Awards
    5/12/00
    Frank J. Ciccia and Sally A. Sams will receive Outstanding Service Awards from the Professional Staff Senate at UB at the PSS' annual awards luncheon, to be held May 16.
  • Bisson Named Chair Of UB Department Of Biological Sciences
    5/12/00
    Mary A. Bisson, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the UB College of Arts and Sciences, has been named chair of the department.
  • New Gift From Anonymous Donor, Expanded Support For UB Distinguished Honors Scholars Program
    5/11/00
    The University at Buffalo's Distinguished Honors Scholars Program will graduate its largest group of honors scholars -- 23 -- this month, thanks to an anonymous donor whose scholarship gifts are setting a precedent.
  • Taylor Receives NSF Grant To Study Animal Hybridization
    5/11/00
    There's a new invader in Lake Erie, though you wouldn't know it to look at it. It's a hybridized water flea, a result of an invader European species mating with the native species, and it may be replacing the native water-flea species in Lake Erie, according to a UB professor who has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study animal hybridization.
  • Delaware North’s CEO Donates To UB
    5/11/00
    Jeremy M. Jacobs, Sr., chairman and CEO of Delaware North Companies, Inc. -- a $1 billion-plus diversified international holding company owned by Jacobs -- continues his long-standing commitment to the University at Buffalo with an annual $100,000 gift.
  • UB Dermatologist To Speak At Senior Alumni Luncheon
    5/11/00
    How to minimize damage to your skin by taking better care of it will be the topic of the UB Senior Alumni Luncheon, to be held at noon on June 13 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North Campus.
  • UB Students Win Poetry Competitions
    5/11/00
    Award-winning poetry in competitions sponsored by the UB Libraries and the Department English in the UB College of Arts and Sciences have earned four students cash prizes and honorable mentions.
  • UB Students Receive Art Department Awards
    5/9/00
    Nine students in the UB Department of Art have received 1999-2000 departmental awards for their work.
  • UB Grad School Of Education To Sponsor Professional Development Institute
    5/9/00
    The UB Graduate School of Education (GSE) will present its first week-long summer professional-development institute for educators July 10-14 on the university's North Campus.