News Releases

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

  • UB Jumps To 11th In Yahoo! Survey Of Wired Universities
    4/19/00
    From nowhere to the top 50 to the top 15. That's the story of the University at Buffalo's remarkable track record in technology in just the past three years, according to the closely watched "wired schools" arbiter, Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine.
  • Low-Fat, High-Fiber Diet Has No Effect On Recurrent Colon Polyps, Multicenter Study Finds
    4/19/00
    Adopting a diet low in fat and high in fruits and vegetables may have many health benefits, but lowering the risk of developing recurrent colon polyps, precursors of colon cancer, does not appear to be one of them.
  • Jain To Discuss “Sucker Potential” At “UB At Sunrise”
    4/19/00
    UB marketing maven Arun K. Jain, Ph.D., will discuss the "sucker potential" in his lecture entitled "Modern Barnums and the Suckers Among Us," to be held May 3 at the "UB at Sunrise" community breakfast.
  • Leach To Deliver D.W. Harrington Lecture At UB
    4/17/00
    The annual D.W. Harrington Lecture will highlight the third annual Resident Scholarly Exchange Day, to be held April 27 at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Five To Receive Distinguished Awards From UB Law Alumni
    4/17/00
    Five graduates of the UB Law School will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards at the Law Alumni Association's 38th annual meeting and awards dinner, to be held at 5:30 p.m. May 3 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
  • UB’s “Green” Snowmobile Wins National Contest
    4/17/00
    The cleanest, meanest, most economical snowmobile machine isn't yet available in a store near you. It's at the University at Buffalo, thanks to a team of engineering students who recently beat competitors from six other schools at the Inaugural Clean Snowmobile Challenge held in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
  • High-School Students' Financial Knowledge Is Lacking, UB Study Finds
    4/13/00
    When it comes to such personal finance topics as paying taxes, using a credit card or saving toward retirement, today's high-school seniors know less than their colleagues did three years ago, according to survey results compiled by Lewis Mandell, dean of the School of Management at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Biologists Find Genetic Link Between Periodontal Disease, Clotting Factor And Heart Disease
    4/13/00
    Oral biologists at the University at Buffalo have found increased levels of the blood-clotting factor fibrinogen in persons with periodontitis, illuminating one pathway for the relationship between poor oral health and heart disease.
  • Staley Named Associate VP Of Public Service and Urban Affairs At University At Buffalo
    4/13/00
    John M. Staley, headmaster of Cora P. Maloney College at UB, has been named associate vice president for public service and urban affairs at the university.
  • Capaldi Named Provost Of University At Buffalo
    4/13/00
    Psychologist Elizabeth Deutsch Capaldi, formerly provost at the University of Florida, has been named provost of the University at Buffalo.