News Releases

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

  • John, Janet Sung Donate $1 Million For Scholarships In UB School Of Medicine And Biomedical Sciences
    4/13/00
    A Western New York entrepreneurial couple who have worked steadfastly to improve health care in Western New York are giving a $1 million cash scholarship gift to the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Marshmallow Peeps Collection Is Pride Of UB Librarian
    4/12/00
    Easter is a special time for Kathleen Delaney because it is reminiscent of her first introduction to marshmallow Peeps. Some might say she took her historical passion a bit too far, but the University at Buffalo librarian and archivist has been collecting these marshmallow Easter treats for more than 25 years.
  • UB To Sponsor Conference On Telemedicine Issues April 28
    4/10/00
    The challenges of new technology and its increasing role in helping health-care providers make their services more accessible to patients will be the topic of an all-day conference to be held on April 28 at UB.
  • “Massive Stars” To Be Topic Of Harlow Shapley Lecture At UB
    4/10/00
    "Massive Stars: The Main Furnaces of the Universe" will be the topic of the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lecture, to be presented at 7:30 p.m. April 21 in 201 Natural Sciences Complex on the UB North Campus.
  • 10 Years Of Proactive Community Policing Build Campus Teamwork, Make UB A Safer Place
    4/10/00
    In 1989, the Department of Public Safety at the University at Buffalo underwent a major change when it became one of the first colleges or universities to adopt a new philosophy, management style and organizational strategy known as community policing. Today, more than 10 years later, the department is seeing the results in a safer campus environment.
  • Less Drug, Stronger Laser Beam Allow Photodynamic Therapy To Reach Deep Chest Cancer Lesions, UB Researchers Find
    4/8/00
    Photodynamic therapy (PDT), one of the most promising new cancer treatments, may have much wider application than previously thought, new research by University at Buffalo researchers has shown.
  • UB Dental Researchers Find Obesity Related To Gum Disease
    4/8/00
    Researchers from the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo have found that obesity is significantly related to periodontal disease through the pathway of insulin resistance.
  • “Operation Mother Hen” Web-Based Review Tool Helps UB Students Struggling With Calculus
    4/7/00
    The Department of Mathematics in the UB College of Arts and Sciences has teamed up with UB Science and Engineering Node Services staff to develop "Operation Mother Hen," a unique Web-based review tool that has virtually banished the old survival-of-the-fittest mentality for "Introduction to Calculus" at UB. In its place is a system that acts like a nurturing "mother hen," rescuing and supporting students who are struggling with the material.
  • UB Faculty Member’s Book Examines Road To Utopia
    4/7/00
    The road to utopia throughout Western civilization all too often has begun with what appeared to be someone's good intentions only to lead to tragic, shameful legacies for generations, a University at Buffalo faculty member says.
  • UB Associate Dean, Computer Scientist Named American Council On Education Fellow
    4/7/00
    Williamsville resident Deborah K. Walters, Ph.D., who has racked up impressive credentials as associate professor of computer science and engineering at UB, associate dean of the UB College of Arts and Sciences and co-director of IDEAS, the college's arts and technology center, has been named a fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) for the 2000-01 academic year.