News Releases

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

  • UB Program Strives To Make Freshman Year For Engineering Students Kinder and Gentler (If Not Easier)
    4/7/00
    The University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has begun the Student Excellence Initiatives, a unique program that aims to make freshman year for engineering students easier to manage academically and less emotionally agonizing.
  • Researcher Urges Changes In Assessment Of DWI Offenders
    4/6/00
    The assessment of DWI offenders needs to be modified to focus on identifying characteristics of those most likely to be repeat offenders and whether treatment addressing their alcohol and drug use is necessary, a University at Buffalo researcher recommended at the "Lifesavers 2000 National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities" held in Atlanta on March 12-14.
  • UB’s Hillel To Sponsor Traditional Passover Seder
    4/6/00
    A traditional Passover Seder and meal will be held at 6 p.m. April 19 in Pistachio's in the Student Union on the UB North Campus.
  • UB To Offer Internet Research Course For Librarians
    4/6/00
    The Department of Library and Information Studies in the UB School of Information Studies is offering two workshops to librarians and other researchers -- delivered entirely via the Internet -- on the basics of legislation and regulations.
  • UB Architects Receive $3 Million Federal Grant To Establish Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
    4/6/00
    The Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center) in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning has been awarded a five-year, $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education through the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
  • At Contaminated Brownfields Site, UB Chemistry Students Use Science to Clear the Air Between Residents and Government
    4/5/00
    Armed with small chemical sensors, knowledge of analytical chemistry techniques and serious dedication, undergraduate students in chemistry Professor Joseph A. Gardella's class at the University at Buffalo are on a mission: They are using science and communication skills to help bridge the gap between government and residents of a Buffalo subdivision that is a contaminated former brownfield.
  • Human Subjects in Research to be Topic of UB Workshop
    4/5/00
    A workshop on the rules and regulations governing the use of human subjects in research will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. April 13 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
  • UB Executive MBA Students To Tour China
    4/4/00
    Drawing upon an accumulated wealth of "guanxi," 17 Executive MBA (EMBA) students from the University at Buffalo School of Management are embarking on a study tour of China, gaining access to the highest levels of business in that country.
  • UB Will Offer Summer Study Tour Of Ireland
    4/4/00
    The University at Buffalo World Languages Institute (WLI) will sponsor "Ireland Through the Eyes of the Irish," a two-week study tour of Ireland, July 13-28, in which the public is invited to participate.
  • Flanagan Receives Fulbright To Conduct Research In Taiwan
    4/4/00
    Mary Flanagan, assistant professor of media study at the University at Buffalo, has been selected by the William J. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to participate in the Fulbright-Hays Scholarship Program.