News Releases

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

  • Mouthwash As Smoking Deterrent? UB Dental Researchers To Test New Product For Safety, Efficacy
    5/9/00
    Smokers who want to quit but really enjoy the taste of a cigarette may soon have a new weapon at their disposal. And if it works, it would be as easy to use as mouthwash.
  • Database For Rehab Outcomes Stored At UB Could Set Standard For Medicare Reimbursements
    5/9/00
    Researchers in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University at Buffalo have taken the lead in the creation of a standard for measuring rehabilitation’s effectiveness that could be used by rehabilitation hospitals and other rehabilitation units as the basis for Medicare prospective payment.
  • National Civil-Engineering Group Honors UB’s Lee
    5/9/00
    The American Society of Civil Engineers has chosen George C. Lee, Ph.D., Samuel P. Capen Professor of Engineering at the University at Buffalo and director of the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering (MCEER) at UB, to receive the prestigious Nathan M. Newmark Medal for 2000.
  • 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.