News Releases

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

  • UB Lecture To Explore Benefits Of Reading Fiction
    11/9/99
    Robert Daly, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the departments of English and Comparative Literature at UB, will discuss "Lies All Lies: Reading Fictions for Fun and Profit" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 in the Screening Room in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
  • Pet Dog Or Cat Controls Blood Pressure Better Than ACE Inhibitor, UB Study Of Stockbrokers Finds
    11/7/99
    ACE inhibitors can keep high blood pressure under control if life is running smoothly, but they don't prevent it from rising when things get tense -- like when the bottom drops out of the stock market. That's when a person needs a friend. And if a human friend isn't available, the four-legged variety will do nicely, a study of responses to stress in a group of hypertensive New York City stockbrokers conducted by University at Buffalo researchers, has shown.
  • Eminent Nigerian Carver To Be Feted At UB For 30th Anniversary Of African American Studies
    11/5/99
    The Department of African American Studies will continue its 30th anniversary celebration this month with a campus visit by the eminent Yoruban artist Lamidi O. Fakeye (Fah-kee-AY), widely acknowledged as the finest traditional woodcarver in Nigeria.
  • Killer In The Closed Stacks!!! 25,000 Pulp-Fiction Paperbacks Thrill UB Librarians
    11/5/99
    One of his favorite pulp writers might describe George Kelley as "just one dirty guy doing a seedy job in a miserable world." But Kelley's life-long pursuit of cheap -- sometimes even cheesy -- paperbacks has the librarians at the University at Buffalo doing handsprings. That's because Kelley has made a gift to the UB Libraries of 25,000 pulp-fiction titles.
  • UB Urban Education Institute Reaches Out To Urban Schools
    11/5/99
    The Urban Education Institute at UB is reaching out to the Buffalo Public Schools, as well as other urban school districts and on-campus urban programs to create partnerships to work toward a common goal: improving urban education.
  • Virtual Teaching Tool Developed By UB Professor Attracts Attention Of Apple Computer
    11/5/99
    The work of a faculty member in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo to create a virtual teaching tool has attracted the attention of Apple Computer, Inc.
  • UB To Hold Annual Holiday Print Sale On Nov. 12
    11/3/99
    Avoid the hustle and bustle of holiday mall crowds and find truly unique gifts at the annual UB Holiday Print Sale Benefit to be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Center for the Arts Atrium on the North Campus.
  • Pataki’s Chief Economist To Speak At UB
    11/3/99
    "Cutting Taxes, Creating Jobs: The Decline and Revival of Upstate New York" will be the topic of a presentation by Stephen Kagann, Ph.D., chief economist to Gov. George Pataki, Nov. 10 at UB.
  • Professor James Hansen, National Figure In Counseling Psychology, Dies At 62
    11/3/99
    James C. Hansen, 62, of Amherst, emeritus professor of counseling and educational psychology at UB and a major national figure in the field of counseling psychology, died Monday (Nov. 1, 1999) in Kaleida Health's Millard Fillmore Hospital after a long illness.
  • University Police Issue Warning About Ellicott Robberies
    11/1/99
    During the past several weeks, four armed robberies have occurred in the Ellicott Complex, two in Fargo, one in Red Jacket and one on the Terrace.