News Releases

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

  • UB to Offer Another Session of Mini-Medical School
    7/20/99
    UB’s Mini-Medical School will be in session for the public this summer, offering a four-session course during August on medical grand rounds.
  • Ten From UB Receive 1999 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
    7/20/99
    Three faculty members, four professional staff members and three librarians at UB have received 1999 State University of New York Chancellor's Awards for Excellence from SUNY Chancellor John W. Ryan.
  • Atkinson Receives Fulbright to Study in Israel
    7/20/99
    Joseph F. Atkinson, Ph.D., professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has received a J. William Fulbright Scholarship to lecture and conduct research in Israel.
  • Shore Elected President of MBA Career Services Council
    7/15/99
    Cynthia M. Shore, assistant dean and director of the Career Resource Center in the UB School of Management, has been elected president of the MBA Career Services Council.
  • Presence of a Fertile Female in the Next Nest Can Lead a Bird Astray, UB Research Shows
    7/14/99
    Male and female black-throated blue warblers, a bird species common in the northeast U.S., have a reputation for practicing monogamy and sharing in the raising of their young. However, the mere presence of a fertile female in the nest next door can be enough to cause a male to stray, leaving his female mate unguarded, according to a paper scheduled for publication in the July issue of Auk, the journal of the American Ornithologists' Union, authored by a doctoral candidate at the University at Buffalo and an assistant professor of biological sciences.
  • Radford Receives Fellowships from NEH, ACLS
    7/13/99
    Gail E. Radford, assistant professor of history at UB, has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and from the American Council of Learned Societies.
  • Shulman Receives Lodge Prize from Adelphi University
    7/13/99
    Lawrence Shulman, Ed.D., dean of the UB School of Social Work, has been named the 1999 recipient of the Richard Lodge Prize, awarded by the Adelphi University School of Social Work.
  • Bruckenstein Named a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society
    7/12/99
    Stanley Bruckenstein, A. Conger Goodyear chair and professor of chemistry at UB, has been named a fellow of the Electrochemical Society.
  • UB Parent-Program Coordinator Offers Advice to Parents of Soon-to-Be College Students
    7/9/99
    Toby Shapiro, University at Buffalo parent-program coordinator, has one major piece of advice for parents of this fall's crop of new college students: "Always keep the lines of communication open."
  • The Buffalo News Donates $50,000 to WBFO
    7/7/99
    The Buffalo News has donated $50,000 to the Local Program Fund of WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, to allow the station to upgrade equipment and hire another reporter/producer.