News Releases

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

  • UB Academic-Review Web-Site Solution Places Second in National Contest
    9/7/99
    Frank D'Arrigo, assistant vice provost and director of undergraduate information services at the University at Buffalo, has been named first runner-up for "Best Web Site Solution" in the national 1999 Visual FoxPro Excellence Awards contest for a site he designed that ultimately could improve student retention at UB.
  • UB To Host Western New York Science and Technology Forum
    9/7/99
    The 31st annual Western New York Science and Technology Forum lecture series for area teachers is being held on Wednesdays through Jan. 12 at UB.
  • “This American Life” Host Ira Glass To Speak At UB
    9/7/99
    Ira Glass, idiosyncratic host and producer of the nationally syndicated radio show "This American Life," will present a program titled "Lies, Sissies and Fiascoes: Notes on Making a New Kind of Radio" at 8 p.m. Oct. 25 at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Scientists Find Breast-Cancer Risk May Be Influenced By Gene That Regulates Serum Triglycerides
    9/6/99
    University at Buffalo researchers have shown for the first time that a variant of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) gene, known as apoE 4, may increase the risk of breast cancer by inhibiting the elimination of serum triglycerides from the bloodstream.
  • Troubled Children To Be Focus Of “UB At Sunrise” Program
    9/2/99
    Thomas T. Frantz, Ph.D., will discuss troubled children in a "UB at Sunrise" program at 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 17 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.
  • Researchers To Convene To Explore How Computers Can Better Read Handwriting, Music, Even Sanskrit
    9/2/99
    New ways of bridging the gap between the written word and the ability to access it electronically will be on the agenda at the fifth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR) to be held in Bangalore, India on Sept. 20-22. More than three hundred researchers are expected to participate in the conference, which is being sponsored by the University at Buffalo, Pennsylvania State University, Microsoft, IBM, Siemens GmbH, Panasonic and others.
  • Miller Elected to Executive Committee of Conference on English Education
    8/31/99
    Suzanne Miller, Ph.D., associate dean in the Graduate School of Education, has been elected to serve a four-year term on the executive committee of the Conference on English Education.
  • 2 UB MBA Students Awarded M&T Bank Fellowships
    8/31/99
    Scot Andrew Millen of North Tonawanda and Karen H. Woodman of New York City are recipients of the M&T Bank fellowship awarded by the MBA program in the School of Management.
  • Goldhaber to Speak at Senior Alumni Luncheon
    8/31/99
    Gerald Goldhaber, associate professor in the Department of Communication, will give tips on how to be a savvy opinion poll-watcher when he speaks at a senior alumni luncheon at noon on Sept. 16 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North Campus.
  • Collins Heads UB Medical Alumni Association
    8/31/99
    Richard Laurence Collins, M.D., of Clarence, has been elected president of the UB Medical Alumni Association for 1999-2000.