News Releases

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

  • Keen, Riemenschneider Named to New Posts at TCIE
    5/25/99
    Pamela H. Keen and Juli A. Riemenschneider have been named to new positions with The Center for Industrial Effectiveness, University at Buffalo Business Alliance.
  • Majewski Elected to Term on National Student Alumni Board
    5/25/99
    UB sophomore Jason Majewski has been elected to a two-year term representing District 2 on the national board of the Student Alumni Association/Student Foundation Network of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
  • UB Art Department Offers Summer Workshops
    5/25/99
    The UB Student Visual Art Organization and the Experimental Print Imaging Center will hold public workshops this summer on figure drawing and printmaking techniques.
  • Symposium To Honor Ruckenstein, National Medal of Science Recipient
    5/25/99
    A Chemical Engineering Symposium in honor of Eli Ruckenstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical Engineering and 1998 winner of the prestigious National Medal of Science, will be held June 18-19 at UB.
  • Is Handwriting Truly Individual? UB Computer Scientists Are Finding Out
    5/25/99
    Ransom notes, like the one left behind in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, and other handwritten documents that provide clues to criminal cases may soon be easier to analyze, thanks to research being conducted by University at Buffalo computer scientists.
  • 46 UB Students Receive Grace Capen Academic Awards
    5/25/99
    The Grace P. Capen Academic Awards have been presented by the University at Buffalo Women's Club to 46 sophomores who have completed three semesters of full-time work and a minimum of 45-50 hours at UB and earned a quality-point average of 3.9.
  • Very-Low-Fat Diet May Compromise Immune Function, Increase Infection Rate in Trained Runners, UB Study Finds
    5/22/99
    Trained runners who severely limit the amount of fat in their diets may be suppressing their immune system and increasing their susceptibility to infections and inflammation, a University at Buffalo study has shown.
  • Institute Showcases Regional Information Network
    5/20/99
    The University at Buffalo's Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth has compiled a 5,300-page Western New York Regional Information Network Web site at http://rin.buffalo.edu.
  • Patients Give Vote of Confidence to Pharmacies Operated by UB School of Pharmacy and Local Supermarket
    5/19/99
    An innovative program that operates community pharmacies jointly through the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Tops Markets, Inc., has resulted in better care for patients and better use of pharmacists' skills, and also is responsible for significantly increasing business in the pharmacies -- in one case, more than doubling the number of prescriptions filled.
  • "Smart Concrete" Would Determine Weight of Trucks as They Travel on a Highway
    5/19/99
    Truck-weighing stations on highways could become a thing of the past as a result of a new application for "smart concrete" developed by University at Buffalo engineers.