News Releases

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

  • UB Ranks In Top 50 of America's "Wired" Campuses
    4/6/99
    Yahoo! Internet Life, has ranked the University at Buffalo at No. 47 on its list of 100 Most Wired Colleges in the U.S.
  • The Chemical Leupeptin Protects Against Noise-Induced Hearing Loss In Animal Model, UB Hearing Researchers Show
    4/6/99
    Researchers in the University at Buffalo Center for Hearing and Deafness have shown for the first time that a compound called leupeptin may help protect against the noise-induced hearing loss caused by living in noisy industrialized societies.
  • 6th Child Violence Symposium Targets Firearms In Schools
    4/6/99
    "Guns in the Hands of Children" will be the subject of the sixth annual Childhood Violence Symposium on April 15, sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • McGuire Heads UB Office of Technology Transfer And Licensing
    4/5/99
    Jerry McGuire has been named director of the Office of Technology Transfer and Licensing in the University at Buffalo Business Alliance.
  • First Trial Comparing Adderall to Ritalin For ADHD Shows It to Be Longer-Lasting, Equally As Effective
    4/5/99
    The first trial of comparable doses of Ritalin, the standard treatment for children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Adderall, another drug used to treat ADHD, has shown that Adderall lasts longer than Ritalin and is at least as effective.
  • Symposium On Implant Dentistry to Honor Meenaghan
    4/5/99
    Strides being made in research and technology in the field of dental implants will be the topic of the first annual Michael A. Meenaghan Symposium on Implant Dentistry to be presented on April 23 by the UB School of Dental Medicine.
  • Western New York Firms May Apply For SPIR Grants
    4/5/99
    The local branch of the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence has up to $50,000 available to help small and medium-sized companies in Western New York create and retain manufacturing and high-technology jobs.
  • UB Nursing Faculty, Students to Offer Free Health Screening
    4/2/99
    Faculty and students in the School of Nursing will bring the Wellness on Wheels van to the new King Urban Life Center at 938 Genesee St. on April 16 for a health screening and education day.
  • UB Panel Will Explore Robert Creeley's Collaborations With Visual Artists
    4/2/99
    Pioneering American poet Robert Creeley and his collaborative work with major American visual artists will be the focus of a panel discussion, "Walking the Dog: Robert Creeley and the Visual Arts," to be held at UB on April 10.
  • $1 Million Gift to UB to Fund Pharmacy Scholarships
    3/31/99
    Violet Newton has given an additional $1 million gift to the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy scholarship fund that she and her late husband, Cecil, began in 1995.