News Releases

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

  • Tommy Lasorda to Speak At UB On April 22
    4/14/99
    Tommy Lasorda, former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers for 20 seasons and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, will speak at UB on April 22.
  • UB’s Bernstein Teams with Comedian Jon Lovitz in
    4/14/99
    Yes, yes, it's him. It's Charles Bernstein, the University at Buffalo's David Gray Professor of Poetry and Letters in those famous "Yellow Pages" commercials featuring comedian Jon Lovitz -- and for a scholar of esoterica, he's turned out to be very popular with the public.
  • "Steeplechase" to Benefit UB Newman Centers
    4/14/99
    More than 150 walkers and runners are expected to participate in a 5K race and 2K walk that will be held by the UB Newman Centers on May 8.
  • UB Oozfest -- Volleyball In The Mud -- Set For April 24
    4/14/99
    It will be a down-and-dirty day of mud-play April 24, as hundreds of volleyball players from the U.S. and Canada compete in the University at Buffalo's 15th annual Oozfest.
  • Betty Friedan to Lecture At UB Spring Clinical Day May 1
    4/12/99
    Betty Friedan, considered the foremost feminist of the 20th century, will present the Stockton-Kimball lecture May 1 at the 62nd annual Spring Clinical Day, which will be devoted to women's health issues.
  • UB Students' Photography On Exhibit At CEPA
    4/12/99
    Photographic work by seniors in the Department of Art in the College of Arts and Sciences will be on exhibit in the Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts (CEPA) from April 16 through June 18.
  • UB Scientist Receives $1.5 Million to Continue Quest For Vaccine Against Ear-Infection-Causing Bacterium
    4/12/99
    Timothy F. Murphy, M.D., has received a five-year $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue development of a vaccine against a bacterium responsible for 3.5 million childhood ear infections annually in the U.S.
  • Jankowski Named to Alumni Position At UB
    4/9/99
    Michael Jankowski, former director of athletics at Niagara University, has been named an assistant director of alumni relations at UB.
  • Environmental Hazards to Be Topic of "UB At Sunrise"
    4/9/99
    The environmental hazards of lawn-care chemicals and alternative lawn-care treatments will be the focus of a "UB at Sunrise" program on April 22.
  • UB Business Alliance Helps Local Companies Secure More Than $336,000 In Training Grants
    4/9/99
    The Center for Industrial Effectiveness in the University at Buffalo Business Alliance, assisted four local companies in receiving more than $336,000 in state training grants in the fourth quarter of 1998.