News Releases

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

  • Castro's Man In Washington to Speak At UB March 5
    2/26/99
    The controversial Fernando Remirez de Estenoz Barciela, the first deputy minister of Cuba and chief of the Cuban Interest Section in Washington, will discuss Cuban-American relations March 5 at UB.
  • Research Cruise Will Allow Volcanologist to Make First-Ever Computer Simulations of Eruptions Under The Sea
    2/24/99
    The most volcanically active place on Earth produces eruptions that no human being has ever seen. But Tracy Gregg, an assistant professor of geology at the University at Buffalo, is getting pretty close.
  • Research Cruise Will Allow Volcanologist to Make First-Ever Computer Simulations of Eruptions Under The Sea Shedding Light On Lava Flows In A Dark World Two Miles Beneath The Ocean Surface
    2/24/99
    Tracy Gregg, an assistant professor of geology at the University at Buffalo, is using a submersible vehicle to dive two miles beneath the surface of the southeastern Pacific Ocean to study undersea volcanic eruptions.
  • Lack of Exercise, High Intakes of Sugar And Saturated Fat: A Recipe For Gallstones, UB Study Shows
    2/23/99
    The Western lifestyle of little exercise, lots of saturated fat, loads of refined sugar and little fiber is a major risk factor for the development of yet another chronic medical condition -- gallstones -- a new University at Buffalo study shows.
  • Plant-Based Fat May Reduce Risk of Prostate Cancer By Altering Testosterone Metabolism, UB Study Shows
    2/23/99
    Plant-based fats may cut the risk of prostate cancer by reducing the levels of both testosterone and certain enzymes that metabolize testosterone into more active forms, a new study by University at Buffalo nutrition researchers has shown.
  • UB Grad's Online "Bistro" Shares Cheap Culinary Secrets
    2/22/99
    College students looking to find quick, simple and cheap ways to spice up their limited menus can visit an online "bistro" created by a recent University at Buffalo graduate who shares his college culinary expertise on his personal Web site.
  • Morse Named Associate Dean of UB School of Pharmacy
    2/22/99
    Gene D. Morse, Pharm. D., professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the School of Pharmacy has been named the school's associate dean for clinical education and research.
  • Bulls Announce First I-A Football Schedule Trips to Virginia And Miami In November; Home Game With Marshall Highlight Schedule
    2/19/99
    The University at Buffalo has announced its 1999 football schedule, UB's first as a Division I-A institution and as a member of the Mid-American Conference.
  • Recruiter Interest And Starting Salaries Surge For UB Mbas
    2/18/99
    Preliminary job-placement statistics for the UB MBA Class of '99 are very promising, according to staff of the Career Resource Center in the School of Management.
  • Yitzhak Rabin's Son to Address Conference
    2/18/99
    Yuval Rabin, son of the late Israeli prime minister and head of a major Israeli grass-roots movement dedicated to finding ways to bring peace to the Middle East, will be the keynote speaker at the 13th annual Wasserman Conference, to be held March 21.