News Releases

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

  • Beutner to Be Honored For Reseach In Skin Disorders
    2/16/99
    Internationally known immunologist and UB professor emeritus Ernst H. Beutner, Ph.D., has been named co-recipient of a prestigious research award from the American Skin Association.
  • Alumni Association to Hold Spanish Wine And Tapas Festival
    2/16/99
    More than 50 wines from four regions in Spain will be featured during the Spanish Wine & Tapas Festival, to be held March 11 in the Atrium of the Center for the Arts.
  • Art Historian Elected President of International Center of Medieval Art
    2/16/99
    Dorothy F. Glass, professor of art history and a distinguished historian of the Italian art of Europe's Middle Ages, has been elected to a three-year term as president of the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA).
  • Attorney Leonard Weinglass to Address Controversial Mumia Death-Penalty Case In Lecture
    2/15/99
    Noted civil rights attorney Leonard Weinglass will discuss the death penalty in America, with special focus on the controversial case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose judicial cause is tied to the campaign to abolish the death penalty, during a talk set for Feb. 23.
  • Stewart Named Director of Office of Equity, Diversity And Affirmative Action Administration
    2/15/99
    Loyce E. Stewart has been appointed director of the Office of Equity, Diversity and Affirmative Action Administration by President William R. Greiner.
  • UB's Easley is "Enemy No. 1" of Anti-Fluoride Groups And The American Dental Association's Best Weapon
    2/15/99
    While water fluoridation is controversial in some circles, it’s not a conspiracy or worse, says Michael Easley, associate professor of dental medicine at the University at Buffalo. An specialist on water fluoridation, he is the American D ental Association’s designated spokesman on the issue.
  • $5.7 Million Grant To UB’s Center For Hearing And Deafness To Fund Four Major Projects On Acquired Hearing Loss
    2/11/99
    The University at Buffalo's Center for Hearing and Deafness, one of the world's leading hearing research laboratories, has received a $5.7 million program project grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand studies geared to understanding and treating acquired hearing loss, a condition affecting 28 million people in the United States alone.
  • Martin Luther King Iii to Speak At UB On Feb. 25
    2/10/99
    Martin Luther King III, son of the late civil-rights champion, will deliver the keynote address at UB’s 23rd annual Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration, to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 in the Mainstage theatre in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
  • Gardens And Landscapes of Wright's Prairie Houses to Be Subject of Slide Lecture/Discussion
    2/10/99
    The University Archives will present "Of Nature and Shelter," a slide lecture and discussion of the gardens and landscapes of Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie houses, at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in the University Archives, 420 Capen Hall on the North Campus.
  • Head of FBI's Buffalo Office to Address Alumni Luncheon
    2/10/99
    Bernard A. Tolbert, special agent in charge of the FBI's Buffalo office, will speak at a UB senior alumni luncheon to be held at noon March 9 in the Center for Tomorrow.