News Releases

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

  • Foit-Albert Associates to Present Lecture And Exhibit At UB
    12/24/98
    An exhibit by Foit-Albert Associates, an architecture, engineering and surveying firm headed by Beverly Foit Albert, clinical associate professor of architecture in the School of Architecture and Planning, will be on display in the architecture school's James Dyett Gallery from March 16 until April 18.
  • UB Mini-Medical School Returns For Second Year With New And Repeat Courses
    12/24/98
    UB’s popular Mini-Medical School will begin its second year of classes in March, offering one new and one repeat lecture series.
  • $2.5 Million Bequest From Anonymous Donor to Benefit UB Engineering Scholarships
    12/15/98
    A $2.5 million bequest commitment that represents one of the largest bequests ever made to the University at Buffalo will fund scholarships for outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • Registration For Spring Semester At Mfc is Now Under Way
    12/15/98
    UB’s Millard Fillmore College will offer a smorgasbord of more than 300 courses and a variety of options for the Spring 1999 semester.
  • UB Graduate Student Receives Ford Foundation Fellowship
    12/15/98
    Félix Rivas, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship based on his successful academic performance.
  • UB Today Cable Tv Show Announces Lineup For January
    12/15/98
    The University at Buffalo's mini-veterinary program for pet owners and ways to keep fit are two of the features set to air next month on "UB Today," UB's cable television program.
  • Marijuana-Like Compounds May Alter Human Fertility, UB Researchers Show
    12/15/98
    Scientists at the University at Buffalo have shown that marijuana-like compounds called anandamides, found in the testis, uterus and oviduct, may play a role in regulating functions of human sperm and influence their ability to fertilize eggs.
  • Ciancio Honored By American Dental Association
    12/11/98
    Sebastian G. Ciancio, professor and chair of the Department of Periodontics in the School of Dental Medicine, recently was honored by the American Dental Association for outstanding and dedicated service to its Council on Scientific Affairs.
  • Buying Into Latest Management Fads Can Cause Companies to Fail, New Book By UB Management Professor Says
    12/11/98
    TQM, re-engineering, benchmarking and other management fads abound in today's business environment, but buying into these strategies can cause many companies to falter, not improve, warns a new book authored by a University at Buffalo management professor.
  • UB Student Receives Scholarship From Women Engineers
    12/11/98
    Min Xu, a student in the University at Buffalo Department of Electrical Engineering, has received a $1,000 scholarship from the national Society of Women Engineers for the 1998-99 academic year.