News Releases

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

  • UB Athletes Are Top Performers In Classroom
    12/11/98
    University at Buffalo athletes are performing in the classroom, as well as on the court or on the field, with the latest proof of their achievement coming with UB football players snagging 5 of the 20 spots on the 1998 GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District I football team.
  • UB Linguist Explores Gender Differences In Communication Offers Tips On How Men And Women Can Communicate More Effectively
    12/10/98
    A University at Buffalo linguist urges both women and men to make an effort to recognize their communication differences in order to make progress in bridging the gender language gap.
  • Spaulding Tapped For Project to Improve End-of-Life Care
    12/8/98
    Monica Spaulding, M.D., professor of medicine and otolaryngology and a specialist in oncology, is one of 30 faculty physicians selected from across the U.S. to spearhead a program aimed at improving care of the dying.
  • Van Oss Honored With Festschrift
    12/8/98
    A festschrift -- a collection of writings by various authors to recognize a distinguished individual on a special occasion -- has been published by the Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology to honor Carel J. van Oss, Ph.D., professor emeritus of microbiology.
  • UB Dental School Receives $250,000 Gift to Support Research Linking Gum Disease, Heart Attacks
    12/8/98
    A School of Dental Medicine study looking at the relationship between gum disease and heart disease has received a $250,000 gift in support of the study. The gift is from Atrix Laboratories of Ft. Collins, Col., and Block Drug Co., Inc. of Jersey City, N.J.
  • UB's Sarah Elder Wins Major International Award For Ethnographic Documentary of Eskimo Rituals
    12/8/98
    Filmmaker Sarah Elder, professor of media study, has been awarded third prize in one of the world's most distinguished juried international film festivals, the IX International Festival of Ethnographic Films.
  • Ruckenstein Named Recipient of National Medal of Science Stellar Career Reflects Extraordinary Breadth of Scientific Work
    12/8/98
    President Clinton announced today that Eli Ruckenstein, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been awarded the National Medal of Science, the highest honor awarded in the U.S. for scientific achievement.
  • UB Social Work School Teams With Salvation Army to Help Families At Risk For Homelessness
    12/4/98
    There’s hope and help on the horizon when it comes to finding permanent, affordable housing for local homeless families as the result of a collaborative effort between the University at Buffalo School of Social Work and the Salvation Army.
  • Imaging Camera Developed At Toshiba Stroke Research Center Could Provide Views of Tiniest Brain Vessels
    12/2/98
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo's Toshiba Stroke Research Center have developed a prototype camera that can turn blurred X-ray images of brain stents made of thin wire into images clear enough to detect the condition of wire as fine as a hair.
  • Pataki Appoints Jacobs to Serve As Chair of UB Council
    12/2/98
    Jeremy M. Jacobs, Sr., chairman and chief executive officer of Delaware North Companies, has been appointed chair of the University at Buffalo Council by Gov. George E. Pataki.