News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • 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.