News Releases

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

  • UB Physiologist, Swim Coach Team Up to Develop Scientific Training Program, With Striking Results
    10/12/98
    A University at Buffalo physiologist and a UB swim coach have developed a training system that results in performance improvements two to three times greater than those achieved by Division I men's swim teams using traditional training methods.
  • UB Librarians to Link 700 Public-Health Workers In Region to National Health-Information Network
    10/9/98
    The Health Sciences Library has received a $50,000 information-access project grant from the National Institutes of Health and other federal funding agencies.
  • UB Receives $4.5 Million to Bring Newest Technologies to Manufacture of Assistive Devices
    10/9/98
    The Center for Assistive Technology at the University at Buffalo has received a five-year, $4.5 million grant from U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to establish a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for technology transfer.
  • UB Law School Opens Securities Clinic
    10/9/98
    The University at Buffalo schools of Law and Management have opened a Securities Clinic to provide both legal assistance and investment education to local investors, including investors of modest means.
  • Mohammed Named Director of Admissions, Student Affairs In UB Graduate School of Social Work
    10/8/98
    Alison L. Mohammed has been director of recruitment, admissions and student affairs in the Graduate School of Social Work.
  • Changes Wrought By U.S. Hispanics And Latinos Subject of UB Symposium On Culture And Identity
    10/8/98
    "Ethnic Identity, Culture and Group Rights: A Discussion Across the Disciplines on the Situation of Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S." will be the focus of symposia to be held on Oct. 24 and Nov. 14.
  • John Wright Named Dean of UB Medical School
    10/7/98
    John R. Wright, M.D., interim dean of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences since Jan. 1, 1997, and chair of its Department of Pathology for 23 years, has been named dean of the school, effective Oct. 1.
  • UB Medical Students Raise Domestic Violence Awareness
    10/7/98
    The UB chapter of the American Medical Student Association is challenging Western New Yorkers to run or walk in the fight against domestic violence in a 5K race on Oct. 25 in Delaware Park.
  • Four to Be Inducted Into UB Athletic Hall of Fame
    10/6/98
    The University at Buffalo Alumni Association will induct four new members into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame at a dinner on Oct. 16.
  • UB Sets Oct. 17 Open House For Prospective Freshmen, Transfer Students
    10/5/98
    The University at Buffalo will hold "Discover UB," its annual fall open house for prospective freshman and transfer students and their families, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 17.