News Releases

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

  • UB's Computer Recycling Effort Helps Outdated Equipment Avoid The Landfill, Benefits Needy Students
    10/1/98
    It's the University at Buffalo's high-tech twist on the automotive "chop shop," a home for orphaned and dysfunctional computers where they are made whole again and put back to work somewhere in the university.
  • Comedy Performance, Football Game And Carnival Among Events Set For UB Family And Homecoming Weekend
    9/30/98
    A performance by comedian Elayne Boosler, a football game between the UB Bulls and Morgan State University and a carnival and bonfire on the shore of Lake LaSalle will highlight the University at Buffalo Family and Homecoming Weekend, to be held Oct. 9-11.
  • UB Institute For Local Governance And Regional Growth Announces State of The Region Project
    9/30/98
    A new project to define and measure regional performance in the Buffalo-Niagara area is under way at the University at Buffalo Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth.
  • "UB Today" Cable Tv Program Announces October Lineup
    9/30/98
    The dean of UB’s new College of Arts and Sciences will be among those featured during October on "UB Today," a 30-minute program that airs on Adelphia and TCI cable.
  • Jazz Group Spyro Gyra to Perform On Oct. 29 Jazz Group Spyro Gyra to Perform On Oct. 29
    9/29/98
    WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, will co-sponsor a performance of the jazz group Spyro Gyra on Oct. 29.
  • Minority Student Graduate School Conference Set For Oct. 10
    9/29/98
    Minority college students and graduates interested in applying to graduate school are invited to attend the second annual Minority Student Graduate School Awareness Conference on Oct. 10.
  • Bernardino to Discuss Health Care At "UB At Sunrise"
    9/29/98
    Michael E. Bernardino, M.D., vice president for health affairs at the University at Buffalo, will discuss "How an Academic Health Center Copes in a Chaotic Environment" during a "UB at Sunrise" breakfast program on Oct. 13.
  • NSF Grant Funds First-of-Its-Kind Program For Doctoral Education In Geographic Information Science
    9/28/98
    A new multidisciplinary, doctoral-level concentration in geographic information science -- believed to be the first in the nation -- has been established at the University at Buffalo with the support of a five-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
  • UB Receives NSF Grant For High-Speed Computer Connection
    9/28/98
    The University at Buffalo has received $350,000 from the National Science Foundation as its share of a $1.75 million grant to a consortium of New York State research universities that will allow the group to hook into the VBNs, the very-high-speed backbone network service that ties together the supercomputing sites in the country.
  • Computer Instructor Looking At Whether Students Who Own A Computer Perform Better In College
    9/28/98
    Do college students who own computers perform any differently in school than those who don't?