News Releases

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

  • New Study Overturns Century-Old Assumptions About Cognitive Functions of Men And Women
    10/13/98
    The first study to use Positron Emission Tomography to compare the cognitive functions of men and women has found definitive evidence that although in many respects male and female brains operate in much the same way, they function differently when performing complex linguistic tasks.
  • Vestal Resident Receives $5,000 Wal-Mart Scholarship
    10/13/98
    David Bohnsack, a UB freshman from Vestal,has been named by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., as the recipient of a $5,000 Wal-Mart Competitive Edge Scholarship.
  • Mattina to Receive Jaeckle Award From UB Law School
    10/13/98
    Erie County Surrogate's Court Judge Joseph S. Mattina will receive the 1998 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award, the highest honor given by the University at Buffalo Law School and its Law Alumni Association, on Nov. 14.
  • Pulitzer Prize-Winner Mueller to Present Silverman Reading
    10/12/98
    Lisel Mueller, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, essayist and translator, will present the 22nd annual Oscar Silverman Memorial Poetry Reading on Nov. 6.
  • 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.