News Releases

In response to growing student interest in the field, the University at Buffalo has established a new Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

The Western New York Science and Technology Forum is holding its 30th annual lecture series for teachers of all grades and subjects on most Wednesday evenings through January.

Cable viewers can learn about new events and programs at the University at Buffalo on "UB Today", which kicks off its new season Sept. 6 on Adelphia and TCI.

Retired Gen. Colin L. Powell, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War, will open the 1998-99 Distinguished Speakers Series when he speak on Sept. 24 at the University at Buffalo.

Sharon Bidwell-Cerone, clinical associate professor in the School of Nursing, has been elected to the American Nurses Association Congress of Nursing Practice.

A collaborative education project that partners the Lake Shore Central School District and the UB Graduate School of Education with the Seneca Nation of Indians has been awarded a grant worth more than $60,000 in equipment and training from Apple Computer, Inc.

Before they even step foot in a classroom this fall, in-coming MBA students in the University at Buffalo School of Management will begin preparation for success outside of the classroom and inside the real world of business.

Forensic psychologist Charles Patrick Ewing will kick off the "UB at Sunrise" breakfast series for the 1998-99 academic year with a discussion of "Preventing and Responding to Violence in our Schools" on Sept. 16.

The coming of the millennium -- with all its associated myths, predictions and omens -- will be the subject of the first lecture of the Senior Alumni Luncheon program for the 1998-99 academic year to be offered by the Office of Alumni Relations.

Thirteen faculty teams with excellent ideas for original, multidisciplinary research have been awarded grants totaling more than $250,000 by the university.