News Releases

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

  • Foreign-Language Study: The Younger The Better
    8/10/98
    "While it is never too late to undertake foreign-language study, the best time to begin is during childhood, especially before adolescence," says Mark Ashwill, director of the World Languages Institute at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Literary Series to Open With Poetry/Jazz Performance
    8/10/98
    "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS," the bi-annual literary series sponsored by the Poetics Program in the UB Department of English, will feature a number of renowned authors, poets and playwrights in its Fall 1998 program.
  • High-School Students Participate In UB Research Institute
    8/10/98
    A future Albert Einstein or a budding Bill Gates could be among the eight local high-school students participating in this summer's Science Research Institute (SRI) at UB.
  • Back-to-School Tips
    8/10/98
    The following tips include expert advice from faculty and staff members at the University at Buffalo designed to help parents prepare for the back-to-school season and upcoming school year.
  • UB Launches Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program to Meet Shortage of Rehabilitation Scientists
    8/6/98
    The School of Health Related Professions at the University at Buffalo is launching a singular interdisciplinary doctoral program in rehabilitation science this fall to increase the cadre of specialists qualified to conduct research and teach the science of rehabilitation at the graduate level.
  • Sick Books -- Beware The Slithy Toves, Fungus And Cockroaches
    8/6/98
    This year's El Niño weather patterns call for a heads-up to librarians and library users -- as well as homeowners with personal book collections -- about library damage and toxicity caused by floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and fire. This year's El Niño weather patterns call for a heads-up to librarians and library users -- as well as homeowners with personal book collections -- about library damage and toxicity caused by floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and fire.
  • Adjusting to Campus Life May Contribute to Freshman Weight Gain UB Dietitian Offers Students Advice On Avoiding Unwanted Pounds
    8/4/98
    The "Freshman 15" -- the notorious excess pounds dreaded by first-year college students -- can be attributed to behavioral changes that come with a new, drastically different lifestyle, according to Janice Cochran, a registered dietitian and nutritionist at the University at Buffalo.
  • "Vinyl And CD Madness" Sale to Benefit WBFO
    7/31/98
    Thousands of records and CDs will be on sale at WBFO's final "Vinyl and CD Madness," to be held on Aug. 29-30 in Allen Hall on the South Campus.
  • Rucki Elected President of Management Alumni Association
    7/29/98
    Judith A. Rucki of Cheektowaga has been elected president of the School of Management Alumni Association.
  • Method Takes Holistic Approach to Teen Violence, Teaching Youths to Recognize, Diffuse Trigger Points
    7/28/98
    A classroom-based program that teaches youngsters and teens to understand, recognize, acknowledge and positively rechannel destructive emotions is the focus of a new book by a husband-and-wife team of University at Buffalo researchers.