News Releases

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

  • Zimmerman to Head New York Library Association
    7/14/98
    Nancy P. Zimmerman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UB School of Information and Library Studies and coordinator of its School Library Media Program, has been elected president of the New York Library Association.
  • $335,000 In Legislative Grants to Support School District, Municipality Collaborations Statewide
    7/7/98
    The Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth at the University at Buffalo has announced that 13 school-municipal partnerships throughout the state will receive legislative grants of up to $30,000.
  • Carol Greiner Named Chair of NASULGC Spouses' Council
    7/7/98
    Carol Greiner, wife of University at Buffalo President William R. Greiner, has been named 1998 chair of The Council of Presidents' and Chancellors' Spouses of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
  • UB Researchers Seek to Find What Makes Inspectors Catch -- Or Miss -- Cracks In Airplane Components
    7/2/98
    University at Buffalo researchers are working on a Federal Aviation Administration-funded project designed to get visual detection of cracks in airplane components down to a science.
  • Ineffective.Com New Study Says Many Company Web Sites Do Poor Job of Marketing, Advertising
    6/30/98
    They may be flashy and gimmicky, but most company Web sites would flunk a test of simple "Marketing 101" theory because they fail to follow basic marketing strategy, a new University at Buffalo study suggests.
  • Moderate Drinking May Protect Heart By Improving Insulin Resistance, Study Suggests
    6/26/98
    A partial answer to the question of how moderate drinking helps to protect against coronary heart disease may be found in a new University at Buffalo study linking alcohol consumption with improved insulin sensitivity.
  • $530,000 Gift to UB Pharmacy School to Fund Scholarships
    6/26/98
    Determined to open the doors to an outstanding professional education to even more students, Violet Newton has shown her philanthropic generosity again with a new gift of $530,000 to the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy
  • UB Nursing School Graduates Receive Awards
    6/26/98
    Eighteen students in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing received awards and scholarships at the school's commencement ceremony in May.
  • New Book Advises Parents Not to Be "Wimpy;" Offers Help On How to Avoid Raising A "Brat"
    6/26/98
    The progressive, child-centered parenting movement, popular during the past two decades, has given rise to a national epidemic of families in which children are "running" the show, according to child psychologist and family therapist Kenneth N. Condrell, Ph.D.
  • UB Studies Link Low Dietary Calcium, Vitamin C With Increased Risk of Gum Disease
    6/26/98
    Studies by researchers in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine show that people with low levels of Vitamin C in their diets, and those who had too little calcium as young adults, appear to have nearly twice the risk of developing periodontal disease later in life than people with higher dietary levels of either nutrient.