News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • Excess Body Hair, Apple-Shape In Women May Indicate Increased Risk of Breast Cancer
    6/25/98
    Women who display certain physical characteristics, such as abundant body hair, excessively oily skin and an apple-shaped physique, may have a greater risk of developing breast cancer than other women, researchers at the University at Buffalo have found.
  • UB to Offer Annual Tax Practitioner Institute
    6/23/98
    The Center for Management Development in the School of Management, in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service, will offer its annual IRS Tax Practitioner seminar on Aug. 25.
  • Extreme Prematurity Brings Two-Fold Increase In Risk of Repeating A Grade, Needing Special Education Educational Outcomes Have Remained Stable Over Time
    6/23/98
    Children who have survived extreme prematurity due to the advent of advanced medical treatments, primarily the development of lung surfactant, are twice as likely to repeat a grade and need special education compared with children born at full term, a new study at the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • School of Management to Offer Master's In Accounting
    6/23/98
    A master's of science degree in accounting program will be offered by the University at Buffalo School of Management beginning this fall.
  • Lawrence D. Jacobs, Pioneer In Fight Against Ms
    6/22/98
    Lawrence D. Jacobs, M.D., credits his involvement with the treatment and prevention of multiple sclerosis -- the interest that has become his life's work -- to serendipity.
  • Biogen Endows $1.5 Million Chair In Neurology At UB Lawrence D. Jacobs, Professor of Neurology, to Be First Holder
    6/22/98
    Biogen, a leading international biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., has established the Irvin and Rosemary Smith Chair in Neurology in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences through an endowment of $1.5 million.
  • W. Howard Mann, 87, Law School Professor Emeritus
    6/19/98
    A memorial service was held in Missoula, Mont., for W. Howard Mann, who served as a professor of constitutional law in the Law School from 1967-85.
  • 2 UB Professors Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
    6/18/98
    Two faculty members at the University at Buffalo -- J. Ronald Gentile, Ph.D., and Wolfgang Wölck, Ph.D. -- have joined the ranks of distinguished professors appointed by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
  • Poor Young Adults Speak of Their Lives In A "Bleak And Poignant Volume" Their Numbers Are Legion, Their Losses Unimaginable, They Are Sinking Fast
    6/17/98
    A groundbreaking study of poverty-stricken young Americans that offers compelling evidence that despite a continuous flow of sunny, upbeat economic reports that imply that we are all doing better than ever, millions in this group are doing very poorly has been co-authored by a University at Buffalo sociologist.