News Releases

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

  • Math Homework: Parents May Think They're Helping, But. . .
    8/10/98
    Douglas Clements, professor of learning and instruction in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, warns that parents should not be "suckered" into doing their child's mathematics homework.
  • Return to School Brings Increase In Cold Viruses
    8/10/98
    With the return of children to the close confines of the classroom in the fall comes an increase in the incidence of upper-respiratory-tract infections (URIs) -- the common cold.
  • Children Will Eat Lunches They Make Themselves
    8/10/98
    Children who make their own lunch are more likely to eat it than if their parents make it, according to Janice Cochran, certified dietitian and nutritionist with the University at Buffalo Student Health Center and UB Living Well Center.
  • Open Lines of Communication With Teachers
    8/10/98
    It is important for parents to have an open line of communication with their child's teachers before problems arise, according to J. Ronald Gentile, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education.
  • 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.