News Releases

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

  • 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.
  • Medical Rehabilitation Conference Set For July 12-13
    6/16/98
    A conference on strategies to move patients successfully from acute care back into the community will be held July 12-13 in the Sheraton Inn Buffalo Airport.
  • Graduating UB Dental Students Honored
    6/16/98
    Thirty-one graduating seniors in the School of Dental Medicine recently received awards at the school's annual Senior Awards Banquet.
  • School of Health Related Professions Honors Graduates
    6/16/98
    Twenty-four new graduates of the School of Health Related Professions were honored with scholarships and awards recently during the school's recent commencement ceremony.