News Releases

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

  • 2 UB Faculty Members Named 1998 Guggenheim Fellows
    5/7/98
    University at Buffalo faculty members Jin-Yi Cai, Ph.D., professor of computer science, and Nina Y. Fonoroff, visiting assistant professor of media study, have been selected to receive 1998 fellowship awards from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  • SPIR Awards Grants to Six Western New York Firms
    5/7/98
    The local branch of the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR), based in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has awarded grants to six Western New York companies.
  • UB Adds Irish And American Sign Language to Curriculum
    5/7/98
    The World Languages Institute at UB has announced that it will offer a two-semester sequence of the Irish language and a two-semester sequence of American Sign Language, beginning in the Fall 1998 semester.
  • UB Sociologist, Nigerian Native Edits Report Urging Country’s Return to Founding Federalist Principles
    5/6/98
    A new report edited by a University at Buffalo sociologist and issued by an international group of Nigerian scholars offers what its authors say is a feasible response to the constitutional crisis in Nigeria.
  • $250,000 Gift From Eleanor Millonzi to Help UB Attract Top Students In Art And Music
    5/6/98
    Eleanor V. Millonzi, a longtime organizer and supporter of the arts in Buffalo, has created an exciting opportunity for the University at Buffalo to recruit and educate the best artists/scholars-in-training.
  • UB Students Win Capen Awards For Academic Achievement
    5/4/98
    Fifty-two University at Buffalo students are recipients of the 1998 Grace Capen Memorial Award in recognition of high academic achievement.
  • 1998 June In Buffalo Festival Will Be One of Largest And Liveliest In History
    5/4/98
    JUNE IN BUFFALO, the celebrated festival and conference dedicated to emerging composers of new music, will be held June 1-7 at the University at Buffalo.
  • Eminent Physician, Scientist to Present 7th Hermann Rahn Lecture At UB
    5/4/98
    Warren M. Zapol, M.D., internationally known anesthesiologist, physiologist and researcher, will deliver the 7th annual Hermann Rahn Memorial Lecture on May 7.
  • UB to Hold 13 Commencement Ceremonies May 15-17
    5/1/98
    About 5,000 students will be candidates to receive degrees during 13 ceremonies to be held May 15-17. The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will hold its commencement ceremony on May 22.
  • Earthquake Engineering Center Changes Name to Emphasize Multidisciplinary Nature of Its Work
    5/1/98
    The National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER), headquartered at the University at Buffalo, has been renamed the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, a national center of excellence in advanced technology applications.