News Releases

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

  • Technology Fails to Keep Pace At Fast-Food Restaurants
    3/24/98
    A computer system used by a national fast-food restaurant chain to decide what items to cook and when is effective because its designers did not fully appreciate what workers deal with on a daily basis, a conflict between workers and systems that exists in many industries.
  • Psycholinguist to Discuss How Children Acquire Language
    3/24/98
    Melissa Bowerman of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in The Netherlands will explore the subject of first-language acquisition during a lecture fromon April 9 in 121 Cooke Hall.
  • Urban Planner Beauregard to Lecture At UB On March 31
    3/24/98
    Robert Beauregard, professor at the Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy in the New School for Social Research, will present a lecture titled "Imagining Utopia" at UB on March 31.
  • Suburban Conflict Between Deer And Humans to Be Subject of Conference Sponsored By UB School of Law
    3/24/98
    The controversial issues that have emerged over deer in the suburbs -- and how to resolve them -- will be examined at a regional conference to be held on March 28 at the School of Law.
  • UB Professor Named Chair of Pediatric Nephrology
    3/23/98
    F. Bruder Stapleton, M.D., A. Conger Goodyear professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been named chair of the Sub-Board of Pediatric Nephrology of the American Board of Pediatrics for 1993.
  • Context And Content of The Conference
    3/20/98
    Mayan Culture at the Millennium: Retrospect and Prospect will provide a forum for presentations by, and conversations among, scholars who approach Mayan culture from many different perspectives. The conference will pair scholars with expertise in similar domains so that they, along with other participants, might find common ground during discussion periods.
  • "Man of Rabinal"
    3/20/98
    Among the plays performed in Mayan communities since the European invasion, there is only one whose characters and plot belong entirely to pre-Columbian times. This same play is one of a very few whose dialogue is entirely in a Mayan language, rather than in Spanish. The language is Quiché (K'iche'), which has a million speakers today, and the play is Xajoj Tun, "Dance of the Trumpets," also known as Rab'inal Achi, "Man of Rabinal." Never before has it been translated directly into English.
  • "Visit UB Days" to Be Held For Prospective Freshmen And Transfer Students
    3/20/98
    Prospective freshman and transfer students interested in enrolling this fall who have not already applied to UB will have a special opportunity to learn more about the university at "Visit UB Days" on Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4.
  • UB Conference to Convene Maya Scholars From Many Fields For The First Time
    3/20/98
    The University at Buffalo will host "Mayan Culture at the Millennium: Retrospect and Prospect," a major international conference on Mayan culture to be held here April 25 and 26.
  • UB Works With Local Bar Owners to Ensure Students Engage In Legal And Responsible Drinking
    3/20/98
    Two groups that may appear to be strange bedfellows -- the Alcohol Review Board at the University at Buffalo and owners of taverns near the university's South Campus -- are working together to maintain a safer community and ensure that UB students who patronize off-campus bars and restaurants engage in legal and responsible consumption of alcohol.