News Releases

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

  • "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.
  • UB Participates In National Program to Promote Engineering Awareness In High Schools
    3/18/98
    The University at Buffalo is helping to combat a lack of awareness about engineering careers by participating in Project Lead the Way, a regional partnership to promote high-school level, pre-engineering education.
  • Human-Rights Activist Kerry Kennedy Cuomo to Speak At UB
    3/18/98
    Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, internationally renowned human-rights activist, will speak on campus on March 24 as a guest of the School of Law Human Rights Center.
  • Web Site Provides Data On Bacterial Drug Resistance
    3/18/98
    A new site on the World Wide Web that provides immediate access to information about trends in antibiotic resistance has attracted major interest, recording more than 80,000 hits during its first month online.
  • Antibiotics Use In Meat Industry, Farming Needs Study
    3/18/98
    The possible link between the rise in bacterial resistance to antibiotics in humans and the pervasive use of antibiotics in the cattle, swine and poultry industries needs to be studied, according to a University at Buffalo associate professor who is an expert on bacterial resistance
  • UB to Present Tribute to Photographer Walker Evans
    3/17/98
    The early work of photographer Walker Evans will be the subject of a free public exhibition from March 20 through April 24 in the Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts.
  • UB to Present Program On Greek Blues Oooo-Oo, Mama! Blues Born 3,000 Years Ago In Hearts of Weepin' Women
    3/17/98
    In celebration of Women's History Month, the Department of Classics will present a program on March 26 about the fascinating relationship between "Rembetika" -- a Greek blues form -- and the ancient lamentations of women.