News Releases

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

  • Use of Computer-Aided Design In Architecture to Be Topic of Lecture
    1/23/98
    Wassim Jabi, assistant professor in the UB Department of Architecture, will discuss the applications of computer-aided design in architecture during a lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4, in 148 Diefendorf Hall on the South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Delany And Mcclure to Appear In UB Literary Series
    1/23/98
    "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS," the bi-annual literary series sponsored by the Poetics Program in the UB Department of English, this spring will include a number of renowned authors, poets and playwrights from around the world.
  • Lund Named Chair of UB Department of Chemical Engineering
    1/22/98
    Carl Lund, Ph.D., professor in the UB Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named chair of the department.
  • Researchers Find Sites In Brain Responsible For Tinnitus; Work Raises Possibility of Treatments, Cure
    1/22/98
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Buffalo, using positron emission tomography (PET), have pinpointed for the first time the specific brain regions responsible for tinnitus, a constant and debilitating ringing in the ears experienced by millions of Americans.
  • Handwriting is Anything But Dead, According to Professors Who Study It From Opposite Ends of The Spectrum
    1/22/98
    While national attention is focused on handwriting only one day each year -- Jan. 23 (John Hancock's birthday) is National Handwriting Day -- two University at Buffalo professors who are leaders in their respective fields think about putting pen to paper all year long.
  • UB Psychologist Conducting Clinical Trials of Two Long-Acting Drugs For ADHD
    1/21/98
    A University at Buffalo psychologist is conducting clinical trials of two long-acting drugs for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder as part of the Federal Drug Administration approval process.
  • UB to Sponsor Lecture Series On Russia, Germany And Ukraine
    1/16/98
    The UB Department of History has scheduled a lecture series for the spring entitled, "Russia, Germany and Ukraine in World War II."
  • UB Assists Students Affected By Asian Currency Crisis; More Than 700 Owe Nearly $2 Million In Tuition And Fees
    1/16/98
    The University at Buffalo is working to assist more than 700 international students who are having difficulty paying their UB bills due to the currency crisis in Asia.
  • Softbank Co-Chairs to Be Honored As UB Alumni Visitors
    1/16/98
    UB alumni Jordan A. Levy and Ronald M. Schreiber, co-chairs of SOFTBANK Services Group, will be honored as the first UB Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni on Thursday, Feb. 5.
  • UB to Offer New Public-Health Program Through Cross-SUNY Collaboration With University At Albany
    1/15/98
    The University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the University at Albany School of Public Health have signed an agreement to offer a master's degree in public health from the University at Albany through courses taught at UB and Roswell Park Cancer Institute