News Releases

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

  • Exhibit to Explore Use of Electronic Media In Architecture
    1/27/98
    "Simultaneous Spaces," an installation by Shadi Nazarian, assistant professor in the UB Department of Architecture in the School of Architecture and Planning, will be on display Feb. 2-13 in the James Dyett Gallery in Hayes Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • UB Geology Department Redesigns Curriculum; More Rigorous, Relevant Plan of Study to Debut In Fall
    1/27/98
    The University at Buffalo Department of Geology has developed a new, more rigorous undergraduate curriculum with an increased emphasis on environmental applications and better integration of the diverse topics students must study to practice in the field today.
  • National Black Law Students Association to Hold Convention
    1/27/98
    The Black Law Students Association at the UB School of Law is the host chapter for the 30th Northeast Regional Convention of the National Black Law Students Association, to be held Feb. 5-8 in the Buffalo Hilton.
  • Wasserman Conference to Be Held At UB On Feb. 8
    1/27/98
    Avner Cohen, senior Jennings Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., will deliver the keynote address at the 12th annual Wasserman Conference, to be held on Sunday, Feb. 8, on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Nursing Dean Appointed to WNY Health System Board of Directors, State Health Advisory Council
    1/26/98
    Mecca S. Cranley, professor and dean of the UB School of Nursing, has been named to The Catholic Health System of Western New York's first board of directors and the.New York State Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Advisory Council.
  • New Environment And Society Institute Will Foster Cross-Disciplinary Ties, Address Local Issues
    1/26/98
    The University at Buffalo has created the Environment and Society Institute to serve as a university-wide vehicle for strengthening and promoting interdisciplinary, environmental research.
  • 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.