News Releases

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

  • 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
  • New Detection Method For Land Mines is Subject of UB Talk
    1/14/98
    UB research that may lead to an accurate and inexpensive method to detect land mines will be the subject of a talk to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28, in Room 225 of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics complex.
  • UB Law School to Host Teleconference On Roe V. Wade
    1/14/98
    A national satellite teleconference on the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade will be presented from 3-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in 120 Clemens Hall.
  • Rats Receiving Ginkgo Biloba Learn Quicker, Live 20 Percent Longer Than Controls, UB Study Finds
    1/13/98
    Ginkgo biloba, an extract made from from ginkgo leaves and prescribed widely in Europe to improve brain function, appears to improve learning and memory in rats and prolongs their life, a study at the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • "UB At Sunrise" to Focus On Drug Resistance In Bacteria
    1/13/98
    Whether humans have lost the war against infectious bacteria will be the focus of a "UB at Sunrise" program to be held from 7:30-9 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, in the Center for Tomorrow.