News Releases

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

  • 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
  • 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.