News Releases

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

  • UB to Host Science Lectures For Western New York Teachers
    8/20/97
    The Western New York Science Forum will hold its 27th annual lecture series for teachers of all grades and subjects at UB on Wednesday evenings, through January.
  • University At Buffalo Scientist Studies Siberian Hamstersto Identify Brain Chemical Regulating Prolactin
    8/20/97
    A UB neuroendocrinologist is providing new insights into the cause of changes in blood levels of the hormone prolactin, which plays a role in regulating many vital human physiological functions.
  • Three Western New Yorkers Appointed to UB Council
    8/19/97
    Gov. George Pataki has appointed Patricia K. Lipke, Sheila H. Battle and Edmond J. Gicewicz, M.D., as members of the UB Council.
  • Noted Poets Jackson Maclow And David Ignatow to Be Among UB's Special Literary Guests This Fall Series Also Will Present Joan Jonas, F'loom, Janine Pommy Vega
    8/18/97
    "Wednesdays at 4 Plus," the bi-annual literary series sponsored by the Poetics Program in the UB Department of English, this fall will celebrate the 75th birthday of renowned poet Jackson MacLow.
  • UB Physicist Mendel Sachs to Be Honored At Symposium
    8/18/97
    Two Nobel laureates and a best-selling author will be among those honoring internationally known UB physicist Mendel Sachs, Ph.D., at a symposium to be held on Sunday, Sept. 7.
  • From Flowing Spencerian Script to Computer Emoticons:UB Historian Pens History of Handwriting In America
    8/18/97
    In "Handwriting in America," a University at Buffalo historian explores the many ways in which Americans historically have used handwriting as both a lesson in conformity and a talisman of individuality.
  • UB Signs Joint-Admission Agreements With Genesee, Broome Community Colleges
    8/15/97
    UB recently signed joint-admission agreements with two Genesee Community and Broome Community colleges to facilitate the transfer of students from those colleges.
  • University At Buffalo First Site In Nation to Cap Recruitment For Women's Health Initiative, Nation's Largest Clinical Trial
    8/15/97
    The University at Buffalo is the first of 40 sites in the U.S. to meet all of its recruitment goals for the $625 million Women's Health Initiative, the largest clinical trial ever undertaken in the U.S.
  • UB Work-Study Students to Tutor WNY Children In Reading
    8/15/97
    Federal work-study students at the University at Buffalo will go into Western New York elementary schools this fall to tutor students in reading as part of the "America Reads" program.
  • Levine Receives Sarason Award For Career Achievement
    8/15/97
    Murray Levine, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Psychology, has received the Seymour B. Sarason Award for Community Research and Action from the American Psychology Association.