News Releases

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

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Speak At King Commemoration At UB
    1/22/97
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a member of the National Basketball Association Hall of Fame and six-time winner of the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award, will speak at UB¹s 21st annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration on Feb. 20.
  • High-Fat Diet Raises "Good Cholesterol" In Trained Runners
    1/21/97
    Athletes training on a high-fat diet have a healthier cholesterol profile than when they eat the traditional low-fat, high-carbohydrate training diet and they do not gain weight or body fat in the process, new data from researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • "How Cold Can Cold Be?" to Be Subject of Talk
    1/21/97
    "Baby, it's cold outside" takes on a new dimension in an environment that is even colder than outer space. It may sound inhospitable, but for the past 100 years, some physicists -- driven by the desire to observe new phenomena -- have made such low temperatures the focus of their work.
  • "How Cold Can Cold Be?" to Be Subject of Talk
    1/21/97
    "Baby, it's cold outside" takes on a new dimension in an environment that is even colder than outer space. It may sound inhospitable, but for the past 100 years, some physicists -- driven by the desire to observe new phenomena -- have made such low temperatures the focus of their work.
  • Pataki Appoints Castellani to Serve As Chair of UB Council
    1/17/97
    Lawrence P. Castellani, president and chief executive officer of Tops Markets, Inc., has been appointed chair of the University at Buffalo Council by Gov. George E. Pataki.
  • Book By Education Researchers Focuses On Transformation of School District
    1/10/97
    A new book by education researchers at the University at Buffalo offers a detailed account of how one community turned its middle-of-the-road school district into one of the most exemplary in the United States.
  • Wyant Trust Supporting UB Nursing School
    1/7/97
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing has received a $70,000 gift from a trust created by the late Christian Wyant, who died in 1991 and was the husband of the late Gertrude Vaughn Wyant, a 1936 alumnus of the school.
  • Advantage Program Helps MBA Students Develop Competitive Edge
    1/6/97
    When it comes to job placement and career advancement, MBA students in the University at Buffalo School of Management don't rely solely on their credentials. A new program gives them the corporate polish needed for career success.
  • UB to Offer Course On Coping With Depression
    1/3/97
    A course to help individuals learn how to recognize and cope with depression will be offered next month at the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • ³Art From Hell² Exhibit to Open Jan.23
    1/3/97
    Students in the University at Buffalo Art Illustration Program claim that a recent "field trip" designed to expand their cultural and intellectual horizons turned sulfuric and scared the wits out of them. Instead of being taken to a m useum or gallery, the students claim to have been plummeted straight into the bowels of hell.