News Releases

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

  • Pet Scans Reveal Abnormal Brain Activity After Concussions -Condition May Last Months
    11/19/96
    BUFFALO, N.Y. ­ Researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that a concussion results in abnormal brain activity within the first few weeks post-injury, and that the abnormality can last for months. This activity correlates with patient complaints of physical and emotional discomfort early on, and later with various cognitive impairments, researchers found.
  • New Compound Developed At UB May Be Effective Against Hiv, Even When It Mutates
    11/17/96
    AIDS researchers have long sought a treatment that would work, even in the face of the virus' uncanny ability to mutate.
  • New Technique Provides First Look At Atomic Interactions Between Proteins
    11/15/96
    In an experiment that they expect will prove applicable to the whole cascade of biological communications known as signal transduction, researchers at the University at Buffalo's Center for Structural Biology have for the first time produced and observed the separation of two kinds of atomic interactions between proteins.
  • Teaching Will Never Rise In Reward System In Higher Education, UB Sociologist Says
    11/12/96
    Teaching will never be as lucrative as research in the reward system of higher education and continuing to blame the emphasis on research for a perceived neglect of teaching is foolish and counterproductive, a University at Buffalo sociologist maintains.
  • UB JAMA Study Says Genetics May Explain Why Some Women Smokers Develop Breast Cancer
    11/12/96
    The answer to the question of whether smoking increases a women's risk of developing breast cancer may lie in her genes, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the National Cancer Institute have found.
  • UB Management School Rated Among Nation's Best
    11/11/96
    The MBA and undergraduate business programs in the University at Buffalo School of Management are among the best nationwide, according to a recent rating of the top business schools in America.
  • Corder Named Major Gifts Officer For UB Medical School
    11/11/96
    Linda J. Corder, Ph.D., has joined the staff of the University at Buffalo Office of University Development as major gifts officer for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Shippam Named to Senior Director Post In Office of University Development
    11/11/96
    The University at Buffalo Office of University Development has appointed Michael J. Shippam as senior director of development.
  • Devils, The Vulgate And Souls -- Oh My!!New UB Course Will Surf The Abyss And Gambol The Heavens
    11/11/96
    And why the hell not?
  • Spagnoli Named Senior University Fellow
    11/8/96
    John J. Spagnoli, former director of the Buffalo region of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), has been named a senior university fellow at the University at Buffalo and research associate professor in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.