News Releases

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

  • Center Focusing On Assistive Devices For Older Persons Awarded $2.5 Million Grant
    11/7/96
    The only center in the U.S. devoted to the study and development of assistive devices for older persons with disabilities, housed at the University at Buffalo, has received $2.5 million in federal funds to continue its work through 2001.
  • Assisting Arthritis Patients to Walk After Hip-Replacement Surgery Focus of UB Study
    11/7/96
    Developing new methods to correct unhealthy walking patterns in patients with degenerative joint disease who have received hip replacements is the focus of a study being conducted at the University at Buffalo.
  • Professor of Chemical Engineering Named Asee Fellow
    11/7/96
    Thomas W. Weber, Ph.D., professor and acting chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been named a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education.
  • New Course to Be Based On Faculty Consensus On "Top 10 Books"
    11/7/96
    Kenneth Dauber, professor and chair of the University at Buffalo Department of English, surveyed more than 2,100 of his fellow faculty members at the University at Buffalo this past summer.
  • Zagare Named Chair of Political Science
    11/6/96
    Frank C. Zagare, professor of political science at the University at Buffalo, has been named chair of the department.
  • School of Nursing Gets Grant From Helene Fuld Health Trust
    11/6/96
    BUFFALO, N.Y.-- Expansion and upgrades in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing's computer laboratory are complete, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust, for which Marine Midland Bank acts as trustee. The grant provided the remaining funds necessary to carry out a $55,000 project.
  • Dunnett Receives Polish University¹S Top Award
    11/6/96
    Stephen C. Dunnett, Ph.D., of Amherst, vice provost for international education at the University at Buffalo, has received the Merentibus Medal, the greatest distinction of merit conferred by Poland's Jagiellonian University. He accepted the award last month during ceremonies held in Kraków.
  • Actor Edward James Olmos to Speak On Nov. 19
    11/6/96
    Actor Edward James Olmos, who won an Emmy Award for his role as Lt. Castillo in the popular television series "Miami Vice," will speak at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Asian Studies Program to Present Speakers
    11/4/96
    The Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo will present three speakers in November who will address issues related to doing business in China, Korea and Vietnam.
  • Environmental Strategies That Sustain Development In Middle East to Be Discussed
    11/4/96
    The World Bank has proposed a strategy to promote environmentally sustainable development in the Middle East and North Africa, a region that is beginning to suffer from environmental degradation as a result of pollution, poor resource management and industrial development.