News Releases

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

  • Worldwide Engineering Society to Present Mates Award For Outstanding Achievement In Bioengineering
    9/27/95
    Robert E. Mates, Ph.D., will receive the H. R. Lissner Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International) at its International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition next month in San Francisco.
  • Fruit-Fly Paralysis Leads Researchers to Discover Protein Required For Nervous-System Function
    9/22/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Studies of mutant fruit flies have led University at Buffalo pharmacologists to discover a previously unknown protein that plays a key role in the electrical signals that are the basis for nervous-system function.
  • UB Program Provides Patients With Hypertension Closer, More Frequent Monitoring
    9/20/95
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo area residents who are being treated for hypertension now have an opportunity to get personalized counseling and monitoring every time they go to three local pharmacies.
  • UB No. 15 In U.S. News & World Report "Best-Value" Ranking
    9/19/95
    For the second year in a row, the University at Buffalo has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as being among the top national universities in the country offering the best value -- a quality education at a reasonable cost.
  • Bridge Devices That Failed In Kobe Earthquake Are Common In Eastern And Central U.S., Says Earthquake Engineer
    9/19/95
    Damage in Japan, during January's earthquake reveals the vulnerability of bridges in the eastern and central U.S., says the deputy director of the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research at the University at Buffalo.
  • Children And Adults Who Survive Earthquakes May Have Long-Term Psychological, Physiological Effects
    9/19/95
    Years after experiencing a natural disaster, both children and adults suffer from psychological and physiological effects, two University at Buffalo studies suggest.
  • UB Pharmaceutics Chair Receives Top Japanese Award
    9/15/95
    Ho-Leung Fung, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutics at the University at Buffalo, has been awarded the Takeru and Aya Higuchi Memorial Award from the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology in Japan.
  • TCIE Helps American Axle Remain Competitive
    9/13/95
    The Center for Industrial Effectiveness at the University at Buffalo is helping American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc. remain competitive by assessing, planning, scheduling and implementing education and training sessions.
  • Korea Foundation Grant to Support UB Korean Studies
    9/13/95
    The Korea Foundation of Seoul, Korea, has made a grant of $70,000 to the World Languages Institute's Korean Language and Culture Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University at Buffalo.
  • Lee Named Senior Technology Advisor At UB
    9/12/95
    George C. Lee, Ph.D., director of the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research and Samuel P. Capen Professor of Engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been named Senior University Advisor for Technology.