News Releases

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

  • UB Study Examines Effectiveness, Efficiency And Student Achievement In 100 WNY School Districts Student Achievement Scores Alone Do Not Tell The Whole Story, Say Educators
    3/31/95
    A new study by University at Buffalo education researchers casts a new light on the performance of 100 of Western New York's 102 school Districts (data was insufficient for two districts).
  • First Phase of Martin House Restoration Project Out For Bid; Work Expected to Begin July 1
    3/31/95
    The State University Construction Fund has announced that it is requesting construction bids for the first phase of the restoration of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Darwin D. Martin House Complex. Bidding opened March 29 and will close April 26.
  • Chemical Engineer Robert Good Honored By Adhesion Society
    3/30/95
    Robert J. Good, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical Engineering, has been selected by the Adhesion Society to receive its 3M Award for Excellence in Adhesion Science.
  • Access to Quality Health Care Eludes Urban Poor Despite Medicaid Coverage
    3/24/95
    A survey of 1,226 adult residents of a largely Puerto Rican Hispanic neighborhood in Buffalo has shown that Medicaid coverage does not guarantee access to quality health care for the urban poor.
  • Studies Define Effectiveness of Two Mouthwashes
    3/24/95
    Mouthwashes can do more than make your tongue tingle and keep your breath fresh.
  • Genco Receives Isadore Hirschfeld Memorial Award
    3/23/95
    Robert J. Genco, D.D.S., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of periodontics and oral biology at the University at Buffalo, has received the 1995 Isadore Hirschfeld Memorial Award and Certificate from the Northeastern Society of Periodontists (NESP).
  • UB Center Boosts Business In Western New York By Helping Companies Improve Their Competitiveness The Center For Industrial Effectiveness Has Assisted 125 Firms Since 1987
    3/23/95
    Birdair, Inc., the Amherst company whose air-supported and fabric-membrane structures include the elegant, white-peaked roof of the new Denver airport, knew it had a winning design proposal for the new Shanghai Stadium in China.
  • Dias Receives Young Clinician Investigator Award
    3/23/95
    Mark S. Dias, M.D., assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University at Buffalo and chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Children's Hospital, has received the 1995 Research Foundation Young Clinician Investigator Award.
  • UB's Howard Wolf Publishes 10th Book, "Broadway Serenade"
    3/22/95
    A new novel by Amherst resident Howard Wolf, professor of English at the University at Buffalo, will be published next month by the Academic Foundation of Delhi, India.
  • Study Shows Genetic Connection Between Cigarette Smoking And Breast-Cancer Risk In Some Women
    3/19/95
    Research at the University at Buffalo has yielded further evidence of a genetic link between cigarette smoking and breast-cancer risk in humans.