News Releases

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

  • UB Professor's Theory On Turbulence Questions One That Has Been Accepted For 50 Years
    2/8/95
    A turbulence theory developed by University at Buffalo researchers about how flows adjust near a surface and disputing a theory that has been the standard for 50 years is generating interest among mechanical and aerospace engineers.
  • UB Medical School Offers New Technique That Analyzes Breast Tissue Without Need For Surgery
    2/3/95
    A new technique for analyzing suspicious breast tissue that eliminates the need for a surgical biopsy is now being offered at the UB Breast Diagnostic Center, affiliated with the university¹s national Women¹s Health Initiative clinical trial center in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Study Finds High Incidence of Sexual, Physical Abuse Among Rural Pregnant Women
    2/3/95
    A home in the country apparently offers no sanctuary from physical and sexual violence for rural women.
  • UB Researcher to Receive Stimulation of Research Award
    2/2/95
    Jerome J. Schentag, Pharm.D., professor of pharmaceutics at the University at Buffalo, will receive the Stimulation of Research Award from the American Pharmaceutical Association at the association's annual meeting next month.
  • Mathematical Analysis Indicates Early Bone Deterioration Not Detected By Tests For Osteoporosis
    1/31/95
    Fractal geometry may hold the key to earlier detection of osteoporosis, according to research conducted at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB's Petrie Joins Nation's Top Deans In Call For Radical Overhaul of Schools of Education Report Claims Those Who Teach Teachers How to Teach Are Behind The Eight Ball
    1/27/95
    Hugh Petrie, dean of the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, today joined the Holmes Group in calling for the 250 schools that prepare most of the nation's teachers to "get up to speed or get out of the business."
  • Dental Health Tips For Parents
    1/26/95
    February is National Children's Dental Health Month. The following tips on children's dental health are offered by experts in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine:
  • Researchers Report First Clone of A Calcium Channel Subunit Gene From An Invertebrate Similarities With Vertebrates Suggest Commercial Potential
    1/26/95
    University at Buffalo pharmacologists have cloned the gene that codes for a calcium-channel subunit in fruit flies and have discovered that the alpha-1 subunit bears a remarkable resemblance to one found in the rat brain.
  • Suk Ki Hong Named SUNY Distinguished Professor
    1/26/95
    Suk Ki Hong, M.D., Ph.D., professor of physiology at the University at Buffalo, has been named a Distinguished Professor, the highest academic rank in the State University of New York system.
  • Current Devices to Help Alzheimer's Patients Don't Keep Pace With The Disease, UB Study Shows
    1/24/95
    Ronald Reagan's position, prestige and economic resources can't guarantee he'll have the devices necessary to maintain maximum independence as his Alzheimer's disease progresses.