News Releases

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

  • Unique Museum of Neuroanatomy Opens at University at Buffalo
    10/18/94
    Some 70 exquisitely dissected human brain specimens resembling delicately wrought sculptures hang suspended in crystalline liquid in individual Plexiglas boxes in the new Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo.
  • Unique Museum of Neuroanatomy Opens At University At Buffalo
    10/18/94
    Some 70 exquisitely dissected human brain specimens resembling delicately wrought sculptures hang suspended in crystalline liquid in individual Plexiglas boxes in the new Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo.
  • Replacing Personal Health Aides With Companion Dogs Saves $13,000 A Year Per Disabled Patient, UB Study Shows Patients Experience Improved Self-Esteem, Well-Being, Sense of Control
    10/15/94
    Using specially trained companion dogs rather than paid health-care providers to assist persons with disabilities in their daily routine can save $13,000 a year per person and significantly improve the owner's quality of life, a University at Buffalo study has shown.
  • 2 UB Faculty Members to Receive One of Poland's Top Honors
    10/7/94
    Two University at Buffalo faculty members will receive the Cross of Merit, one of the highest awards presented by the Republic of Poland, in ceremonies this evening.
  • Carrel Named Vice Dean For Administration At UB Law School
    10/7/94
    Alan S. Carrel, associate dean for external affairs in the University at Buffalo School of Law, has been appointed to the new position of vice dean for administration in the law school.
  • "Not By The Chair of My Hinny Hin Hin": Young Kids' Slips of The Tongue Show Mechanism For Language Similar to Adults
    10/7/94
    We all laugh when young children make speech errors, or slips of the tongue: when a two-year-old says, "Her run is nosing," instead of "Her nose is running." Or when an impatient three-year-old, waiting for her mother to finish a task, says, "Mom, when are you going to be dead? I mean, done?"
  • State Awards UB Medical School $500,000 to Support Primary-Care Training Efforts
    10/7/94
    The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo has received a $500,000 grant from the New York State Department of Health to fund projects to encourage students to become primary-care physicians.
  • UB Research Team Shows Estrogen Levels Affect Cognitive Abilities of Postmenopausal Women
    10/6/94
    Low levels of estrogen may impair some cognitive functions, while estrogen-replacement therapy may help improve certain thinking and biological brain processes, and also may play a role in elevating mood, results of studies involving postmenopausal women conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • UB Dental Researchers Honored At Periodontology Meeting
    10/5/94
    Two University at Buffalo dental researchers were honored for their contributions to the field of periodontology at the 80th meeting of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), held last month in San Francisco.
  • Hughes Institute Awards $1.5 Million to UB to Improve Biological Sciences Teaching, Retain Students Grant Targets Undergraduates, Minorities And WNY High-School Students
    10/4/94
    The University at Buffalo has received a $1.5 million grant from the nation's largest private philanthropy to improve undergraduate biological-sciences education at the university, as well as science instruction in high schools in Western New York.