News Releases

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

  • Scientists Want to Study Possibility Human Activity May Have Triggered Quake Near Buffalo
    3/30/94
    An earthquake that shook Cuylerville, N.Y., a small town about an hour southeast of Buffalo, has geologists wondering what triggered it.
  • George F. Rand Iii Honored By Gift to UB
    3/24/94
    Calvin G. Rand, a long-time supporter of the University at Buffalo, has established a fund in memory of his brother, George F. Rand III, to benefit the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • New Generation of "Nanoporous" Polymers is Reported Major Impact Seen In Filtration, Clinical Assays And Biotechnology
    3/24/94
    The beauty and complexity of self-assembling, cubic-phase materials have aroused interest mainly at the level of basic science, but recent experimental and theoretical advances by University at Buffalo biomaterials scientists could thrust them onto a technological fast track.
  • UB to Offer Only Executive MBA Program In WNY
    3/21/94
    The University at Buffalo School of Management is offering a full-time, executive MBA program similar to programs offered at the top business schools in the country.
  • UB Study Finds Test to Find Antigens to Be Effective
    3/21/94
    A five-minute test designed for use in the dentist's office to determine the presence of antigens from three major bacteria found in localized juvenile periodontitis (LJP) gets high marks for accuracy, according to a study by researchers at the University at Buffalo.
  • Instruments Developed By UB Dental Researchers Measure Bone Regeneration, Eliminate Additional Surgery
    3/21/94
    Bone regeneration after periodontal surgery can be accurately assessed without additional surgery by using X-rays and two instruments developed by University at Buffalo dental researchers.
  • Selective Antibiotics Can Save Dental Implants, Study Finds
    3/21/94
    Penicillin G and amoxicillin appear more effective than either tetracycline or erythromycin in preventing and treating bacterial infections that can undermine dental implants, a team of Italian and University at Buffalo researchers has found.
  • Nyberg Book On Lying Named to Choice Magazine List of Books
    3/21/94
    "The Varnished Truth: Truth Telling and Deceiving in Ordinary Life," a book authored by David Nyberg, professor of education at the University at Buffalo, has been named to the list of Outstanding Academic Books of 1994 by Choice magazine.
  • Physical Activity Appears to Reduce Mortality Risk, But Not In Those Who Are Obese, Study Shows
    3/18/94
    A University at Buffalo study on the relationship between physical activity and mortality provides new evidence that life as a couch potato may bring an early death.
  • Agreement Between UB, State Office of Mental Health Makes Two Psychiatric Centers University Teaching Sites
    3/18/94
    The Buffalo Psychiatric Center and the Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center in West Seneca became formal clinical teaching sites of the University at Buffalo in a contract-signing ceremony held today on UB’s North (Amherst) Campus.