News Releases

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

Fighting prescription painkiller abuse among baby boomers
12/7/15
Prescription opioid abuse has reached epidemic proportions, but new research led by UB psychiatric nursing researcher Yu-Ping Chang found motivational interviewing, a form of behavioral counseling, is an effective tool at curbing misuse.
Discovery puts designer dopamine neurons within reach
12/7/15
Parkinson’s disease researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have developed a way to ramp up the conversion of skin cells into dopamine neurons.
Addictions researcher Nancy Campbell-Heider named IntNSA Fellow
12/7/15
Nancy Campbell-Heider, PhD, associate professor in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, was named a Fellow in the International Academy of Addictions Nurses (FIAAN).
Lecture to discuss impact of UB’s emerging role in queer studies in the arts
12/4/15
Without a doubt, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly are the three great post-abstract expressionists in American art, says Jonathan Katz, director of UB’s visual studies doctoral program.
Extremist groups have global audience at their fingertips due to social media, UB expert says
12/4/15
Online communication amplifies polarized attitudes, says UB's Michael Stefanone.
Study undercuts idea that ‘Medieval Warm Period’ was global
12/4/15
Vikings may not have colonized Greenland in nice weather, new research finds.
UB law school students and their adviser to deliver scroll of signatures to Paris climate change conference
12/4/15
Six UB upper-level law students and their professor will travel to Paris to be part of the 2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change.
Media Advisory: Singer, songwriter John Legend to appear at UB
12/3/15
Singer, songwriter and pianist John Legend will speak at UB on Dec. 3 in Alumni Arena as part of UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
Another mass shooting, yet legislative change to gun laws unlikely, UB law expert says
12/3/15
Pro-gun organizations have too much control over Congress, says UB's Anthony O’Rourke.
Statement from the University at Buffalo about dismissal of Malkan lawsuit
12/2/15
A federal magistrate judge has dismissed the lawsuit brought by former University at Buffalo employee Jeffrey Malkan against former dean of UB Law School, Makau Mutua.

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