News Releases

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

$2.5 million NIOSH grant to study impact of stress on police health
8/24/15
How do the rigors of police work — from traumatic sights and sounds, to long work shifts and high demand levels — affect officers? A UB study seeks to answer that very important question.
UB releases statement regarding men’s basketball team
8/24/15
The University at Buffalo released this statement today in response to media queries about the status of three of UB’s student athletes.
Economic security requires new measures of well-being
8/20/15
Economic well-being for low-income families in the U.S. is often determined by basic requirements for essentials such as food, shelter and clothing, but a new UB study suggests that such a definition is unrealistically narrow.
Life in Russia is fun, but challenging, for UB Fulbright scholar
8/20/15
There is a photo of University at Buffalo Fulbright scholar Courtney Burroughs standing in the middle of the immense, frozen Volga River. It’s a dramatic shot, humbling even for Western New Yorkers.
UB spinoff Cytocybernetics awarded $291,000 for technique that improves drug safety screening
8/19/15
The Star Trek-like technology could help bring drugs to market quicker, saving hundreds of millions of dollars.
RIA partners with Alberti Bullying Center for $3.4 million grant on high-risk youth
8/19/15
Scientists at UB's Research Institute on Addictions will collaborate with UB’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention for a five-year study examining violence, victimization and substance abuse among high-risk youth.
College athletes lose the right to organize battle, but win the benefits war, UB sports law expert says
8/18/15
The NLRB’s unanimous decision dismissing Northwestern University football players from forming a union is a setback for the players’ hopes of organizing, but a UB sports law expert says the players’ attempts to form a union have significantly improved their status.
Brain equation: subtract protein, generate myelin-making cells
8/14/15
University at Buffalo scientists have found that deleting from the adult brain a protein necessary for early development actually fosters the growth of cells that generate myelin.
Media advisory: UB medical school holds white coat ceremony for class of 2019
8/14/15
BUFFALO, N.Y. —The Class of 2019 of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will participate in the school’s white coat ceremony at 3 p.m. today, Aug. 14, in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
NIH awards UB $15 million Clinical and Translational Science Award
8/13/15
UB has been awarded a prestigious, four-year, $15 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health to speed the delivery of new drugs, diagnostics and medical devices to patients.