News Releases

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

Robert Ballard, discoverer of Titanic, to speak at UB April 1
4/1/15
Oceanographer Robert Ballard, best known for his 1985 discovery of the Titanic, will speak at the University at Buffalo at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, in Alumni Arena, North Campus, as part of the UB Distinguished Speakers Series.
UB celebrates National Public Health Week 2015
4/1/15
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP) will recognize National Public Health Week April 3-12 with a series of events that highlight and celebrate public health efforts locally and globally.
UB basketball sends out thank you video to fans
4/1/15
Video thanks fans, community for their support during historic 2014-15 men’s and women’s basketball seasons
Educational advocate and community leader Sean Kaczmarek named finalist to prestigious Harry S. Truman Student Scholarship
3/31/15
Sean Kaczmarek, the youngest person ever elected to the Cheektowaga-Sloan Board of Education and a tireless advocate for equitable public education, is the University at Buffalo’s finalist for the national Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
Medical school mockup passes rain and wind tests with flying colors
3/31/15
The mockup, built at the Construction Research Laboratory in Miami, provides a sneak peek of what the new UB medical school will look like.
UB’s 2015 Black Box Concert explores electro-acoustic and computer music
3/30/15
The event, organized by the UB Department of Music's Lejaren Hiller Computer Music Studios, will create immersive sonic environments for the listener.
Media Advisory: Financial literacy challenge to test teens’ skills
3/30/15
As National Financial Literacy Month kicks off this April, nearly 800 high school students across Western New York will compete in MoneySKILL^® Mania, an in-school financial literacy challenge sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank.
Trailblazing social-change entrepreneur Veronika Scott to visit UB
3/30/15
After a winter of record-setting cold, the University at Buffalo Undergraduate Academies plan to heat things up through a visit from social entrepreneurship icon Veronika Scott.
Love the cook, love the food: Attraction to comfort food linked to positive social connections
3/27/15
A big bowl of mashed potatoes. What about spaghetti and meatballs? Sushi? Regardless of what you identify as comfort food, it’s likely the attraction to that dish is based on having a good relationship with the person you remember first preparing it, according to the results of a new study by a University at Buffalo research team.
Media Advisory: UB Alumni Association to present Achievement Awards Friday
3/27/15
The University at Buffalo Alumni Association will honor alumni and friends who have brought distinction to the university at the 2015 Achievement Awards program to be held at 6 p.m. Friday, March 27, in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.