News Releases

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

Study: Overweight and obese women are equally capable of the impulse control that lean women exhibit
8/30/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Dieters call it willpower; social scientists call it delayed gratification.
Study finds increased menthol cigarette use among young people
8/30/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A new study on mentholated cigarette use in the U.S. finds an increase in menthol cigarette smoking among young adults and concludes that efforts to reduce smoking likely are being thwarted by the sale and marketing of mentholated cigarettes, including emerging varieties of established youth brands.
RIA’s Gerard Connors receives prestigious national award
8/29/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Gerard Connors, PhD, senior research scientist and former director of the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions, was recently recognized for his exemplary mentorship of promising scientists with a national award from the American Psychological Association’s Society of Addiction Psychology (SoAP).
Genomic study reveals why children in remission from rheumatoid arthritis often experience recurrences
8/29/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – More children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis are experiencing remission of their symptoms, thanks to new biological therapies, but the remission is not well-understood. A new study published today in Arthritis Research & Therapy provides the first genomic characterization of remission in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis patients.
A small molecule may help reduce damage in aging-related heart attacks
8/29/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A small molecule developed at Yale University to limit damage done by ischemia – restricted blood flow – during heart attacks or surgery has been shown to reduce by 40 percent the amount of heart muscle damaged by myocardial infarction in animal studies by University at Buffalo pharmacologists.
Heart disease and depression connection is topic of 2013 Golden lecture
8/29/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Karina Davidson, PhD, an internationally known researcher on the connection between depression and heart disease, will give the 2013 Golden lecture at the University at Buffalo on Sept. 12 at noon in Butler Auditorium, 150 Farber Hall on the South Campus.
New UB center to create more effective leaders, organizations
8/28/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new center opening this fall in the University at Buffalo School of Management will aim to create more effective leaders and organizations.
International Academy of Cardiology awards prestigious fellowship to UB medical school dean
8/28/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Michael E. Cain, MD, vice president for health sciences at the University at Buffalo and dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has received a Distinguished Fellowship Award from the International Academy of Cardiology.
Zombies to invade UB classroom this semester
8/27/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The zombie outbreak that has infected American popular culture will spread to the University at Buffalo this fall.
Swihart receives Schoellkopf Medal
8/23/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Mark T. Swihart, a chemical engineer and director of a University at Buffalo nanotechnology research initiative, has been named the recipient of the 2013 Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal.