News Releases

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

Reform of New York State drug laws is focus of major UB conference
4/29/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – On May 2 and 3, UB and the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) will present “Leading the Way: Toward a Public Health & Safety Approach to Drug Policy in New York,” a conference designed to convene more than 35 local, state, national, and international political leaders, government officials, community organizations, leading academics, service providers, advocates and others to discuss the need to reform current drug New York State laws.
Hitting ‘reset’ in protein synthesis restores myelination, suggests new treatment for diseases, such as CMT, Alzheimer’s
4/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. –A potential new treatment strategy for patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is on the horizon, thanks to research by neuroscientists now at the University at Buffalo’s Hunter James Kelly Research Institute and their colleagues in Italy and England.
UB ranks 11th nationwide for green power use
4/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo is the 11th largest green power user among U.S. colleges and universities, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
UB’s falcon cam shows a new mate, four eggs
4/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Bird lovers can exhale. Yankee, the male peregrine falcon nesting at South Campus, has found a new mate.
Media Advisory: UB Distinguished Speakers Series to feature actor/comedian Steve Martin on April 27
4/26/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Actor, comedian and musician Steve Martin will speak at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in Alumni Arena as part of the University at Buffalo’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
Media Advisory: UB pharmacy students to hold prom in assisted living facility
4/25/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Imagine being 80 years old and getting the chance to relive your high school senior prom – only this time being selected king or queen.
Law School Launches $30 Million Campaign
4/25/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Cheerleaders and confetti cannons will help proclaim the $30 million campaign for the SUNY Buffalo Law School beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the Mary Seaton Room of Kleinhans Music Hall.
Help make Buffalo an orchestra of light on May 4
4/24/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – On May 4, Buffalo residents are invited to help turn parts of downtown Buffalo and Allentown into a symphony of blinking, multi-colored lights as part of artist Antoine Schmitt’s “City Lights Orchestra” project.
UB electrophysiologist is first author on NEJM paper on new therapy for “heart block” in heart failure
4/24/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Anne B. Curtis, MD, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University at Buffalo, is first author on a paper in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that describes the results of the eight-year, national, multicenter clinical trial called Block HF.
More than $60K awarded in UB entrepreneurship competition
4/24/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Three UB students took first place in the University at Buffalo’s Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC) for their plan to manufacture a material coating that can regulate heat from the sun in any building creating “smart” windows or surfaces.