News Releases

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

  • Where the Wild Things Are: An Insider's Look into Zoos
    11/26/12
    The disciplines of law, geography and anthropology combine in University at Buffalo Law School Associate Professor Irus Braverman's new book, which presents a thorough exploration of the world of zoos.
  • Media Advisory: Science & Art Cabaret to Present a Night of Conversation on Time
    11/26/12
    In a dimly lit basement club in downtown Buffalo, scientists and artists will gather on the night of Nov. 28 to discuss that most mysterious of concepts: Time.
  • National Report Says UB International Students Brought $108 million to WNY Economy in 2011-12
    11/20/12
    The 5,357 international students who attended the University at Buffalo in the 2011-12 academic year and their dependents contributed approximately $108,419,700 to the Western New York economy according to the 2012 report issued by NAFSA: Association of International Educators this week.
  • Architecture and Planning Dean Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
    11/20/12
    UB School of Architecture and Planning Dean Robert Shibley has played a key role in shaping the landscape of Western New York, improving the region's quality of life through good planning and design.
  • How does Antibiotic Resistance Spread? UB Scientists Find Answers In the Nose
    11/19/12
    University at Buffalo microbiologists studying bacterial colonization in mice have discovered how the very rapid and efficient spread of antibiotic resistance works in the respiratory pathogen, Streptococcus pneumoniae (also known as the pneumococcus). The UB team found that resistance stems from the transfer of DNA between bacterial strains in biofilms in the nasopharynx, the area just behind the nose.
  • UB Closes Shale Resources and Society Institute
    11/19/12
    In a letter to the campus community, University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi today announced his decision to close the Shale Resources and Society Institute, effective immediately.
  • Level Up: Study Reveals Keys to Gamer Loyalty
    11/16/12
    Online role-playing game developers can get ahead of the competition by giving gamers more opportunities to get social, collaborate and take control of their online personas, according to a study from the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • How Does a Volcanic Crater Grow? Grab Some TNT and Find Out
    11/16/12
    A new University at Buffalo study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters examines maar craters, which resemble the bowl-like cavities formed by meteorites but are in some ways more mysterious.
  • Media Advisory: U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health to Discuss the Affordable Care Act
    11/15/12
    The Affordable Care Act will be the subject of the J. Warren Perry Lecture that will be presented at the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions on Nov. 16 from 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. by Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • UB Takes Historic First Step to Acquire Downtown Buffalo Properties on which New Medical School will be Built
    11/15/12
    The University at Buffalo today announced the purchase of land at 960 Washington St., the first of several parcels it is assembling to make way for construction of the new $375 million University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.