News Releases

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

  • Zodiaque Dance Company to Present 1.2.3.4 -- Countdown to Celebration 40
    10/2/12
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present Zodiaque Dance Company Oct. 17-21 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Professor to Launch Dental Clinic in Turkey to Treat Syrian Refugees
    10/2/12
    "We have friends in Syria who were visited by police because their son had attended a rally. When they told the police that their son wasn't home, the police proceeded to shoot the three children who were there, in front of their mother, as a warning. One of those children was three years old." This is just one of the many stories about conditions in Syria told by UB's Othman Shibly.
  • UB Law School Conference Marks Progress Against Domestic Violence
    10/2/12
    A conference and symposium being held at the University at Buffalo Law School on Oct. 19 will pay tribute to two landmark anniversaries in the fight against domestic violence: the 20th anniversary of the Law School's Women, Children and Social Justice Clinic, and the 50th anniversary of New York State Family Court.
  • UB Department of Medicine Names New Chief of Nephrology Division
    10/1/12
    Richard J. Quigg Jr., MD, professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and former chief of its nephrology section, has been named the inaugural Arthur M. Morris Chair in Nephrology and chief of the division of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • UB TCIE Helps Prevent Older Adults in Genesee County from Falling
    10/1/12
    Genesee County Office for the Aging (OFA) Director Pamela Whitmore admits that until two years ago, little focus was placed on preventing falls among the county's older adults in home and community-based settings. One-third of the elderly population experience a fall each year, a leading cause of injuries for those 65 and older, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • UB Pharmacy School Returns to City of Buffalo as Kapoor Hall Opens
    9/28/12
    Jovin Panthapattu feels like he's making history as he heads to class these days at the University at Buffalo.
  • Nanoparticles Glow Through Thick Layer of Tissue
    9/28/12
    An international research team has created unique photoluminescent nanoparticles that shine clearly through more than 3 centimeters of biological tissue -- a depth that makes them a promising tool for deep-tissue optical bioimaging.
  • UB Celebrates Kapoor Hall Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
    9/27/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will become the first professional school in three decades to move back to UB's South Campus and into the City of Buffalo when UB celebrates the grand opening of John and Editha Kapoor Hall on Friday, Sept. 28, at 10:30 a.m. on UB's South Campus.
  • Marching Band, Torrent of Illuminated Cupcakes Invade the Hotel Lafayette to Celebrate UB Law School's 125th Anniversary
    9/27/12
    The UB Marching Band will parade through the Hotel Lafayette lobby playing the UB fight song Friday night as the University at Buffalo Law School kicks off its 125th anniversary celebration with a 650-piece rolling blue-and-white cupcake display topped by giant sparklers.
  • UB Medical School Names New Chair of Microbiology and Immunology
    9/27/12
    James (Jay) D. Bangs, PhD, professor of medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School and an expert in the cell biology of the agent that causes African sleeping sickness, has been appointed the Grant T. Fisher Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.