News Releases

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

  • UB's Jonathan Katz to Receive Major Award from U. S. Art Critics Association
    3/27/12
    Jonathan D. Katz, associate professor and director of the doctoral program in the University at Buffalo Department of Visual Studies, will receive the 2011 annual first prize award for Best National Museum Show from the U.S section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA/USA) in April 2 ceremonies at the Asia Society in New York City.
  • UB to Receive State Designation and Start-up Funding to Establish a Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics
    3/27/12
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Western New York legislative delegation informed University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi today that UB will receive a state designation for a Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics, and will be awarded $200,000 in seed funding toward the establishment of the center.
  • Native Students Use Wolf-Fire Scholarship to Improve Community
    3/26/12
    When he was eight years old, Beynan Ransom protested with his parents at a General Motors plant that discharged waste into the St. Lawrence River near the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Territory, three hours from Syracuse. More than 10 years later, Ransom is still working to improve the Native American community across New York by working with the Onondaga Nation, this time on the removal of the Onondaga Creek dam.
  • Complexions Contemporary Ballet to Perform at UB April 26
    3/26/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Complexions Contemporary Ballet on Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. There will be a pre-performance talk at 6:45 p.m. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.
  • Can a Machine Tell When You're Lying? Research Suggests the Answer is 'Yes'
    3/26/12
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Inspired by the work of psychologists who study the human face for clues that someone is telling a high-stakes lie, UB computer scientists are exploring whether machines can also read the visual cues that give away deceit.
  • UB Launches New Online Mental Health Counseling Certificate
    3/23/12
    The University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education (GSE) has established a new bridge online certificate program in Mental Health Counseling.
  • Buzzers Ready! UB Trivia Players Head to Chicago for National Tournament
    3/22/12
    A team of four University at Buffalo trivia players will head to Chicago March 30 to take on other college teams in a national, invitation-only quiz bowl. Hands clenching buzzers, they'll field questions on topics including music, literature, mythology, philosophy, geography, astronomy, quantum mechanics and more.
  • Students Develop Economic Revival Plans for Buffalo Neighborhoods
    3/22/12
    Don't tell the students in the University at Buffalo Law School's Regional Economic Development class the next big idea to revive Western New York communities isn't sitting in plain sight -- complete with reader-friendly illustrations.
  • The Smash Hit Production Of C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters Coming to UB Center for the Arts
    3/22/12
    The Screwtape Letters, the smart, provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view, will be presented for two performances only at the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 14, at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
  • Self-Reflective Mind -- In Animals! Psychologists Report on Continuing Advances
    3/21/12
    According to one of the leading scholars in the field, there is an emerging consensus among scientists that animals share functional parallels with humans' conscious metacognition -- that is, our ability to reflect on our own mental processes and guide and optimize them.