News Releases

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

  • After the Catastrophe: UB School of Social Work Students Help Victims Pick Up the Pieces as Red Cross Disaster Action Team Members
    3/21/12
    Imagine for a moment that it's cold and dark; you're huddled together with your family in front of your house, having just watched it burn to the ground. You have ash in your hair, smoke in your lungs and every possession you own was just incinerated.
  • Great New Apps are the Goal at UB's First Hackathon
    3/21/12
    A student organization focused on excellence in computing will hold the University at Buffalo's first hackathon, UB Hacking 2012, on March 23-24 with the goal of generating creative, new software programs (apps). The event is being held in the spirit of the original meaning of hacking: coding and building programs for computer software.
  • Duel in the Pool: Lance Armstrong's Visit to UB Will Help Teens Living with Cancer
    3/21/12
    The University at Buffalo, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation will sponsor a "Duel in the Pool" competition at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in UB's Alumni Arena Natatorium to raise funds for Teens Living with Cancer in Rochester and Buffalo.
  • A Plan to Preserve and Strengthen Erie County Farmlands--Authored by UB Grad Students
    3/20/12
    Eight graduate students in the University at Buffalo Department of Urban and Regional Planning have spent months mining the complex network of activities, actors and resources that enable the production, processing, wholesaling, distribution, consumption and disposal of the food in Erie County.
  • John R. "Jack" Davis, BS '55
    3/20/12
    John R. "Jack" Davis, engineer, entrepreneur, former military officer and philanthropist, is a pillar of the Western New York community and a longtime supporter of UB.
  • UB Program Helps Students Secure Jobs and WNY Companies Improve Operations
    3/20/12
    UB's Six Sigma Black Belt Student Certification Program, now in its eighth year, pairs companies with one or more UB senior or graduate students who apply a problem-solving approach to a company-specific issue. Through the TCIE program, Western New York companies have access to a pool of potential employees by serving as hosts for the 2012-13 program.
  • 14 to be honored by UB Alumni Association
    3/20/12
    The University at Buffalo Alumni Association will honor an entrepreneur and a former Buffalo Bill and NFL Hall of Famer during the UB Alumni Association Achievement Awards ceremony to be held at 6 p.m. April 13 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the UB North Campus.
  • Zodiaque Ensemble, In Concert! April 20-22
    3/20/12
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Zodiaque Ensemble, In Concert! on April 20-21 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21-22 at 2 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre, Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Parents of Children with Cancer Distrust and Fear Online Sources of Health Information, Study Shows
    3/19/12
    Parents and adult caregivers of pediatric cancer patients prefer personal consultations with trusted health care providers over online sources for information about their child's illness, according to a University at Buffalo research study.
  • Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society Tour Coming to UB April 18
    3/19/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society Tour on Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. The performance is sponsored in part by Monaco's Violin Shop & Music Center and A Best.