News Releases

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

  • UB Architects Win International Competition With Plan to Give Old Strip Malls Back To the People
    2/23/12
    Two faculty members in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning have won an international design competition with their proposal that the public be given free rein to take over derelict strip mall sites like Buffalo's Central Park Plaza and design and build their own urban communities in a manner that would be, they say, "not unlike the settling of the American frontier."
  • Work By Award-winning UB Architect to Be Featured at International Garden Festival
    2/22/12
    "Buoyant," a garden installation designed by Laura Garofalo, assistant professor of architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, has been selected by an international jury to be featured at the 13th International Garden Festival of Les Jardin de Metis (also known as Redford Gardens), in Quebec, Canada, June 23 to Sept. 30.
  • UB MBAs to Take GM's Newest Cars for a Spin
    2/21/12
    Alternative fuels -- battery, diesel, electric and fuel cell -- will be in the spotlight when University at Buffalo MBAs test-drive GM's newest cars from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Feb. 24, at thUB's Center for Tomorrow.
  • Third Buffalo Poverty Research Workshop to be Held March 2
    2/21/12
    Professionals and others who work with issues of poverty in Buffalo are invited to attend Buffalo Poverty Workshop III to hear about new and ongoing research, promising strategies, opportunities for collaboration and to network with those in the field.
  • On Being A Black Lawyer (OBABL) Names Makau Mutua One of the Most Influential Black Attorneys in the U.S.
    2/21/12
    On Being a Black Lawyer (OBABL) recently selected the 100 most influential black attorneys in the United States. The University at Buffalo Law School is very pleased to announce that Dean Makau Mutua has been named to this exceptional group.
  • University at Buffalo Statement in Response to News Reports about NYPD Surveillance
    2/19/12
    The University at Buffalo has released a statement in response to an Associated Press report indicating that the New York City police department (NYPD) monitored the website postings of Muslim students at UB and several other colleges and universities.
  • Not Your Father's Pharmacist: Reducing Health Costs and Improving Patients' Lives, UB Program Takes Pharmacy to the Next Level
    2/17/12
    Melissa Apa gets a lower-than-expected blood sugar report back from the lab and immediately contacts her newly diagnosed diabetic patient. She wants to be sure her patient isn't experiencing dangerously low episodes of hypoglycemia.
  • UB Program Gives Kids a Healthy Smile
    2/17/12
    More than 800 local schoolchildren visited the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine on Feb. 3 to participate in the school's 11th annual "Give Kids a Smile Day."
  • Nasty "Superbug" is Being Studied by UB Researchers
    2/17/12
    University at Buffalo researchers are expressing concern about a new, under-recognized, much more potent variant of a common bacterium that has surfaced in the U.S.
  • Media Advisory: No Snow? That Won't Stop UB Winterfest!
    2/17/12
    Snow or no snow, the University at Buffalo will hold Winterfest 2012, a UB tradition for more than 60 years, from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, at South Lake Village on the North Campus. Open to all UB students, faculty and staff, it's a great way for the entire campus community to shake off hibernation for a day.