News Releases

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

  • UB Outlines Role in Plans for a Complete Overhaul of Perry Choice Community
    1/20/12
    The Center for Urban Studies, a research and community development unit in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, has joined itself to a massive effort: a proposal by the City of Buffalo and the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority to restructure, redevelop and rehabilitate downtown Buffalo's seriously declining Commodore Perry neighborhood and turn it into the vibrant, sustainable community it once was.
  • In Solar Cells, Tweaking the Tiniest of Parts Yields Big Jump in Efficiency
    1/20/12
    By tweaking the smallest of parts, a trio of University at Buffalo engineers is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar cells convert into electricity.
  • Teens to Test Financial Savvy in 'Money Bee'
    1/20/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Management and M&T Bank will host more than 100 students from 20 public, private and charter schools in the fifth annual "MoneySKILL Mania," a financial literacy competition for high school students.
  • Media Advisory: UB's Disease Detectives to Present, Discuss "Contagion"
    1/19/12
    The University at Buffalo Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the School of Public Health and Health Professions will present a free, public screening of the 2011 thriller, "Contagion," starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon on January 23 at 5 p.m.
  • Digital Divide Widens, Research Finds
    1/19/12
    The "digital divide" -- the gap in Internet access and usage due to socioeconomic factors -- is increasing, according to research published in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
  • SOPA's Vague Language Could Lead to Wide Restrictions on Information Available on the Internet, UB Expert Says
    1/18/12
    American courts are significantly expanding the legal rights and privileges celebrities can command over others using their names or likenesses. And a University at Buffalo Law School professor is questioning whether these courts have gone too far.
  • Family Medicine, Millard Fillmore College Among UB Gateway's New Tenants
    1/18/12
    The University at Buffalo's downtown campus is growing. By early February, nearly 100 UB employees who had been based at various sites will have moved into new digs at the UB Gateway (the former M. Wile building) at Goodell Street. The historic structure is undergoing a $4 million renovation.
  • Researcher Looks at Changing Indigenous Governments in the U.S.
    1/18/12
    In "A New Way Forward: Native Nations, Nonprofitization, Community Land Trusts, and the Indigenous Shadow State," published in the current issue of Nonprofit Policy Forum, University at Buffalo graduate student Samuel W. Rose considers what Native American governance bodies should do now that the political and legal avenues that served their interests well for years no longer work.
  • UB Law Student Team Wins New York Redistricting Competition
    1/18/12
    A team of students from the University at Buffalo Law School has been named a winner of the 2012 New York Redistricting Project, a national competition that challenged student teams to draw new congressional, state senate and state assembly district maps.
  • UB, BGH Cardiologist Leads Team in WNY's First Successful Aortic Valve Implant Surgeries
    1/17/12
    Vijay S. Iyer, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and TAVR program director at Buffalo General Hospital, has successfully led a team of highly trained physicians to implant aortic valves in two patients last week. Iyer, a board-certified interventional cardiologist, is available to speak with media today about this new procedure.