News Releases

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

  • News Conference: $9.8 Million Program Aims to Improve Science Education in Buffalo Public Schools
    10/10/11
    Buffalo Public Schools will join university and community partners at a news conference to announce a new $9.8 million national grant to support a community-wide effort to improve middle and high school science education.
  • 'Get Vaccinated,' Says HPV Expert at UB Medical School
    10/10/11
    A University at Buffalo microbiologist whose lab has been studying the human papilloma virus for years, says that parents should have their children vaccinated with Gardasil, the HPV vaccine.
  • UB Alert: Strong-Arm Robbery Reported Sunday on North Campus
    10/9/11
    University at Buffalo Police are investigating a strong-arm robbery that occurred at approximately 6:05 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9, at the entrance to Red Jacket Building #2, on the North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: UB's Wolf-Fire Scholarship Fall Feast to Benefit Students Working With Native American Communities
    10/7/11
    The University at Buffalo's Native American Center for Wellness Research will hold a fundraiser to raise money for students active in the Native American communities during its Wolf-Fire Scholarship Fall Feast & Fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. today, Oct. 7, in UB's Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Buffalo Building Inspectors to Check University District Student Housing on Oct. 8 for Safety Violations
    10/7/11
    As part of a joint effort between the University at Buffalo and the City of Buffalo to improve housing conditions in the neighborhood around Minnesota and Lisbon avenues, building inspectors will be visiting homes on those streets on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 8.
  • UB Police Make Arrest in 'Pro-Life' Vandalism
    10/6/11
    University at Buffalo Police have arrested a UB student and charged him with vandalizing one of 330 wooden crosses placed on the North Campus by the student club, UB Students for Life.
  • UB Public Lecture Will Feature Feminist Philosopher and Religious Skeptic Louise Antony
    10/6/11
    Feminist philosopher, philosopher of mind and critic of religious faith Louise Antony, PhD, will present the University at Buffalo's 2011 Paul Kurtz Lecture on Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. in 120 Clemens Hall, UB North Campus.
  • UB Dioxin Expert Served on Institute of Medicine Panel Reviewing Health Effects in Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
    10/6/11
    A University at Buffalo expert on dioxin toxicology has just completed his service on the National Academies Institute of Medicine panel on Veterans and Agent Orange. Last week, the panel -- the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides -- released its 2010 report.
  • Media Advisory: Criminal Justice in China to be Discussed at UB on Oct. 7
    10/6/11
    "Finding a New Foundation for Justice in China," a talk by Flora Sapio, PhD, a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Rights and Justice, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an expert in Chinese criminal law, will be presented at the University at Buffalo on Oct. 7 from noon to 1:30 p.m.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to present Hedda Gabler Oct. 26-30
    10/6/11
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece Hedda Gabler from Wednesday, Oct. 26 through Sunday, Oct. 30. Performance times are Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre in the UB Center for the Arts, North Campus.