News Releases

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

  • $1 Million Donation from Anonymous Faculty Member Will Create Fund to Commercialize UB Research
    1/23/12
    A University at Buffalo faculty member has anonymously donated $1 million to the university to establish a fund that supports commercializing the discoveries and inventions of his UB colleagues. The donation will establish the Bruce Holm Memorial Catalyst Fund, named for the UB senior vice provost who died last year and whom UB President Satish K. Tripathi described as "the exemplification of researcher, educator, collaborator and entrepreneur."
  • Noted Election Forecaster Predicts Long, Heated Republican Struggle, Odds Shift to Gingrich
    1/23/12
    As they head into the Florida primary, noted presidential election scholar and forecaster James Campbell says the battle between Republican hopefuls Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney is likely to intensify and become even more negative.
  • UB Alumni Association to Present Six Scholarships
    1/20/12
    A total of $7,500 in scholarship money will be awarded to six University at Buffalo students during the UB Alumni Association scholarship dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, in the Center for the Tomorrow on the North Campus.
  • 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.