News Releases

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

  • Media Advisory: UB Faculty Inventor to Discuss his Solar Technology at Advanced Energy 2011 Session on Emerging Companies
    10/12/11
    A session on emerging energy companies at this week's Advanced Energy 2011 conference will feature a University at Buffalo inventor: Vladimir Mitin, who is looking to commercialize a new and highly efficient solar cell technology that he developed through his research. The session will take place Thursday (Oct. 13) at 9 a.m. in the Niagara Room of the Hyatt Regency Buffalo at 2 Fountain Plaza in Buffalo, starting with a welcome and introduction from UB Vice President of Research Alex Cartwright.
  • Ray Davies, with Special Guests The 88, to Perform Nov. 13
    10/12/11
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Ray Davies on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
  • Through SUNY REACH Consortium, UB is Awarded NIH Grants in Neuroscience and Pediatric Pharmacology
    10/12/11
    The University at Buffalo has been awarded funding to conduct important medical research in neuroscience and pediatric pharmacology as part of SUNY REACH, a collaborative research network of SUNY's four academic health centers and the College of Optometry.
  • UB Architecture Lecture Postponed
    10/11/11
    The Oct. 12 Martel Distinguished Critic Lecture by French architect Philippe Rahm, to have taken place at 5:30 p.m. in 301 Crosby Hall on the University at Buffalo South Campus, has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a date and time TBA. The lecture is sponsored by the UB School of Architecture and Planning.
  • New Drug Target for Alzheimer's, Stroke Is Discovered by UB Scientists
    10/11/11
    A tiny piece of a critical receptor that fuels the brain and without which sentient beings cannot live has been discovered by University at Buffalo scientists as a promising new drug target for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. The research on the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor was published online Oct. 11 in Nature Communications.
  • New Knowledge About "Flawed" Diamonds Could Speed The Development of Diamond-Based Quantum Computers
    10/11/11
    A University at Buffalo-led research team has established the presence of a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in defective diamonds, a finding that will help advance the development of diamond-based systems in applications such as quantum information processing.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present It Goes Like It Goes, The Music of David Shire
    10/10/11
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present the world premiere production of It Goes Like It Goes, The Music of David Shire from Wednesday, Nov. 16 through Sunday, Nov. 20 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. Evening performances will be at 7:30 p.m. There will be matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
  • 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.