News Releases

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

  • UB Mourns the Passing of Wilson Greatbatch, UB Alumnus and Inventor of the Implantable Cardiac Pacemaker
    9/28/11
    UB President Satish K. Tripathi issued a statement today regarding the death of Wilson Greatbatch, a distinguished alumnus and former member of the university's engineering faculty, Greatbatch invented the implantable cardiac pacemaker.
  • RIA Seminar Series Opens with Topic of Parenting and High-risk Drinking in College
    9/28/11
    Advances in parenting research related to college drinking. Hmm. We drank in college; it didn't hurt us (did it?). Do we really need more parenting tips by the time they're 18 and they're on their way out the door to college? That's a conversation that needs to happen early on, says Rob Turrisi.
  • Estradiol from Fatty Tissue Doesn't Cause Low Testosterone in Type 2 Diabetic Men
    9/27/11
    It's not estrogen produced by body fat that causes low levels of testosterone in type 2 diabetic men, according to a University at Buffalo study published last month in Diabetes Care.
  • Honors Students Bring Summer Research Experiences Back to Campus
    9/26/11
    Creating drinkable water for rural Indonesia, helping to clean up tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., and researching how diesel exhaust may harm those living near the Peace Bridge are just a few of the ways the intellectually curious students of the University at Buffalo's Honors College spent their summer.
  • Christian Science Monitor: Little girls or little women?
    9/23/11
    An article in the Christian Science Monitor about the increasing sexualization of young girls in the media reports in a recent study , UB sociologists Erin Hatton and Mary Nell Trautner examined the covers of Rolling Stone magazine from 1967 to 2009 and found a "dramatic increase in hypersexualized images of women," to the point that by 2009, nearly every woman to grace the magazine's cover was conveyed in a blatantly sexual way, as compared with 17 percent of men.
  • Gaga's Anti-Bullying Stance Can Help, Says Expert
    9/23/11
    Lady Gaga and other celebrities commenting on bullying have the chance to teach young people about the horrors of bullying abuse, says the director of the University at Buffalo's Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse, a power that makes it important they act responsibly.
  • 14-year-old Suicide Jamey Rodemeyer the Victim of a Hate Crime, says UB's Katz
    9/23/11
    Jamey Rodemeyer, the gay 14-year-old suburban Buffalo teen who committed suicide this week is the victim of a hate crime, says Jonathan Katz of the University at Buffalo, a longtime gay rights activist and author.
  • Media Advisory: Satish K. Tripathi to be Inaugurated as UB's 15th President at Investiture Ceremony
    9/22/11
    The University at Buffalo will inaugurate Satish K. Tripathi, PhD, as its 15th president tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 23) at a formal and colorful investiture ceremony.
  • Photo Opp: International Dance, Music and Food Featured at UB Global Fair
    9/22/11
    Media are invited to attend the University at Buffalo's Global Fair today, which happens from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in the UB Center for the Arts on the North Campus. From noon to 1:30, members of the UB administration and fair attendees will be entertained by members of the Latin American Student Association who will dance and play music; members of the Buffalo Kung Fu Temple who will perform a traditional Lion Dance; the Korean Folk Arts Club, which will perform a percussion piece; and Indian classical dancers.
  • Following Tropical Storm Irene, Scientists Assess Damage in Flooded New York Communities
    9/22/11
    In the aftermath of heavy flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene, University at Buffalo researchers are conducting a damage assessment that could help hard-hit communities in New York plan for future disasters.