News Releases

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

  • H. Austin Booth Named Vice Provost for UB Libraries
    8/5/11
    H. Austin Booth has been named vice provost for university libraries at the University at Buffalo, Harvey G. Stenger, UB interim provost, announced today. Her appointment is effective immediately.
  • Buffalo Geologist Experiments with Crowdsourcing to Track Water Levels of Local Streams
    8/4/11
    Inspired by a California researcher who used crowdsourcing to pinpoint the locations of roadkill, a University at Buffalo geologist is turning to the public for help monitoring a different ecological phenomenon: The water levels of streams in Western New York.
  • UB Distinguished Speakers Series Announces 25th Anniversary Lineup
    8/3/11
    The 25th anniversary University at Buffalo Distinguished Speakers Series once more will offer Western New York audiences a varied program of speakers on topics ranging from a decade of warfare to human rights advocacy, medical research and off-beat humor. Series subscriptions are on sale now; individual lecture tickets will be available for sale later in the month.
  • What Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reveal About What to Expect from Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
    8/1/11
    As the 66th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings approach on August 6 and 9, a University at Buffalo biostatistics and public-health expert says that studies of health effects from those events provide some clues to the potential, long-term health impacts of this year's Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
  • Media Advisory: Energy Officials from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal to Visit UB Technology Incubator
    7/29/11
    A delegation of energy officials from four South Asian countries will visit the University at Buffalo Technology Incubator on Friday afternoon to learn about UB's efforts to create jobs and support the growth of high-tech businesses in Western New York.
  • WNED Signs Agreement to Acquire WBFO
    7/28/11
    Western New York Public Broadcasting Association and the University at Buffalo are pleased to announce today that WBFO-FM 88.7 will become a part of the WNED family of public radio and television stations.
  • Students Build Satellite for Space Launch
    7/27/11
    Many of the lights in the night sky are not stars, but actually man-made satellites, and those satellites could soon be joined by one built by University at Buffalo students. A team of students from UB has been chosen to participate in the United States Air Force-sponsored University Nano-satellite Program. .
  • Professor Helps Develop WHO Guidelines on Preventing, Treating HIV/AIDS Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender People
    7/26/11
    A University at Buffalo faculty member played an important role in the World Health Organization's first-ever public health guidelines aimed at curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people.
  • President Tripathi Named Co-chair of WNY Regional Economic Development Council
    7/26/11
    University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi has been named a regional co-chair of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council, one of 10 region-based councils charged with allocating economic development funds within their regions to stimulate economic development and speed the creation of jobs.
  • Beth Church Has True Grit, and a Pat Tillman Scholarship
    7/25/11
    No one should underestimate Beth Church's determination.