News Releases

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

  • UB Names Nickerson Director of the Jean M. Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying
    6/10/11
    The University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education has named Amanda Nickerson as director of its high-profile Jean M. Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying Abuse and School Violence.
  • At Pre-Seed Workshop, Local Inventors Discover Whether the Business World Is Right for Them
    6/10/11
    Researchers who have developed new solar cell technology and engineered adult stem cells that grow continuously in culture will be among participants in a Pre-Seed Workshop the University at Buffalo is hosting this June for potential entrepreneurs interested in launching technology-based businesses.
  • Clarification: UB and WNY Leaders Applaud Cuomo for Legislation to Strengthen UB and WNY
    6/9/11
    The original version of this news release (http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12636) stated that the bill introduced today would mandate that all new tuition dollars would stay with the campuses. The release should have stated that "the plan UB presented to the governor on May 24 requests that new tuition revenues remain with the campus."
  • Bright Forum Brings Great Lakes High-Tech Investors and Entrepreneurs to Buffalo for a Day of Networking and Deal-Making
    6/9/11
    Bright Buffalo Niagara, a high-tech initiative re-launched earlier this year, brought Great Lakes investors, entrepreneurs and community leaders to Buffalo on June 9 for the Bright Forum -- a full day of networking and deal-making across the life sciences, energy, IT and advanced manufacturing sectors.
  • University at Buffalo and Western New York Leaders Applaud Gov. Cuomo for Championing Pioneering Legislation to Strengthen UB and Western New York
    6/9/11
    University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi today joined Western New York business, labor, health and community leaders and elected officials in praising New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for introducing pioneering legislation that will establish a fair, predictable and responsible tuition policy for the State University of New York's state-operated campuses.
  • President Satish K. Tripathi Releases Message to Campus Community Regarding Changes to Health Sciences
    6/9/11
    University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi has released the following message to the campus community regarding changes in senior leadership and the organizational structure within the university's health sciences.
  • UB Student Wins National Science Foundation Fellowship
    6/9/11
    Claire Lochner, who graduated from the University at Buffalo this spring with a degree in electrical engineering and mathematics, has been chosen to take part in the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship.
  • Free Tax Service at UB Brings More than $1 Million Back to WNY
    6/9/11
    During the 2011 tax season, 155 IRS-certified accounting students from the University at Buffalo School of Management brought $1,030,353 back into the Buffalo community through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
  • UB, Brock University Team Up to Educate Government Staff on Both Sides of the Border
    6/8/11
    The University at Buffalo and Brock University in Ontario will co-sponsor an intensive five-day seminar, "Binational Executive Seminar on Canada-U.S. Relations" June 13-17 at UB and Brock, and at border sites in Fort Erie, Ontario, and Niagara Falls.
  • Buffalo's Rankings as a Top Science City in the State Reflect UB's Strategic Strengths
    6/8/11
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are pleased -- but not surprised -- that a recent national study of "hot spots" for scientific disciplines ranks Buffalo as one of the state's top cities for physics and chemistry. An additional ranking found that UB's Department of Chemistry is among the best in the nation.