News Releases

"Olmsted in Buffalo and Niagara," the first history and guidebook written about the visionary landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and the remarkable park systems he designed in Western New York at the end of the 19th century, has been published by The Urban Design Project, School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo.

At an atomic scale, the tiniest bridge of gold -- that made of a single atom -- is actually the strongest, according to new research by engineers at the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Quantum Devices.

The University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education (GSE) will mark the 10th anniversary of its innovative online programs by doubling the number of full-degree or certificate programs it offers.

Two University at Buffalo architects presented a unique solution to the uncomfortably chilly temperatures of an old stone building in England as part of the sixth annual International Architecture Festival, Eme3, held July 1-3 in Barcelona.

Mark Frank has spent two decades studying the faces of people lying when in high-stakes situations and has good news for security experts. "Executing Facial Control During Deception Situations," a new study he co-authored with former graduate student Carolyn M. Hurley, PhD, reports that although liars can reduce facial actions when under scrutiny, they can't suppress them all.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa on Monday, Aug. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.

The days of being blinded by glare from the sun, despite the $300 sunglasses straddling your face, may soon be over. Chris Mullin, PhD, a formerly local inventor and entrepreneur, has teamed up with the University at Buffalo to develop sunglasses that detect bright spots of light and darken specific parts of the lens to protect sunglasses wearers from blinding glare.

WBFO-FM 88.7, the University at Buffalo's National Public Radio affiliate, won six awards at the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association's annual awards banquet last month in Saratoga Springs.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo announces the third annual Buffalo Dance Festival on Saturday, July 30, in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. This year the festival will feature LehrerDance, Configuration Dance Theatre, Bill Evans Dance Company and Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance.

Research by Jaekyung Lee, PhD, professor of counseling, school and educational psychology at the University at Buffalo, is helping to expose failures in America's controversial test-driven educational policies.