News Releases

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

  • Media Advisory: Bright Forum Brings Great Lakes High-Tech Investors and Entrepreneurs to Buffalo for a Day of Networking and Deal-Making
    6/6/11
    Bright Buffalo Niagara, a high-tech initiative re-launched earlier this year, will bring 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.
  • New System Screens Heart Disease Patients for Severe Sleep Apnea
    6/6/11
    A new computer screening tool developed and patented by a University at Buffalo physician is helping to detect severe obstructive sleep apnea in cardiovascular patients who have not yet been diagnosed with this common and potentially dangerous condition.
  • UB Played Major Role in International Study on Drug that Reduces Breast Cancer in High-Risk Women
    6/4/11
    Today's major announcement at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting that the drug exemestane significantly reduces the risk of breast cancer in high-risk, postmenopausal women is the result of an international, randomized double-blind phase III clinical trial in which University at Buffalo researchers and hundreds of Western New York women played a critical role.
  • UB Expert Co-Chairs International Conference on Best Practices in Universal Design
    6/3/11
    As baby boomers reach retirement, University at Buffalo Professor of Architecture Edward Steinfeld will co-chair an international conference on a topic that could improve the quality of life for aging populations around the world: universal design.
  • UB Celebrates Excellence in Postdoctoral Research at 2011 Postdoc Research Symposium
    6/3/11
    The University at Buffalo's postdoctoral scholars and their contributions to research on campus will be celebrated June 7 from 2-6 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus as part of UB's 2011 Postdoc Research Symposium sponsored by the UB Office of Postdoctoral Scholars. During the symposium, Margarita Dubocovich will receive the 2011 Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award.
  • Many UB Undergraduate History Department Awards Go To Local Students
    6/3/11
    The University at Buffalo Department of History awarded scholarships and grants in the amount of more than $50,000 to 17 undergraduate history majors this spring, many of them from the Buffalo area.
  • UB Choral Conductor Rosenbaum to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Queens College
    6/2/11
    Harold Rosenbaum, conductor of the University at Buffalo choruses and one of the most critically acclaimed choral conductors of our time, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Queens College on June 2, during the college's 87th commencement.
  • UB Student Organization Lauded for 30th Consecutive Year
    6/2/11
    The University at Buffalo School of Management's student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) has earned the SHRM Superior Merit Award for the 30th consecutive year.
  • UB Law Partners with Other Stakeholders to Hold Medical-Legal Partnership Event
    6/2/11
    Seeking to help navigate the gap between law, health care and community services for low-income patients and their hospitals, a consortium of Western New York schools and non-profit agencies is banding together to bring the Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) to Buffalo, where they will hold their first local conference on June 9 from 1-4 p.m. at Hospice Buffalo, 225 Como Park Blvd., Cheektowaga.
  • State University of New York Stepping Forward to Build New York's Economy
    6/1/11
    A comprehensive statewide study finds that the State University of New York is positioned to be the critical force in building a new innovation economy for New York -- with a broad and diverse array of economic development activities already in place across the 64-campus system, and with a growing potential to do more in the future.