News Releases

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

  • Air Pollution Data Collected During Beijing Olympics Will Help Determine Effects on Cancer and Cardiopulmonary Diseases
    3/30/11
    Lina Mu, PhD, assistant professor of social and preventive medicine at the University at Buffalo and a native of China, has received a $1.3 million, three-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study the short-term effects of particulate matter (PM) among Beijing residents.
  • World Premier of Something So Right Set for UB Center for the Arts
    3/30/11
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Something So Right on Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 17 at 2 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Media Advisory: Newark Mayor Cory Booker to Speak at UB March 30
    3/29/11
    Cory Booker, 36th mayor of Newark, will present the keynote address for the University at Buffalo's 35th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event, part of UB's Distinguished Speakers Series, to be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.
  • Ezra Zubrow Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
    3/29/11
    Ezra Zubrow, PhD, of Amherst, an archaeologist of international renown whose recent research has taken him from India to Finland, and from Northern Quebec and Egypt to Kamchatka, has been elected a Fellow of the scholarly Society of Antiquaries of London, the world's premiere learned society for heritage.
  • Patricia A. Burns, PhD '88 & MS '79
    3/28/11
    Patricia A. Burns, PhD '88 & MS '79, is an internationally recognized leader in the nursing profession. She is renowned for excellence in clinical practice and educating students, developing innovative educational programs that are responsive to community needs and maintaining an international research focus while mentoring other professionals in their research programs.
  • Andrea Costantino, PhD '00, EdM '93 & BA '92
    3/28/11
    Andrea Costantino, PhD '00, EdM '93 & BA '92, is UB's interim director of University Residence Halls & Apartments. Prior to that, she served as UB's director of student life for 16 years.
  • John R. Alm, BS '73
    3/28/11
    Setbacks in John Alm's rise to the helm of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. fueled his determination to succeed and ultimately led him to create a leadership development program for underserved inner-city youth.
  • James D. Boyle, BS '78
    3/28/11
    James D. Boyle, BS '78, has had a long and varied career as a civil engineer, working on myriad significant projects for both the Erie County Highway Department and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • UB's Department of Geology to Present Public Lecture Series on Marcellus Shale
    3/28/11
    The University at Buffalo's Department of Geology is holding a series of talks about the gas industry, and unconventional gas drilling or hydraulic fracturing and its relationship to the economy and environment of New York State. The lectures, which are free and open to the public, will be held at 8 p.m. each Thursday from March 31 to May 19 in Room 250, Baird Hall on UB's North Campus. To register, go to https://www.ubevents.org/event/marcellus
  • Irid Farida Agoes, PhD '99 & MA '82
    3/28/11
    Challenges of adjusting to life in the United States as a UB student are what began Irid Farida Agoes' lifelong interest in intercultural adaptation.