News Releases

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

  • Air Pollution Exposure at Certain Life Stages Affects Chances of Developing Premenopausal Breast Cancer
    4/20/11
    Exposure to air pollution early in life and when a woman gives birth to her first child may alter her DNA and may be associated with premenopausal breast cancer later in life, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • More Than $10,000 at Stake in UB Competition
    4/20/11
    The team that presents the best plan for launch of a viable new business will receive $10,000 in start-up funding in the final round of the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC).
  • UB Summer Programs Answer the 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation' Question in Style
    4/19/11
    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo's Center for Educational Collaboration (CEC) this summer again will embrace its inner cool scientist with a full program of science and math programs -- as well as the popular "Wiggle Your Power" civic engagement camp.
  • Media Advisory: UB Celebrates Earth Week 2011
    4/19/11
    From Earth Pong to Mt. Trashmore to the annual appearance of the University at Buffalo's solar-powered smoothie cart, the UB community will be busy celebrating Earth Week in a variety of ways, leading up to Earth Day on Friday, April 22.
  • Non-partisan Education Evaluations Are Anything But, UB Education Professor Says
    4/19/11
    An increasingly influential national organization evaluating and grading teacher education programs misleads its audience by claiming to be "non-partisan" when, in reality, the group is part of a growing movement of "corporate education" reformers pushing an agenda of standardization and privatization at the expense of meaningful teaching and learning, according to a professor in the University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education.
  • School of Management Honors Interns and Supervisors
    4/19/11
    The Frank L. Ciminelli Family Career Resource Center and the Credit-Bearing Internship Program in the University at Buffalo School of Management honored five professionals, 11 students and four companies on April 8 at a reception in the South Lake Community Building on UB's North Campus.
  • SUNY Board of Trustees Appoints Satish K. Tripathi President of University at Buffalo
    4/18/11
    The State University of New York Board of Trustees today appointed Satish K. Tripathi as the 15th president of the University at Buffalo. Tripathi has served as UB's provost and executive vice president for academic affairs for the past six years.
  • Bruce Pitman Named Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
    4/15/11
    E. Bruce Pitman, a noted researcher and professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics, adjunct professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and associate dean for research and sponsored programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named dean of the college after an internal university search.
  • Competition Cultivates High School Entrepreneurs
    4/13/11
    Six students from area high schools won first place in an entrepreneurship competition on April 2 for their winning business proposal, an online gaming lounge.
  • Higher CCSVI Prevalence Confirmed in MS, but Meaning of Findings Remains Unclear
    4/13/11
    A just released study on the relationship between multiple sclerosis (MS) and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), a narrowing of the extracranial veins that restricts the normal outflow of blood from the brain, found that CCSVI may be a result of MS, not a cause.